AIR Podcast

Episode 35 is an ambient music special with one of the genre’s contemporary luminaries and a personal favourite of mine, John Elliott, also known as Imaginary Softwoods. Although he’d be loathe to describe his work as ambient, John’s music as Imaginary Softwoods is celebrated for its deep, lush tones, beautiful synthwork, pensive melodies, and thoughtful samples. Perhaps best known for his band Em...

Welcome back to AIR, an interview podcast series with a different theme each episode. Joining me for our 34th episode is musician and radio presenter @NabihahIqbal. Growing up in London, Nabihah loved music since she was little, having learned guitar, piano, sitar and flute at a young age. She tried out a few different paths — she studied ethnomusicology and later law conversion, sat the Bar, and...

Episode 33 is here and joining me this month is DJ and @My-Own-Jupiter boss @NicolasLutz. After getting his start in his native Uruguay and making stops in Berlin and London along the way, Nicolas has garnered a cult following thanks to his keen ear, his flawless mixing, and his unparalleled ability to unearth the kind of singular records that make his marathon DJ sets so special. It seemed to onl...

We're back with episode 32, and joining me this month to talk about escapism and music in the time of Covid 19 is DJ, producer, and @eerie-records founder @marco_shuttle. A DJ and producer since his teenage years, Treviso born Marco Shuttle has made a name for himself thanks to his spellbinding journey like DJ sets, and rich, eclectic techno productions that focus on the dancefloor as an escape. A...

Today’s is an important episode — and one that I’ve been interested in tackling for a while. Joining me for a talk about mental health and the music industry is producer and vocalist Seven Davis Jr. Sev became a household name with his critically acclaimed 2015 release Universes. But behind the scenes, Sev struggled with this meteoric rise to fame and life of touring and gigs. Having suffered from...

Joining me for AIR's 30th episode is Canadian singer, songwriter, and producer @JessyLanza. A classically trained musician, Jessy has been making music most of her life, while her critically acclaimed first album, Pull My Hair Back, released in 2013 on Hyperdub. Since then, she has been creating a steady collection of work, a mixture of pop electronica and R&B that, like 2020's All The Time, often...

Our last episode of 2020 welcomes one of the foremost sound recordists in the world, the great @ChrisWatsonOfficial. Chris has been obsessed with field recording since he was young, but his career began in the 80s when he started working for television. Since then, his work has taken him around the world, recording the sounds of animals and nature for documentaries like Frozen Planet and The Life...

This month’s guest is German DJ, producer, and label owner David Koch, also known as @DeWalta. Although a classically trained musician who studied at Hans Eisler music conservatory in Berlin, David quickly realized that the best skills and knowledge don’t necessarily come from academic training: his contemporary creative output has been largely self-taught. David’s music depends on his consistent...

Joining me for the 27th episode of AIR is UK producer, composer, and DJ Henrietta Smith-Rolla, also known as @Afrodeutsche-ad. Henrietta is a fixture in the Manchester's small but fervent music scene, her DJ sets incorporating everything from footwork to hardcore, techno, electro, and beyond. At home, however, she is inspired by films like Bladerunner or anything by Alfred Hitchcock — an interest...

Joining me for our 26th instalment is DJ, label boss, and promoter, @Veragoesdeep. Having got her start DJing in the 1990s, Vera moved to Berlin where she has become a fixture at Hoppetosse and CDV, clubs which are also home to @MelliflowRecords — the event series and label she founded in 2016 with fellow DJ Alexandra. Vera is a master of the expressive, journey like DJ set, and in this conversati...

This month we’re celebrating 25 episodes of AIR, an interview podcast series with a different theme each episode. Thanks so much to everyone who has tuned in over the past two years, it's been an absolute pleasure making this series and I hope you'll keep listening — got some really good stuff coming soon. Today’s episode is about the art of vulnerability, featuring New York based ambient producer...

We're back with episode 24! Recorded in early April 2020, this episode welcomes DJ and producer Luke Slater. @Luke-Slater has been DJing since the late 1980s, and by the 90s, his many aliases had become household names thanks to important releases on labels like Peacefrog, and Nova Mute. By 2009, Luke had joined Ostgut Ton, continuing to tour relentlessly and produce music with seemingly boundless...

Joining me this month for our first ever episode recorded remotely is Austrian DJ and producer Susanne Kirchmayr, also known as Electric @Indigo. Susanne has a long history with sound and creativity, performing live in unique spaces and in unique ways that showcase her often avant-garde listening music, while in the studio, she’s known for her use of techniques like granular synthesis to manipulat...

Recorded in Lahti, Finland, episode 22 welcomes Finnish producer and musician Aleksi Perala for a talk about Colundi, a microtonal tuning system introduced to him several years ago, and in which the different frequencies relate to different psychologies and beliefs. Although Colundi is still for the most part a mystery even to its staunchest believers, its frequences are said to encourage healing,...

The 21st episode of AIR is here, and this time I travelled to Huntingdon, England to speak with Scottish percussionist and musician Dame Evelyn Glennie. After suffering the loss of her hearing at age 12, Evelyn learned to listen through vibration. A trained musician and multi instrumentalist, she has since gone on to become one of the foremost solo percussionists touring and recording today. This...

We're back after another quick break last month, and this is the 20th episode of AIR, an interview podcast series with a different theme each episode. This month's guest is DJ and producer @PhilippGorbachev. After delving into the Christian faith several years ago, Philipp discovered bell ringing, a passion project that has taken both his creativity, and his music to the next level. He has spent t...

Episode 19 of AIR welcomes an artist who needs little introduction. Jeff Mills got his start in Detroit in the 1980s, he is considered a luminary in electronic music, recognized for his contributions not only in techno, but in classical music and cinematic composition. In this conversation, @axis-jeff-mills discusses his love of moving images, and his quest for moving forward. * Please excuse the...

We're back for episode 18, and our guest this month is Canadian producer and DJ, @RichieHawtin. A fixture in techno both under his real name and under his Plastikman alias, Richie has also become infamous for his innovations in music technology, his collaborations in art and fashion, and his own entrepreneurial ventures. In this conversation, we talk about how his different projects fit in to his...

We're back and our 17th guest is DJ and producer @petervanhoesen. In this conversation, we talk about the creative and artistic motivations that brought Peter to the place he's in today. Having come up in the era of new beat and EBM, Peter has long been in search of sounds that move him, thrill him, or make him think. Exploring every corner of techno, experimental, and ambient, his work and his la...

Welcome back! We've been on a bit of a break the past couple months as the AIR Podcast BOOK (!!) was published, so big thanks to everyone who showed up to the launch party and all the pals near and far who bought a copy. A heads up that if you missed out, a digital download of the book will be available soon... For the 16th episode, I travelled to Cologne to chat with German DJ and producer @cio-d...

For episode 15, I'm joined by American avant garde composer and sound artist @William-Basinski for a chat about deep listening, loops, and found sound. Born and raised in Texas, Basinski is a classically trained clarinetist who studied jazz and composition at university. After eventually moving to New York, he began experimenting with tape loops, found sound, and audio feedback. In 2001, he releas...

Our last episode of 2018 was recorded in Röstånga, Sweden with producer and performer @SebastianMullaert, who invited me to his studio to talk about the art of live performance and his new project, @CircleofLive. After retiring his live duo @Minilogue in 2014, Sebastian continued recording and performing under the name Wa Wu We, before launching his new project Circle of Live. Inspired by Sebastia...

The 13th episode of AIR welcomes Italian DJ and producer, @Donato-Dozzy. Donato has been DJing in the 1980s, discovering techno and acid, before crafting his own take on dark, hypnotic electronic music. Although he is currently based out of Rome, Donato’s creativity depends on natural surroundings — whether that’s his beach house in San Felice or playing in the mountains at @mindgameslaby Festival...

Our 12th episode is about lyrics, spoken word, and vocals, featuring producer and performer @LucreciaDalt. Born into a musical family in Colombia, Lucrecia started making herself music after a brief stint as a geotechnical engineer in Medellin. She quickly became involved in her home city's music scene, putting out EPs on a local label before moving to Barcelona, and eventually Berlin, where she i...

Hello and welcome back! The eleventh instalment of AIR welcomes German born, Chile based producer and live performer Uwe Schmidt, better known as @Atom_TM. Having produced under dozens of aliases over a career that spans more than three decades, Atom is one of those rare artists that truly cannot be pinned down. His work has touched on techno, acid, IDM, electrolatino, and experimental, and anyone...