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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Every producer wants to be an auteur. The legend of the isolated guy (it's almost always a guy) turning out hits without any outside help is as potent a narrative in the culture as there has ever been.
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, aka TEED, aka Orlando Higginbottom is doing exactly that, and has made one of my favourite albums of recent memory with When The Lights Go.
He's also a thoughtful and insightful chap who recently wrote an article for Billboard which exhibited those qualities and provided the perfect basis for the discussion on this week's episode of the podcast.
Amongst other things, we talk about his journey from major label to self-releasing, the wonders of classical music, the challenges facing artists, and the need to challenge received music industry wisdom.
This was a conversation I was looking forward to immensely, and it did not disappoint.
If you want to support the show then this the best week to do so - we are running a pledge drive on Patreon where for one week only new signups get some cracking bonus presents, including the awesome black-on-grey "Musicality" t-shirt.
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Listen to all the music discussed on the show via the Not A Diving Podcast Spotify playlist
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Having a conversation in front of an audience, it turns out , is a bit different to speaking on the phone.
This is the first time we've done a 'LIVE' episode, and we can thank the good people of the Amsterdam Dance Event for helping us make it happen. As part of the conference we took over a room of about 80 people for an hour and talked to a real legend of Berlin techno - Ellen Allien.
A resident of many of the most important clubs in the city ever since the wall came down, Ellen was there at E-Werk, Tresor, WMF, and all the rest of them. So it was fascinating to dig into that incredible history, as well as her career as a DJ, producer, and label owner.
There will be more live episodes, but the first one is always special... and this was a lot of fun.
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Better late than never! We had all sorts of problems with getting the podcast out this week, not helped by a trip to ADE in Amsterdam to record an episode with Ellen Allien which (all things going well) will be on your feed next week.
But right now on the show we have a very interesting and important person in the underground music scene of the UK - Elijah.
You may remember his work in the grime scene with Skilliam, you may remember his label, Butterz, if you're in the industry you may know him as an artist manager. But most likely you'll know his Yellow Squares project which has recently brought him a lot of attention as he leads a broad discussion of how the industry works, and how artists should conduct their careers.
So given our mission on this podcast, the man is an ideal guest and you are going to get a lot out of this conversation. We cover a range of topics including the cancellation of shows, transparency and the idea of making your income public, as well as getting into the history of the grime scene too.
An awesome episode which I think was worth the wait.
You can check his 'Close The App, Make The Thing' lecture here.
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What happens when you discover a new form of music being made thousands of miles away, but there’s nowhere to dance to it in your city? Or even your country?
If you’re Dave Q, you go right ahead and put on a party, which is what he did when he held the first Dub War event in New York City during the summer of 2005.
That makes him an extremely important person in the development of bass music in North America, and while we heard a lot about this from Joe Nice, one of the resident DJs at Dub War, it was Dave’s relationship with the music that really made this happen.
So what we have here is a crucial addition to the story of Dubstep. We talk about all that of course, in addition to the challenge of juggling it all with another career, pilgrimages to DMZ in London, and the effects of 9/11 on the music scene in New York.
After an 8k mile round trip to Infrasound Equinox Festival in Minnesota last weekend, I am feeling pretty fried. To the extent that I actually get the name of the festival wrong in the intro to this week's show... but that's what touring does to you ! Great to meet so many nice people, loved the vibes. Mental note to stay a bit longer next time...
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The feedback to Episode 26 of the show with MJ Cole was overwhelming. But we came away from that episode without the real insider story of the UK Garage scene being told - what we got instead was the MJ Cole story, which was amazing in itself, but missing some of the key details as to how this unique genre of Dance Music unfolded.
This week we welcome one of the absolute best people around to fill in those gaps and really dig into the development of UKG, and that man is none other than DJ Spoony.
As part of the Dreem Teem (with Timmi Magic and Mikee B) he presented the key UK Garage show on BBC Radio 1, was resident at arguably the most important UK Garage night in Twice As Nice, and was a general ambassador for a sound that took over the UK charts and radio waves in the late 90s and early 2000s.
So we get the full Garage story here, as well as discussing the effect of institutional racism on the UK music scene, his early years as a DJ pre-UKG, and his other career in football broadcasting.
I had high expectations for this episode but I think it exceeded them... you're gonna love this.
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Can a DJ influence government policy? Sunil Sharpe has certainly tried, and through various campaigns going back to the mid 2000s his voice in the development of nightlife policy in Ireland has been a significant one.
That makes him a great guest for the show and we dig into some of the machinations of policy-making, as well as the more directly music-related issues of DJing with vinyl, crowd behaviour, the changing nature of how electronic is viewed, and much else besides.
Sunil is a man who likes to talk and this was a highly enjoyable conversation.
After the conversation I also give a rundown of my thoughts on the techno twitter viral event of last week... you know the one :D
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Groupthink is everywhere, but rarely found in a more pronounced form these days than in the dance scene.
Patrice Bäumel is not a fan of this phenomenon and, to his credit, he is willing to challenge received wisdom and orthodoxy. That approach to life makes him an ideal guest for this show and it was a pleasure to dig into some thorny topics with him over the course of a two hour conversation.
In addition to the topic of groupthink itself, we discussed the definitions of freedom and art, community living at Burning Man, and the legendary Amsterdam club known as Trouw.
I was very much looking forward to this episode, and I think we managed to keep a musical grounding to a discussion which covered many areas of culture, politics, and even some economics.
Here's the KLF book by John Higgs that I reference.
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Releasing your own music can be liberating, but it also involves challenges. How keen are you on self-promotion? Well you better get used to it if you're self-releasing.
Steffi is a long running resident of Berghain/Panorama Bar, and an alumnus of their label, Ostgut Ton. For her forthcoming album, The Red Hunter, she has taken over those responsibilities with a new imprint called Candy Mountain.
We discuss all that at length, plus taking the opportunity to dig into her background in the Netherlands, what it means to be underground, the challenges of production, and the possible future paths of the dance scene.
This was a conversation I have been waiting for since we launched the pod, and it did not disappoint. Steffi is great and you will love this episode.
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...
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Listen to all the music discussed on the show via the Not A Diving Podcast Spotify playlist
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This week I'm taking the opportunity to evaluate what we've been doing on the show during the 19 weeks since I last did a solo pod. That also ties in neatly with a weekend I just spent in Berlin where we held a Hotflush party at Æden, and also collabed with HÖR on sets from me, Anna Kost, Roska, and Closet Yi.
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...
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Listen to all the music discussed on the show via the Not A Diving Podcast Spotify playlist
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We have been angling for a booking agent to guest on the show since launching the podcast, and finally we have one!
Ned Beckett is the founder of the Little Big agency, represents Aphex Twin, and is as well placed as anyone to make the case for the contribution made by agents to the careers of artists and live music as a whole.
We discuss his formative period with Warp Records, the development of electronic music in the live space, and the challenges of founding an agency when you have no idea what an agency does.
Ned is a super interesting guy and this is a great conversation... a different perspective to previous guests, you will enjoy this one.
We would be extremely grateful if you would support the show on Patreon. There's two tiers... one which gets the show ad-free plus at least a couple of bonus podcasts each month, and a higher tier which additionally gets you all the music we release on Hotflush ahead of time and in HD formats. And also some extra music that you can't get anywhere else. We think it's great value, so if you can do it... we'd love you forever.
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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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