The Holding Hands Records Podcast

Merry Christmas cheer and a New Years good times one and all from us over that the Holding Hands Podcast!

This Christmas tinsel time episode features Breaka, Guava & Desert Sound Colony chatting some absolute golden breeze  about our favourite tunes of the year, Jeff Bezos' massive guns, conspiracy theories, favourite plugin of the year, original thought and loads of other sweet stuff.

Big thanks to everyone who has enjoyed listening to the podcast this year! It's been so wonderful seeing how much people have dug it and we really appreciate the lovely messages that some of you sent us. What a warm fuzzy glow we now have inside of us.

We will be back with another season next year. Fingers crossed the world will have sorted itself out a bit by then.

Big love
Holding Hands

Tuck yourselves in everyone because lovely Martyn has turned up for pod number 13. It's a bit of a wide ranging one with discussions on the origins of our creative processes, how important is originality and do we attribute meaning to the music that we write. Thanks very much to Martyn for coming on our little pod and to Guava for setting it up and editing it. Hugs all round.

Tracklist

1. Breaka - Loose Subs

2. Duval Timothy - 9

3. BC Camplight - Shortly After Takeoff

4. Twista, Kanye West, Jamie Foxx - Slow Jamz

5. Guava - Outerbody Innerspace 

6. Wachs Lyrical - Pariah 

7. Martyn - Voids Two 

8. Desert Sound Colony - The Darker The Room The Bigger The Tune

9. Desert Sound Colony - Zenome Archetype

In this episode, Guava is joined by Raj Chaudhuri and Lucy Hopson. Raj is a DJ, NTS resident, A&R for R&S Records, and a founding member of bubble collective and Livin’ Proof. Lucy, aka LUXE, is one of the most exciting, up-and-coming talents the North has to offer. As a classically trained musician, she has carved her career as a producer, radio DJ, and co-runs Manchester-based collective BLOOM. 

We sit down together and have a chat about conceptions about dance music, dodgy jazz musician and our favourite YouTube tutorials.

LUXE: https://soundcloud.com/user-686197299
Raji Rags: https://soundcloud.com/rajirags
Guava: https://soundcloud.com/guavanoise

For episode 11 of the pod I am joined by two lovely Bristol dwellers. Producer of sick tunes and owner of the label Pressure Dome, Yushh and Idle Hands record shop and label owner Chris Farrell.

We discuss the ins and outs of the record shop, the wonderful vibe of the Bristol community and it's relation to Idle Hands. We also share our thoughts on the pros and cons of using a record distribution company to get your records into shops.

It was a very enjoyable afternoon spent chatting and I want to thank Jen and Chris for their time and insights!

Tracklist

1. 4E - Temple Traxx 3
2. Watching Airplanes - You
3. LT - Wet Look
4. Adam Curtain - BYOT (Harry Wills' Give It A Lick Mix)
5. Desert Sound Colony - Bleep Bloops Inc.
6. Angel D'Lite - Crystalz
7. Em & Stav - Afterglow 

In this episode I am joined by the lovely Frazer Ray (previously known as Soundbwoy Killah) and O'Flynn.

We discuss our very different production set ups and talk about the pros and cons of each of them. This stretches from bare bones laptop and ipod headphones to a full studio of hardware. Definitely an essential listen for anyone new to the production game who is wondering if and where they should spend money on their set up.

Tracklist
1. Desert Sound Colony - Ultra Data Conference
2. Nathan Fake -  Torch Song
3. DHS - Teknokyo
4. Trotters Independent Traders - Closer
5. Chungo - O O O
6. Desert Sound Colony - Touché You Say

O'Flynn
https://soundcloud.com/oflynnmusic

Frazer Ray
https://soundcloud.com/frazer_ray

Heya folks,

In this episode of the pod I am talking to a couple of legends, Angelica Golten who runs her own music PR company and Lou Ellis who does in the in house PR for classic drum and bass label Hospital Records.

We discuss all things music PR related to help you make an informed decision when considering paying for a company to help get your music out there. This is essential listening for new labels and solo artists who want to know more about music promotion.

Tracklist
1. Breaka - Loose Subs
2. Grafix - Stutter
3. Karima F - Emma
4. SHKN - 01 11 17
5. Guava - Outerbody Innerspace
6. Breaka - Puffer Jackets (Oceantied Edit)

In this episode of the pod I am joined by a couple of real life legends Bradley Zero who runs Rhythm Section and Sandy who runs Dr. Banana and DJs under the same name. I know a lot of people feel in the dark when it comes to not only the best practise for sending demos out to labels but also the state of mind of the label owners who receive them and hopefully listen.

I spent years sending demos out to labels and never really knowing the best way to ensure that my music was listened to. It was very frustrating at points and I’m sure many of you have had similar experiences.

In this pod we delved deep and hopefully answered most of your questions you might have on this topic.

Tracklist

1. Desert Sound Colony & Dr. Baird - Space Bass Express

2. Alienage - Ten After 3

3. Cisko - Dreamer

4. MMYYKK - Better (For The Love)

5. Al Wootton - Levi

6. Adam Pits - Stagga

7. Fred Quest - Soul Power

8. Desert Sound Colony - Birds Fly Dry

9. Breaka - Puffer Jackets (Desert Sound Colony Remix)

10. Altern 8 - Everybody (Altern 8’s Easy Chill Mix)

In this episode of the podcast Guava was joined by two of the founders of the amazing London club night Co-Select in which every set is a b2b with one woman and one man.

I (Desert Sound Colony) played at Co-Select last year with my friend Iona and it was such a killer vibe! That crew are onto something great over there and I'm delighted to have them on the pod.

They discussed the reason that they started the night, how it's been in practise and then Will and Bradley answered some of Emmy's questions about production.

Finally they played a good old fashioned HH podcast music game.

Fun times all round!

Tracklist
Control Yourself- Desert Sound Colony
I-SOL-8 - Luca Lozano 
One Shots - LMajor 
Music Angel - Y
Water off a Frog’s Back - Guava 
Budapest - Desert Sound Colony 
LA Test - Will Hofbauer 
Mox Diamond - Desert Sound Colony 
Wazz Maybe Flytrap - Guava, Will Hofbauer, Emmy Bacharach

Yooooo everyone,

Hope you're all good.

For this episode I was joined by the ever lovely Nathan Micay & Peach.
We discussed a lot of really important points such as our desert island food, Nathan's ultimate M&S selection and his love for Les Mis.

We also spoke about music production don't worry. This included the areas that we still struggle with and also a few tips on dealing with loops and breaks in your tracks.

Lastly we delved deep into our past and played each other some of the first track's that we ever made... It's safe to say we were having a rip roaring old time of it.

Hope you enjoy it as much as we did!

Tracklist

1. Alienage - Danceaholic
2. Harry Wills - Sarky
3. Alienage - Filter Funkard
4. Desert Sound Colony - Pompey Cruiser
5. Total Stasis (ft Takako Minekawa) Highland
6. A. R.Epee - E - Bear
7. Bolam - Break Yo’ Self
8. Aartekt - Flamingo Strut
9. Aartekt - When You’re Kissing Me
10. Bwana - Cat’s Cradle 
11. Wachs Lyrical - Cobra’s Tale
12. Bwana - Not Gonna Fall
13. Peach - Prism Power
14. Harry Wills - While My M1 Gently Weeps
15. Alienage - Do You Believe
16. Harry Wills - Nudge

Heya folks,

I hope you are all getting along ok during the lockdown and Zooming your brains out on a nightly basis.

It's been a bit of a break since the last pod as my wife and I had our daughter Margot in January and so have been busy getting to know her.
I'm planning on getting a bunch more of these done in over the coming months and they should be more regular I hope.

I was joined in this episode by two comedians moonlighting as producers & DJs, Alec Falconer & Harry Wills. We run the party soon to be label Sock It To Me with Dr. Banana and have also collaborated on a bunch of tracks together.

We discussed Alec's constant house party that he is now living in, Harry's attempt to play Grand Theft Auto as a do-gooder, the much asked question of how do you finish a track? and we also played a lovely little game at the end of the pod.

Hope you enjoy it as much as we enjoyed recording it :D

Links

Citizens Arrest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lN9IKtxepmo

8D Audio tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kke4r45S1v4

Phone Traxxx 004: https://www.phonicarecords.com/product/phone-traxx-phone-traxx-volume-4-pre-order-phone-traxx/166568