Line Noise Podcast

Zora Jones returns to Line Noise to talk about her brilliantly emotive debut album Ten Billion Angels, tentacle porn and acoustic guitars.

It's a special, miniature Line Noise, as Ben Cardew, Johann Wald and Mark Dix meet Fractal Fantasy mainstay Xzavier Stone. The interview is from 2019, ahead of Stone's DJ date in Barcelona.

Ben Cardew meets fearless London producer Loraine James to talk math rock, Twitter collaborations, love and lockdown.

Ben Cardew meets Canadian eco-disco goddess Jayda G, to talk whales, her mum's adventures in Berghain and the power of a good piano.

Ben Cardew talks to the divinely talented Welsh producer Kelly Lee Owens about death doulas, disco, John Cale and grandmothers, ahead of the release of her second album Inner Song.

Ben Cardew talks to French House legend Alan Braxe about unreleased Stardust, the sheer perfection of Intro, meeting Daft Punk at Paris raves and his new adventures in modular synths.

Ben Cardew digs deep into the history of So Solid Crew, a pivotal British crew that bridged the gap between UK Garage and grime but never got their due. With music from So Solid, Oxide & Neutrino, Youngstar, King Stitt, The Ragga Twins and Lisa Maffia. (And if you can hear children in the background, welcome to my lockdown.)

Ben Cardew talks Rage, rave and inventing drum and bass with DJ legends Fabio & Grooverider

​Ben Cardew meets Dania Shihab, owner of Barcelona multidisciplinary platform Paralaxe Editions, to talk cassettes, books, doctors and Beatrice Dillon.​

In part two of Line Noise's excursion into hardcore, we go all Iberian, looking into makina, La Ruta and cantaditas, with new (ish) music from ETM, Braqueberry, JMII and several Spanish classics.​

Line Noise Episode 55 is a brief throwback 2019, when we interviewed Dublin DJ and Daft Punk obsessive CK303 - the man responsible for those incredible Daft Punk Teachers mixes and more - about his love for the French duo.

In Part one of our gabber / hardcore revival special, Ben Cardew and Pau Braqueberry consider the enduring appeal of hardcore, with a special guest appearance from Nina Kraviz. We examine the pioneering work of Marc Acardipane, Rotterdam Termination Source and Moby. We ponder: how hard is hard? How fast is fast? And what does hard mean anyway? Tracklist Mescalinum United - We Have Arrived Mescalinum United - Reflections of 2017 Mescalinum United - we have arrived (Aphex Twin qqt mix) Pilldriver - Pitch Hiker Sperminator - No Women Allowed Rotterdam Termination Source - The Sonic Destroyer Skat Injector - Mescaline Massacre Moby - Thousand Marshall Masters - Stereo Murder (perc remix) ETM - Enloquecer 2019

In Episode 53 Ben Cardew is joined by Mark Dix to talk rave history and TV studios with Graham Massey, of legendary electronic music act 808 State.

​On Line Noise 52 we talk about whistling in house music, electro slap bass, breaking the fourth wall and all those other little musical quirks you love to hate. Features music from Wajatta, Objekt, Kraftwerk, Ferran Palau, Eddie Amador, Classixx and more. Wajatta - Don’t Let Get you Down Claude von Stroke - The Whistler Objekt - Theme from Q Kraftwerk - Sex Object Daft Punk - One More Time Ferran Palau - RES Eddie Amador - House Music Classixx – Dominoes​

Line Noise 51 features an interview with techno legend Juan Atkins and his daughter (and techno artist in her own right) Milan Ariel, from Primavera Sound 2019​​.​​

It is the 50th episode of Line Noise. We started in January 2016: David Bowie had just died, we were all depressed and it took Matmos' washing machine to cheer us up. Over the years we have interviewed everyone from Jlin to to Photek. But for our 50th episode we want to ask: What’s the point of Line Noise? What's the point of music journalism as a whole? Can you talk intelligently about electronic music if you don’t go to night clubs? Can you enjoy music for young people if you are the wrong side of 40? Line Noise co-founder Philip Sherburne guests, alongside Ben Cardew and Braqueberry for this special edition. We also play some of the new artists who are exciting us for 2020 and beyond, with music from Mantra, Park Hye Jin, Beatrice Dillon, Velmondo, Yung Prado and Sharda. Track list Mantra - Embers Baltra and Park Hye Jin - Ahead of Time (edit) Beatrice Dillon - Workaround Two Velmondo - A Trenc D'alba Yung Prado - Gente Triste Sharda - Replay

In episode 49 of Line Noise (aka episode 24 for Radio Primavera Sound)Braqueberry and Ben Cardew ponder what "rare" means in the digital music world, diving deep into their record collections for their most elusive tracks, including charity shop finds, record store deep dives and at least one song that Discogs doesn't believe exists. Includes music from Stacy Kidd, Policy, Octo Octa, Olde Gods, Black Lodge, Blast from the Past and Ivy Barkakati. PS We messed up: Ivy Barkakati is not Filipina. She says: "My last name is from India. My dad is Indian and my mom is Vietnamese." Sorry Ivy. Track list Stacy Kidd - Fuck U Policy - Thick Nostalgia Octo Octa - Cause I Love you Olde Gods - Haru Matsuri (Octo Octa Remix -> Olde Gods Rework) Black Lodge - Like a Baby Blast from the Past - Times Square Ivy Barkakati - Mango Sheen Híbrida, Nen i Cavall - Bracewell Probe The Lox - Money, Power, Respect Palmbomen II - Cindy Savalas

In episode 48 of Line Noise (aka episode 23 for Radio Primavera Sound) Braqueberry and Ben Cardew explore the wonderful world of mouth music, looking at acapella house, beatbox disco, vocal drones and AI choirs. With music from Iz and Diz, Eddie Jefferson, Slick Rick and Doug E Fresh and Holly Herndon. Tracklist: Iz and Diz - Mouth (Brad Peep’s remix for friends) Eddie Jefferson - A Night in Tunisia Slick Rick and Doug E Fresh - The Show Father vs Daughter (Nicole and POPZ) Mentor vs Apprentice pt.5 Saian Supa Crew - Ring My Bell Bjork - The Triumph of a heart Lesley Flannigan - Hedera DJ Screw - Phil Collins - In the Air Tonight Skeeter Davis - the end of the world (drag rmx) Macintosh Plus - ??? Napolian - Rejoice Holly Herndon - Godmother

In episode 47 of Line Noise - aka episode 22 for Radio Primavera Sound - Ben Cardew talks to drum and bass legend turned film and TV composer, Photek, around the release of the Mosul soundtrack. He reveals his favourite Photek production, talks about the links between drum and bass and soundtrack work and explains how on earth you go about remixing Bob Marley.

Line Noise returns for series two: Pau Braqueberry and Ben Cardew dig into weird recording techniques, from making music on Gameboys to tracker software, via iPods and Audacity. Includes music from Steve Lacy, Klein and Aphex Twin. Track list: Steve Lacy - Some Madlib and Freddie Gibbs - Gat Damn Klein - Prologue SOSUN.dance - Makinetis Love Remute - My House, My Car, My Yacht Aphex Twin - CIRKLON3 [ Колхозная mix ] Matthew Herbert - The End of Silence Pt.1 Venetian Snares - Vache James Holden - Horizons