This week we are joined by Michael Sebastian, an improvisation performer who hooks his guitar and voice up to a loop station to create amazing, totally improvised dance music. We talk about how Michael goes from busking to hosting his own organic raves in London and…er…Bali!

We also were lucky enough to set up in the flat for a jam with the man himself. A couple of guitars, a synth, his loop station and a microphone. We’ve not stuck the whole thing in the show as we went all night, but just a little snippet gives you the taste.

Enjoy.

Follow him here:

@bastiancreations

wwww.basitiancreations.com

It’s just Alex and Michelle this week and you join us for a chilled morning chat. We go into the difference between enjoying something and thinking that something has merit. Do you have to think something is good to have enjoyed it? Can you enjoy something that you know is bad? We also talk about telling important stories vs exploiting important stories.

Of course we have our usual smegments and you can find out what a goober is.

DISCLAIMER! SORRY ABOUT THE TECHNICAL ISSUES.

We continue our series of finding out about us, the band itself, by delving into the past of our drummer, the eastender himself, George Coleman.

We go back to how George got started in music, what makes him tick today and we talk about the mythical beast that is - the drummer.

Now for something completely different…this week we are joined by Sophie Marsh, and, much like Princess Jasmine, we are taken to explore a whole new world.

Sophie is body-poet. Not sure what that entails? Well you’re about the find out. Sophie fuses her poetry and writing with movement, somewhere between dancing and yoga. This fusion of creative mediums is something that really interests us, especially when the line also becomes blurred between art and well being.

Sophie also treats us to a body meditation so that you can get involved.

Meditation timecode: 01:04:45 - 01:18:40

You can check her out and follow her through the links below…

Insta - @sophilosofia

Soundcloud - https://soundcloud.com/sophilosofia

Website- https://sophilosofia.webnode.com

This week we have a first for the pod, we’ve got an actress on! Not only that, but an actress who also makes a living out of directing and singing, too. Francesca Goodridge is a long time friend, having lived with Michelle back in 2012/13, a much anticipated guest as we get the opportunity to delve into a world that we are yet to.

Fran has directed hit theatre productions such as Shout!, amongst many others, travelling up and down the UK and even to parts of Europe and the Middle East to ply her trade. On a chilled Sunday afternoon we get into things before our roast dinner is ready for us, enjoy!

This one is a bit different…after seeing the new Joker film, an origin story about the super villain, we wanted to sit down and discuss the effect that art has on our society, in a very real way. Either through protests, personal life changing experiences or the more tragic events such as those in 2012, associated with the character, Joker, art is powerful and we wanted to discuss whether…superhero pun intended…with great power comes great responsibility. Good friend, colleague and regular guest, Ben Gladwin, joins us.

We’re back with the guests! This week we are joined by Heidi and Liv from the independent clothing brand, Aesthetic Laundry. Heidi set up the company a few years ago with a focus on fit and colour! Now that things are exploding for her she’s taken on a bigger team, including best friend Liv.

Thanks for having us at Aesthetic Laundry HQ, where we talked about fast fashion, getting your message across and, of course, the mighty behemoth that is instagram.

CHECK THEM OUT HERE - @AESTHETIC_LAUNDRY

After we gave you the opportunity to the listen back to the live show from Liverpool, Shell and Alex sit down to debrief the events after a week away.

So, they happened. We premiered our short film in front of a select audience in Liverpool, and London, as we played the soundtrack along, LIVE. This was then followed up by a live discussion for this very podcast! This weeks episode comes from the Liverpool launch of the film where we invited friends, family, industry and some familiar faces to the podcast.

Thank you so much for those of you who came down to check it out, even more to those who stuck around for the live podcast, and we hope you enjoyed the events.

The London live discussion will be out when the film itself is released, in the coming months.

We’re back! After a week off (thanks for understanding) the 4 of us are in one room after the rehearsals for next week’s launch events.

We get into the nitty gritty about art - what defines it? Does the artist influence the consumer? And other, less high brow, more silly stuff! Plus, Tee tries to do some simple maths...