Electronically Yours with Martyn Ware

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EP203: Artist Taxi Driver Jul 18, 2024

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This most excellent episode of Electronically Yours features a good friend and unique character, Mark McGowan.

He is a British street artist, performance artist, film maker and public protester who has gone by the artist name Chunky Mark and more recently The Artist Taxi Driver.

Mark is known internationally for his performance art including shock art, street art and installation art, and as a stuntman, internet personality, video blogger, social commentator, social critic, satirist, political activist, peace activist, and an anti-establishment, anti-war, anti-capitalist anti-monarchist and anti-power elite protester - phew…

He is also extremely funny…

Ladies and gentlemen - meet the unique Artist Taxi Driver, Mark McGowan.

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EP202: Will Gregory pt.2 Jul 11, 2024

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Tomorrow’s episode of Electronically Yours features an alumni of the podcast, Will Gregory.

In this second episode, Will discusses his first ever Moog Ensemble album, and his love of electronic music in general. Those who have never witnessed a Moog Ensemble live concert are really missing out – they are unique…

He is of course most famous for being half of electronic pop band Goldfrapp, and for his collaborations with Adrian Utley from Portishead.

Ladies and gentlemen – one of the great champions of electronic pop music, Will Gregory...

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EP201: Toby Manning Jul 04, 2024

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Today’s enlightening episode features Toby Manning, famous journalist and author who has contributed to The Word, Q, MOJO, Mixmag, Select and NME, and is the author of The Rough Guide to Pink Floyd.

His latest book has just been released - Mixing Pop and Politics: A Marxist History of Popular Music - a thorough and fascinating overview of popular music from a Marxist perspective. This may sound a little dry but in fact is a highly insightful analysis of how pop and politics have symbiotically fed off each other for decades, and where we’re heading to next…

Ladies and gentlemen, meet the absorbing Toby Manning.

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EP200: Adventures In The Electroverse Jun 27, 2024

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This celebratory 200th episode is a very special one…
Chaz and myself introduce the full one-hour binaural recording of our 3D soundscape ‘Adventures In The Electroverse’, recently premiered in the World Trade Center in New York, featuring a hypnotic composition including the best stories from many of our favourite guests.
When I started this podcast, I never anticipated that it would still be going nearly 3 years later, but it’s become such an integral part of my life that I can’t stop! In fact one point I even considered making the 200th episode the last…
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Finally, let me know your favourite episode and I’ll give a unique prize to my favourite letter (keep them short-ish!)
Electronically Yours
Martyn and Chaz x

EP199: Morton Subotnick pt.2 Jun 20, 2024

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Today’s exciting episode is part 2 of our interview with legendary electronic music pioneer Morton Subotnick.

His never-ending quest for musical innovation enabled by new technological breakthroughs is undiminished - he is still performing, recording and breaking barriers at the age of 91 - he is an inspiration to all electronic music creators…

For the final part of our 2-hour interview, here he is, the one, the only, Morton Subotnick.

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EP198: Morton Subotnick pt.1 Jun 12, 2024

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What a treat we have in store for you…

This monumental episode of Electronically Yours features one of the true pioneers of electronic music…Morton Subotnick is an American composer of electronic music, best known for his 1967 composition Silver Apples of the Moon, the first electronic work commissioned by a record company, Nonesuch.

Morton has worked extensively with interactive electronics and multi-media, co-founding the San Francisco Tape Music Center, often collaborating with his wife Joan La Barbara.

Morton Subotnick is one of the great pioneers of electronic music and multi-media performance, and an innovator in works involving instruments and other media including interactive computer music systems. He also co-developed the incredible Buchla synthesiser.

At 91, he still composes, performs and lectures about his love of electronic and interactive music. I am privileged to interview Morton, and as it was such a wide-ranging conversation, this is just part one of two episodes devoted to the maestro…

Ladies and gentlemen - this is inspirational - meet Morton Subotnick.

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EP197: Clayton and Parker Calvert Jun 06, 2024

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Tomorrow’s enlightening episode of Electronically Yours features two extraordinary artists and curators, Clayton and Parker Calvert.

They have founded a not-for-profit gallery space in the astounding Oculus shopping centre in the World Trade Center in New York, where artists can display their works without entry fee or commission.

They are both accomplished artists, Clayton in painting and sculpture, and Parker focussing on photography and film. Our recent Illustrious exhibition ‘Adventures In The Electroverse’ was a grand success in the gallery.

Ladies and gentlemen, meet the fascinating brothers in art, Clayton and Parker Calvert...

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EP196: Boris Blank May 30, 2024

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This fantastic episode of the Electronically Yours podcast features the unique talents of Boris Blank - the founder of YELLO and regarded as one of the foremost electronic composers in the world.

Based in Zurich, his approach to music production is extraordinary. Using a vast sample library that he builds himself, Boris assembles a sonic picture for each composition that defies genre, often delivered with a dry sense of humour.

Titles like ‘The Race’ ‘I Love You’ and ‘Oh Yeah’ (from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off) are part of the global furniture now. Boris has also built a successful music app called Yellofier with over 150,000 downloads to date.

Ladies and gentlemen - there is only one Boris Blank...

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EP195: Martin Stephenson May 22, 2024

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Today's fascinating episode of Electronically Yours features folk/rock/pop singer songwriter and frontman of The Daintees, Martin Stephenson.

A fellow northerner, Martin’s songwriting is nuanced and excellent, and is widely regarded as one of the UK’s finest.

The Daintees released their first highly-acclaimed single in 1982, and since then have remained prolific and very popular and still perform regularly. Fun fact – I’m quite fond of folk-influenced music, as is my fellow electronic buddy, Vince Clarke!

Ladies and gentlemen – meet your kinda people, my kinda folk – Martin Stephenson...

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UNLOCKED / ElectronicallyOurs: Jon Swinstead May 20, 2024

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This fascinating bonus episode features curator Jon Swinstead.

Jon is responsible for curation and creation of the First Museum of Youth Culture, opening in Digbeth Birmingham in 2027. The Museum of Youth Culture - www.museumofyouthculture.com - is a new museum dedicated to the styles, sounds and social movements innovated by young people over the last 100 years. Championing the impact of youth on modern society, the Museum of Youth Culture is formed from the archives of YOUTH CLUB, a non-profit Heritage Lottery & Arts Council Funded collection incorporating photographs, ephemera, objects and oral histories celebrating our shared youth culture history.

From the bomb-site Bicycle racers in post-war 1940s London, to the Acid House ravers of 1980s Northern England, the Museum of Youth Culture empowers the extraordinary everyday stories of growing up in Britain.

Ladies and gentlemen – meet Jon Swinstead...

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