Three Minute Epiphany

Three Minute Epiphany

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Three Minute Epiphany episodes

  • Kim Gordon: Art and Music

    Best known as Sonic Youth's front woman, Kim Gordon, considers herself first and foremost a visual artist. Kim discusses her creative processes and her new album 'No Home Record'.

    6 min
  • Quantic: Place and Creating

    Will Holland aka Quantic explores how his surroundings, especially his move to Brooklyn have affected his creativity, and changed his life.

    Quantic records under many guises as the Quantic Soul Orchestra, The Limp Twins, Flowering Inferno, and Ondatrópica and always delivers quality funk, soul and jazz grooves.

    6 min
  • Raphael Saadiq: Inspirations And Collaborations

    Mary Anne has a 3 Minute Epiphany from legendary songwriter and producer, Raphael Saadiq. An R&B polymath, Raphael has written for and produced some of the biggest names in music inc Whitney, Mary J, TLC, En Vogue and was a member of Lucy Pearl. Beginning his career in the group Tony! Toni! Tone!, Raphael toured with Prince, before becoming the go to guy for that original old school R&B sound.

    For years he has flown under the radar, preferring to work behind the scenes, lending his immeasurable skills to production, songwriting and arranging. He's also worked extensively across film and TV scores and of course proudly held the role of executive producer on Solange's incredible album 'A Seat At The Table'.

    Now, 8 years since his last solo album, Raphael has returned with an incredibly personal record, which explores drug addiction within his own family and the wider problem with addiction, loss and trauma experienced across the world.

    4 min
  • Jlin: Collaborations

    Jlin explores collaborations, reflecting on her work with experimental musician Holly Herndon and choreographer Wayne McGregor

    6 min
  • Robert Glasper: Musical Influences

    The Grammy winner has worked with Kendrick Lamar, Stevie Wonder, Erykah Badu and Questlove,

    Throughout his career, Glasper has won won 3 Grammy’s and an Emmy award. He has also worked as a producer on 'Miles Ahead', the biopic film based on the life of Miles Davis.

    His breakthrough album was 2012's "Black Radio" which won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Album, which was followed by 2014's "Black Radio 2". But Glasper stepped fully into the spotlight thanks to his prominent role on Kendrick Lamar's "To Pimp A Butterfly"

    7 min
  • Wolfgang Buttress: Multi-Sensory Installation Beam

    Award winning artist Wolfgang Buttress presents a 3 Minute Epiphany on BEAM. BEAM is a multi sensory, immersive, sculpture, which forms part of this year's Glastonbury festival. BEAM highlights the essential role that honey bees play in pollinating 30% of the food that we eat.

    The installation includes light and an ever changing soundscape based upon the live sounds from a beehive plus contributions from members of Spiritualized, Sigur Ros, Sunn O))) and other guest artists.

    7 min

About Three Minute Epiphany

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Mary Anne Hobbs’ guests answer a burning question with a short epiphany, giving insight into their creative process

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