Music Not Diving with Scuba

I'm playing all night long at Venue MOT in London on 14 Nov. Grab a ticket here: https://ra.co/events/2527068 Sign up for free to join our community. -- Sophie Lloyd is a DJ and producer from the UK. A staple of Defected Records and associated labels and promotions, this year she was invited to dig through the archives of London Records which resulted in standout EP 'London Revisited'...

I'm playing all night long at Venue MOT in London on 14 Nov. Grab a ticket here: https://ra.co/events/2527068 Sign up for free to join our community. -- Nathan Fake is a producer and live performer from the UK. He has released albums on Border Community , Ninja Tune , via his own channels, and most recently through French label InFiné . That latest album, Evaporator , is discussed during the conve...

I'm playing all night long at Venue MOT in London on 14 Nov. Grab a ticket here: https://ra.co/events/2527068 Sign up for free to join our community. -- Gavilán Rayna Russom is a producer, DJ, and interdisciplinary artist based in New York. A former member of LCD Soundsystem , she has a new album under her Black Meteoric Star alias entitled Wet . We discuss her time working at DFA and eventually j...

I'm playing all night long at Venue MOT in London on 14 Nov. Sign up for tix here: https://ra.co/pre/2527068 Sign up for free to join our community. -- Jend is a producer and DJ who has built an impressive following on streaming platforms and social media using a very interesting set of strategies adapting from his time in drop shipping. So we are getting deep into the weeds of digital music marke...

I'm playing all night long at Venue MOT in London on 14 Nov. Sign up for tix here: https://ra.co/pre/2527068 Sign up for free to join our community. -- On the podcast this week... What you need to do to become a DJ in 2026. I mean a good DJ. Why you should learn to beat match, preferably on vinyl. Why you should learn to use Ableton. Why you should take digital marketing seriously. Why you should...

On this episode... Why Distrokid selling to CVC will lead to more AI music. What Kobalt selling to Primary Wave means for the majors. Why the industry is counting on the hybrid musicians of the future. Were the Odyssey casting decisions part of the marketing campaign? And what Suki Waterhouse could learn from Boy George...! Read my 2000 word essay on the Burial / dubstep conundrum: https://ww...

Even if it's not just a very effective bit of marketing, John Summit should definitely turn heel. On this episode we also discuss other notable examples of music industry creative stunts including Chuck D vs Flava Flav, Fifty Cent vs Kanye, Green Day vs The Network, and The KLF vs a million pounds. -- NEW MERCH STORE: Support the podcast with a purchase from our new line of awesome merch. Tees, ho...

No, really it does. In this episode we discuss a series of articles recommended by friend-of-the-show Darren Hemmings in this substack post. As the title suggests, we consider the ethics of AI music from two separate angles. And finally we look at the increasing dominance of standup comedy in the ecosystem of live events. I will never stand being accused of cynical ragebait! -- NEW MERCH STORE: Su...

What does the new age of oligarchy mean for the future of art and the cultural sector? And what can we learn from previous era of extreme inequality? Weighty question on this episode of the podcast... -- NEW MERCH STORE: Support the podcast with a purchase from our new line of awesome merch. Tees, hoodies, water bottles... etc! Cheap worldwide shipping! Visit the store here: hotflushrecordings.com...

NEW MERCH STORE: Support the podcast with a purchase from our new line of awesome merch. Tees, hoodies, water bottles... etc! Cheap worldwide shipping! Visit the store here: hotflushrecordings.com/shop -- Corporate money is the wellspring of great art... discuss! Also, the demise of Nina, Juno Download, and eventually Subvert. -- Listen to the Not A Diving Club radio show: https://soundcloud.com/s...

NEW MERCH STORE: Support the podcast with a purchase from our new line of awesome merch. Tees, hoodies, water bottles... etc! Cheap worldwide shipping! Visit the store here: hotflushrecordings.com/shop -- Carl Craig  is a producer, DJ, and label owner from Detroit.  A feature-length documentary,  Desire: The Carl Craig Story , is available to stream now.  Listen to the reissue...

MERCH DROP! Support the podcast with a purchase from our new line of awesome merch. Tees, hoodies, water bottles... etc! Cheap worldwide shipping! Visit the store here: hotflushrecordings.com/shop -- Singles Club is a series of podcasts we do over on our Patreon . Sign up for less than the price of a cup of coffee to get all 20+ episodes! -- Listen to the Not A Diving Club radio show: https://soun...

MERCH DROP! Support the podcast with a purchase from our new line of awesome merch. Tees, hoodies, water bottles... etc! Cheap worldwide shipping! Visit the store here: hotflushrecordings.com/shop -- The bulk of this episode is a deep dive on the Live Nation / Ticketmaster situation. We look at the system of practices that has developed since the merger in 2010, the recent ruling, and the possible...

MERCH DROP! Support the podcast with a purchase from our new line of awesome merch. Tees, hoodies, water bottles... etc! Cheap worldwide shipping! Visit the store here: hotflushrecordings.com/shop -- This week on Music Not Diving we decouple from the Youtube feed and get into the ongoing debate around AI. Sceptics like Ed Zitron have come to prominence with their doubts about the viability of busi...

MERCH DROP! Support the podcast with a purchase from our new line of awesome merch. Tees, hoodies, water bottles... etc! Cheap worldwide shipping! Visit the store here: hotflushrecordings.com/shop -- What does the music industry have in common with Swiss watches? Quite a lot, as we discover on this solo episode of the podcast... The latest Morgan Stanley Swiss watch industry report can be viewed h...

MERCH DROP! Support the podcast with a purchase from our new line of awesome merch. Tees, hoodies, water bottles... etc! Cheap worldwide shipping! Visit the store here: hotflushrecordings.com/shop -- Music Not Diving touched down in Bengaluru, aka Bangalore, for the opening night of  DJ El Sid 's  Ends & Means  party, and also to record podcasts at the  Bangalore Internatio...

MERCH DROP! Support the podcast with a purchase from our new line of awesome merch. Tees, hoodies, water bottles... etc! Cheap worldwide shipping! Visit the store here: hotflushrecordings.com/shop -- Music Not Diving touched down in Bengaluru, aka Bangalore, for the opening night of  DJ El Sid 's  Ends & Means  party, and also to record podcasts at the  Bangalore Internatio...

MERCH DROP! Support the podcast with a purchase from our new line of awesome merch. Tees, hoodies, water bottles... etc! Cheap worldwide shipping! Visit the store here: hotflushrecordings.com/shop -- Listen to the Not A Diving Club radio show: https://soundcloud.com/swufm/scuba-not-a-diving-club-14 You can now discuss the show on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/MusicNotDiving/ Frank Wiedemann &nb...

MERCH DROP! Support the podcast with a purchase from our new line of awesome merch. Tees, hoodies, water bottles... etc! Cheap worldwide shipping! Visit the store here: hotflushrecordings.com/shop -- You can now discuss the show on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/MusicNotDiving/ Slipmatt is one of the most important DJs in the history of dance music. From his first major gig at Raindance in 1989,...

Recondite is one of our favourite guests and here we welcome him for his third appearance on the podcast. We discuss his recent performances at arguably the world's hottest music venue - the Sphere in Las Vegas, and also the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt. And we get the inside story on what's going on in melodic techno, an area of dance music that has attracted some of the biggest audiences while bein...

Music Not Diving is supported by Acid Nation (formerly AC55ID)... head over to www.acidnation.com to check out the fastest growing electronic music marketplace, a central hub for music discovery, streaming and purchasing! -- Watch the video episodes of Music Not Diving over at youtube.com/@WeNotDiving Following on from the 'End Of Recorded Music?' episode, this week we take a look at some of...

Music Not Diving is supported by Acid Nation (formerly AC55ID)... head over to www.acidnation.com to check out the fastest growing electronic music marketplace, a central hub for music discovery, streaming and purchasing! -- Watch the video episodes of Music Not Diving over at youtube.com/@WeNotDiving Sister Bliss is the musical driving force behind one of the biggest dance acts of all time -...

Music Not Diving is supported by Acid Nation (formerly AC55ID)... head over to www.acidnation.com to check out the fastest growing electronic music marketplace, a central hub for music discovery, streaming and purchasing! -- Watch the video episodes of Music Not Diving over at youtube.com/@WeNotDiving Bugged Out  is one of the UK's best-loved and most enduring club brands. From humble be...

Music Not Diving is supported by Acid Nation (formerly AC55ID)... head over to www.acidnation.com to check out the fastest growing electronic music marketplace, a central hub for music discovery, streaming and purchasing! -- Watch the video episodes of Music Not Diving over at youtube.com/@WeNotDiving The Sabres Of Paradise  were formed in 1992 by  Andrew Weatherall , Gary Burns, an...

Music Not Diving is supported by Acid Nation (formerly AC55ID)... head over to www.acidnation.com to check out the fastest growing electronic music marketplace, a central hub for music discovery, streaming and purchasing! -- Watch the video episodes of Music Not Diving over at youtube.com/@WeNotDiving This is a re-up of a podcast we released in mid-2023 which sought to set the table for what...