The music podcast that does music differently. I'm Giles Sibbald and I'm talking to extraordinary musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in their lives to amplify their own creativity, use their instinct, pursue new challenges, take risks, overcome fears and bounce back from mistakes.
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Wow. Gordon Raphael!
You're probably most familiar with Gordon through his work producing two timeless and hugely influential records in 2001 and 2003 for a band who re-captured the rock n roll romanc…
Agustina Ruiz plays keys in the magnificently retro slash futuristic, surfy, psychedelic cumbia band Los Bitchos.
Their debut album Let The Festivities Begin has just come out and a UK and Euro tour …
Vara Sky (aka Amy Swart) is a fabulous electronic music artist living in Los Angeles. She hits that very, very sweet spot of abrasive industrial and aggressive pummelling beats that on one hand feels…
“DJ Food is best described as Food for DJs, simple as that, just flip it around and it begins to mean something entirely different."
DJ Food is a project that started back in 1990 when Jonathan More a…
"What we need is a revolution driven by a philosophy of personal activism"
Meg Lee Chin is a visionary of the underground, DIY music and culture scene.
One of her early bands was Teknofear with Becky W…
Nemone Metaxas has gained a vast range of skills and knowledge through her education, sport and her career in broadcasting and DJ'ing. As we'll hear, she is using her experience and passions to creat…
Gina has been a massive influence on culture and society throughout her life and inspiration for many. She’s done film direction, videography, she’s a painter and she is a co-founder of the hugely se…
Parquet Courts are a band who has experimented and brought individual influences into their sound. With their latest and 8th studio album, Sympathy for Life, they have pushed the boundaries yet agai…
I knew from the moment that Bahar said she was up for doing an episode that I'd made the right decision to pluck up the courage to ask her.
It's colourful, full of smiles, full of positivity, full of…
Maria Uzor has opened up a world that fuses the subversion and aftermath of the years that followed punk with the after hours, stripped back, defiant underground, counter-culture vibe of Miami’s Kitc…
We kick off Season 5 with James Spectrum, founder of Pepe Deluxé.
There hadn’t been an album from Pepe in 10 years but…..things have happened…..they recently released their fifth album called Phantom…
What a fabulous way to end a fabulous Season 4 with Ray Ahn, co-founder of one of my favourite bands of all time - The Hard-Ons.
In this fantastic episode, when Ray's not humming Ferry 'Cross the Mer…
Bringing different influences, ideas and ways of working together is one of the most exciting and satisfying way to live your life and grow as a person. I think this also goes for creating music - t…
It’s hard to overstate the influence that Richard Norris has had on the music industry over the past 40 years.
In his youth in St Albans, Richard got involved in the experimental and creative punk ro…
Having been hired to produce a Circle Jerks record that never happened, Dimitri Coats developed a strong bond with Keith Morris (Black Flag, Circle Jerks) and, hey, waddyaknow…...OFF! was born.
Former…
Kira Roessler joined Black Flag in 1984 at what was possibly the most polarising point in the band’s career.
They had just released the game changing My War and were going on an extensive tour to pro…
Aside from her life as a fabulous multi-instrumentalist - bassist in Big Joanie, guitarist in Charmpit, drummer in the enigmatic Dirty Girl and solo synthesiserist (I just made that word up) - Estell…
For the last 25 years, Jason Reece has been producing an outstanding stream of expansive, cinematic, experimental records that have kept fans excited, looking forwards and on their toes. His approach…
Alton Jenkins is a powerhouse of a drummer. A massively inventive, unique, avant garde, experimental, punk rock, psychedelic, melodic percussionist noisemaker and a lynchpin of that very creative and…
"The greatest cultural beacon this planet has produced” - Irvine Welsh
"A modern day Patti Smith" - Johny Brown, Band of Holy Joy
Kirsty's work explores the power of the free individual, unconstrained …