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Music for sleep, radical electronics, biospheric amorphous spaces. The sound artist and 12k label founder discusses three important albums.Taylor's picks: Brian Eno – Thursday AfternoonRyoji Ikeda – +/-Microstoria – Model 3, Step 2Taylor's new EP, Eev, is out August 18th via Nettwerk. Preorder and preview it on Taylor's Bandcamp. Taylor is also on Instagram and X.Donate to Crucial Listening on Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/cruciallistening
Phytoplankton microsound, sketched-out dead ends, perfect warbles. The North Carolina-based electronic music producer discusses three important albums.Bana's picks: Jana Winderen – The WandererAutechre – AmberBoards Of Canada – Tomorrow's HarvestBana Haffar's new album, intimaa' إنتماء, is out now on Touch. You can also listen/buy via Bana's bandcamp here. Bana's website is actually a Google sheet, and you check that out here. She's also on Instagram.Donate to Crucial Listening on Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/cruciallistening
Gargling fire, empty samplers, ruined picture discs. Crucial Listening host Jack Chuter shares his three important albums.Jack's picks:Meshuggah – Nothing (2002 version)Jesu – S/TSachiko M – Bar SachikoMany thanks for allowing me this bout of self-indulgent podcast host catharsis.Donate to Crucial Listening on ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/cruciallistening
A gentle journey where we light the way for our baby.Lie in a comfortable place and take time to rest.Music by Jack Chuter
Plectrums at the ready. New York comedian Kenice Mobley joins us to rediscover our inner scene kid at The Futureheads show, fire up the butt fan with Mirrored Lips and ride the wave of awesome with Sleater-Kinney.
Music maniac Tom Withey joins us to crack open a Gorillaz happy meal, get a little woozy with Alice Coltrane and join The Beatles on a meditation retreat.
Ross Sutherland joins Jack and Freddie to discuss Analysis, The Shadow Trap and Here Be Monsters.
We're back with some sounds you've never heard: author Jeanette Leech joins us to discuss the devotional disco of Joubert Singers, deceptive TV nostalgia from Broadcast and a novelty song that's too fast for a puppet.
It's a big one! We're joined by the relentlessly great Kirk Hamilton of the Strong Songs podcast. We pool our music-talk prowess to cycle around the suburbs of Arcade Fire, pick apart the vocal layers of Kimbra and take a precious Talk Talk track off the shelf.
Ingmar Apinis from The Antidote Podcast joins us to find joy within the noise of Melt-Banana, drink cocktails from a camera at a Rüfüs Du Sol show and plug ourselves into Robbie Williams's rather grubby energy grid.
Strong statements all round: Honor Clover-Slater joins us to discuss the relentless rhythms of Maseke, Pasopa and Mako, Blur-related tattoo regrets and how The Stranglers' ghost train got hijacked.
Musician and writer Tor Maries joins us to discuss the all-out party of Merry Clayton, the slinky polyamory of Unknown Mortal Orchestra and My Bloody Valentine's melting edges.
Bassist and beat-lover Dom James joins us to discuss the no-nonsense romance of Dire Straits, festive funk from The Poets Of Rhythm and Xenia Rubinos's spiralling bass lines.
Dried up drones, wounded song, psycho experimentation. The Seattle-based musician discusses three important albums.
Musician/sibling James Chuter joins us to discuss the throbbing anxiety of Low, the pebble-plopping of Panda Bear and Björk's visceral protest piece.
Welcome to Fantastic Beats: the new podcast where we invite special guests to swap music recommendations with us. New episodes arrive every other week.
This fortnight, Kathy is joined by Iain MacKinnon and Jack Chuter to talk about their history in podcasting and their favorite podcasts. Additionally, we discover a connection between TV shows and podcasts, how to get onto a television show as a podcaster plus the most American thing they’ve ever done. Host Kathy Campbell with Iain MacKinnon and Jack Chuter.
Unrecognised chaos, underwater grunge, deceptive ambient movements. The Berlin-based musician discusses three important albums.
In a special episode of the Storm Static Sleep podcast, Jack Chuter speaks to Wout Lievens of Belgium's dunk!festival: one of the world's premier weekends for post-rock, post-metal, ambient and drone music. The festival takes place on 5-7 May 2016 in Zottegem, Belgium. Weekend tickets are sold out, but day tickets are still available at the time of writing. Head over to www.dunkfestival.be to snap one up. Storm Static Sleep will be on sale at the festival too, so be sure to buy a copy if you haven't already. www.stormstaticsleep.com
For episode number three, Jack Chuter talks to Jon Mueller: drummer of Pele, Collections Of Colonies Of Bees and Volcano Choir, as well as a solo musician and central instigator of various multidisciplinary creative projects. We talk about the revival of Pele, the process of establishing identity in music and the difficulties in sparking opposition to the rock status quo.
In our first podcast, author Jack Chuter talks to David Grubbs (Gastr Del Sol, Bastro) about the term "post-rock" and the process of unilateral disarmament. Storm Static Sleep: A Pathway Through Post-Rock is the first book to be dedicated to the story of post-rock music, coming out November 30th 2015 on Function Books. For more information and to pre-order the book, go to www.stormstaticsleep.com Thanks to Drag City for providing permission to play all of the music featured in this episode.
Jack Chuter's interest in experimental sounds began with a trip to his local record store. He listened to a Sunn O))) record at a listening station and went away completely bewildered by the experience. The music stuck with him and over time helped change his approach to listening and music criticism. Jack founded ATTN:Magazine to explore music from a standpoint of curiosity and discovery. Download the compilation at: https://archive.org/details/livingvoid-flac