Episodes
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Merry Christmas cheer and a New Years good times one and all from us over that the Holding Hands Podcast!
This Christmas tinsel time episode features Breaka, Guava & Desert Sound Colony chatting some absolute golden breeze about our favourite tunes of the year, Jeff Bezos' massive guns, conspiracy theories, favourite plugin of the year, original thought and loads of other sweet stuff.
Big thanks to everyone who has enjoyed listening to the podcast this year! It's been so wonderful seeing how much people have dug it and we really appreciate the lovely messages that some of you sent us. What a warm fuzzy glow we now have inside of us.
We will be back with another season next year. Fingers crossed the world will have sorted itself out a bit by then.
Big love
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Tuck yourselves in everyone because lovely Martyn has turned up for pod number 13. It's a bit of a wide ranging one with discussions on the origins of our creative processes, how important is originality and do we attribute meaning to the music that we write. Thanks very much to Martyn for coming on our little pod and to Guava for setting it up and editing it. Hugs all round.
Tracklist
1. Breaka - Loose Subs2. Duval Timothy - 9
3. BC Camplight - Shortly After Takeoff
4. Twista, Kanye West, Jamie Foxx - Slow Jamz
5. Guava - Outerbody Innerspace
6. Wachs Lyrical - Pariah
7. Martyn - Voids Two
8. Desert Sound Colony - The Darker The Room The Bigger The Tune
9. Desert Sound Colony - Zenome Archetype
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In this episode, Guava is joined by Raj Chaudhuri and Lucy Hopson. Raj is a DJ, NTS resident, A&R for R&S Records, and a founding member of bubble collective and Livin’ Proof. Lucy, aka LUXE, is one of the most exciting, up-and-coming talents the North has to offer. As a classically trained musician, she has carved her career as a producer, radio DJ, and co-runs Manchester-based collective BLOOM.
We sit down together and have a chat about conceptions about dance music, dodgy jazz musician and our favourite YouTube tutorials.
LUXE: https://soundcloud.com/user-686197299
Raji Rags: https://soundcloud.com/rajirags
Guava: https://soundcloud.com/guavanoise -
For episode 11 of the pod I am joined by two lovely Bristol dwellers. Producer of sick tunes and owner of the label Pressure Dome, Yushh and Idle Hands record shop and label owner Chris Farrell.
We discuss the ins and outs of the record shop, the wonderful vibe of the Bristol community and it's relation to Idle Hands. We also share our thoughts on the pros and cons of using a record distribution company to get your records into shops.
It was a very enjoyable afternoon spent chatting and I want to thank Jen and Chris for their time and insights!
Tracklist
1. 4E - Temple Traxx 3
2. Watching Airplanes - You
3. LT - Wet Look
4. Adam Curtain - BYOT (Harry Wills' Give It A Lick Mix)
5. Desert Sound Colony - Bleep Bloops Inc.
6. Angel D'Lite - Crystalz
7. Em & Stav - Afterglow -
In this episode I am joined by the lovely Frazer Ray (previously known as Soundbwoy Killah) and O'Flynn.
We discuss our very different production set ups and talk about the pros and cons of each of them. This stretches from bare bones laptop and ipod headphones to a full studio of hardware. Definitely an essential listen for anyone new to the production game who is wondering if and where they should spend money on their set up.
Tracklist
1. Desert Sound Colony - Ultra Data Conference
2. Nathan Fake - Torch Song
3. DHS - Teknokyo
4. Trotters Independent Traders - Closer
5. Chungo - O O O
6. Desert Sound Colony - Touché You Say
O'Flynn
https://soundcloud.com/oflynnmusic
Frazer Ray
https://soundcloud.com/frazer_ray -
Heya folks,
In this episode of the pod I am talking to a couple of legends, Angelica Golten who runs her own music PR company and Lou Ellis who does in the in house PR for classic drum and bass label Hospital Records.
We discuss all things music PR related to help you make an informed decision when considering paying for a company to help get your music out there. This is essential listening for new labels and solo artists who want to know more about music promotion.
Tracklist
1. Breaka - Loose Subs
2. Grafix - Stutter
3. Karima F - Emma
4. SHKN - 01 11 17
5. Guava - Outerbody Innerspace
6. Breaka - Puffer Jackets (Oceantied Edit) -
In this episode of the pod I am joined by a couple of real life legends Bradley Zero who runs Rhythm Section and Sandy who runs Dr. Banana and DJs under the same name. I know a lot of people feel in the dark when it comes to not only the best practise for sending demos out to labels but also the state of mind of the label owners who receive them and hopefully listen.
I spent years sending demos out to labels and never really knowing the best way to ensure that my music was listened to. It was very frustrating at points and I’m sure many of you have had similar experiences.
In this pod we delved deep and hopefully answered most of your questions you might have on this topic.
Tracklist
1. Desert Sound Colony & Dr. Baird - Space Bass Express
2. Alienage - Ten After 3
3. Cisko - Dreamer
4. MMYYKK - Better (For The Love)
5. Al Wootton - Levi
6. Adam Pits - Stagga
7. Fred Quest - Soul Power
8. Desert Sound Colony - Birds Fly Dry
9. Breaka - Puffer Jackets (Desert Sound Colony Remix)
10. Altern 8 - Everybody (Altern 8’s Easy Chill Mix)
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In this episode of the podcast Guava was joined by two of the founders of the amazing London club night Co-Select in which every set is a b2b with one woman and one man.
I (Desert Sound Colony) played at Co-Select last year with my friend Iona and it was such a killer vibe! That crew are onto something great over there and I'm delighted to have them on the pod.
They discussed the reason that they started the night, how it's been in practise and then Will and Bradley answered some of Emmy's questions about production.
Finally they played a good old fashioned HH podcast music game.
Fun times all round!
Tracklist
Control Yourself- Desert Sound Colony
I-SOL-8 - Luca Lozano
One Shots - LMajor
Music Angel - Y
Water off a Frog’s Back - Guava
Budapest - Desert Sound Colony
LA Test - Will Hofbauer
Mox Diamond - Desert Sound Colony
Wazz Maybe Flytrap - Guava, Will Hofbauer, Emmy Bacharach -
Yooooo everyone,
Hope you're all good.
For this episode I was joined by the ever lovely Nathan Micay & Peach.
We discussed a lot of really important points such as our desert island food, Nathan's ultimate M&S selection and his love for Les Mis.We also spoke about music production don't worry. This included the areas that we still struggle with and also a few tips on dealing with loops and breaks in your tracks.
Lastly we delved deep into our past and played each other some of the first track's that we ever made... It's safe to say we were having a rip roaring old time of it.
Hope you enjoy it as much as we did!
Tracklist
1. Alienage - Danceaholic
2. Harry Wills - Sarky
3. Alienage - Filter Funkard
4. Desert Sound Colony - Pompey Cruiser
5. Total Stasis (ft Takako Minekawa) Highland
6. A. R.Epee - E - Bear
7. Bolam - Break Yo’ Self
8. Aartekt - Flamingo Strut
9. Aartekt - When You’re Kissing Me
10. Bwana - Cat’s Cradle
11. Wachs Lyrical - Cobra’s Tale
12. Bwana - Not Gonna Fall
13. Peach - Prism Power
14. Harry Wills - While My M1 Gently Weeps
15. Alienage - Do You Believe
16. Harry Wills - Nudge -
Heya folks,
I hope you are all getting along ok during the lockdown and Zooming your brains out on a nightly basis.
It's been a bit of a break since the last pod as my wife and I had our daughter Margot in January and so have been busy getting to know her.
I'm planning on getting a bunch more of these done in over the coming months and they should be more regular I hope.
I was joined in this episode by two comedians moonlighting as producers & DJs, Alec Falconer & Harry Wills. We run the party soon to be label Sock It To Me with Dr. Banana and have also collaborated on a bunch of tracks together.
We discussed Alec's constant house party that he is now living in, Harry's attempt to play Grand Theft Auto as a do-gooder, the much asked question of how do you finish a track? and we also played a lovely little game at the end of the pod.
Hope you enjoy it as much as we enjoyed recording it :D
Links
Citizens Arrest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lN9IKtxepmo
8D Audio tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kke4r45S1v4
Phone Traxxx 004: https://www.phonicarecords.com/product/phone-traxx-phone-traxx-volume-4-pre-order-phone-traxx/166568 -
Yooooooo,
Welcome back after our holiday hiatus. It's been a lovely little break but we are happy to be getting back to it over at the podcast and bring you all some tasty informational music production & DJ nuggets.
For episode four Guava is joined by Breaka and our good friend who travelled all the way down from the freezing cold north to join them, Adam Pits.
On the discussion menu that evening they found the topics of mix downs for clubs, performance anxiety and where to find inspiration for your tracks. They also attempted to write the squelchiest track of all time.
Good good times.
Big thanks to Bradley Hutchings aka Guava as ever for producing the pod. We all love you.
Tracklist
1. SHOULDACOULDAWOULDA - GALLEGOS
2. Spiral Galaxy - Electric Universe
3. Balsam Drum - JAY
4. Submerged - Om Unit
5. Underwater Excursion - Gallegos & Baby Rollén
6. 8 - Bushwacka!
7. LIFT - Guava
8. I Got You - Timmy S & JB -
Here we have part 2 of episode 3 featuring Tape Fear which concludes our discussion and finishes things off with a new musical game; Random Objecty Song Makey
This whole podcast thing is new to us and we are still working out the best way to release these episodes. How far apart they should be and also how long we should cut them down to. If you have any thoughts on the matter then do please let us know in the comments.
Thanks again to Bradley Hutchings for the wonderful work on producing the podcast and to his Grandma for letting us record in her flat. What a legend!
Tracklist
1. Gypsy Moth - Desert Sound Colony & Guava
2. 8 - Bushwacka!
3. B45 - Gallegos & Baby Rollen
4. Can Can Wingspan - Desert Sound Colony
5. Mox Diamond - Desert Sound Colony -
For episode 3 Desert Sound Colony was joined by the duo Tape Fear to discuss collaboration in the studio. The conversation was relatively silly for sections including renditions of Henry's school band and an anecdote from Desert Sound Colony about the time that he was cast as a beatboxing cow on a nationwide Ambrosia Custard TV advert.
We had such a good time recording this one and struggled to cut too much down so we have decided to try releasing it as a two parter with the second part going out in a couple of weeks.
This whole podcast thing is new to us and we are still working out the best way to release these episodes. How far apart they should be and also how long we should cut them down to. If you have any thoughts on the matter then do please let us know in the comments.
Thanks again to Bradley Hutchings for the wonderful work on producing the podcast and to his Grandma for letting us record in her flat. What a legend!
Tracklist
1. Desert Sound Colony - Can Can Wingspan
2. Dawl - Overdub
3. Tom Place - Forthcoming Bade Tune
4. Guava & Breaka - Jupiter
5. CJ Bolland - Ain't Gonna Be Me
6. Buck Bumble Theme Tune
7. Breaka - Stretch
8. Basic Bastard - Deep City -
In the second episode Desert Sound Colony, Fred Quest & Baby Rollén discussed the tricky topic of inspiration.
What do you do when it strikes? How can you make the most of it? and what do you when it disappears again?...
Music
1. Desert Sound Colony - Aunt Wendy's Wedding In Wales
2. A1 People - Do It (Metamatics Mix)
3. Jack Michael - Menace
4. Huerta - Hey Freddo
5. Jack Michael - Bad Bwoi Sound (Desert Sound Colony Remix)
7. Fred Quest - Pearls
8. Desert Sound Colony & Baby Rollén - I C Jangles
9. Desert Sound Colony - The Woodcutter
Produced by Bradley Hutchings aka Guava -
We are very excited to welcome you all to the very first Holding Hands Podcast! Featuring Desert Sound Colony, Breaka and Guava.
Over this series we are going to be exploring and discussing a wide variety of topics within the world of music production, Djing and the music business in general. We will also be talking about some of our current favourite jams and playing some musical games :D There will be different guests each time, starting with artists on the label and then branching out into all strands of the musical hemisphere.
In the first episode we spoke about the pros and cons of studying electronic music production at university and how best to survive and make a living whilst you are on the journey to becoming financially stable as a musician.
We hope that firstly it makes for entertaining listening, but also that everyone can gain some insight into areas of music the life of a producer that they might be wondering about, or didn't even know that they wanted to learn about.
We've never made a podcast before and are learning as we go but we thoroughly enjoyed doing it and we hope you all enjoy coming along for the ride with us.
Liam, Charlie and Bradley xxx
Music
1. Adam Pits - Stagga
2. EBE Audio - The Energy EP
3. Gemini - Swimming With Sharks
4. Client_03 - Hope Repeater
5. Breaka - Puffer Jackets
6. Desert Sound Colony & Guava - The Sorcerer
7. Yutaro Sugawara - Warp
8. Breaka & Guava - Jupiter
9. Desert Sound Colony - The FurnaceProduced by Bradley Hutchings
