Stay ConnectedPaul 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 for themselves in the murky and sometimes treacherous waters of the music industry.
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Music and politics don't really mix do they? Stick to music!
Obviously we don't think that. Music SHOULD be political. One of the reasons that music is less culturally important than it used to be MUST be the fact that it isn't political ENOUGH!
Tijana T is from Belgrade, and everything in Belgrade is political. Everything in Serbia is. Everything in the Balkans is.
So we talk a lot about politics on this week's show. We also talk about music, and how the two things interact. Other things are discussed too, but the politics is the important stuff.
This was a highly enjoyable episode, it's the kind of conversation that I really enjoy. But you know that by now.
Join us in London this week for HF20 at Venue MOT!
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
Listen to all the music discussed on the show via the Not A Diving Podcast Spotify playlist
For more links and other info visit the official Scuba website
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DJs get better with age... don't they? Are DJs artists? And is DJing even an art form anyway? In this cut from Episode 37 of the Not A Diving Podcast, Patrice Bäumel breaks down these issues in his unique style.
Listen to the full episode here (all platforms).
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
Listen to all the music discussed on the show via the Not A Diving Podcast Spotify playlist
For more links and other info visit the official Scuba website
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This week's show is follows on from last week, where we left off in 2010 at a cliff hanger where the underground music scene was about to change significantly.
We follow the narrative up to the present day, discussing the development of Hotflush Recordings, my own journey from imposter syndrome to bad attitude, and end up by identifying five important things to get right if you want to make a career in music.
There's a lot of self-examination, a few things discussed in detail, and a few things that get glossed over. But we make it through in the end.
Back to the regular format next week with a guest.
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
Listen to all the music discussed on the show via the Not A Diving Podcast Spotify playlist
For more links and other info visit the official Scuba website
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As you know, we're in the midst of celebrating 20 years of Hotflush Recordings.
I've done a few interviews to co-incide with that recently, but I am very rarely satisfied with how an interview turns out in print. Luckily I do a weekly podcast and am taking the opportunity to interview myself (kind of) over a two part podcast, the first half of which is this week's episode.
I talk about the motivations for starting a label twenty years ago, the problem with A&Ring your own material, the key developments in the period up to 2010, and the invaluable help and guidance from a man called Chris Parkinson.
This episode refers to Episodes 10 (Appleblim), 27 (Chris Goss), 28 (Joe Nice), 54 (Distance).
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
Listen to all the music discussed on the show via the Not A Diving Podcast Spotify playlist
For more links and other info visit the official Scuba website
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The pandemic caused havoc across the music industry, but are we making a mistake in laying the blame for the epidemic of show cancellations in particular at the door of COVID-19? In this cut from Episode 41 of the Not A Diving Podcast, Elijah details his analysis of the problems in the live space and why digging deeper always makes sense.
Listen to the full episode here (all platforms).
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
Listen to all the music discussed on the show via the Not A Diving Podcast Spotify playlist
For more links and other info visit the official Scuba website
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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
Listen to all the music discussed on the show via the Not A Diving Podcast Spotify playlist
For more links and other info visit the official Scuba website
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Electro, IDM, techno, Warp, Rephlex, all that stuff. We talked about this stuff with Ned Beckett on episode 34 - it was a really interesting and fertile corner of the UK underground in the late 90s and early 2000s.
It was also the entry point into music for this week's guest, Josh Doherty, as half of Posthuman and promoter of illegal raves in tube stations and other unusual locations. Since then, he's spent well over a decade running the I Love Acid party and Balkan Vinyl label, as well as keeping up his production output and externalising his thoughts prolifically on twitter.
We discuss that electro/techno UK crossover point, the parties back then, and the parties now, the influence of the pandemic, and how the music and the scene has developed in the recent past.
Josh is an underground warrior who does things his way, with little-to-no compromise. It's an approach that has served him well, and makes for good listening - you're going to enjoy this episode!
In other news, we have announced some shows to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of Hotflush. Full details and all ticket links for shows in Tel Aviv, Bristol, Munich, Barcelona, London, Berlin, Lyon, Copenhagen, and Glasgow are here: hf20.news/events
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
Listen to all the music discussed on the show via the Not A Diving Podcast Spotify playlist
For more links and other info visit the official Scuba website
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Political stands have become a key weapon in the arsenal of music marketers. The level of cynicism and virtue signalling is beyond belief. In this cut from Episode 22 of the Not A Diving Podcast, Dave Clarke and I discuss that phenomenon, and why it's so important that when musicians talk about politics that it comes from a position of sincerity.
Listen to the full episode here (all platforms).
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
Listen to all the music discussed on the show via the Not A Diving Podcast Spotify playlist
For more links and other info visit the official Scuba website
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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
Listen to all the music discussed on the show via the Not A Diving Podcast Spotify playlist
For more links and other info visit the official Scuba website
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Hotflush Recordings turns 20 this year. There'll be an announcement later this week but we're pre-empting it here with an episode featuring the first 'external' artist ever to release on the label.
Something I totally forgot to mention in the intro is that we've actually also made a new track, with more than half an eye on those early days of Dubstep, which is out on Friday - get it here.
Always so organised on this show.
Since his first Hotflush release in January 2004, Distance appeared on the legendary Mary Anne Hobbs Dubstep Warz Radio 1 show, and went on to release albums on Planet Mu and Tectonic, as well as a further 12" with us.
He also played three times at our SUB:STANCE parties at Berghain, and has been a mainstay of the biggest Dubstep raves in the UK, including FWD>> and DMZ.
He is, in short, a Dubstep legend.
We discuss all that, as well as his more recent work with Riz Ahmed, adapting his artistic output during the pandemic, juggling family life, and much else besides.
This was a hugely enjoyable conversation for me, and you're gonna love it 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
You could also support by buying direct from us (and wearing) a Hotflush Musicality t-shirt!
Listen to all the music discussed on the show via the Not A Diving Podcast Spotify playlist
For more links and other info visit the official Scuba website
Follow Scuba: twitter instagram bandcamp spotify apple music beatport
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