The Apollo Audio Podcast

This week, Martin and Billy celebrate Scotland's epic World Cup qualification! 🎉 and their latest gig adventures, including a night at the London Palladium with Howard Jones. Our selected album this week is the somewhat quirky and often detested first major label album from Cardiacs. From wild time signatures to theatrical vibes, we chat about what makes music exciting and unpredictable. Music insights and banter with your favourite hosts on The Apollo Audio Podcast.

The Apollo Audio Podcast is hosted by record producer Martin Lumsden and musician and studio owner Billy Hills and is recorded at Apollo Audio Hertford.

Each episode offers insight into songs, records, and the creative process, drawn from real-world experience in studios and making music.

Also available to watch on YouTube and Spotify

📍 www.apollo-audio.co.uk

📷 Instagram: @apolloaudiopodcast

📧 [email protected]

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www.froodymusic.com

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This week digital distributor reported that roughly 50,000 fully AI-generated tracks are now uploaded every day, accounting for more than a third of all music delivered to the service. Good lord!

Thank the same lad then for the continuing existence of bands like Primus that seem to come out of nowhere and do things that are just not something you could ever be produced by AI mush. Our advice - love it or hate it, we should all try and be a bit more Primus.

The Apollo Podcast - the gateway drug to a world of music experiences you never knew you needed. You're welcome.

The Apollo Audio Podcast is hosted by record producer Martin Lumsden and musician and studio owner Billy Hills and is recorded at Apollo Audio Hertford.

Each episode offers insight into songs, records, and the creative process, drawn from real-world experience in studios and making music.

Also available to watch on YouTube and Spotify

📍 www.apollo-audio.co.uk

📷 Instagram: @apolloaudiopodcast

📧 [email protected]

A Froody Music Production. Production and editing by Martin Lumsden.

www.froodymusic.com

Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-apollo-audio-podcast.

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This week we listen to Angel Dust by Faith No More and discover that while initially wrong-footed by the range of styles and theatricality it's an album that improves immediately on a second listen. Is it bold or ridiculous? You might just have to decide for yourself.

Plus, we discuss Spotify's recent deal with the big three labels on AI licensing and share our thoughts on how AI could shape the future of music creativity and performance.

The Apollo Audio Podcast is hosted by record producer Martin Lumsden and musician and studio owner Billy Hills and is recorded at Apollo Audio Hertford.

Each episode offers insight into songs, records, and the creative process, drawn from real-world experience in studios and making music.

Also available to watch on YouTube and Spotify

📍 www.apollo-audio.co.uk

📷 Instagram: @apolloaudiopodcast

📧 [email protected]

A Froody Music Production. Production and editing by Martin Lumsden.

www.froodymusic.com

Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-apollo-audio-podcast.

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Another of Billy's all time favourite albums, from an artist the Martin readily acknowledges to have prior prejudice against. Can opinions be swayed?

The Apollo Audio Podcast is hosted by record producer Martin Lumsden and musician and studio owner Billy Hills and is recorded at Apollo Audio Hertford.

Each episode offers insight into songs, records, and the creative process, drawn from real-world experience in studios and making music.

Also available to watch on YouTube and Spotify

📍 www.apollo-audio.co.uk

📷 Instagram: @apolloaudiopodcast

📧 [email protected]

A Froody Music Production. Production and editing by Martin Lumsden.

www.froodymusic.com

Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-apollo-audio-podcast.

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It's been a sad week as we lost several very influential musicians from various eras and genres, so we pay our respects before digging in to the third album from UK crossover dance act The Prodigy. Keith Flint is another artist who left us too soon but he was at the forefront of the biggest commercial and critical hit from a band that have had a hugely successful career and are still being covered today - including by Billy's own band Body who have a surprising connection. If you want to know more, you'll have to listen :)

The Apollo Audio Podcast is hosted by record producer Martin Lumsden and musician and studio owner Billy Hills and is recorded at Apollo Audio Hertford.

Each episode offers insight into songs, records, and the creative process, drawn from real-world experience in studios and making music.

Also available to watch on YouTube and Spotify

📍 www.apollo-audio.co.uk

📷 Instagram: @apolloaudiopodcast

📧 [email protected]

A Froody Music Production. Production and editing by Martin Lumsden.

www.froodymusic.com

Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-apollo-audio-podcast.

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A number one hit album released just a couple of weeks ago is on the listening pile this week. What do we make of the huge success of Olivia Dean? Plus the usual ramble about other stuff that's been going on.

The Apollo Audio Podcast is hosted by record producer Martin Lumsden and musician and studio owner Billy Hills and is recorded at Apollo Audio Hertford.

Each episode offers insight into songs, records, and the creative process, drawn from real-world experience in studios and making music.

Also available to watch on YouTube and Spotify

📍 www.apollo-audio.co.uk

📷 Instagram: @apolloaudiopodcast

📧 [email protected]

A Froody Music Production. Production and editing by Martin Lumsden.

www.froodymusic.com

Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-apollo-audio-podcast.

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After two weeks of feeling subjected to dire depressing tunes Billy enacts revenge by insisting on reviewing the lengthy and musically complex third album from Tool "Lateralus". Science, mathematics - should they be more important than actual tunes?

Also a lengthy ramble about grassroots music and the lack of venues for artists still establishing their fanbase.

The Apollo Audio Podcast is hosted by record producer Martin Lumsden and musician and studio owner Billy Hills and is recorded at Apollo Audio Hertford.

Each episode offers insight into songs, records, and the creative process, drawn from real-world experience in studios and making music.

Also available to watch on YouTube and Spotify

📍 www.apollo-audio.co.uk

📷 Instagram: @apolloaudiopodcast

📧 [email protected]

A Froody Music Production. Production and editing by Martin Lumsden.

www.froodymusic.com

Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-apollo-audio-podcast.

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This week Martin is joined by Lemmi Eaton who regularly performs and releases solo work as Garage Canvas and as a member of the band High Dives. We had a lovely long rambly conversation that I've managed to knock in to some sensible shape - perhaps the out-takes will make it to a bonus episode someday. Why not write in and offer bribes to have the extra content released.

Jimmy Eats World's third album Bleed American was released in 2001 and changed the world. At least for 16 year old Lemmi. What does emo mean and do we all secretly love twin guitars.

The Apollo Audio Podcast is hosted by record producer Martin Lumsden and musician and studio owner Billy Hills and is recorded at Apollo Audio Hertford.

Each episode offers insight into songs, records, and the creative process, drawn from real-world experience in studios and making music.

Also available to watch on YouTube and Spotify

📍 www.apollo-audio.co.uk

📷 Instagram: @apolloaudiopodcast

📧 [email protected]

A Froody Music Production. Production and editing by Martin Lumsden.

www.froodymusic.com

Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-apollo-audio-podcast.

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Well, Billy wasn't 100% convinced but fairly sure if it was a straight fight between this and The Boatman's Call this would win on points. Morrissey and Marr were the Lennon and McCartney of the 80's but their long term legacy doesn't quite have the deep cultural relevance of The Beatles, however the UK Indie scene was based on the foundations built on the back of this band's short time in the limelight.

The Apollo Audio Podcast is hosted by record producer Martin Lumsden and musician and studio owner Billy Hills and is recorded at Apollo Audio Hertford.

Each episode offers insight into songs, records, and the creative process, drawn from real-world experience in studios and making music.

Also available to watch on YouTube and Spotify

📍 www.apollo-audio.co.uk

📷 Instagram: @apolloaudiopodcast

📧 [email protected]

A Froody Music Production. Production and editing by Martin Lumsden.

www.froodymusic.com

Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-apollo-audio-podcast.

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This week we had a very differing experiences listening to the 10th studio album from Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. Not to Billy's taste, but it went straight in to Martin's vinyl library, alongside former podcast find Grace by Jeff Buckley.

Also discussed this week...

The benefits of Boxercise

Making an impression when you're ready to go on stage

Radiohead on tour 2025

PJ and Duncan tribute album by Nick Seeds and the Bad Caves © Apollo Audio Podcast 2025

You can find The Birthday Party - Mutiny in Heaven (Documentary) on Prime Video in the UK. Watch the trailer here

https://youtu.be/MhmSg9zUgFo?si=FitMWm6_weuPLKVU

The Apollo Audio Podcast is hosted by record producer Martin Lumsden and musician and studio owner Billy Hills and is recorded at Apollo Audio Hertford.

Each episode offers insight into songs, records, and the creative process, drawn from real-world experience in studios and making music.

Also available to watch on YouTube and Spotify

📍 www.apollo-audio.co.uk

📷 Instagram: @apolloaudiopodcast

📧 [email protected]

A Froody Music Production. Production and editing by Martin Lumsden.

www.froodymusic.com

Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-apollo-audio-podcast.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.