Podd: Music Not Diving with Scuba

#008 Tim Reaper on Jungle, internet forums, and the Future of Retro

22 april 2025 | 80 min

#007 Dustin Zahn on the phone: Counterculture comeback, a golden age of standup, and the ghost of Hard Techno

15 april 2025 | 78 min

#006 Elijah on Yellow Squares, peak authenticity, and the unfortunate ubiquity of Joe Budden

8 april 2025 | 98 min

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Elijah is one of the deepest thinkers in underground culture. Having first come to prominence in the second wave of Grime along with Skilliam and their label Butterz, and as an artist manager to UK DJ Flava D amongst others, he has reinvented himself in recent years with the Yellow Squares project which seeks to encourage debate around the changing nature of the UK music scene.

His appearance on episode 41 of the audio-only predecessor of this show (link below) was one of the most popular and best episodes, so it's great to welcome him back for a full video episode.

The Yellow Squares project is now a book which you can get hold of here: https://velocitypress.uk/product/elijah-close-the-app-make-the-ting/

We discuss the changing landscape of the UK music scene, from the decline of music's audibility generally in London itself to the obligation (or not) of successful acts to support smaller venues. We also discuss the push for diversity in recent years and associated trap of tokenism, as well as the changing role of artist management over time and the obsession of Xtra radio programmers with a particular 20 year-old Joe Budden track.

And we also touch on the cultural influence of professional wrestling and the need for more heels in music...

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If you're into what we're doing here on the pod then you can support the show on Patreon! There are two tiers - "Solidarity" for $4 a month, which features the show without ads, regular bonus podcasts, and extra content. And "Musicality" which for a mere $10 a month gets you all the music we release on Hotflush and affiliate labels AND other music too, some of which never comes out anywhere else.

You can also make a one-off donation to the podcast using a card, with Paypal, or your Ethereum wallet! Head over to scubaofficial.io/support.

Plus there's also a private area for Patreon supporters in the Hotflush Discord Server... but anyone can join the conversation in the public channels.

Listen to the music discussed on the show via the Music Not Diving Podcast Spotify playlist

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#005 Lawrence Hart: Burial’s sampling, music theory, and Soviet-era synths

1 april 2025 | 79 min

#004 Jane Fitz: Raving in 90s Hong Kong and the mystery of the underground

25 mars 2025 | 100 min

#003 Spencer Parker on the phone: Berlin, changes, and HorsegiirL

18 mars 2025 | 83 min

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We had our first bit of negative feedback last week... 'too much deconstruction of the club scene' they said! Or something along those lines anyway. Unfortunately this episode was already in the can when we read that, so that person is going to have to soldier on for another week...

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Spencer Parker is a Brit, but also something of an underground legend of Berlin having lived there for 15 years and been part of the clubbing furniture for about the same length of time. He's the long-time a&r of Work Them records, a producer with a catalogue going back to the the mid 2000s (although he always plays this down massively), and a serious DJ who's been on the circuit for that long too.

This is a phone conversation that covers many of the familiar topics of scene development, challenges, personal experiences, and music curiosity. But we also discuss HorsegiirL and PC Music.

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If you're into what we're doing here on the pod then you can support the show on Patreon! There are two tiers - "Solidarity" for $4 a month, which features the show without ads, regular bonus podcasts, and extra content. And "Musicality" which for a mere $10 a month gets you all the music we release on Hotflush and affiliate labels AND other music too, some of which never comes out anywhere else.

You can also make a one-off donation to the podcast using a card, with Paypal, or your Ethereum wallet! Head over to scubaofficial.io/support.

Plus there's also a private area for Patreon supporters in the Hotflush Discord Server... but anyone can join the conversation in the public channels.

Listen to the music discussed on the show via the Music Not Diving Podcast Spotify playlist

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#002 James Ruskin: Tresor, Blueprint, and the enduring appeal of vinyl

11 mars 2025 | 79 min

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The DJ / Producer / Label boss paradigm is a classic career path in dance music, not least in the case of the presenter of this show. But few have nailed all three elements quite as well over the last three decades as this week's guest on the show.

Blueprint is James Ruskin's label - an absolute foundation of UK techno, and techno generally it should be said, with seminal releases from the likes of DVS1, Mark Broom, Oliver Ho, Sigha, as well as the boss himself. It will soon be celebrating 30 years of releases, which is a pretty incredible achievement.

As a producer he's released prolifically outside his own imprint, most notably via an association with Tresor that goes back to the 90s. And as a DJ he's been a key part of the UK scene and beyond for at least that long too.

We discuss familiar themes such as the state of the scene today, the comparative challenges of releasing music over a thirty year period, the evolution of his approach to work in the studio, amongst a lot of other stuff besides.

This is a great conversation with an absolute key man. Get involved!

If you're into what we're doing here on the pod then you can support the show on Patreon! There are two tiers - "Solidarity" for $4 a month, which features the show without ads, regular bonus podcasts, and extra content. And "Musicality" which for a mere $10 a month gets you all the music we release on Hotflush and affiliate labels AND other music too, some of which never comes out anywhere else.

You can also make a one-off donation to the podcast using a card, with Paypal, or your Ethereum wallet! Head over to scubaofficial.io/support.

Plus there's also a private area for Patreon supporters in the Hotflush Discord Server... but anyone can join the conversation in the public channels.

Listen to the music discussed on the show via the Music Not Diving Podcast Spotify playlist

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#001 Tom Middleton: Sleep, audio therapy, and Aphex Twin

4 mars 2025 | 79 min

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Welcome to the first episode of Music Not Diving! Watch the full video version of this episode over at youtube.com/@WeNotDiving

It's very far from perfect but it is out on time and no-one ever does perfect drops anymore do they?

There is one perfect aspect to the new show though, and that is the first guest. Tom Middleton is a true don of electronic music. From his seminal work with Mark Pritchard as Global Communication and Jedi Knights, through multiple solo albums, and collaborations with luminaries such as Matthew Herbert, the man's record is unimpeachable.

Perhaps just as interestingly though, is his second career as a sleep coach, sensory designer, and pioneer of audio therapeutics for sleep, relaxation, pain management, and cognitive performance. He's a co-founder of White Mirror, where he crafts health-driven sensory content and experiences, and a sleep science expert and neuroscience researcher. His therapeutic audio helps millions through Calm, Apple Music and Breathonics.

So this is a highly interesting conversation, and a great way to start the new show.

Grab the GCOM album discussed here

If you're into what we're doing here on the pod then you can support the show on Patreon! There are two tiers - "Solidarity" for $4 a month, which features the show without ads, regular bonus podcasts, and extra content. And "Musicality" which for a mere $10 a month gets you all the music we release on Hotflush and affiliate labels AND other music too, some of which never comes out anywhere else.

You can also make a one-off donation to the podcast using a card, with Paypal, or your Ethereum wallet! Head over to scubaofficial.io/support.

Plus there's also a private area for Patreon supporters in the Hotflush Discord Server... but anyone can join the conversation in the public channels.

Listen to the music discussed on the show via the Not A Diving Podcast Spotify playlist

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#157 DJ Bone (redux): a re-run of one of our favourite episodes

25 februari 2025 | 121 min

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We will be back next week with some important changes to the show... but in the meantime we bring you another chance to catch one of our favourite ever episodes. From all the way back on episode 73, it's DJ Bone!

The majority of DJs spent the pandemic mostly of stood in front of a camera, attempting to perform the impossible task of transplanting a rave into the bedrooms of the few people lucky enough to be watching at the other end of a fibre optic cable.

We are only beginning to come to terms with the implications of what the failure of that approach have had for our culture, but DJ Bone did something completely different.

'Further' was a hugely successful series of events which combined music, talking, and a bit of socially-distanced vibing out.

DJ Bone just released an album of the same name as those events, which he sees as jumping off point to his career even at this relatively advanced stage. We discuss that in detail, as well as those events, and what they mean in the context of what he's done in music since the 90s.

We also discuss his roots as a party-goer in Detroit, the wider state of Techno and dance music generally today, and what needs to change to get back on track after a few years of real turmoil.

If you're into what we're doing here on the pod then you can support the show on Patreon! There are two tiers - "Solidarity" for $4 a month, which features the show without ads, regular bonus podcasts, and extra content. And "Musicality" which for a mere $10 a month gets you all the music we release on Hotflush and affiliate labels AND other music too, some of which never comes out anywhere else.

You can also make a one-off donation to the podcast using a card, with Paypal, or your Ethereum wallet! Head over to scubaofficial.io/support.

Plus there's also a private area for Patreon supporters in the Hotflush Discord Server... but anyone can join the conversation in the public channels.

Listen to the music discussed on the show via the Not A Diving Podcast Spotify playlist

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#156 Wrestling, Rap Beefs, and Cultural Nihilism: the changing skillset of the modern musician

18 februari 2025 | 38 min

#155 Riva Starr: House music and songwriting, "as a producer it's important to be challenged"

11 februari 2025 | 86 min

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What happens when an established house producer wants to write songs? What happens when they want to do things which might not appeal to their existing audience? That is what this week's guest is currently discovering, as he makes the finishing touches to an album that sees him step out of his comfort zone and into unfamiliar surroundings.

Riva Starr is one of the most successful house producers of the past couple of decades, starting out on Dirty Bird and becoming a fixture of the biggest house label of them all, Defected, as well as collabbing with huge names including Diplo, Fatboy Slim, and Todd Terry.

We discuss the processes behind the forthcoming record, running recording sessions in LA, the challenges of working with big names and pro musicians, his backstory in Italy and breakbeat, and a ton of other stuff.

This is a great conversation with one of the good guys. Get involved!

If you're into what we're doing here on the pod then you can support the show on Patreon! There are two tiers - "Solidarity" for $4 a month, which features the show without ads, regular bonus podcasts, and extra content. And "Musicality" which for a mere $10 a month gets you all the music we release on Hotflush and affiliate labels AND other music too, some of which never comes out anywhere else.

You can also make a one-off donation to the podcast using a card, with Paypal, or your Ethereum wallet! Head over to scubaofficial.io/support.

Plus there's also a private area for Patreon supporters in the Hotflush Discord Server... but anyone can join the conversation in the public channels.

Listen to the music discussed on the show via the Not A Diving Podcast Spotify playlist

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#154 Aly Gillani: Bandcamp - the insider take, "what's best for the artist always comes first for us"

4 februari 2025 | 97 min

#153 Ben Sims: what is Hardgroove anyway? "I wasn't expecting it to be a term that other people use to describe their music"

28 januari 2025 | 102 min

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What is Hardgroove anyway? It's a genre of techno isn't it? A general sort of vibe? Maybe even a music trend that has saved techno as a whole from the encroachment of the execrable nonsense that really shouldn't be included in the genre in the first place?

Well actually Hardgroove is really just Ben Sims techno. It's a term that he coined in the mid 90s and the name of a label he's been running since not too long after that. But it's also become a kind of shorthand for a wave in the music whose renewed popularity in recent years has been a something of a lifeline for a corner of the scene that had got itself into a very bad spot indeed.

So we talk about all that in this episode, as well as what it's like to be one of the biggest techno DJs on the planet, as well as his journey from being fascinated by early hip hop, through Acid House and onto the global techno circuit that he's inhabited for a good few decades now.

This is a great conversation with a true legend of the scene... get involved!

If you're into what we're doing here on the pod then you can support the show on Patreon! There are two tiers - "Solidarity" for $4 a month, which features the show without ads, regular bonus podcasts, and extra content. And "Musicality" which for a mere $10 a month gets you all the music we release on Hotflush and affiliate labels AND other music too, some of which never comes out anywhere else.

You can also make a one-off donation to the podcast using a card, with Paypal, or your Ethereum wallet! Head over to scubaofficial.io/support.

Plus there's also a private area for Patreon supporters in the Hotflush Discord Server... but anyone can join the conversation in the public channels.

Listen to the music discussed on the show via the Not A Diving Podcast Spotify playlist

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#152 Mr G: 70k records and the need to be tested, "You only learn your chops when someone SHOWS YOU what greatness is"

21 januari 2025 | 98 min

#151 Dance Press Fantasy Football: editing a music mag can't be that hard can it?

14 januari 2025 | 40 min

#150 Steve Hillage: Founding the Glastonbury Dance Tent and the link between progressive rock and techno "Dance music at Glastonbury just had to happen"

7 januari 2025 | 87 min

#149 MJ Cole (redux): a re-run of one of our favourite episodes

31 december 2024 | 111 min

#148 Fred P (redux): a re-run of one of our favourite episodes

24 december 2024 | 144 min

#147 Darren Hemmings: marketing CEO on the state of music, "the gap between Big Tech and art has never been wider""

17 december 2024 | 77 min

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Sign up to the Musicality Tier on Patreon by Monday 23 Dec and receive a Not A Diving Club t-shirt!

Thank you for your support, it makes this podcast possible.

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The last year of the show has been more squarely focused on musicians than the first two. We've talked about general issues in the industry, but the expertise has mostly been from the artist side. This week we widen the net.

Darren Hemmings is the Managing Director of Motive Unknown, a music-focused strategic marketing agency based in the UK. He's a previous Head Of Digital Marketing at PIAS and various other jobs at majors and independents across the industry. He's also the author of the Network Notes letter on Substack, in which he discusses trends and big stories in the industry.

We discuss the state of the industry today, the health of the streaming platforms and their changing approach to payment models and staffing, and the independent sector with its challenges and potential for a future breakout against the ongoing encroachment of the majors.

We also discuss a&r strategy, why dance music doesn't stream well, and the comparison between music companies and the decline of Nike.

This is a detailed excursion into the music business today... get involved!

If you're into what we're doing here on the pod then you can support the show on Patreon! There are two tiers - "Solidarity" for $4 a month, which features the show without ads, regular bonus podcasts, and extra content. And "Musicality" which for a mere $10 a month gets you all the music we release on Hotflush and affiliate labels AND other music too, some of which never comes out anywhere else.

You can also make a one-off donation to the podcast using a card, with Paypal, or your Ethereum wallet! Head over to scubaofficial.io/support.

Plus there's also a private area for Patreon supporters in the Hotflush Discord Server... but anyone can join the conversation in the public channels.

Listen to the music discussed on the show via the Not A Diving Podcast Spotify playlist

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#146 DjRUM: Turntablism and taking positives from bad music, "There's a philosophical angle with everything for me"

9 december 2024 | 92 min

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Sign up to the Musicality Tier on Patreon by Monday 23 Dec and receive a Not A Diving Club t-shirt!

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What happens when your DJ set bears very little resemblance to your much-loved output as a producer? And what happens when your production output doesn't seem to entirely tally with your rapturously-received turns as a DJ?

This week's guest has both of those problems, which should probably be categorised as first-world in nature. Equally loved for his high impact DJ sets and hauntingly beautiful studio output, DjRUM has over a long period established discrete reputations in both fields while successfully avoiding the beartraps offered by success in either one.

In this conversation we mostly focus on the DJ side, digging into the philosophy of big tempo jumps, turntablism, musical influences, and technology. But of course production can't escape entirely, and we cover Ai, new developments, and whether having loads of terrible music in the world can really be a positive thing.

Strap in, this is a good one!

If you're into what we're doing here on the pod then you can support the show on Patreon! There are two tiers - "Solidarity" for $4 a month, which features the show without ads, regular bonus podcasts, and extra content. And "Musicality" which for a mere $10 a month gets you all the music we release on Hotflush and affiliate labels AND other music too, some of which never comes out anywhere else.

You can also make a one-off donation to the podcast using a card, with Paypal, or your Ethereum wallet! Head over to scubaofficial.io/support.

Plus there's also a private area for Patreon supporters in the Hotflush Discord Server... but anyone can join the conversation in the public channels.

Listen to the music discussed on the show via the Not A Diving Podcast Spotify playlist

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#145 Kevin Saunderson: Detroit from day one, "It worked because we were young"

3 december 2024 | 93 min

#144 Sarah Story: inside Future Dance on BBC Radio 1, "they trust my taste and my vision"

26 november 2024 | 88 min

#143 The End Is Nigh: Counterculture, insurrection, Gladiator, and the politics of catastrophe

19 november 2024 | 43 min

I am back from holiday, and of course during my break events occurred.

Back in 2016, Trump's win was a nasty shock. But ultimately as it panned out, the worst of it was confined to a generally queasy sense of chaos, the Trump family's probably-illegal self-enrichment, and the trashing of the public finances in the pursuit of all time highs on the S&P500. That was until the attempted insurrection of January 6 2021, an event which should've disqualified the incumbent from ever being involved in politics again.

This time around it feels totally different - much more so given the hand waving of that event and the apparently serious and organised nature of the incoming administration. Things could get bad. But why did they win?

You've probably had a bellyfull of election coverage already, but the relationship the forces at play here have with some of the broad themes discussed on the show recently mean we have to get into it. Themes like counterculture, the declining importance of music and musicians, the debasement of culture more generally. And the failure of the other side of politics to construct a coherent alternative to the coming chaos.

We'll have a guest on next week but this one is just me... so buckle up!

If you're into what we're doing here on the pod then you can support the show on Patreon! There are two tiers - "Solidarity" for $4 a month, which features the show without ads, regular bonus podcasts, and extra content. And "Musicality" which for a mere $10 a month gets you all the music we release on Hotflush and affiliate labels AND other music too, some of which never comes out anywhere else.

You can also make a one-off donation to the podcast using a card, with Paypal, or your Ethereum wallet! Head over to scubaofficial.io/support.

Plus there's also a private area for Patreon supporters in the Hotflush Discord Server... but anyone can join the conversation in the public channels.

Listen to the music discussed on the show via the Not A Diving Podcast Spotify playlist

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#142 SP:MC: DnB from AWOL via Autonomic to now, "it got pretty smashy for a while...!"

12 november 2024 | 96 min

#141 Man Power II: Small venues and big artists, "there's been no thought whatsoever about sustainability"

5 november 2024 | 72 min

#140 LIVE from fabric + thoughts on trolling

29 oktober 2024 | 65 min

#139 Not A Diving Club Preview + Tim Hoeben live from ADE

22 oktober 2024 | 75 min

Studio Stories - Decka on "Exit"

17 oktober 2024 | 68 min

#138 Shackleton: Bass, mystery, and devastating beauty, "adding too much literal narrative misses the point of the music"

15 oktober 2024 | 116 min

*****ANNOUNCEMENT*****

Join us for the first ever Not A Diving Club at fabric in London on Thursday 24 Oct, an evening of chat and unreleased bangers from 8pm til late.

DJs on the night will be

Minder b2b Machine Woman

Oneman b2b Lu.Re

T.Williams b2b Tasha

Scuba b2b Braille

This will be a FREE ENTRY EVENT but you must be on the advance signup list to get in -> sign up here.

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To call Shackleton an enigmatic figure would be to understate the case, especially in the context of the modern music scene. The requirements of the modern musician to constantly explain themselves, preferably direct to camera on social media, are so far from the operating system of this week's guest as to be entirely alien. So to welcome him to the podcast is a great privilege.

A co-founder of the legendary Skull Disco label, veteran of the embryonic dubstep scene, and subsequent traveller through musical psychedelia, he's a producer with an instantly recognisable style who has managed to develop it in surprising ways while keeping absolutely true to his musical principles.

This is an extremely rare Shackleton interview so there was much to discuss, and we get deep into his highly prolific recent catalogue, his transplant to Germany and relationship with his home country, as well as that formative period in the movement that became known as dubstep.

This is a big episode and a great conversation, you're gonna love it

If you're into what we're doing here on the pod then you can support the show on Patreon! There are two tiers - "Solidarity" for $4 a month, which features the show without ads, regular bonus podcasts, and extra content. And "Musicality" which for a mere $10 a month gets you all the music we release on Hotflush and affiliate labels AND other music too, some of which never comes out anywhere else.

You can also make a one-off donation to the podcast using a card, with Paypal, or your Ethereum wallet! Head over to scubaofficial.io/support.

Plus there's also a private area for Patreon supporters in the Hotflush Discord Server... but anyone can join the conversation in the public channels.

Listen to the music discussed on the show via the Not A Diving Podcast Spotify playlist

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#137 Kölsch: Small clubs, festivals, and the community, "No-one cares about the local talent anymore"

8 oktober 2024 | 105 min

*****ANNOUNCEMENT*****

Join us for the first ever Not A Diving Club at fabric in London on Thursday 24 Oct, an evening of chat and unreleased bangers from 8pm til late.

This will be a FREE ENTRY EVENT but you must be on the advance signup list to get in -> sign up here.

On with the show...

Rune Reilly Kölsch is one of the biggest names on the melodic techno circuit, a long time member of the Kompakt Records roster and collaborator with names including previous NDP guest Tiga and Jane's Addiction frontman and part-time boxer Perry Farrell.

He's also a very thoughtful guy with a huge amount of experience, having released his first record back in 1995, so a perfect guest for the show.

We cover the small clubs vs festivals debate, the recent question of should big acts lower their fees to play small venues, the history of the scene in his home town of Copenhagen, and his process of making music.

We also get into the impact and legacy of the EDM boom of the early 2010s, and the extent of his direct involvement in it.

This is a really good one with some great insights, you're gonna love it.

If you're into what we're doing here on the pod then you can support the show on Patreon! There are two tiers - "Solidarity" for $4 a month, which features the show without ads, regular bonus podcasts, and extra content. And "Musicality" which for a mere $10 a month gets you all the music we release on Hotflush and affiliate labels AND other music too, some of which never comes out anywhere else.

You can also make a one-off donation to the podcast using a card, with Paypal, or your Ethereum wallet! Head over to scubaofficial.io/support.

Plus there's also a private area for Patreon supporters in the Hotflush Discord Server... but anyone can join the conversation in the public channels.

Listen to the music discussed on the show via the Not A Diving Podcast Spotify playlist

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#136 Jerome Hill: London squat parties and UK Techno, "Musically it was pretty rough round the edges"

1 oktober 2024 | 103 min

*****ANNOUNCEMENT*****

Join us for the first ever Not A Diving Club at fabric in London on Thursday 24 Oct.

Full details to follow but this will be a FREE ENTRY EVENT but you must be on the advance signup list to get in -> sign up here.

The term 'underground hero' is often bandied about the dance scene with not much of a definition and in many cases an inappropriate target. But this week's guest is very much a plausible recipient of the accolade.

A veteran of the techno scene in London since the cutting his teeth as a teenager in the early 90s, Jerome Hill has made the records, played the gigs, run the labels, and served records from the behind the counter of shops including the seminal Dragon Discs in Camden Town.

We get into the mid 90s squat party scene in this episode, a key aspect of UK techno and something which I was very much aware of at the time but didn't experience at all first hand. And we also get a eye witness account of the legendary south London venue Club UK, which was closed down after years of police raids and controversy in 1996.

This is a great conversation with an important figure in UK techno, you're gonna enjoy it!

If you're into what we're doing here on the pod then you can support the show on Patreon! There are two tiers - "Solidarity" for $4 a month, which features the show without ads, regular bonus podcasts, and extra content. And "Musicality" which for a mere $10 a month gets you all the music we release on Hotflush and affiliate labels AND other music too, some of which never comes out anywhere else.

You can also make a one-off donation to the podcast using a card, with Paypal, or your Ethereum wallet! Head over to scubaofficial.io/support.

Plus there's also a private area for Patreon supporters in the Hotflush Discord Server... but anyone can join the conversation in the public channels.

Listen to the music discussed on the show via the Not A Diving Podcast Spotify playlist

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#135 Josh Wink: Philly, fame, and Higher States, "I didn't know there'd be a living in making music"

24 september 2024 | 141 min

*****ANNOUNCEMENT*****

Join us for the first ever Not A Diving Club at fabric in London on Thursday 24 Oct.

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Back in the 90s, classic records were being released seemingly every week. So for one of your tracks to make it into the annual top ten really meant something. But what if you had three in a single year?

That was 1995 for this week's guest, and the short period in which he released Don't Laugh, I'm Ready, and Higher States Of Consciousness was always going to be a defining one in the history of the music itself, let alone the story of the actual producer.

It's possibly just as much of an achievement that Josh subsequently managed to escape the legacy of those monster records and build a lasting career on the global circuit, and it's that longevity that makes this such a great conversation.

We talk about the musical influence of his home town of Philadelphia, the early US rave scene, the pivotal role of college radio, the challenges and opportunities of today's industry, and of course the experience and aftermath of 1995.

This is a good one... of course it is!

If you're into what we're doing here on the pod then you can support the show on Patreon! There are two tiers - "Solidarity" for $4 a month, which features the show without ads, regular bonus podcasts, and extra content. And "Musicality" which for a mere $10 a month gets you all the music we release on Hotflush and affiliate labels AND other music too, some of which never comes out anywhere else.

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#134 Truncate: The return of minimal? "People will always look back to whatever was big before"

17 september 2024 | 89 min

LIVE from Lost Village Festival: Joe Goddard on Big tunes, Grunge, and being in a band

12 september 2024 | 43 min

#133 Robert Henke: Co-founding Ableton and the new Monolake album, "We are the children of counterculture"

10 september 2024 | 130 min

If the medium is the message then surely anyone closely involved with Ableton over the past couple of decades can justifiably claim to have changed the world of music in that time.

Since our guest this week is a co-founder of the company, then his contribution should probably be described as world-changing. And not just electronic music, since all music today is to some extent running on tech. Ableton has done more than any other emergent piece of technology to enable vast, previously unprecedented numbers of people to make records.

But is that a good thing? We find out in this conversation.

Of course we also discuss Robert's contributions as an artist, in particular his new album as Monolake, entitled 'Studio'. We get into the process of making it, and the differences from his previous album projects. And we talk about the challenges and pressures of making music over time.

We also get deep into his story, moving from Munich to Berlin in 1990 and gradually developing the projects which would... well, change the world.

This is as good as I'm making it out to be, so make sure you get all the way through it!

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#132 Agoria: Digital art and music, "classic records have no functionality - they came from the heart"

3 september 2024 | 76 min

#131 Daedelus: Aliens and albums, "there's something else potentially at play here..."

27 augusti 2024 | 102 min

#130 Gregor Tresher + Juliet Fox: a midsummer double bill!

20 augusti 2024 | 99 min

I'm on holiday currently but since we never actually take days off here's an unprecedented episode of the show with two guests and two separate interviews!

Gregor Tresher is DJ and producer from Frankfurt, Germany who's been releasing music since the 90s under his own name and under the Sniper Mode alias. We focus on production in this conversation, and specifically collaboration since much of his output in recent years as been working with other people, perhaps most notably in co-writing and producing Sven Väth's 2022 album Catharsis.

Juliet Fox is a breakthrough DJ from Australia who has been riding the wave of the current techno boom since the pandemic. We chart her journey from Adelaide, to Melbourne and on to Europe where she now lives in London, having enjoyed the customary spell in Berlin too.

Both of these conversations include discussion on the challenges facing the current dance scene, and the reasons to be optimistic. We get some interesting divergences AND convergences of opinion of the various issues, making this a pretty effective double header.

Stick it on by the pool!

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#129 Mike Parker: Art and techno, "If it's about money or fame then maybe you've lost the original motivation"

13 augusti 2024 | 87 min

Studio Stories: Braille on "Triple Transit"

8 augusti 2024 | 49 min

#128 Simon Reynolds: The future of future music, "it's the shiver, the rush, the weird joy and serenity"

6 augusti 2024 | 90 min

#127 Mr. Scruff: Tape edits and the scene with no name, "We just never toed the line"

30 juli 2024 | 124 min

#126 Regal: Pressure and success, "It's a matter of how you manage it"

23 juli 2024 | 76 min

The pandemic is a topic of conversation we studiously avoided for the first year or so of the podcast, it just seemed a bit boring and predictable. It was shit, basically, and there's only so much you can say about being locked inside for 18 months.

But what if you suddenly became a successful DJ in 2019? That was some of the worst timing possible, and must've posed a series of challenges to keep it going, both professional and psychological.

This week's guest had to deal with exactly that scenario, and he just about managed to come out of the other side. The pressures of success aren't intuitively easy to imagine from the outside but this particular case probably isn't that hard to empathise with. Work for years to achieve your dreams, manage to do it, and then face the prospect of it all going up in smoke through the most bizarre social circumstances in living memory.

Don't worry though, it's not all Covid chat this week, we also get into the music, some technical stuff, more discussion of the state of Techno today (the main theme of the show in recent weeks), and some much-needed detail on the scene in Spain.

Regal is a great guy and you're gonna enjoy this one!

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#125 Kitty Amor: House music from Nottingham to Johannesburg, "Marginalised people are being seen on big stages now"

15 juli 2024 | 82 min

#124 Danny Whittle: Running Ibiza clubs large and small, "My strategy changed the island"

9 juli 2024 | 71 min

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It's been a while since we had a promoter on the show, and this week's guest is one of the most influential in Europe since the turn of the century.

Having spent his 20s servicing in the military and fire brigade, Danny Whittle joined the Renaissance team direct from the job centre and since then has been running parties mostly in Ibiza but in other places too, including a memorable detour to Bondi Beach on Millennium Eve.

We get deep into his legendary 14 year stint running Pacha were he essentially invented the enduring trend of season-long DJ residencies on the island, and all of the benefits and problems which have come with that approach to music polices on the island. And we talk about his current job, programming the 'small' 1500 cap venue Chinois.

As well as interrogating the pros and cons of the current dance scene, we discuss the parallels with the late 90s, and of course cover what was one of the few major successes of what was supposed to be the biggest party night ever, that Bondi Beach rave with Carl Cox.

Danny is a real legend of the European club scene and we get a lot of info here that you can't get anywhere else!

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#123 Steve Bug: Where are the anthems? "We need the big new tunes to unite people"

2 juli 2024 | 94 min

Are we partying like it's 1999? I mean what it was actually like in 99, not how Prince imagined it might be back in 1982.

Millennium eve was supposed to be the best thing ever. I was beside myself with excitement for months beforehand, possibly years. But when push came to shove, my group of friends didn't even bother going to a rave and spent an underwhelming evening drinking warm champagne on Brighton Beach before attending a number of deeply boring house parties.

The subsequent inquest carried out in the pages of Mixmag, DJ Mag, and the rest suggested that our experience wasn't unusual. Promoters lost unfathomable amounts of money that night and the overall impression was that an enormous bubble had prematurely burst with the least fanfare possible.

The current landscape lacks a similar finishing line, but the bug-eyed faux enthusiasm and lip-smacking commercialism which seems to define everything in the dance scene right now definitely has a similar feel to the end of the 90s. But what, if anything, is going to let the air out this time? 1999 was also the time that our guest this week, Steve Bug, and some of the Superstition Records gang from Hamburg started Poker Flat Recordings, one of the labels that would define the minimal sound that emerged from the wreckage of Millennium Eve.

Steve has been pretty outspoken in his interviews of the last few years on above topics, so of course I wanted to get him on the podcast to talk about it. This conversation dovetails nicely with last week's episode with Radio Slave, in which I noted that 'if something is shit, then you should say it's shit, and this [the current dance scene] is shit'.

There is a reasonable degree of constructive comment in this episode though, as well as the doom. I think there is anyway!

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#122 Radio Slave: Social media vs dance music, "there shouldn't be any rules"

25 juni 2024 | 71 min

At what point does criticism of changes in culture become overly reactive? This is a question I've wrestled with continuously over the past couple of years, but I can't get past the conclusion that if something isn't good then pointing that fact out is never really a bad thing... right?

My conversation with Radio Slave this week doesn't pull any punches on what is wrong with dance music currently. It's no longer cool. Social media is rewarding the wrong stuff. The history of the thing is being trampled on and turned into something that bears no resemblance to the original vision.

But over the top of all that is a sense that good things are still happening, and that maybe it wouldn't take much for the forces of commercialism too be swept away and something great to emerge. Kind of like what happened after the turn of the millennium, a period which felt quite a bit like it does now.

We also discuss the new Radio Slave album, the changing nature of running a label in this space (Rekids, in this instance), and try to anticipate how it's all going to develop... positive or negative!

Matt Edwards is a don of the scene and you're going to enjoy this conversation!

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#121 Thoughts on Live Electronic Music

18 juni 2024 | 40 min

#120 Phil Moffa: Running a studio in 2024, "The hybrid is the one, whatever works - do it"

11 juni 2024 | 103 min

#119 Deas: Outboard vs plugins... is there a right answer? "I don't want to convince anyone!"

4 juni 2024 | 83 min

#118 Tom Vek: Blockchains, fragmentation, and a post-format world, "It always comes back to songs"

28 maj 2024 | 129 min

#117 Quinn (Paranoid London): Anonymity and acid house, "We'd always press fewer copies than we had preorders for!"

21 maj 2024 | 82 min

#116 Ceri: Technique, vinyl, and Ibiza "You have to put your soul into the music"

14 maj 2024 | 65 min

#115 Cian Ó Cíobháin: 25 years of underground music on Irish public radio

7 maj 2024 | 85 min

#114 Laurent Garnier: Looking forward, "techno is about tomorrow, not yesterday"

30 april 2024 | 106 min

#113 Luke Slater: What is techno? "Sometimes nothing happens... and that's the point"

23 april 2024 | 106 min

#112 Doc Scott: DnB from Rage and Metalheadz to now, "it's all about the energy it creates"

16 april 2024 | 114 min

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We haven't covered Drum n Bass anywhere near as much as I'd like. dBridge was an early guest, and we've also had Fracture, Chris from Hospital, and Krust. So that's not even 5% of the episodes so far, and DnB really is a fascinating topic.

Doc Scott was there from the very start. A teenage attendee of acid house raves like Sunrise, he was on the dancefloor at Rage, and a regular on the decks at one of the most legendary club nights of all time of any genre - Metalheadz at the Blue Note.

An important producer in the 90s, including the all-timer Shadow Boxing, he hasn't released a tune in over 20 years, but still runs his label 31 Recordings and DJs all over the world.

We talk about the history of the scene, those acid house raves, the detailed story of the Rage - Jungle Fever - Speed - Metalheadz progression. And we get deep into the DnB scene today, which he regards as being as good as ever.

This is a great conversation, and hopefully the first of more DnB coverage coming up!

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#111 James Ellis Ford: producing Depeche Mode, Blur, and Pet Shop Boys, "sometimes it feels totally surreal"

9 april 2024 | 100 min

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What's it like to mediate a disagreement between members of one of the biggest bands in history? And to do that while you're trying to produce their new record?

This is a question which is answered in this week's episode, in which our guest is one of the most prolific producers of Big UK Acts of the last two decades.

As well as being a member of Simian Mobile Disco, James Ford (occasionally with his middle name included) has a production credits list which includes Depeche Mode, Blur, Arctic Monkeys, Pet Shop Boys, and Beth Gibbons.

If that's not going to yield some good podcast content, then the blame should fall squarely on the host.

We discuss the role of the record producer today, as well as how that role has changed over time. Regular questions like the one about AI are covered. And we also get into detail about some specific projects, including the making of the brand new Pet Shop Boys record in James' home studio.

This is a highly illuminating discussion on a topic that isn't particularly well understood. One of the best episodes so far, and a worthy follow-up to Steve Davis last week!

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#110 Steve Davis: Snooker, fame, and modular synths, "I was sh*tting myself!"

2 april 2024 | 104 min

How many elite sportsmen know their way round a modular synthesiser?

Steve Davis was the first modern star of snooker. He dominated the game in the 1980s, winning six world titles, appearing in 8 of the 9 finals between 1981 and 1989. He was ranked number one in the world for seven consecutive years, posted the first ever 147 maximum break in official competition, and was easily (Alex Higgins hipsters aside) established as the best player ever to play the game by the end of that decade.

As well as being the most successful player at that point, he was also the first snooker player to do product endorsements, and fully participate in the emerging business of sports entertainment, guided by the legendary manager and promoter Barry Hearn.

What brings him to the Not A Diving Podcast is his second career as a DJ and member of The Utopia Strong, an experimental band in which he plays modular synth.

That's a late-career curve ball if ever there was one. But since he's also been President of the British Chess Federation and competed in serious poker tournaments, it's perhaps not as much of a surprise as it might be.

I was incredibly excited to talk to Steve, and he didn't disappoint... the first NDP guest to have appeared on I'm A Celebrity is always going to be a good episode isn't it?

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#109 Chloé Caillet: Circo Loco and classical training, "I had to unlearn all that theory"

25 mars 2024 | 74 min

Coming to you from Dehli, India.... via dodgy mic in a hotel room so don't watch the sound quality!

I play Vent in Tokyo this Friday, and will be making my debut in Shanghai this Saturday.

On the show this week...

What makes an Ibiza DJ? And does anyone want to be one anymore?

Chloé Caillet is always talked up that way in the press, but there's a lot more to her than a residency at Circo Loco. One of house music's breakthrough DJs of the post-pandemic era, Chloé has really become a big name on the circuit in a way that transcends the pigeonholing that, in fairness, just about everyone in this position has to deal with to some extent.

We discuss her formative years in Paris and Bristol, as well as her time in New York going to party's like former NDP guest Taimur's Blkmarket Membership.

Chloé is a classically trained musician so we get deep into that debate. We also cover the AI-in-music questions, the looming changes in music tech and the wider industry, as well as the more recent ones too.

I hadn't met Chloe before this conversation and it was great to be able to shoot the breeze with her on some crucial stuff. You're gonna enjoy the conversation!

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#108 Nathan Micay: Making music for Netflix, "They said - we need this by next week!"

19 mars 2024 | 92 min

#107 Monty Luke: From the Dotcom Bubble to Planet E, "That was a wild time...!"

12 mars 2024 | 89 min

#106 Alex Paterson (The Orb): Inventing the chilll out room, "We knew what we were doing!"

5 mars 2024 | 72 min

The Orb are the biggest ambient act of all time - that's probably true but they were certainly THE ambient band of the 90s, selling enormous amounts of records, touring a live show which drew breathless comparisons to Pink Floyd, arguably inventing the concept of Chill Out, and generally occupying a unique space as a truly experimental group in the mainstream of music.

Alex Paterson is the only constant member of The Orb, who last released an album in 2023, and has the scars of litigation to prove it - their 90s catalogue is till being argued over with its owners, Universal, and the lawsuits over uncleared samples have been numerous and acrimonious.

So we talk about all that, plus his formative years as an unofficial member of and sometime roadie for The Killing Joke, doing A&R for E.G. Records in the 80s, starting The Orb with KLF legend Jimmy Caughty, DJing at the legendary UFO in Berlin the night the wall came down, and of course his new record with his other project, Sedibus.

Some parallels here with the episode we did with Adrian Sherwood... it took a fair bit of work to get this one into shape, but I think it was worth it. You're gonna enjoy it!

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#105 T.Williams: Tales from the UK Underground, "I was just making tunes and cutting dubplates"

27 februari 2024 | 116 min

#104 Danny Daze II: Spatial audio and the return of NFTs, "I'm future-proofing my work"

20 februari 2024 | 88 min

#103 Fracture: Pirate radio and the Nuum, "it was a community-based thing"

13 februari 2024 | 89 min

And we're back! Thanks so much for you patience - the last couple of weeks have been a total nightmare for me actually but I'm happy to say that normal service can now be resumed.

Head over to the Hotflush Bandcamp where we have unveiled a new policy of 'Pay What You Feel' for all catalogue items! Vinyl, CD, tapes, tees, mugs... Name your price on everything. This does NOT cover new releases, as we don't want to be undermining the record shop ecosystem, and digital downloads still have a floor price - but you get free downloads with the physical item anyway. Get involved!

Fracture is a London DnB vet who cut his teeth in the early Jungle clubs and has been playing on pirate since the late 90s. He was involved in the early Dubstep scene as part of Compound One, and been running a great label called Astrophonica since 2009.

On that label they've released some really great music from important producers including Sully, Sam Binga, and Nikki Nair.

We talk about his musical philosophy, the pros and cons of the DnB scene, and the problems with underground music more generally today. We also discuss his pirate radio history project, '0860'.

If you're into what we're doing here on the pod then you can support the show on Patreon! There are two tiers - "Solidarity" for $4 a month, which features the show without ads, regular bonus podcasts, and extra content. And "Musicality" which for a mere $10 a month gets you all the music we release on Hotflush and affiliate labels AND other music too, some of which never comes out anywhere else.

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Dave Clarke (redux): Techno and politics, "people are scared to speak out"

6 februari 2024 | 145 min

The ongoing travails with my lower back have now eased somewhat, but not in time to record a new episode for this week's show. That IS HAPPENING today however, so there will be a brand new piece of content for you next Tuesday. Or this Thursday if you sign up on Patreon in the meantime, as episodes go live early over there.

But in the meantime let's take the opportunity to revisit one of the best episodes of the podcast so far... the one with Dave Clarke.

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From episode 022 (June 2022):

Musicians can be broadly assigned one of two categories - those who are willing to say what they think, and those who are not. There is an element of risk and reward at play in this dynamic - and it might be a calculated strategy or purely a reflection of a given person's ability (or otherwise) to express themselves.

This week's guest, Dave Clarke, is a reliable representative of the former group. He is frequently interviewed, and those interviews often cover topics which have little to do with music - international politics is a common point of discussion.... which leads us to the disclaimer that there is quite a lot of non-music related chat on the show this week.

BUT THAT'S OK. DJs shouldn't be limited to talking about kick drums, and we cover topics here including living abroad, Brexit, energy policy, cultural conservatism, as well as the disappearance of counter-culture, the perils of record deals, and the secret sauce of hardware compressors.

This was a conversation I was looking forward to having and it did not disappoint.

If you're into what we're doing here on the pod then you can support the show on Patreon! There are two tiers - "Solidarity" for $4 a month, which features the show without ads, regular bonus podcasts, and extra content. And "Musicality" which for a mere $10 a month gets you all the music we release on Hotflush and affiliate labels AND other music too, some of which never comes out anywhere else.

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dBridge (redux): A life in drum n bass, "I make music as therapy"

30 januari 2024 | 111 min

#102 Machine Woman: Studio efficiency and Tech House, "I'll still be making music whether RA writes about me or not""

23 januari 2024 | 73 min

Regarding the brevity of the intro... which actually wasn't that brief because I was able to use some audio I'd already recorded to pad it out. The bout of sciatica that I was suffering from last week has got significantly worse and I'm typing this while lying on the floor, where I have been for the majority of the last three days. So that's not great - it may affect the podcast schedule next week but let's hope not. Apologies in advance if it does. And now, on with the show...

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Would you get “tech house” tattooed on your butt?

Me either, and in fairness I don’t think our guest this week actually has, despite the title of one of the tracks on her 2020 EP ‘Pleasant Stay But I Won’t Come Back’.

Machine Woman has emerged as a really great producer with releases on Ninja Tune’s Technicolour, Delsin, as well as her own label Take Away Jazz Records. And she is also a character with an interesting story.

We discuss the challenges of moving to a new country as a teenager, navigating through musical gender stereotypes, the scene in different cities, and much else besides.

This was a fun conversation with one of the more irreverent characters of the dance scene, and you’re gonna enjoy it!

If you're into what we're doing here on the pod then you can support the show on Patreon! There are two tiers - "Solidarity" for $4 a month, which features the show without ads, regular bonus podcasts, and extra content. And "Musicality" which for a mere $10 a month gets you all the music we release on Hotflush and affiliate labels AND other music too, some of which never comes out anywhere else.

You can also make a one-off donation to the podcast using either a credit or debit card, or with Paypal. Head over to scubaofficial.io/support.

Plus there's also a private area for Patreon supporters in the Hotflush Discord Server... but anyone can join the conversation there in the public channels, so please do!

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#101 DJ Paulette: The Hacienda and gay clubbing, "The music is better and the DJs are better!"

16 januari 2024 | 130 min

#100 Holiday Special

27 december 2023 | 98 min

#099 James Jackson on radio and Ben Morris on SAULT

19 december 2023 | 97 min

Two guests on the show this week - first of all, Ben Morris (Kudos Distribution, and previously heard on NDP episode 63) joins us to discuss the SAULT phenomenon and their already-legendary show in London last week. If you're not familiar with the act then check all of the 11 albums released since 2019 here.

After that, it's time for...

James Jackson, known in the industry as Jacko, is managing director of radio, club and streaming at Listen Up, one of the bigger UK agencies focused on dance music.

The dream of hearing Pete Tong read out your name as he cues up your latest track through that unmistakable compression algorithm on BBC Radio 1 is one held my many an aspiring producer. But how does the dream become a reality?

We haven't discussed radio much on the show previously, but we remedy that this week with one of the UK's top men in the sector.

As well as working many of the dance scene's biggest tracks, as well as some very credible underground ones too, Jacko works UK radio for global stars including Doja Cat, and has a complete view of the radio landscape.

This is a great insider look into a fascinating aspect of the industry, you're gonna enjoy it.

If you're into what we're doing here on the pod then you can support the show on Patreon! There are two tiers - "Solidarity" for $4 a month, which features regular bonus podcasts and extra content. And "Musicality" which for a mere $10 a month gets you all the music we release on Hotflush and affiliate labels AND other music too, some of which never comes out anywhere else.

You can also make a one-off donation to the podcast using either a credit or debit card, or with Paypal. Head over to scubaofficial.io/support.

Plus there's also a private area for Patreon supporters in the Hotflush Discord Server... but anyone can join the conversation there in the public channels, so please do!

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#098 A-Trak

12 december 2023 | 98 min

#097 Speedy J

5 december 2023 | 74 min

#096 Trevor Jackson

28 november 2023 | 127 min

#095 NIKS

21 november 2023 | 100 min

#094 Adrian Sherwood

14 november 2023 | 78 min

Singles Club: Spotify Top 10 India

13 november 2023 | 41 min

#093 Praveen Sharma (Sepalcure, Braille)

7 november 2023 | 89 min

#092 More on Bandcamp

2 november 2023 | 45 min

#091 Thoughts On Bandcamp

24 oktober 2023 | 41 min

#090 Matthew Herbert

17 oktober 2023 | 106 min

#089 Martyn

10 oktober 2023 | 113 min

#088 Tom Lea

3 oktober 2023 | 109 min

#087 Paul Hanford

26 september 2023 | 99 min

Berlin is the centre of the European dance scene. It's changed almost beyond recognition in the past two decades but its influence has steadily grown in that time, and while those two things mean that some people will inevitably be sniffy about it, the reality is that it's still the place to be.

Paul Hanford literally wrote the book on coming to Berlin as an outsider, and even though the path is extremely well-trodden at this point, the experiences continue to develop. The stories in his book are similar to my own experiences of moving over from London in 2007, but there are points of culture and geopolitics which distinguish the narratives entirely.

Paul is also the host of the Lost And Sound podcast, a musician with major label releases to his name, the former head of music at Secret Cinema, and a lecturer the BIMM Institute. So additionally to the book and Berlin, we discuss a range of topics including alternative media, cancel culture, and politics and populism in modern culture.

This is a good one, you're gonna enjoy it.

A reminder that the vinyl-only release of Hardcore Heaven II is imminent - grab a copy here.

And here's some more info about my forthcoming mixtape 'Digital Underground'.

Grab a preorder of Digital Underground here. (will be live shortly)

If you're into what we're doing here on the pod then you can support the show on Patreon! There are two tiers - "Solidarity" for $4 a month, which features regular bonus podcasts and extra content. And "Musicality" which for a mere $10 a month gets you all the music we release on Hotflush and affiliate labels AND other music too, some of which never comes out anywhere else.

Plus there's also a private area for Patreon supporters in the Hotflush Discord Server... but anyone can join the conversation there in the public channels, so please do!

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#086 Krust

19 september 2023 | 135 min

#085 Skream

12 september 2023 | 122 min

Catch myself b2b with Chloé Robinson at the Skreamizm weekend takeover at fabric in London on 21 October!

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A lot of artists complain about the way success and the weight of expectation affects their output. But what about people who've been scrutinised in public since they were a teenager?

This week's guest has spent every weekend since he was 15 in clubs, and been the headline DJ for most of that time. There's not many other people who can say that.

It's almost impossible to describe Skream without resorting to cliche. Dubstep poster-boy. Legendary hell-raiser. The amount of rubbish that has been written about him over the years is quite amazing, even by the standards of the music press.

Some of it was true though, and on this week's show we dig into everything from stage invasions and tour bus fires, to record shops, school suspensions, and parenthood. We also discuss Autonomic, the nature of success, the compelling nature of music-making, and being marketed as a certain image.

This is worth it for the Benicàssim story alone!

Check Skreamizm 8 here.

Hardcore Heaven II vinyl preorder: scubaofficial.bandcamp.com/album/hardcore-heaven-ii

If you're into what we're doing here on the pod then you can support the show on Patreon! There are two tiers - "Solidarity" for $4 a month, which features regular bonus podcasts and extra content. And "Musicality" which for a mere $10 a month gets you all the music we release on Hotflush and affiliate labels AND other music too, some of which never comes out anywhere else.

Plus there's also a private area for Patreon supporters in the Hotflush Discord Server... but anyone can join the conversation there in the public channels, so please do!

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#084 Matthew Dear

5 september 2023 | 88 min

#083 Mat Dryhurst

29 augusti 2023 | 104 min

#082 Recondite II

22 augusti 2023 | 113 min

#081 Bill Brewster

15 augusti 2023 | 118 min

#080 Out Of Office... a conversation with Will Clarke

8 augusti 2023 | 106 min

#079 Sam Valenti

1 augusti 2023 | 100 min

#078 Chloé Thévenin

26 juli 2023 | 89 min

#077 Shawn Reynaldo

18 juli 2023 | 126 min

#076 The End Of Recorded Music?

11 juli 2023 | 63 min

We haven't done a solo pod since the 'Thoughts On Releasing Music' two-parter which covered episodes 58 and 59. Those two were really popular, surprisingly so... to me at least. I enjoy doing these because it forces me to get my thoughts together in a way that I sometimes struggle to usually. And the topics we're covering today definitely require some clear thought.

Obviously the episode title is a bit provocative. It could totally be happening though. Generative AI and LLMs are things we're going to be discussing a lot in the coming weeks and I thought it would be useful to get my fairly-uneducated intuitions on the subject down on record. Clearly I'm hoping to learn a lot more about this area from having long conversations on the show people who actually know what they're talking about - that usually helps.

And then we get into something that I did a really bad job of addressing on my recent appearance on Beats In Space. The decline in the cultural importance of music, that is. I'm not sure if I do much of a better job here, and I think writing an article or something is going to be the best way of really describing it. But I have a go.

Anyway, this is a different sort of solo pod to the last ones but I hope it'll be as enjoyable. Or at least provoke a few thoughts anyway.

If you're into what we're doing here on the pod then you can support the show on Patreon! There are two tiers - "Solidarity" for $4 a month, which features regular bonus podcasts and extra content. And "Musicality" which for a mere $10 a month gets you all the music we release on Hotflush and affiliate labels AND other music too, some of which never comes out anywhere else.

Plus there's also a private area for Patreon supporters in the Hotflush Discord Server... but anyone can join the conversation there in the public channels, so please do!

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#075 Alinka

4 juli 2023 | 88 min

#074 Ambivalent (aka LA-4A)

27 juni 2023 | 120 min

#073 DJ Bone

20 juni 2023 | 124 min

The majority of DJs spent the pandemic mostly of stood in front of a camera, attempting to perform the impossible task of transplanting a rave into the bedrooms of the few people lucky enough to be watching at the other end of a fibre optic cable.

We are only beginning to come to terms with the implications of what the failure of that approach have had for our culture, but DJ Bone did something completely different.

'Further' was a hugely successful series of events which combined music, talking, and a bit of socially-distanced vibing out. At Radion in Amsterdam, there was a real effort made to add something extra within the constraints of some of the most draconian lockdown measures anywhere in the world.

DJ Bone just released an album of the same name as those events, which he sees as jumping off point to his career even at this relatively advanced stage. We discuss that in detail, as well as those events, and what they mean in the context of what he's done in music since the 90s.

We also discuss his roots as a party-goer in Detroit, the wider state of Techno and dance music generally today, and what needs to change to get back on track after a few years of real turmoil.

This was a great conversation in which we dig into some really meaty areas, and get some incredible detail on the birthplace of Techno. You're going to enjoy it!

If you're into what we're doing here on the pod then you can support the show on Patreon! There are two tiers - "Solidarity" for $4 a month, which features regular bonus podcasts and extra content. And "Musicality" which for a mere $10 a month gets you all the music we release on Hotflush and affiliate labels AND other music too, some of which never comes out anywhere else.

Plus there's also a private area for Patreon supporters in the Hotflush Discord Server... but anyone can join the conversation there in the public channels, so please do!

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#072 Damian Lazarus

13 juni 2023 | 114 min

#071 Jeremy P Caulfield

6 juni 2023 | 101 min

#070 Shifted

30 maj 2023 | 91 min

It's all Business Techno now isn't it? Well, maybe. And who better to confirm or deny that statement than the man who coined the term itself, Guy Brewer aka Shifted.

Prior to entering the Techno arena, Guy was part of the storied DnB combo Commix. They released some great music in the 2000s, before the call to Berlin became impossible to resist and the lure of late evenings in Kreuzberg discussing the nuance of kick drums proved just too strong.

As we discover in this week's conversation, the above isn't even that much of a caricature of the real events. We discuss the pleasures and benefits of really good localised scenes, how market forces have distorted and commodified the more 'underground' parts of the dance scene, and whether music tech has really been as much of a disaster for creativity as I have tentatively argued in recent weeks.

We also discuss Guy's new project, Carrier, and the more general, ongoing challenges of creativity. This was as really rewarding conversation and one that you're going to enjoy!

If you're into what we're doing here on the pod then you can support the show on Patreon! There are two tiers - "Solidarity" for $4 a month, which features regular bonus podcasts and extra content. And "Musicality" which for a mere $10 a month gets you all the music we release on Hotflush and affiliate labels AND other music too, some of which never comes out anywhere else.

Plus there's also a private area for Patreon supporters in the Hotflush Discord Server... but anyone can join the conversation there in the public channels, so please do!

In other news, the Hardcore Heaven EP is now SOLD OUT on vinyl. Hope all of you who managed to grab one are happy with the product. Two of the tracks will be available digitally in the coming weeks, different versions to the ones that appear on the vinyl though. Grab em here.

But we DO still have copies of the Hotflush 20th anniversary 3 x 12" gatefold vinyl available. You can grab one of those here.

Finally have a listen to a release from our friends over at Echorex. It's a Big Miz original remixed by the fantastic Niina... take a listen here.

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#069 Terr

23 maj 2023 | 83 min

#068 Taimur

16 maj 2023 | 88 min

#067 LIVE from IMS Part 3: Johannes Goller

9 maj 2023 | 77 min

#066 LIVE from IMS Part 2: Leslee Tatman

4 maj 2023 | 69 min

#065 LIVE from IMS Part 1: DJ Pippi

2 maj 2023 | 56 min

#064 Tamsin Embleton

25 april 2023 | 92 min

NDP Cuts 005 - Creating a Dance Classic: MJ Cole

20 april 2023 | 11 min

#063 Ben Morris

4 april 2023 | 85 min

#062 Sebastian Mulleart

28 mars 2023 | 108 min

NDP Cuts 004 - Lessons of Effective Collaboration: Machinedrum

23 mars 2023 | 8 min

#061 Alan Fitzpatrick

21 mars 2023 | 97 min

#060 Tijana T

14 mars 2023 | 118 min

NDP Cuts 003 - Are You An Artist Or A Product: Patrice Bäumel

9 mars 2023 | 12 min

#059 Thoughts On Releasing Music Pt2

7 mars 2023 | 63 min

#058 Thoughts On Releasing Music Pt1

28 februari 2023 | 42 min

NDP Cuts 002 - Why so many shows are getting cancelled: Elijah

23 februari 2023 | 10 min

#057 Fil Palermo

21 februari 2023 | 101 min

Untitled Group is Australia's largest independent music & events company, running a list of key festivals including Beyond The Valley and Pitch, and selling over 400k tickets per year in the process.

Our guest this week, Fil Palermo, is a co-founder and director of Untitled, which he and his partners built from teenagers running DIY club nights into a world class promoter of large festivals booking some of the worlds biggest acts.

Australia is a distinctive corner of the global music industry, and Fil guides us through the details and distinguishing features of the local market. We also discuss the mechanics of running a festival, the learning curve required to get up to speed from a knowledge base of not-that-much, diversity and variety on festival lineups, and a whole lot of other stuff as well.

Untitled is a great example of an organisation showing it's possible to be serious about music, show real attention to detail in large events, and build something great without the need for corporate backing.

This was a great conversation and an episode you're going to enjoy!

A quick heads up that the second in the HF20 Scuba mix series will out this Friday. It's called 'Post Whatstep?' and unsurprisingly features a lot of Post-Dubstep. Tunes from Mount Kimbie, Untold, and George FitzGerald, amongst many others.

It also features my single 'In Yr Dreams' which is OUT NOW. And a recent collab I knocked up with Nikki Nair called Expression which is out as a single on Friday too.

If you're into what we're doing here on the pod then you can support the show on Patreon! We'd be honoured and extremely grateful for your contribution to developing the show. Plus there's a private area...

...in the Hotflush Discord Server

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#056 Josh Posthuman

14 februari 2023 | 89 min

NDP Cuts 001 - How To Mix Music And Politics: Dave Clarke

2 februari 2023 | 9 min

#055 Eric Cloutier

31 januari 2023 | 117 min

What did you do with your lockdown holiday? I was intending to learn a language and ended up just gaining a bunch of weight.

Our guest this week - Detroit native Eric Cloutier - was a bit more productive than that - he embarked upon a project to reacquaint himself with a record collection that he'd been adding to for over 20 years, which ended up being broadcast to the world in a series of ten mixes entitled The Arsonist & The Architect.

I highly recommend checking out those 20 hours of mixes, in addition to the two that you're going to spend on this week's episode - they are collectively a real example of a top DJ exploring a range of styles in a highly skillful manner.

We discuss the project in the conversation, in addition to more prosaic matters such as the politics of the Detroit music scene, the inspirational nature of Berlin, and attempting to tease out the positive developments in the wider dance scene since the pandemic.

This was a highly enjoyable conversation with someone who I know well socially, but provided me with a lot to chew on and a lot to think about. You're going to enjoy it too!

As hinted at last week, we are celebrating 20 years of Hotflush Recordings this year. I started the label in 2003, so that's where we are.

Already out is a collaborative single I produced with last week's guest, Distance... that's called Opposites and you can listen to that here.

This Friday, a mix entitled 'Hotflush Origins' will be dropping across all platforms. You can probably guess what kind of thing that's going to be, but be sure to check it out - it's a mix I'm really happy with.

And going forward over the next few weeks there will be a series of more singles and mixes - five singles in total, and four mixes. All the info for that can be found at hf20.news - there will be regular updates there, so keep hitting F5.

Finally, there will be a run of shows announced this week so keep an eye out for that. If your city isn't included then fear not - there will be more shows across the world throughout the year!

Patrons will be guest-listed up on request, so don't hesitate to reach out on that.

It's gonna be a lot of fun and I hope to see you all for a dance at some stage before the year is out.

If you're into what we're doing here on the pod then you can support the show on Patreon! We'd be honoured and extremely grateful for your contribution to developing the show. Plus there's a private area...

...in the Hotflush Discord Server

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#054 Distance

25 januari 2023 | 114 min

#053 Man Power

17 januari 2023 | 113 min

The music scene of the North-East of England is often overshadowed by, or sometimes even conflated with, the North-West. Everyone knows about the music of Liverpool and Manchester but there are no equivalents of The Beatles or Oasis on Tyneside.

Despite that, and putting aside for one moment quite-famous names like Mark Knopfler and Neil Tennant, Newcastle has in recent years produced some of the biggest names in club music, from Patrick Topping to Richy Ahmed.

On this week's episode we welcome another native of the region - Geoff Kirkwood, aka Man Power, aka Bedwettter, a dance music expert who recently completed a stint as artist-in-residence at the internationally renowned Sage Gateshead, which included the composition of a symphony in collaboration with Fiona Brice and the Royal Northern Sinfonia.

We discuss his journey from self-taught house producer to performance in world-class concert halls, as well as a wide range of topics from the effect of deindustrialisation on music, to speculating what contemporary music might be performed in a couple of hundred years from now.

He has releases forthcoming on Nocturne and Echocentric, and can be seen DJing back to back with Paul Woolford at King Street Social Club on 25 Feb.

Geoff is a singular character overflowing with insight and stories, and you are going to love this episode.

Some release news... one of our favourite producers, Anna Kost drops her full debut Hotflush release, See Life Better EP, this Friday. It's a smasher, get it here.

If you're into what we're doing here on the pod then you can support the show on Patreon! We'd be honoured and extremely grateful for your contribution to developing the show. Plus there's a private area...

...in the Hotflush Discord Server

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#52 DVS1

5 januari 2023 | 103 min

#051 Wrapping up 2022

27 december 2022 | 51 min

#050 Fred P

20 december 2022 | 151 min

#49 David Muallem

13 december 2022 | 98 min

#048 FaltyDL

6 december 2022 | 109 min

#047 Seth Troxler

29 november 2022 | 111 min

#046 Tallmen785 + Taylor Swift Singles Club

15 november 2022 | 104 min

#045 Chloé Robinson

8 november 2022 | 92 min

BONUS EPISODE - Singles Club

3 november 2022 | 36 min

#043 Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs

1 november 2022 | 136 min

#042 LIVE from ADE: Ellen Allien

25 oktober 2022 | 73 min

#041 Elijah

20 oktober 2022 | 131 min

#040 Dub[step] War[s] - Dave Q

11 oktober 2022 | 95 min

#039 DJ Spoony

4 oktober 2022 | 90 min

#038 Sunil Sharpe

27 september 2022 | 143 min

#037 Patrice Bäumel

20 september 2022 | 123 min

#036 Steffi

13 september 2022 | 95 min

#035 A weekend in Berlin

6 september 2022 | 48 min

#034 Ned Beckett

30 augusti 2022 | 94 min

#033 George FitzGerald

23 augusti 2022 | 104 min

#032 Danny Daze

16 augusti 2022 | 97 min

#031 Anja Schneider

9 augusti 2022 | 101 min

#030 Dubfire

3 augusti 2022 | 126 min

#029 Levon Vincent

26 juli 2022 | 113 min

#28 Dubstep Wars - Joe Nice

19 juli 2022 | 173 min

#027 Chris Goss

14 juli 2022 | 114 min

#026 MJ Cole

5 juli 2022 | 117 min

#025 Duke Dumont

28 juni 2022 | 93 min

#024 Jacques Greene

21 juni 2022 | 99 min

#023 Plastician

14 juni 2022 | 112 min

#022 Dave Clarke

7 juni 2022 | 147 min

#021 Rich McGinnis

31 maj 2022 | 135 min

#020 Cassy

24 maj 2022 | 97 min

#019 Chris Liebing

17 maj 2022 | 101 min

#018 Melissa Taylor

10 maj 2022 | 96 min

Musicians often view the public relations side of the industry with a degree of suspicion. Sometimes outright hostility. This is occasionally the result of misinformation, or perhaps just a poor level of understanding of what can be a crucial cog in the wheel of an artist's career.

But like most things in music there can be a slightly unsavoury side to the construction of narrative and crafting of messages of the sort that PRs get up to which justifies a certain level of cynicism.

Melissa Taylor, we can rest assured, is not one of the bad ones. The owner of Tailored Communication, her day job as a PR guru(!) also involves management, and music consultancy. She was formerly press officer at Fabric in London, and is a current board member of the streaming co-operative Resonate.

She is also an engaging and witty conversationalist, and someone who is unafraid to be disagreed with - which is fortunate as we did have some points of departure in the course of this episode. But that's what a free exchange of ideas is all about, right? And in woefully short supply in the music conversation generally.

We cover topics including the problems of the streaming model, the role of co-operatives in a potential improvement, what it was like promoting a record in the early 2000s, the inability of the industry to deal with diversity issues, the Berlin club scene, the death of music reviews, and much else besides.

A great episode, you'll love it.

On Hotflush-affiliated labels this week we welcome Jayson Wynters to Rhythm Nation, and check Etapp Kyle's remix of Glaskin's Slim Line monster.

Some links from Melissa:

https://resonate.is/pricing/

https://pioneerworks.org/broadcast/library-music-liz-pelly

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#017 A Guy Called Gerald

3 maj 2022 | 137 min

#016 Dubstep Wars - Nicole Cacciavillano

26 april 2022 | 103 min

#015 Clearing The Floor

19 april 2022 | 83 min

#014 Tim Exile

12 april 2022 | 101 min

#013 Mark Broadbent

5 april 2022 | 110 min

#012 Surgeon

29 mars 2022 | 108 min

#011 Yotam Avni

22 mars 2022 | 87 min

#010 Appleblim

15 mars 2022 | 102 min

#009 Mano Le Tough

8 mars 2022 | 80 min

#008 Machinedrum

1 mars 2022 | 106 min

#007 Deadbeat

22 februari 2022 | 84 min

#006 dBridge

15 februari 2022 | 113 min

#005 Roska

7 februari 2022 | 89 min

#004 CINTHIE

31 januari 2022 | 80 min

#003 Tiga

24 januari 2022 | 112 min

#002 Recondite

17 januari 2022 | 100 min

#001 Will Saul

10 januari 2022 | 105 min

Intro Section

9 januari 2022 | 2 min

Music Not Diving with Scuba

Paul Rose aka the musician, DJ, and label boss known as Scuba talks to people of significance from the world of electronic music about their experiences, observations, and attempts to cultivate a life...

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#008 Tim Reaper on Jungle, internet forums, and the Future of Retro

#007 Dustin Zahn on the phone: Counterculture comeback, a golden age of standup, and the ghost of Hard Techno

#006 Elijah on Yellow Squares, peak authenticity, and the unfortunate ubiquity of Joe Budden

#005 Lawrence Hart: Burial’s sampling, music theory, and Soviet-era synths

#004 Jane Fitz: Raving in 90s Hong Kong and the mystery of the underground

#003 Spencer Parker on the phone: Berlin, changes, and HorsegiirL

#002 James Ruskin: Tresor, Blueprint, and the enduring appeal of vinyl

#001 Tom Middleton: Sleep, audio therapy, and Aphex Twin

#157 DJ Bone (redux): a re-run of one of our favourite episodes

#156 Wrestling, Rap Beefs, and Cultural Nihilism: the changing skillset of the modern musician

#155 Riva Starr: House music and songwriting, "as a producer it's important to be challenged"

#154 Aly Gillani: Bandcamp - the insider take, "what's best for the artist always comes first for us"

#153 Ben Sims: what is Hardgroove anyway? "I wasn't expecting it to be a term that other people use to describe their music"

#152 Mr G: 70k records and the need to be tested, "You only learn your chops when someone SHOWS YOU what greatness is"

#151 Dance Press Fantasy Football: editing a music mag can't be that hard can it?

#150 Steve Hillage: Founding the Glastonbury Dance Tent and the link between progressive rock and techno "Dance music at Glastonbury just had to happen"

#149 MJ Cole (redux): a re-run of one of our favourite episodes

#148 Fred P (redux): a re-run of one of our favourite episodes

#147 Darren Hemmings: marketing CEO on the state of music, "the gap between Big Tech and art has never been wider""

#146 DjRUM: Turntablism and taking positives from bad music, "There's a philosophical angle with everything for me"

#145 Kevin Saunderson: Detroit from day one, "It worked because we were young"

#144 Sarah Story: inside Future Dance on BBC Radio 1, "they trust my taste and my vision"

#143 The End Is Nigh: Counterculture, insurrection, Gladiator, and the politics of catastrophe

#142 SP:MC: DnB from AWOL via Autonomic to now, "it got pretty smashy for a while...!"

#141 Man Power II: Small venues and big artists, "there's been no thought whatsoever about sustainability"

#140 LIVE from fabric + thoughts on trolling

#139 Not A Diving Club Preview + Tim Hoeben live from ADE

Studio Stories - Decka on "Exit"

#138 Shackleton: Bass, mystery, and devastating beauty, "adding too much literal narrative misses the point of the music"

#137 Kölsch: Small clubs, festivals, and the community, "No-one cares about the local talent anymore"

#136 Jerome Hill: London squat parties and UK Techno, "Musically it was pretty rough round the edges"

#135 Josh Wink: Philly, fame, and Higher States, "I didn't know there'd be a living in making music"

#134 Truncate: The return of minimal? "People will always look back to whatever was big before"

LIVE from Lost Village Festival: Joe Goddard on Big tunes, Grunge, and being in a band

#133 Robert Henke: Co-founding Ableton and the new Monolake album, "We are the children of counterculture"

#132 Agoria: Digital art and music, "classic records have no functionality - they came from the heart"

#131 Daedelus: Aliens and albums, "there's something else potentially at play here..."

#130 Gregor Tresher + Juliet Fox: a midsummer double bill!

#129 Mike Parker: Art and techno, "If it's about money or fame then maybe you've lost the original motivation"

Studio Stories: Braille on "Triple Transit"

#128 Simon Reynolds: The future of future music, "it's the shiver, the rush, the weird joy and serenity"

#127 Mr. Scruff: Tape edits and the scene with no name, "We just never toed the line"

#126 Regal: Pressure and success, "It's a matter of how you manage it"

#125 Kitty Amor: House music from Nottingham to Johannesburg, "Marginalised people are being seen on big stages now"

#124 Danny Whittle: Running Ibiza clubs large and small, "My strategy changed the island"

#123 Steve Bug: Where are the anthems? "We need the big new tunes to unite people"

#122 Radio Slave: Social media vs dance music, "there shouldn't be any rules"

#121 Thoughts on Live Electronic Music

#120 Phil Moffa: Running a studio in 2024, "The hybrid is the one, whatever works - do it"

#119 Deas: Outboard vs plugins... is there a right answer? "I don't want to convince anyone!"

#118 Tom Vek: Blockchains, fragmentation, and a post-format world, "It always comes back to songs"

#117 Quinn (Paranoid London): Anonymity and acid house, "We'd always press fewer copies than we had preorders for!"

#116 Ceri: Technique, vinyl, and Ibiza "You have to put your soul into the music"

#115 Cian Ó Cíobháin: 25 years of underground music on Irish public radio

#114 Laurent Garnier: Looking forward, "techno is about tomorrow, not yesterday"

#113 Luke Slater: What is techno? "Sometimes nothing happens... and that's the point"

#112 Doc Scott: DnB from Rage and Metalheadz to now, "it's all about the energy it creates"

#111 James Ellis Ford: producing Depeche Mode, Blur, and Pet Shop Boys, "sometimes it feels totally surreal"

#110 Steve Davis: Snooker, fame, and modular synths, "I was sh*tting myself!"

#109 Chloé Caillet: Circo Loco and classical training, "I had to unlearn all that theory"

#108 Nathan Micay: Making music for Netflix, "They said - we need this by next week!"

#107 Monty Luke: From the Dotcom Bubble to Planet E, "That was a wild time...!"

#106 Alex Paterson (The Orb): Inventing the chilll out room, "We knew what we were doing!"

#105 T.Williams: Tales from the UK Underground, "I was just making tunes and cutting dubplates"

#104 Danny Daze II: Spatial audio and the return of NFTs, "I'm future-proofing my work"

#103 Fracture: Pirate radio and the Nuum, "it was a community-based thing"

Dave Clarke (redux): Techno and politics, "people are scared to speak out"

dBridge (redux): A life in drum n bass, "I make music as therapy"

#102 Machine Woman: Studio efficiency and Tech House, "I'll still be making music whether RA writes about me or not""

#101 DJ Paulette: The Hacienda and gay clubbing, "The music is better and the DJs are better!"

#100 Holiday Special

#099 James Jackson on radio and Ben Morris on SAULT

#098 A-Trak

#097 Speedy J

#096 Trevor Jackson

#095 NIKS