SoundPower

We close season one with Plumes, the viral musician who plays his pink guitar to animals all around the world. Plumes visits sanctuaries and natural spaces, honouring their emotional awareness, and drawing attention to animal welfare. These simple, heartwarming encounters have resonated widely, attracting 1.8 million followers on Instagram, reminding us that music can be a sacred meeting place, no...

On today’s SoundPower episode we are excited to have Jean-Philippe Rio-Py, known professionally as RIOPY, a French-British pianist and composer whose music bridges contemporary classical, cinematic and wellness worlds. Riopy’s work has spanned film trailers, documentaries and major advertising campaigns. In 2017 he signed with Warner Classics and released his debut album RIOPY, followed by Tree of...

We welcome producer, songwriter, and sonic explorer, Aaron Horn, a unique artist whose work spans big pop records, underground club culture, and immersive healing sound. Aaron is the Grammy-nominated co-writer on Doja Cat’s “Woman”, founder of Sam & The Womp with their UK No.1 “Bom Bom”, and co-creator of Crate Classics. What we love about Aaron’s unique approach to music is that, alongside hi...

This week, we’re joined by our friend John Stuart Reid, acoustic physicist, inventor of the CymaScope, and one of the leading voices exploring how sound shapes both the visible and invisible worlds. We dive into the healing mysteries of the Great Pyramid, and John shares the miraculous experience he had in the King’s Chamber that changed the course of his life and career. His work bridges ancient...

Tomorrow’s exciting episode of SoundPower features Stefan Koelsch, professor of Biological, Medical and Music Psychology at the University of Bergen, music neuroscientist, psychologist, violinist and bestselling author of Brain and Music and Good Vibrations.  His work maps how music engages the brain systems for emotion, memory, attention and language, and how those insights translate into health...

This exciting episode of SoundPower features Ludwig Berger, landscape sound artist, musician and educator exploring the sonic and vibratory dimensions of landscapes.  His practice listens with plants, insects, trees and ice, revealing small-scale and often inaudible processes through installations, compositions and performances. Recent work includes Melting Landscapes and Crying Glacier, projects...

This exciting episode of SoundPower features Scanner: artist, composer, sound designer, performer, collaborator, curator and activist Robin Rimbaud. From early works turning intercepted mobile and radio signals into music, he has built a practice across albums, site-specific installations and scores for dance, film and museums. Highlights include Tate Modern’s first sonic arts commission and perma...

This exceptional episode of SoundPower features Charlotte Church, singer-songwriter, actress, activist and transformative sound-healer. From her classical-crossover breakthrough Voice of an Angel to presenting The Charlotte Church Show, she keeps reimagining how she creates and shares her voice. Today she runs The Dreaming in the Elan Valley, leading sound healing and meditation with programs such...

Today’s exciting episode of SoundPower features Stephen Emmer — a composer/arranger/producer with an illustrious career. From Recitement to Home Ground, his work spans spoken word, orchestral pop, and soul — with collaborators ranging from Lou Reed and producer Tony Visconti to Midge Ure, Glenn Gregory, Liam McKahey, Neil Crossley, Chaka Khan, and Patti Austin. We dive into arrangement as architec...

This exciting episode of SoundPower features Melpomeni Kermanidou — singer, composer, songwriter, producer, arranger and lyricist. From orchestral torch songs to ambient electronics, she moves fluently across forms, inviting deep, cinematic listening. She also works across immersive sound and performance art. Ladies and gentlemen… the wonderful Melpomeni Kermanidou... If you can, please support th...

Today’s exceptional episode of SoundPower features BISHI — vocalist, composer, producer and electric sitar innovator. BISHI fuses electronic production with classical training and her trademark electric sitar to craft immersive, multi-disciplinary works powered by a remarkable four-octave voice. Through bold live performances and multimedia commissions, she builds worlds where voice, strings and c...

This exceptional episode of SoundPower features Joey Dean, composer and innovator behind Natural Symphony. Joey’s groundbreaking work connects nature and sound in extraordinary ways — using the electrical signals of living plants to create immersive, ever-evolving musical compositions. Through live performances and installations, he invites audiences to tune in to the living world around them and...

Today’s powerful episode of SoundPower features Ruth Daniel, cultural activist, musician, and CEO of In Place of War. Ruth is a multi-award-winning change-maker who has spent over 20 years harnessing music and art in communities affected by conflict, inequality, and climate change. From producing global collaborations with artists like Coldcut and Brian Eno to creating groundbreaking projects in S...

Today’s exceptional episode of SoundPower features Eli Goldstein from Soul Clap. Eli’s career spans 20+ years on the decks and beyond. Best known as half of e-funk purveyors Soul Clap, Eli wears many hats in the music universe. He runs Soul Clap Records, one of Mixmag’s 10 most influential disco labels of the last decade. He hosts a weekly radio show on New York City’s The Lot Radio. He’s one of t...

This fascinating episode of SoundPower features interdisciplinary artist, multi-instrumentalist, writer and producer working in music, sustainability and the arts, Kat Pegler. Drawing on her research practice exploring eco-anxiety, climate change impacts + more-than-human perspectives, she focuses on creating works that connect people with the environment in new ways, reintegrating respect for nat...

This episode of our SoundPower podcast features electronic recording artist, sound designer, composer, music producer, remixer and DJ Tom Middleton. His various band identities include  Global Communication  (primarily ambient),  Jedi Knights ( electro funk  and  house music ), and the aliases Chameleon, Secret Ingredients, and Link & E621.   His current work has evolved into a fascination wit...

This episode of the SoundPower podcast features Steve Spiro, record producer and remixer, working with artists including the  Pet Shop Boys ,  Talk Talk ,  The Farm  and  Imagination . He has since transitioned into composing major works for media, and now runs Felt Music, specializing in music supervision, working primarily across advertising and film/TV, but also sound design, audio branding and...

Today’s exciting episode of the Soundpower podcast features  record producer , songwriter,  sound engineer , musician, DJ and author Richard Norris . He is best known as a member of electronic dance band  The Grid , and has  worked as a producer and engineer since the 80s with artists such as:  Bryan Ferry ,  Genesis P-Orridge ,  Marc Almond ,  Joe Strummer  and the  Pet Shop Boys .   His current...

This fascinating episode features Julian Treasure.  Julian is a sound and communication expert, author and international keynote speaker whose mission is to help people and organisations to listen better and create healthier and more effective sound, including speaking. He is author of the books  How to be Heard   and  Sound Business . Julian’s five  TED  talks have been watched more than 150 mill...

This episode features "probably the most successful British artist you've never heard of", Steven Wilson. Steven  is founder, guitarist, lead vocalist, and songwriter of the post-rock band  Porcupine Tree , and also a member of  Blackfield ,  Storm Corrosion  and  No-Man . In addition he has released eight solo albums In a career spanning more than 30 years, and Steven has made music...

Today’s episode of SoundPowerFeatures on of Martyn’s oldest friends and mentors in the sound-art world, the legendary Charlie Morrow.  Charlie   is a composer, sound artist, performer and innovator whose goal over the past four decades has been to bring experimental sound and music to a wider audience. And, through avenues including concert performances and ad jingles, city-wide events and film so...

Today’s first ever episode of SoundPower features one of Martyn’s oldest friends, Jyoti Mishra from White Town, most famous for his worldwide number one hit, Your Woman. As a writer, performer and producer, his maverick mindset has ensured that all his work is fascinating and highly original. His talent lies in his appreciation of sonic construction and songwriting, with a twist. Ladies and gentle...

Do you ever consider how important sound is to you? Not just to your wellbeing, but potentially to your survival? SoundPower is a brand new podcast discussing the power of sound in the past, present and future. Sound used as medicine, in rituals, for mental health, as art and entertainment - and most importantly as an essential building block of what makes us human… Sound healer Cherub Sanson join...