RJD2 lives in Ohio! That was NEWS to me I often find myself there for family occasions since my in laws live in Columbus. I never knew. I mean I would NEVER have guessed but isn’t that always the best somehow? Plus have you EVER met a man named Ramble? So many firsts on the 52 :) Welcome! let us delve into schmod cast! ______________________________ First off I’d like to invite you to invite to take part in a competition to win a badass Radial EXTC SA. Yes the kind folks at Radial Engineering ar...
Aug 19, 2019•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 52
Hello! It’s Jamie and John in Echo Park time :) Yeah, I sat in my Air B and B and chatted with Mr Vanderslice on Feb 4th 2019. What a treat. I’d met him years before in Australia but I’d completely forgotten I was reminded of that by him during the interview which could have potentially been embarrassing … But John is not that guy. No no no He has a delightfully animated persona, running on 100 the whole time and there’s lots of honesty and enthusiasm that hits you like a vinagerette. A lot of f...
Aug 05, 2019•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 51
I’m happy to welcome grammy award winning musician/producer Adrian Quesada to the 50th Episode of the show! Let’s just jump into the big list of collaborators he’s rocked with to get a quick taste of the caliber of this gent! How about Shawn Lee?! Yeah! as well as Ocote Soul Sounds, Martin Perna of Antibalas… so so many more He’s performed on the Late Show with David Letterman as well as twice on PBS' historic Austin City Limits TV Show. He has also worked with Prince, GZA (Wu-Tang Clan), Bernie...
Jul 22, 2019•51 min•Ep. 50
Hello ! Greetings from the SONIC RANCH in El Paso! Woe. I’m in another world right now Massive thanks to Dave Sitek for inviting me out into space. I’m blown away. The people here are so great and the studios are just absolutely bonkers. Most importantly it’s a totally secluded zone. The head expands. Almost as many cats as people and WAY more pecan trees! Ha Welcome to Episode 49. I met this Frank (Bink Beats) when we did a show together in Amsterdam recently. I was sitting in with him on a cou...
Jul 08, 2019•1 hr 2 min
Hello Amȯn Tȯbin! He was Born in Brazil, but as you can hear from this interview he’s got a distinctively English twang having spent yonks in the UK. I don’t want to give away the details of the chap’s timeline just yet as we get into all of that in this FaceTime chin wag. Might I say at this point though that I feel mightily chuffed to have Amon on the show. He’s truly one of the outstanding living talents in Electronic music and that’s really not an overstatement. He’s made a stack of cracking...
Jun 24, 2019•1 hr 48 min•Ep. 48
47 brings the bonkers talent that is Ariel Rechtshaid! He’s had an incredible run of success with artists like Adele, Usher and of course Vampire Weekend (to name but three from a list of hundreds!) This interview was conduced slightly before Vampire Weekend put out “Father of the Bride” to much critical and chart joy. We got to chatting about that process and how they’ve become very solid friends over the years. The music they make comes from a deep trust and adventurous spirit which is somethi...
Jun 10, 2019•2 hr 2 min•Ep. 47
So I was introduced to Emily at an Ableton event here in Nashville and we were chatting about some pretty specific protools stuff. Something insane about how she needed to have a flightcase for an old Mac Pro to do her job. It was all very unusual. I had no idea who I was talking to tbh. But I could tell she had a WAY of doing things. Turns out she’s one of the biggest vocal producers working! No big deal. She’s recorded and produced for folks like Katy Perry , Britney Spears , Ke$ha , Miley Cyr...
May 29, 2019•1 hr 43 min•Ep. 46
Whether or not you know the full, hard history of Lee Fields, I think 50 years into his music career, 10 years since he found the Expressions, and nearly 7 decades of a life that began in Civil Rights-era North Carolina make 2019 a prime time to celebrate "the coolest motherf***er to sing words into a microphone" (Vice). Across dozens of record labels, countless periods of defeat, and stretches of near-retirement, Lee jumpstarted the legacy of Charles Bradley and Sharon Jones, laid the groove fo...
May 13, 2019•1 hr 32 min•Ep. 45
Want to get into Endless? Here’s the link to the HOWA jam http://bit.ly/HOWAjam I met Tim Shaw aka Tim Exile in Berlin in the mid 2000s We were 2 brits roasting in the furnace of creativity that was cooking in the East It was a heady time. There were so many amazing performers around Everyone from Peaches to Kevin Blechdom, Errorsmith to Neubauten You could inhale the punk as a gas and it fueled a lot of invention at that time Tech was on that more steady and tangible bubble up and we were all t...
Apr 29, 2019•1 hr 38 min•Ep. 44
The sequel usually disappoints. Not this time. Greg and I literally go into outer space and beyond the grave in this cosmic excursion. Earthly concerns addressed in good measure also. An immense pleasure to chat in such great depth with this absolutely superb chap.
Apr 22, 2019•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 43
Welcome to the first of a two part epic chat with the excellent Greg Wells! Yes! Mr. G.W. is a ludicrously talented chap. He’s produced and written with Adele , he’s responsible for the hugely successful The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack , he’s a long time collaborator with the lesser known Katy Perry , I mean who’s ever heard of Ariana Grande ? Or Pink ? Pharrell Williams , Burt Bacharach , Elton John ... Too MUCH and yet, this list is a mere micro dose of Greg’s funk men...
Apr 15, 2019•1 hr 46 min•Ep. 42
Hello 41 ! Hello to this now vintage chat with Matt Sweeney recorded June 14 2018. I was first introduced to Matt trough my friend Pete Townsend. Not THAT Pete but another Pete! There’s a rather fantastic band by the name of Super Wolf and Pete plays drums, Matt’s on guitar and Will Oldham aka Bonnie Prince Billy is singing. It’s hard to not be moved by that music and every element is crucial to the buzz. Who’s that amazing guitarist you ask? Yep, it’s Matt Sweeney. Let’s have a quick celebrator...
Apr 01, 2019•2 hr 35 min•Ep. 41
Episode 40 welcomes Travis Stewart aka Machine Drum to the pod! Travis is a badass I've know for some time now and is someone I’m lucky to call a friend at this point. We made it to brunching status ! I’ve had him over to the house in Nashville and we jammed once which makes me think We really need to do that again! I’ve also sung on a JETS track U.N.I. which was a real rush. Travis is one of those characters that gets the magic side of music. He gets the fact that the presentation of ideas is i...
Mar 18, 2019•2 hr 35 min•Ep. 40
I’m so fortunate to have one of my favourite UK musicians on the show, Mr Alexis Taylor. A founding member of the now legendary Hot Chip, he’s been releasing music for good whee while now and by gosh it’s all superb. His clothing choices are also second to none. The man marches to the beat of his own drum machine. I REALLY hope you’re not aware of Alexis thus far so you get to experience the joy of opening up his catalog as it were the first snow you’d ever seen on your lawn. The majesty!!! Hell...
Mar 04, 2019•1 hr 48 min
Greetings from the adobe! Yeah we made it (finally) to Santa Fe :) The sky looks more impressive here. It’s really a breathtaking place. Anyway .. I digress. What’s in the Show??? My guest today is the wonderful Leo Ross . A lovely chap I met at a BBQ in LA hosted by Si Bonobo and his girlfriend last year. Leo’s a mellow badass. A sonic raven. One of those low key players that’s really found a great way to carve out a rich musical life as a composer, sound designer, guitarist and dreamer. He’s w...
Feb 17, 2019•1 hr 38 min•Ep. 38
Hello JMJ! Bass player badass who’s thumbed the metal for beck, NIN, Air and so many more Producer of paramore, M83 and so many more. The man wears many hats. Although the only one I’ve SEEN him in is a dodgers cap! JMJ was kind enough to host me at his rather splendid home studio in Glendale LA. Chock full o drool worthy wobblers of the various golden eras he’s amassed the sonic arsenal to tackle almost any production task I’ve had the pleasure of recording music with justin when beck invited m...
Feb 04, 2019•1 hr 36 min•Ep. 37
I’m very happy to say I’ve got Paul Webb aka Rustin man on the show! Paul will be known by many as the the bass player in legendary 80s band Talk Talk. I will admit to my shame that I was unaware of Paul’s work as Rustin Man and even largely the work of Talk Talk. I know. I know! I AM shamed. BUT I am feeling mighty chuffed to have the window of learning open wide. I now feel I can plunge into the deeps with a direct blessing from Mr Webb! Not only was Paul the bass end of the mighty T.T. but he...
Jan 21, 2019•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 36
Hey 19 Happy 19 Intrepid 19 Here's to you and me in the new year. Let's GO! I'm kicking this annual run of shows in the stars with a chat with the chap that goes by the name of Juro Mez Davis. Starting as an MC in NYC and learning the ropes by pure graft and hands on MAKING with some intense folk (like MF doom) this guy can make a mix bump. We get into his come up and the work he does with Hip Hop legend J Cole ! Yes indeed Thanks to Audeze for making the connection and providing stupidly good h...
Jan 07, 2019•1 hr 33 min
HO HO HO HOWA! Yhep we made it to the end of year special Seasons greats from me to you! Couldn’t be spending this episode with a better round up companion. At long last I get to introduce you to the show’s spiritual advisor Mr Jake Aron ! We’ve toured the world together. From tiny 100 seaters to opening for Prince ... We’ve mixed a bunch of my records (Compass, Jamie Lidell and Building a beginning) We’ve grown in the game side by side and it’s been amazing to watch him rocking with a badass st...
Dec 24, 2018•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 34
Welcome to another LA out and about pod, this time with the wonder that is Bobby Krlic Aka The Haxan Cloak. We fall into a distorted time line as we chew the mighty cud sat humbly outside his calm studio in Silverlake. You’ll hear the passings by of local wildlife faintly muttering as we pontificate the meaning of sound and have a good old fashioned ramble! From Sludge to Hollywood From Laptops on a Brick to Bjork and Atticus Ross Bobby’s story is the shit! I’m very happy to have made his acquai...
Dec 10, 2018•2 hr 15 min•Ep. 33
Imagine being a young engineer and being thrown into the heady reality of holding down the tape machines and such for MANY a vocal recording session with Mariah Carey! Would you enjoy that rush? Would you crumble? Imagine then going on to record and mix many many MANY albums for Alicia Keys… Imagine working with Usher, Jay-Z… Whitney Houston then opening your own brick and mortar studio in the heart of New York in 2011 Artists like Beyonce, Rihanna, Depeche Mode, J. Cole, Taylor Swift, Kendrick ...
Nov 26, 2018•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 32
Here we go ! No big deal, it's only Spike Stent. One of the greatest mix engineers EVER. He's put his hands and ears on countless MASSIVE (literally! lol) records. He's got Grammy's galore. Name dropping casually he's worked with Madonna, Depeche Mode, Beyonce, Bjork, Ed Sheeran, Massive Attack, Frank Ocean... I mean too many to bloody mention tbh. Needless to say he's the REAL deal. All of that and a superb chap who makes me chuckle. We get into the micro and macro. Fractal chats y'all! I get i...
Nov 12, 2018•1 hr 54 min•Ep. 31
Im very happy to be welcoming the mighty voice of Rag ’n Bone man to the show ! He’s lending his generous mind and voice and spreading a very welcome message of hope in these times. It can feel overwhelming in 2018. There’s so much noise, one might wonder if there’s a way to cut through? Well listen to Rory (rag’nbone) as he explains his path from small town England to riding high after his major LP release on Columbia, hit single around the world, multiple Brit awards and more! I get into some ...
Oct 29, 2018•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 30
Welcome to another remote LA pod! It’s a REAL treat to have had a sit down and chin wag with the fabulous gent and badass musical mind that is Si Bonobo! We’ve orbited in the same musical lands since the early 2000’s and yet this is the first substantial convo we’ve had. Bring it on I say :) he welcomed me into his home, we killed the AC and sweated it out for your listening pleasures. Twas a top chat. We get into the come up and the evolution of Si’s styles and touch on his amazing live show se...
Oct 15, 2018•1 hr 57 min•Ep. 29
The Funk Lordz have boarded the pod. we go waaaaay back and yet we've rarely had a chance for a proper chin wag. They were rolling thro Nashville so I HAD to hang with these 2 legends! We talk about surviving and evolving, keeping it fresh, staying power, LA, New York, Prince and what not. Freestyle rambles of funk. Enjoy! In today's nitty I'm discovering what sonic salt might be. Go easy. Remember they add more at restaurants. Jake Aron on the metaphor. Too true. I'm happy to say that I'm also ...
Oct 01, 2018•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 28
Welcome to 27. I’m in the distance pod this time chatting to the man like Chrome Sparks in Australia of all places… Not in person but over the magic Skype ping pong. It was a top treat to pick the brains of this intellectual craftsman. He’s a trained percussionist with a very good ear and bold song writing moves. Since 2010 he’s just not stopped Much inspiration as we talk about his past, the rise and the current set up both in the studio and live. We brave the eternal question… how does an elec...
Sep 17, 2018•1 hr 36 min•Ep. 27
Hello I'm chuffed! Why?? This episode marks one year in the land of pod! Hard to fathom but tis true. I wanted to thank everyone for listening and for all your stupendous feedback. It's highly motivating to know you're out there enjoying the show and I'll keep em coming! biweekly massive. Today's guest is a serious heavyweight with a far reaching understanding of the facets of the music world and a considered and egoless manner to boot. Perhaps it's the Scandinavian in him? Let me put it this wa...
Sep 03, 2018•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 26
Hello and welcome an American hero. Larry Crane! The man deserves a standing ovation. Just imagine interviewing peoples for 22 years. Giving a platform to the unsung experts that make all this amazing art alongside fascinating portraits of the household names. Larry has been producing one the most beloved audio publications around. TapeOp! Wiki tells me that the first issues were published by photocopying, hand-stapling and spray painting the covers. Look how far it's come! Larry came by the hou...
Aug 20, 2018•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 25
It's about time I had him on the pod! He's the man that came along and blew the bloody doors off for me around 2003-2004. We wrote and produced my album Multiply together and then went on to do Jim in much the same way. Nothing would be the same for me. He showed me the 2,5,1 the cycle of 4s. The minor 9... all that jazz. He was always the guy that would have a crew of musicians over and jamming at his place in Berlin. Music is communication and community with him. Something I miss a lot about t...
Aug 06, 2018•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 24
Francisca Valenzuela and her partner Vicente Sanfuentes are a superb example of how couples can turn their deep connection into great art. The alchemy of love! OH yes!!! They have both been making big waves. Francisca Valenzuela for example has had Gold and Platinum records. No big deal. She remains extremely down to earth but make no mistake, she's a huge star in the latin music community and remains very committed to expanding awareness of women in the scene. Her festival Ruidosa is so importa...
Jul 23, 2018•1 hr 51 min•Ep. 23
