Lost And Sound

I had an intimate and honest chat with Stuart Staples, frontman of Tindersticks,  who’ve been carving their  unique atmospheric music for over thirty years. When I first heard them, I was immediately drawn to this kind of melancholic romanticism that they seem to tap so well into. I’d listen and in my mind picture a group of gentleman musicians that wear good  suits and read old paperbacks. On the...

I had a chat with Anna Meredith, who is the only person I can think of who has been awarded both an MBE and released albums on indie label Moshi Moshi.   Mercury nominated Anna has been Composer in Residence with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and won the 2019 Ivor Novello Composer Award for Innovation. Not only that but was Goldie's mentor on the TV show Classic Goldie and at the same t...

In the new episode, or should I say the Neu! episode, I had a chat with Michael Rother, of legendary Krautrock pioneers Neu! and Harmonia and ten solo LPs.  I’ve always loved his music, which seemed to birth a kind of radical year zero approach to rock, mixing electronics, experimentation, drones and textures. He was also in a very early line-up of some band called Kraftwerk and we had a really wa...

For the first Lost and Sound of the year I had the pleasure of chatting with KMRU aka Joseph Kamaru, one of 2020’s true breakout stars, whose stunning field recordings are helping redefine ambient music.   Last year he released two LPs, a cassette and tons of tracks and reached high up in much of the music press’ end of year lists. We had a chat about his move from Nairobi to Berlin, the influence...

Lost And Sound, is about meeting music people with real vision and together we delve into the culture that inspires them.  I spoke with NZCA Lines, aka Micheal Lovett, whose neon-hued disco pop has charmed me since the middle of the last decade. He’s also played with Metronomy and Christine And The Queens and is currently living in New York. We had a really loose and easy chat about living in a ne...

I spoke with Zakia Sewell ,  Broadcaster, DJ and Audio Producer. Her amazing BBC Radio 4 series, My Albion, goes deep into the songs, stories and symbols that make up British national identity and taps into a super inclusive, multicultural and magical look at folklore. Her show every Saturday morning on NTS delves deep into celestial grooves, spiritual jazz, mythical folk and hazy psychedelic soun...

I had a chat with Robert Henke , dare I say it a true electronic music pioneer. Composer, artist, software developer and co-creator of Ableton Live. Founding member of Monolake, who were making techno music in Berlin back when I was most likely bopping to Kula Shaker in the indie disco, not that there’s anything wrong with that of course. But we spoke in person before lockdown, and listening back...

I had a chat with the one and only Peaches. Can you believe her seminal work The Teaches of Peaches has just turned 20? We spoke about this, about Daft Punk, about WAP, about her two massive shows last year and not only that, it was the day of the US election, how about that for hyper background ambience! She’s always been someone who I’ve felt to be fearless and totally raw in her work and I was...

In this episode of Lost and Sound, I spoke with Thurston Moore, founder member of the iconic Sonic Youth, now living in London where he’s inspired by the city’s improv scene.  I remember as a kid handing over my pocket cash for a copy of the band’s album Daydream Nation and being blown away by the way they played rock music, suddenly, it seemed there were no rules, and that appealed massively. His...

I met up with Laetitia Sadier. Singer with the hugely influential group Stereolab and solo artist, we got into a deep and frank conversation about creativity and the state of the world. Her music has been there in my life since I was a lanky teen, so I was thrilled to have this conversation and grateful to Laetitia for being so open!  I hope you enjoy listening. Title music by ESO www.instagram.co...

I met up with iconic DJ, producer and label owner Ellen Allien. Part punk, part cosmic being. She talks about the early days of Berlin techno, being a resident in legendary venues like Tresor right through to dealing with this weird ol’ year, via playing in the town of her favourite spicy Mexican sauce and noticing the bling in nature. She’s both a world touring techno icon and a uniquely homegrow...

I had a chat with Merrill Garbus,  who with her long term collaborator and husband Nate Brenner, makes the wonderful sound that is Tune-Yards.  The first time I heard Tune-Yards, I think it being on the 4AD label drew me in, I totally fell for the rhythms and harmonies bursting out of the at the time lo-fi production. Ever since then, new Tune-Yards material is always such heaven to my ears, wheth...

For the first face to face interview in ages, I met up with the one and only Ghostpoet.  Twice Mercury Prize nominated, genre-defying and also a really nice guy. We went for a tea and had a chat about his recent LP, the massively brooding and krauty I Grow Tired But Dare Not Fall Asleep, why he decided to move to Berlin during a pandemic and being a musical outsider. It’s definitely one of those i...

In the new episode of Lost and Sound, we go over to Brooklyn to chat with DJ, producer and multi media artist Tygapaw.  I love the ferocious, eclectic energy of her mixes. She talks about growing up in Jamaica, going to dancehall seshuns whilst also listening to Nirvana and how she grew in confidence as a DJ in New York and setting up the club night and label, Fake Accent to raise the visibility o...

In Season 3, I’m setting off to discover how music can connect us all around the world now and in the future. And who better than choreographer and dancer Kianí Del Valle to talk about how music and the body are connected. A true global traveller, her stunningly physical work has appeared in videos for Floating Points, Dirty Projectors, Matthew Dear and Clark, and her troupe The KDV Dance Ensemble...

Hi and welcome back. In Season 3, I’m setting off to discover how music can connect us all around the world now and in the future. And who better to start with than a true globe trotter, Ahmed Gallab, better known as Sinkane. I’ve always found it totally impossible to listen to his fusion of Afro rock, funk, krautrock and Sudanese pop and without feeling totally energised! From his home in Brookly...

My first day in Kyiv, I met with Igor, Vera and Alex, the collective behind Kyiv party organisers and label, Rhythm Büro. They've created a niche for atmospheric and deep techno. We meet in their bunker-like studio where they talk about their backgrounds and how deep sounds inspire them. Music credits Log by Na Nich The Key by Na Nich And you can find out how to buy digital and 12” vinyl of t...

My second day in Kyiv began meeting up with multi-media artist Georgiy Potopalskiy - who records as Ujif_Norfound. His studio is high up on a hill, surrounded by technology old and new, where he is immersed in street art, audio visual tech and has a new LP that is 5 hours long. Georgiy talks poetically about how the landscape around him influences his work. Music Credits: Process excerpt by Ujif_N...

Timur Dzhafarov records and DJs under the name John Object. He makes sublime, hectic electronic music that reflects the over-saturation of modern life.  We met up in Ocean Plaza - the second largest shopping mall in Ukraine. We discuss difficult music, how a creative journey led from The Beatles to playing at Cxema - Kyiv’s most prominent techno party and how KFC is a metaphor for European capital...

Friday afternoon, I met up with Maya and Tanya, two thirds of Tight Magazine - the stylish online zine with an international and erudite approach to music culture.  High up on a hill, overlooking the giant Motherland Monument,  we talk about how their new post-soviet generation are making the most of the shifting landscape in the city and forging new creative outlets and collaborations. Check out...

It’s Friday night. Finally, I actually go clubbing. Kyiv’s top venue for underground music, Closer provides a valued space for the city's creatives to meet and dance. I meet up with the co-op’s PR officer, Alisa Mullen, who talks about how she quit a 9-5 job, like many others in the last few years, on a mission to give creativity, music and dancing a spectacular platform in the city.  Music C...

I’ve been living in Berlin for nearly two years now, I went to meet fellow Brit, Sasha Perera, aka Perera Elsewhere. Her soulful and experimental electronica feels both London and distinctly Berlin. She moved here at a time the Stadt was off many people’s radar and she talks frankly and with searing wit about cultural identity. Lost and Sound In Berlin is a podcast exploring music and identity in...

It’s a year full of change, and for the first podcast of the year the theme is Protest.  I met up with DJ and film maker Ace of Demons, part of the No Shade crew, who explained to me the way gentrification threatens diversity in Berlin, and what we can do to make conscious decisions.  Then I went to meet Berlin legend and Possibly the suavest man to have been a political prisoner, the leader of an...

I met up for with three artists pushing club music expectations here in Berlin. Perel is signed to New York’s DFA label but sings in Deutsch. Her album, Hermetica, is one of my favourite’s this year, she talks frankly about finding her musical identity. Simon Kaiser runs the night, TRADE, bringing an experimental edge to the party scene. And Bakläxa brings touches of UK Bass to her genre-mashing s...

I went off to explore how creating the right environment is so key to making music. Ulrike Haage, pianist, sound artist and composer talks about the way food unlocks creativity, and then over on Washauer Straße, Tom and Nadine talk about what inspired them to build the Michelberger Hotel, and how this space inspired a music festival. Lebensqualität = Quality of Life https://www.ulrikehaage.com htt...