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Over the last few years, I’ve been trying to work out why certain things in my life have turned out the way they have. Friendships has been a particular thing that’s been on my mind, in particular why I’ve tended to let some slide. I’ve had occasions where I’ve reconnected with lost friends and family and realised just how important they are. Having said that, I do think that the way we handle friendships is kinda different to that of my parents generation, when it was definitely friendships for life. More people live a nomadic life these days, so community is less of a thing, and also I’m much more aware of my own identity shifting as I get older and what’s important to me changing and I think this impacts who comes on our own journey with us. I think it makes you realise how powerful your real friendships are.
Nicolette Vilar has dedicated her life to the creative arts as a fabulous graphic and visual arts designer and also the singer in Go Betty Go where her close, tight friendships with the band members have been forever, endured the rocky road of life and have, I think, been instrumental in the band reforming and recording their soon to be released EP called Black and Blue. The title hints at the bruises, yet it’s self-care, time, friendships – and our old, great mate, music - that help you heal.
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One of the things that I was looking at about 7-8 years ago was the growth of the term ‘multi-hyphenate’ and how, with us living longer lives (well, that was the case up to 2019, I think Covid has probably affected that a little), more people – and across all ages - were moving away from the stable job, linear career trajectory and into a more multi-hyphenate way of working which involves doing more than one thing, often 3/4/5/6/7/8 different things. It struck me that many creatives, particularly musicians, have always had so many aspects – roles if you want - to their lives – songwriting, playing, producing, poetry, art, promotion, DJ’ing, band management, tour management, running a label, marketing – and that if you’re gonna hold up an example of what a multi-hyphenate life looks like, musicians would be it. It’s the DIY ethic that blew up when punk started and has filtered into a whole way of being for future generations.
You can’t really talk about a multi-hyphen life without talking to Tara Rez. She’s doing all of the above and more and more, including her own band, The Duel, inspired by punk rock, free of any clichés, rules, boundaries and 100% free spirited.https://www.iwannajumplikedeedee.com
I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is the music podcast that does music interviews differently.
Giles Sibbald talks to musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in every part of their lives.
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So, as hopefully my faithful and long suffering subscribers will know after 120 + episodes, the whole idea behind this podcast is about the importance of mindset and specifically how an experimental mindset can help us to navigate the world today, a world that is becoming more complex, more volatile, full of more and more contradictions and where outcomes are less and less predictable or certain.
Within our mindset, I really believe that emotional intelligence is one of the most important attributes that we need. I still find it hard to believe that it’s not part of our education systems – well, I don’t find it hard to believe actually, because once you start to teach empathy, self awareness, that kind of stuff… the divide and conquer tactics of the ruling elite start to become less effective and their power starts to be eroded. I do believe that it should be taught to kids as soon as they are born, but I realise that there are a whole load of structural, systemic things that need to be worked out.
X-Raided.
His lifestory is as big a headfuck that you can get.He served a total of 26 years, five months, and 26 days in prison starting in 1992. He’s always been very clear and honest about what he did not do on that lifechanging morning and also very clear and honest about what he did do, about the bad choices he made – but it needs to be said, because this shit still goes on around the world, that the foundation of the case built to convict him back in 1992 was constructed on the systemic prejudice against black people and people of colour that had been pumped through the veins of the US through government operations like CoinTelPro with all its nefarious, community damaging tactics based on lies and manipulation. This was the longest consecutive sentence served by any musician ever and just six months less than the time Nelson Mandela served.
Whilst he was inside, he produced 12 albums give or take and he continued to create his music when he was released in 2018.
Last year’s A Prayer in Hell was truly outstanding and as we were recording this episode, his latest, the huge 24 track A Sin In Heaven, was about to be released and it’s another hypnotic masterclass in how old school can evolve into the present.
It’s powerful, distinguished and full of heart and soul.I always like to take a moment to remember that music is always there for you, it will always come with you on your journey and it will always be your friend.
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I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is the music podcast that does music interviews differently.
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I'm gonna keep this one brief.
Stress Positions would have been in the list of identity shapers for 14 year old me. No question. They are hands down one of THE most potent and important bands right now. They will pulverise you with their musical and lyrical intensity. And in 30 years time, people will be talking about Stress Positions as they did - and still do - those pioneers of the 80s hardcore scene.
Trust me, they are that good.
I'm so very happy to have had this opportunity to talk to Stephanie Brooks, who takes vocal ferocity and progressiveness to a different level.
Big thanks to Justin Pearson at ThreeOneG for introducing us.https://www.iwannajumplikedeedee.com
I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is the music podcast that does music interviews differently.
Giles Sibbald talks to musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in every part of their lives.
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As the devoted fans of this small but perfectly formed podcast will know, I’m a big believer that emotional intelligence is one of THE super powers for navigating the world, especially nowadays with all its complexity, volatility, uncertainty and division. It often feels like the critical components of emotional intelligence – like self-management, self awareness, empathy and social skills – are out of reach, I mean I also feel that it’s getting out of reach for myself, such is the helplessness and rage that I feel sometimes. It’s the hardest time I’ve ever known for keeping raw emotions in check, at least it is for me.
I went to a talk given by John Robb a month or so ago and he posed the question “Do you believe in the power of rock n roll?”. It made me think: Do I? What can music do? Music is always my friend, even when the world is going to shit – and believe me, being in the UK this past week really makes me think it is. It has been and always will be a constant in my life. It’s made me laugh, made me cry and dug me out of holes.
I’ve always believed that politics, protest and social commentary belongs in music. So, I always feel positive when I hear about or listen to musicians that care, ones that believe that we need to strive for unity.
Marquise Fair is doing just that with music to try and bridge those divides with messages of unity, peace and freedom.https://www.iwannajumplikedeedee.com
I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is the music podcast that does music interviews differently.
Giles Sibbald talks to musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in every part of their lives.
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A few years ago, after I quit my job and decided to go self employed or freelance or whatever, I fell into the trap of trying to start a bit of a hustle which - I still think was a great idea – but was still with a mindset of doing things in “work” mode - how to start something and grow it. It was a bit of a fun concept but I was way too serious about it. It wasn’t where my head was at or where it should have been at and it was only through some fairly grumpy and anxiety filled days, weeks and months, that I started to see that. I mentioned that I still think the idea as great, and I do – it was also about mindset. So what I did, with a massive, inspirational push from my partner, was to flip the idea around and do it in a way that was way more fun and involved a bunch of people that I’ve been listening to since I was a kid: talking to musicians about their mindset and how they’ve navigated their way through life, Yes, everything evolved into this podcast. If this isn’t fun, then I’ll go and stand on the naughty step reserved for big fibbers.
Anne Tong and Bryce Barsten of Chinese American Bear are my wonderful guests today and, if my dodgy research – just for once - doesn’t let me down, have their own stories around serious and fun and how those two things play out for our creativity and sanity.
They have just released their latest single, Heartbreaker, which is a magnificent slice of 60’s nostalgic, lo-fi pop and I just have the perfect TV soundtrack for it.https://www.iwannajumplikedeedee.com
I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is the music podcast that does music interviews differently.
Giles Sibbald talks to musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in every part of their lives.
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Nostalgia. Such a layered, gamut-running emotion. That experience of having what you lost or never had, of a band that split up before you could see them, of seeing a band in a venue that’s now a bunch of this-could-be-anywhere apartments, of lovers long lost, of finding yourself. Then there’s the nostalgia for the present, knowing that it won’t last forever and then there’s future nostalgia where we perhaps blend our past experiences and project them into the future.
I’m gonna read out some lyrics from a song by the Buzzcocks called serendipitously….wait for it…..”Nostalgia”
“About the future I only can reminisce
For what I've had is what I'll never get
And although this may sound strange
My future and my past are presently disarranged
And I'm surfing on a wave of nostalgia for an age yet to come”
It's wild when you try to get your head round it!
Jason Kwan has been heavily influenced by 70s and 80s pop and has brought this into the present with his debut EP, Déjà vu, a magical, romantic and, yep, futuristically nostalgic dream-pop record.https://www.iwannajumplikedeedee.com
I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is the music podcast that does music interviews differently.
Giles Sibbald talks to musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in every part of their lives.
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I’m really intrigued by instinct and the circumstances in which it can really flourish. For example, I’ve been classically trained – admittedly many more years ago than I’d care to mention – and that training can stay with you, or at least the modality or mindset of it can, if not the skills! I also have a tendency to analyse things, which is like watching a political debate – mind numbingly tedious and utterly pointless. I have got far better at going with my instinct – must be that thing of not giving a fuck as you get older. But, it intrigues me how an analytical nature and the pull of instinct have co-habited through my lifetime – it sometimes feels like a metaphor for the many paradoxes that exist in the world today.
Instinct is very much evident in the music of my wonderful guest Anna von Raison , a real clash of musical styles and there’s a noticeable evolution in the soundscape from her first EP 5 years ago with her latest album - and LP end-of-a-trilogy - Salvation, and makes me think about our own evolution - life, identity and experiences as well as a desire that I think we all possess somewhere – and that’s to experiment, let the subconscious do its work and see where it goes.
Really enjoyed this conversation with Anna about her life, her views, her ways of being and her honesty about so many things including herself.
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I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is the music podcast that does music interviews differently.
Giles Sibbald talks to musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in every part of their lives.
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For me, emotional intelligence is one of the most important attributes we need today – things like empathy, self awareness, self regulation, and the ability to interact socially - well, I just feel that they should be taught from the day we are born and, if we don’t, then generation after generation is going to be born into a world where, in the context of our social and political climate, we’re not given those tools, selfishness, indifference and dehumanisation in the very widest sense will continue to grow.
I mention all of this as it’s 45 years since The Ruts released their first single, In A Rut, famously and very importantly on Misty In Roots’ label People Unite and still to this day one of the most memorable, anthemic debuts and the first of a seminal series of singles that are still as potent now as they were then. Forward to where we find ourselves now and I find myself thinking that the strong, singular message that David Ruffy and The Ruts and Ruts DC projected - that of People Unite - is as relevant and important as ever and that their own emotional intelligence continues to be the driving force behind their entire ethos.
Ruffy is obviously best known for his beautifully rhythmic and melodic drumming with The Ruts and Ruts DC - and, in fact they are just about to release their 3rd acoustic album and go out on tour to support this - but he's also worked with a vast array of legendary musicians and bands – Sinead O’Connor, Prefab Sprout, Aztec Camera, Kirsty MacColl, Adam Ant, Pete Townshend, Mica Paris…I should probably stop here otherwise we’ll be here all day??!!
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I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is the music podcast that does music interviews differently.
Giles Sibbald talks to musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in every part of their lives.
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I’m finding it harder and harder to know where to even start talking about the world’s malaise, but I just want to touch on one area of our lives that has got markedly worse over the years and that’s accountability. It’s the one thing that has actually trickled down – and not in a good way - from the elite into our everyday lives so much so that I often feel that the basic covenants or foundations by which we live our lives are being decimated and we’re heading towards some form of Purge-like Reality TV that doesn’t last 12 hours, it becomes the norm. You might think that’s being kind of melodramatic, that we’re better than that, but when I think about the human cost of what happens next when politicians, corporations and industries are allowed to bypass fundamental accountabilities and that starts to creep into personal life accountability, I’m not so sure that it is melodramatic.
The base feeling I have with all of this is disappointment. That’s the base level and it soon elevates to anger and fear. I’m very conscious of how this all plays on my own mindset and how I have to keep that anger and fear in check.
I’m really interested in the link between accountability and disappointment. Do we have an aversion to accountability because we perceive there is too large a threat to us from not meeting those levels of accountability? And what are some of those threats - conflict, blame, judgement, disappointment?
Magdalena Stephens has written a brilliantly ferocious, raging EP with her band Cathari in which there is a lot of focus on her own disappointment. At life, at ex-friends and perhaps at herself. It’s called It Will Hurt the Entire Time You Are Alive and this record will make a difference to your life.
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I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is the music podcast that does music interviews differently.
Giles Sibbald talks to musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in every part of their lives.
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A few years ago I was going through some stuff with my mum and dad - they were getting towards the end of their lives – and as the only child I was finding it really tough to make the choices I had to make. And having to make these choices didn’t stop.
I wrote a piece about friendships and family relationships, ostensibly about my uncle – my dad’s brother – and how I felt his presence before I’d seen him walk into the room after having not seen him for many years. I just felt that things were going to be OK, such was his gravitas. His death was a huge loss, but his funeral reconnected me to family members that I’d drifted away from.
Anyway, this got me thinking about my whole relationship with relationships and friendships, how I sometimes let them go too easily, how reconnecting made me feel and then trying to trace all of this back to some formative influences or events to give myself some understanding and, I suppose, peace….kinda like DIY therapy that would probably make Laurel and Hardy look professional – and I’m really hoping that I’m not the only one to remember Laurel and Hardy!
I feel that human relationships are the one thing that’s going to act as the glue to keep us together in such a damaged, splintered and unhinged world and having the emotional intelligence to look inwardly and outwardly about why relationships work, why they don’t, why they should and shouldn’t is such a super power. Jemima Coulter and Ed Tullett have written their third LP as Hailaker called Serenity Now which is largely (or not so largely if I haven’t done my homework properly!) about their own experiences of disconnecting and reconnecting – it’s such a powerful and beautiful piece of work from beginning to end.https://www.iwannajumplikedeedee.com
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Giles Sibbald talks to musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in every part of their lives.
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There have been plenty of times when my shyness and tenuous self belief has turned up like the proverbial bad smell. Like the naughty people in my ear telling me why I shouldn’t do something. They almost stopped me from taking the plunge and doing this podcast – but I did need more than a push. I’m managing it far better than I used to, but still there a few situations that I get into that I’d rather not have got into. A few weeks ago, I had a complete chance encounter where I got over myself and ended up having the best conversation with a musician and artist whose work I’d admired for a long time.
I drive myself nuts sometimes.
Anyway, Nick Llobet has lived with shyness, imposter syndrome all the while having a prodigious talent for songwriting - their songs are daring and unpredictable, forceful yet tender, confident yet coy and it’s this enchanting kaleidoscope that makes them so compelling.
And….thank fuck for those chance encounters and bravery – you might know that they had a very special one themself with Patti Smith that has helped to bring their band, youbet, to the disciples!https://www.iwannajumplikedeedee.com
I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is the music podcast that does music interviews differently.
Giles Sibbald talks to musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in every part of their lives.
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Naël is an artist who has made me realise that I need to up my game as far as awareness of new music is concerned. He has the most incredible voice that brings in influences from soul, gospel, RnB, hip hop, jazz. He has been on tour with the amazing Jeanne Added. A couple of weeks ago, he released a really beautiful track called Roses and is going to release his debut solo EP called Last Words on the 7th June.
He has also lived with a loss of hearing. Total silence in one ear and noise in more or less distant snatches for the other ear, meant that he learned to lip read at a very young age. Singing has helped him immensely to relax and find some peace.
For me, the human ability to continually adapt to circumstances that we find ourselves in by design or by chance is tremendously inspiring.
I’d strongly argue that adaptability is one of the crucial skills that we all need these days.
Thanks to Naël for this wonderful conversation and for tackling some difficult subjects with intention and respect.https://www.iwannajumplikedeedee.com
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Giles Sibbald talks to musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in every part of their lives.
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I’m gonna start with a quote that I remember coming across about 7 years ago now when I started thinking about what we needed as human beings to navigate through what is best described as a 100 year life – and credit to Dr Lynda Gratton for that term – or multi stage life - which is one that breaks away from that model of my parents generation – education-work-retirement - to something much more multi-hyphenate and less linear and one where longevity and technology play a much more prevalent role.
I was also having a lot of thoughts about changes in my life at that time, which made me veer from excitement and possibility, through to panic and huge identity shifts.
The quote might be familiar to you....'There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have changed.’
This was Nelson Mandela
I’m saying this as Hua Li 化力 by and large wrote the songs for her second album in 2020…a year which, instead of being a year in which she built on her success and achievements, turned out to be a period of extreme turmoil, grief and disconnection. Fast forward to 2024 and those songs have – after four years - appeared on that second album, called Ripe Fruit Falls But Not In Your Mouth, a wonderfully shapeshifting, almost chameleon-esque storybook - it’s wild how the music can veer inter-track from her fabulously sparse, old school rapping style to a more RnB vocal style, each track really showcases her vocal versatility. Each song feels like a journey in itself – an urban journey if that makes sense.
Dig in!https://www.iwannajumplikedeedee.com
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You know when you’re listening to a song and, y’know, there’s an unexpected chord or tempo change, or something that throws you a bit off kilter.
And then there are LP’s that throw up another, perhaps unexpected, direction for the artist – even for an artist known for their eclectism - maybe some influences that you hadn’t heard before. Then there are LP’s where the LP as a whole is whacko eclectic.
And then…. there’s Psymon Spine, the band of my guest Brother Michael…
....who take it a step further and shift ground mid-song like it's as natural as making a cup of tea – and, of course, why not…break the mould, paddle against the tide and all that.
Take their ridiculously good new LP, Head Body Connector and let’s take the track AntiMatter Kid whose sounds (and I’m gonna break all my own anti-genre rules here) veer from psychedelic rock, punk rock, indie rock with the most thrilling guitar – it’s The Osees on ketamine (not that I would know what that might be like of course) - into an 80’s Blame it On The Boogie discofest.
And by the way, it’s absolutely coincidental and serendipitous that the K reference resurfaces a couple of tracks down when Ketamine Hot Tub appears.Those feelings are what music is all about. In my opinion of course!
It feels to me like Psymon Spine has a personality and identity of its own as distinct from the band members. Maybe that’s too wacky to contemplate. Maybe it does run its own Instagram page. Imagine what that would look like!
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I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is the music podcast that does music interviews differently.
Giles Sibbald talks to musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in every part of their lives.
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DRAGG has been releasing music for around 12/13 years now; a brand of sparse, West Coast-y hip hop, tinged with RnB and soul, all the time showing a progressive approach and high degree of emotional intelligence in the subject matter and how to connect with his audience.
His story is remarkable, not least because he lost his sight early in his life…but he has navigated the many obstacles he has faced with persistence and resilience, wearing his heart on his sleeve as the saying goes. He’s made some really telling statements on some of the real challenges of being an artist in 2024. And he’s done it in front of camera as well for the hellscape that is social media, which always gives me a feeling of awe! His latest 8 track album, Mixed Feelings, came out in April 2024 and it is another sonic progression and features a rich bunch of collaborators – for no particular reason, I’m just gonna mention Fernando Perez’s delicious -I think Spanish - guitar on the album’s wonderful closer Blue Dreams which ends with “If you love something, let it go….but what if it doesn’t come back?”
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I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is the music podcast that does music interviews differently.
Giles Sibbald talks to musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in every part of their lives.
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I met up with my old friend John Robb over the UK May bank holiday weekend. He was in London talking about his birthday, sorry life and career (!).
For those who don’t know John, he formed The Membranes in the early 80’s and he’s an author whose writing about music and the future I admire hugely – and his talk was called “Do You Believe In The Power of Rock N Roll?”.So, do I?
Well, in a lot of ways, yes.
Music, art, poetry and dance remain the number one threats to the establishment and the elite.
But sadly, in my opinion, the music establishment is just as big a threat to music and artists.
I’m not talking about the entirely fucked capitalist model – although no, fuck that, actually I am when I heard that UMG are proposing to make a performance related payout to their CEO Lucian Grainge of £119million – capitalism is at the very core of everything that is evil in the world – but I’m also talking more overtly about some of the less talked about things like genres (and yes, I know, I myself talk about genre a lot).
Putting a band in a genre has been happening forever and we could talk about it being a lazy way for the industry to market music – which it is – but I think there are much more malignant effects of using genre as a way to compartmentalise playlists and market big label artists.
With categorisation comes all sorts of social constructs – and sometimes the subtle ones are the most harmful - that are essentially used as an anti-freedom power tool to keep people in their lanes – I’m thinking ways to dress, subjects to speak about, instruments to play, and the worst of all….who they deem allowable to actually play the music.
For example, whatever you think musically of Beyonce’s album Cowboy Carter, it seems clear to me that the gatekeeping that, back in the day, excluded black musicians from a ‘genre’ that they created ,still exists – and there ain’t anything subtle about that, it’s rooted in racism.
I don’t remember Kid Rock for being subjected to any such gatekeeping when he went “country”.
Lizzie No has written, sung, played on and produced three world class records, her latest being Halfsies which fucks off those genres and is just a fabulous piece of work.
She's also an activist - the subjects above are close to her heart - and fabulous human.https://www.iwannajumplikedeedee.com
I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is the music podcast that does music interviews differently.
Giles Sibbald talks to musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in every part of their lives.
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My first experience of censorship in music came with the battle between the Dead Kennedys and Tipper Gore’s PMRC (remember the “Parental Advisory Explicit Content” stickers?) which culminated in the obscenity trial in 1985/6 over the artwork for DK’s record Frankenchrist. I don’t know if anyone remembers but the board members of the PMRC were a bunch of white power brokers funded by Coors Beer, who also just happened to be big supporters of….. Ronald Reagan.
The elite keeping the lid on challengers to their power. Some things never change do they?
Anyway, forward 25/6 years or so to Moscow and 4 of the founding members of the art collective Pussy Riot perform their inspired Punk Prayer inside the Cathedral of Christ The Saviour.
It’s still one of the best and most effective pieces of protest performance art that I’ve seen, although at great personal cost as 3 out of the 4 performers were arrested and convicted.
Separation of church and state, censorship, state violence, state control, repression of equality, denial of intersectionality….and still the elite, the despots and the sycophants fear art and artists more than anyone since feudalism, capitalism and all that good stuff began.
Diana Burkot is a founding member of Pussy Riot, a multi disciplinary musician and a committed activist. Her music project away from Pussy Riot is called Rosemary Loves A Blackberry and it is a glorious kaleidoscope of performance art that brings together diverse instruments, beats, imagery and lyrics that open your mind to eclectic and experimental interpretations and is at home with any industrial die hards, synth lovers or lovers of the darker, magical sounds from the other side…..
It's a huge honour to have her on the show.https://www.iwannajumplikedeedee.com
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If I were to create a mixtape (it’d have to be an old school cassette cos that’s probably the last time I made one!) for Amanda and her music life, it’d probably open with The Undertones’ Family Entertainment with the classic line “Got To…Keep it In the Family”.
I mention family not so much to talk endlessly about the quite rare band structure of her band, Bad Mary – in her words “a band family and family band” - but to segué clumsily into some of the questions that I have for myself about where friendships and family relationships fit into today’s lifestyle such as….
Do we make friends the same way as we used to do?
We have the largest number of generations alive at the same time – do we bridge these generations?
Do we make enough time for them?
Do we have friends for life?
Do we appreciate friends and family?
How do they impact our wellbeing?
What role do virtual friendships play?
This is a very beautiful conversation with Amanda and I'm grateful for her openly talking about some difficult subjects. Make a brew, hit the sofa and enjoy!https://www.iwannajumplikedeedee.com
I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is the music podcast that does music interviews differently.
Giles Sibbald talks to musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in every part of their lives.
- brought to you from the mothership of the experimental mindset™
- swirl logo and art by Giles Sibbald
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You know when you hear a song or a collection of songs that literally make you shiver? Songs that could make you cry at how effortlessly beautiful they are.
Another thing that interests me is the neuroscience of how some pieces of music can transport me to a time, a place, an older version of me, a perhaps as yet unseen version of me, how they can seem like my constant companion that’s seen my life, the very depths of me, the heights of me, how I can go back to them and they’re still my friend, never my enemy, still those companions of unwavering devotion, years down the line.
<Cue tumbleweed>Well, Saint Saviour (Becky Jones) is doing all of this again with her brand new album which is called Sunseeker, building on In The Seams and Tomorrow Again – two masterpieces in my book. For one thing, it’s got horns and anything that’s got horns in it is good in my book. More than that, it’s got her signature chord progressions and harmonies that just tie me up in knots. So good.
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Giles Sibbald talks to musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in every part of their lives.
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