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-or about sound and silence. She has been a fixture in the techno scene since 2001 when she started ...
May 16, 2019•48 min
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 released his seminal The Disintegration Loops, a four part album created when old tape loops he was attemp...
Feb 14, 2019•48 min
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 Sebastian's love of improvisation, jam sessions, and creative collaboration, Circle of Live debuted official...
Dec 13, 2018•1 hr 12 min
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 in Japan. Donato and I sat down together to talk about nature and sound, a conversation that first ...
Nov 14, 2018•1 hr 9 min
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 is based today. Her latest release, Anticlines, came out on @igetrvng earlier this year — a thoughtfu...
Oct 04, 2018•48 min
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 familiar with his massive catalog of releases knows how crucial a role his music has played. In thi...
Aug 09, 2018•1 hr 6 min
Joining me on the 10th episode of AIR for a discussion about travel and touring is Berlin based DJ Nadine Moser, also known as Resom (@resi-resom) Nadine got her start in her native Leipzig when she started collecting records and learning to DJ. She became actively engaged in the social and cultural side of the music scene, becoming a crucial player in the city’s Homo Electrik collective. Upon moving to Berlin, she found a home at about blank, where she remains a resident today. Her DJ career ha...
Jun 22, 2018•46 min
Canadian DJ, producer, and BLKRTZ label boss Scott Monteith (better known by his moniker @Deadbeat) joins me for the ninth episode of AIR, a conversation about community and collaboration. Scott has been involved in electronic music for nearly 20 years now, first going to parties in his native Windsor, Ontario, before moving to Montreal where he eventually became a fixture in the scene, and one of MUTEK Festival’s first cohorts. Now based in Berlin, he has found a musical home at the infamous Ch...
May 03, 2018•50 min
AIR number eight features a talk about jazz, spontaneity, and freedom of expression with DJ, producer and @ithqdetroit co-founder, @erikadotnet. Erika got her start as a jazz DJ at her college radio station in Michigan, and since, she has been a crucial player in Detroit's music scene, both as a DJ and a live performer, and as one half of electro duo Ectomorph. Together with a Detroit-bred crew of like-minded DJs, Erika helps run the seminal No Way Back party — which celebrates its 10 year anniv...
Mar 08, 2018•47 min
For the seventh episode of AIR, @Max-Cooper and I chat about science, nature, and sound. Born and raised on the North coast of Ireland, Max has been interested in patterns, nature, and genetics since he was a kid, eventually earning his PhD in computational biology. He decided to pursue a career in music in 2010, letting his love of production and his interest in science intertwine through live AV shows like 2015’s Emergence and this year’s light field installation, Aether. At the time of this i...
Feb 14, 2018•47 min
The sixth episode of AIR welcomes Dutch producer, DJ, and label boss, Steffi for a chat on the limits of innovation in dance music. After a move to Berlin in 2007, she picked up a residency at Panorama bar, and eventually launched her label Dolly in 2009. Steffi has since become known for her journey-like DJ sets and, since 2015, a live set that she has toured across Europe. With a handful of releases on Ostgut Ton, a mix for fabric, and her 2017 album, World of the Waking State, Steffi remains ...
Jan 10, 2018•1 hr
The fifth episode of AIR welcomes Canadian DJ and producer Colin de la Plante, better known by his stage name, The Mole. Inspired by a massive wall of records at his flat in Berlin, this episode is a chat about collectors and collecting. Colin was an essential player in the electronic music scene on Canada's West Coast before moving to Montreal and eventually Berlin. He has been buying records since he was a teenager, collecting everything from classic rock to Brazilian funk, house and disco, mi...
Nov 30, 2017•52 min
The fourth episode of AIR welcomes UK-based DJ and producer @JaneFitz for a chat about getting lost in music. ** Sorry about the background noise in this one! ** Jane has been involved in electronic music for over 20 years, first as a raver and a music journalist in her native England and later in Asia, when she moved to Hong Kong at 23. Eventually she picked up DJing and brought her keen ear for selection and groove back to the UK at her event series like Peg, and Night Moves. Today she is cons...
Oct 25, 2017•46 min
The third episode of AIR welcomes Eric Cloutier, a DJ of over 20 years and the founder of Palinoia Records, to talk about the relationship between cities and sound. Eric @Cloutier is a DJ, producer, and label boss, born and raised in Detroit, where a longing for an escape from every day life fueled the city's music scene and rave culture. Eric moved to New York in the 2000s, where he became a resident at @TheBunkerNY. Now based in Berlin, Eric is adjusting to life and music in a city where absol...
Sep 13, 2017•54 min
The second episode of AIR features synth music icon Suzanne Ciani to talk about humanizing machines and the nature of synthetic sound. Please note that this episode was recorded live at Terraforma Festival, so you'll hear a signifcant amount of background noise and music throughout the interview. @SuzanneCiani is a pianist, composer, and Buchla pioneer, helping to introduce one of electronic music's earliest forms in the 1970s alongside Don Buchla himself. She is known not only for her sound des...
Jul 19, 2017•51 min
The first episode of AIR welcomes Robert Henke, also known as Monolake, to talk about confidence and growth as an artist. Robert is a co-founder of Ableton, an electronic music artist, and a visual artists whose recent efforts are laser-based AV projects like his Fragile Territories installations (2012-2017) and his Lumière shows (2013-2017). Photo by Maya Roisin-Slater AIR intro tune by Gene on Earth Featured music: Monolake - Atlas (2009)
Jun 21, 2017•47 min
