Kevin Rowland

Lost and Sound meets Kevin Rowland, singer, musician and the frontman of Dexys Midnight Runners, now shortened to simply Dexys.  A true pop maverick - from early 40 hour a week rehearsals and  a band name taken from the Northern Soul drug Dexadrine to those seismic 80s pop moments like Geno and Come On Eileen and the stone cold classic Searching For The Young Soul Rebels album, Kevin has flown in and out of favour, regenerating a bit like a post punk soul tinged Doctor Who. On the eve of the release of the 6th Dexys album, The Feminine Divine, Kevin talks to Paul about creativity, life, Roxy Music and the feminine awakening at the heart of the new music. Lost and Sound is proudly sponsored by Audio-TechnicaThe new Dexys album The Feminine Divine is available  from 28th July 2023Paul’s debut book, Coming To Berlin: Global Journeys Into An Electronic Music And Club Culture Capital is out now on Velocity Press. Click here to find out more. Lost and Sound title music by Thomas Giddins

Lost and Sound meets Kevin Rowland, singer, musician and the frontman of Dexys Midnight Runners, now shortened to simply Dexys.  A true pop maverick - from early 40 hour a week rehearsals and  a band name taken from the Northern Soul drug Dexadrine to those seismic 80s pop moments like Geno and Come On Eileen and the stone cold classic Searching For The Young Soul Rebels album, Kevin has flown in and out of favour, regenerating a bit like a post punk soul tinged Doctor Who. On the eve of the release of the 6th Dexys album, The Feminine Divine, Kevin talks to Paul about creativity, life, Roxy Music and the feminine awakening at the heart of the new music. Lost and Sound is proudly sponsored by <a href="https://www.audio-technica.com/world_map/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Audio-Technica</a> The new Dexys <a href="https://dexysofficial.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">album</a> The Feminine Divine is available  from 28th July 2023 Paul’s debut book, Coming To Berlin: Global Journeys Into An Electronic Music And Club Culture Capital is out now on Velocity Press. Click <a href="https://velocitypress.uk/product/coming-to-berlin-book/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> to find out more.  Lost and Sound title music by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/tomathonwrigley/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Thomas Giddins</a>

Kevin Rowland - Dexys

Psycho &amp; Plastic found a way to express their deepest feelings through making ambient music. The duo had been playing their brand of underground electronica in Berlin for years until the events of 2020 put a stop to their live energy. Instead of beats, they channelled the raw emotion lurking in quietness, and it’s a sound they’ve cultivated ever since. The duo, Thomas Ticchai and Alexandre Decoupigny have known Paul for years, and together, the three friends talk about authenticity, creativity and the need to hear quiet voices in a world which values who can shout the loudest.Psycho &amp; Plastic’s most recent album, Phantom Bliss is out now, there’s a link in the online podcast description. And their track No End is on the Ambient Layers Vol 2 compilation on the 7K label.Lost and Sound is proudly sponsored by Audio-Technica.Paul’s debut book, Coming To Berlin: Global Journeys Into An Electronic Music And Club Culture Capital is out now on Velocity Press. Click here to find out more. Lost and Sound title music by E.S.O

<a href="https://www.instagram.com/psycho_and_plastic/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Psycho &amp; Plastic</a> found a way to express their deepest feelings through making ambient music. The duo had been playing their brand of underground electronica in Berlin for years until the events of 2020 put a stop to their live energy. Instead of beats, they channelled the raw emotion lurking in quietness, and it’s a sound they’ve cultivated ever since. The duo, Thomas Ticchai and Alexandre Decoupigny have known Paul for years, and together, the three friends talk about authenticity, creativity and the need to hear quiet voices in a world which values who can shout the loudest. Psycho &amp; Plastic’s most recent album, <a href="https://psychoandplastic.com/music/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Phantom Bliss</a> is out now, there’s a link in the online podcast description. And their track No End is on the <a href="https://7klassik.bandcamp.com/album/ambient-layers-vol-ii" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ambient Layers Vol 2</a> compilation on the 7K label. Lost and Sound is proudly sponsored by <a href="https://www.audio-technica.com/world_map/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Audio-Technica</a>. Paul’s debut book, Coming To Berlin: Global Journeys Into An Electronic Music And Club Culture Capital is out now on Velocity Press. Click <a href="https://velocitypress.uk/product/coming-to-berlin-book/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> to find out more.  Lost and Sound title music by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/earthspaceobject/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">E.S.O</a>

Psycho & Plastic

Manchester based Iceboy Violet fuses experimental club music with warped pop abstraction, noise and rap, adding vulnerability and a cheeky northern humour to their rhymes. They have a candid conversation with Paul about creativity and authenticity.Since the release of the rapper, producer and performer’s 2018 mixtape MOOK, they’ve been pushing boundaries, along the way collaborating with artists including Loraine James, Blackhaine, Space Afrika, Slikback and aya. They speak with Paul to coincide with the release of their latest project, ‘Not A Dream But A Controlled Explosion’ - a project about the role desire and fantasy plays in our lives.Lost and Sound is proudly sponsored by Audio-TechnicaPaul’s debut book, Coming To Berlin: Global Journeys Into An Electronic Music And Club Culture Capital is out now on Velocity Press. Click here to find out more. Lost and Sound title music by E.S.O

Manchester based <a href="https://www.instagram.com/iceboy_violet/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Iceboy Violet</a> fuses experimental club music with warped pop abstraction, noise and rap, adding vulnerability and a cheeky northern humour to their rhymes. They have a candid conversation with Paul about creativity and authenticity.Since the release of the rapper, producer and performer’s 2018 mixtape MOOK, they’ve been pushing boundaries, along the way collaborating with artists including Loraine James, Blackhaine, Space Afrika, Slikback and aya. They speak with Paul to coincide with the release of their <a href="https://linktr.ee/fixedabode" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">latest project</a>, ‘Not A Dream But A Controlled Explosion’ - a project about the role desire and fantasy plays in our lives. Lost and Sound is proudly sponsored by <a href="https://www.audio-technica.com/world_map/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Audio-Technica</a> Paul’s debut book, Coming To Berlin: Global Journeys Into An Electronic Music And Club Culture Capital is out now on Velocity Press. Click <a href="https://velocitypress.uk/product/coming-to-berlin-book/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> to find out more.  Lost and Sound title music by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/earthspaceobject/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">E.S.O</a>

Iceboy Violet

Finlay Shakespeare is that rare thing - equally both boffin and poet.  A childhood obsession with his parents’ record collection, then teenage years spent building his own synthesizers led on to a series of works, from improvised home recordings to the lush 80s inspired synth pop of his latest album, Illusion + Memory. He speaks with Paul about the need to leave our comfort zones in order to make good music (or art) and how seemingly meaningless lyics later reveal their true meaning and, of course, that love of the 80s. Finlay Shakespeare’s album Illusion + Memory is out nowon Alter.Lost and Sound is proudly sponsored by Audio-TechnicaPaul’s debut book, Coming To Berlin: Global Journeys Into An Electronic Music And Club Culture Capital is out now on Velocity Press. Click here to find out more. Lost and Sound title music by E.S.O

<a href="https://www.instagram.com/finlayshakespeare/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Finlay Shakespeare</a> is that rare thing - equally both boffin and poet.  A childhood obsession with his parents’ record collection, then teenage years spent building his own synthesizers led on to a series of works, from improvised home recordings to the lush 80s inspired synth pop of his latest album, Illusion + Memory. He speaks with Paul about the need to leave our comfort zones in order to make good music (or art) and how seemingly meaningless lyics later reveal their true meaning and, of course, that love of the 80s.  Finlay Shakespeare’s album Illusion + Memory is <a href="https://linktr.ee/finlayshakespeare" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">out now</a>on Alter. Lost and Sound is proudly sponsored by <a href="https://www.audio-technica.com/world_map/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Audio-Technica</a> Paul’s debut book, Coming To Berlin: Global Journeys Into An Electronic Music And Club Culture Capital is out now on Velocity Press. Click <a href="https://velocitypress.uk/product/coming-to-berlin-book/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> to find out more.  Lost and Sound title music by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/earthspaceobject/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">E.S.O</a>

Finlay Shakespeare

James Ellis

It’s taken James Ellis Ford twenty plus years in the A game to release his debut solo record. In these years he’s become possibly the go to producer for anyone from Blur to Depeche Mode to Kylie to Gorillaz to Foals to Arctic Monkeys. He’s also a Simian Mobile Disco, a Last Shadow Puppet, an Eno protege and inadvertently responsible for the epoch defining mid noughties anthem We Are Your Friends. It would have been easy for him to have made a celeb heavy, zeitgeist grabbing debut, instead, The Hum, released on Warp, is a dense, widescreen ode to pastoral prog, 70s fusion, King Crimson and so much more. James chats with Paul about finding his confidence, the method he absorbed from Eno that go beyond the technical and the enigmatic eccentricity of English music.James Ellis Ford’s album The Hum is available now on Warp Records. Lost and Sound is proudly sponsored by Audio-TechnicaPaul’s debut book, Coming To Berlin: Global Journeys Into An Electronic Music And Club Culture Capital is out now on Velocity Press. Click here to find out more. Lost and Sound title music by E.S.O

It’s taken <a href="https://www.instagram.com/james_ellis_ford/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">James Ellis Ford</a> twenty plus years in the A game to release his debut solo record. In these years he’s become possibly the go to producer for anyone from Blur to Depeche Mode to Kylie to Gorillaz to Foals to Arctic Monkeys. He’s also a Simian Mobile Disco, a Last Shadow Puppet, an Eno protege and inadvertently responsible for the epoch defining mid noughties anthem We Are Your Friends. It would have been easy for him to have made a celeb heavy, zeitgeist grabbing debut, instead, The Hum, released on Warp, is a dense, widescreen ode to pastoral prog, 70s fusion, King Crimson and so much more. James chats with Paul about finding his confidence, the method he absorbed from Eno that go beyond the technical and the enigmatic eccentricity of English music. James Ellis Ford’s album The Hum is <a href="https://linktr.ee/jamesellisford" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">available now</a> on Warp Records.  Lost and Sound is proudly sponsored by <a href="https://www.audio-technica.com/world_map/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Audio-Technica</a> Paul’s debut book, Coming To Berlin: Global Journeys Into An Electronic Music And Club Culture Capital is out now on Velocity Press. Click <a href="https://velocitypress.uk/product/coming-to-berlin-book/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> to find out more.  Lost and Sound title music by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/earthspaceobject/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">E.S.O</a>

James Ellis Ford

Delilah Holliday

North London DIY Icon Delilah Holliday once said she writes songs to make people feel less alone. Her band, Skinny Girl Diet, which she founded at the age of 14 with her sister Ursula and their cousin Amelia reignited a much needed Riot Grrl punk spirit, galvanising a community of like minded music lovers back in the early 2010s. Moving more recently into a lo-fi, electronic and soulful sound, developing her production style along with it and collaborating with Neneh Cherry, Vivienne Westwood and former guest of the show, Baxter Dury, she talks with Paul about her creative process, overcoming doubt, finding transformation and ponders what would a song sound like if it was left out in the sun. Delilah Holliday’s new EP ‘Invaluable Vol. 1’, on 7th July on One Little Independent Records.Lost and Sound is proudly sponsored by Audio-TechnicaPaul’s debut book, Coming To Berlin: Global Journeys Into An Electronic Music And Club Culture Capital is out now on Velocity Press. Click here to find out more. Lost and Sound title music by E.S.O

North London DIY Icon <a href="https://www.instagram.com/delilahholliday/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Delilah Holliday</a> once said she writes songs to make people feel less alone. Her band, Skinny Girl Diet, which she founded at the age of 14 with her sister Ursula and their cousin Amelia reignited a much needed Riot Grrl punk spirit, galvanising a community of like minded music lovers back in the early 2010s. Moving more recently into a lo-fi, electronic and soulful sound, developing her production style along with it and collaborating with Neneh Cherry, Vivienne Westwood and former guest of the show, Baxter Dury, she talks with Paul about her creative process, overcoming doubt, finding transformation and ponders what would a song sound like if it was left out in the sun.  Delilah Holliday’s <a href="https://www.delilahholliday.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">new EP ‘Invaluable Vol. 1’</a>, on 7th July on One Little Independent Records. Lost and Sound is proudly sponsored by <a href="https://www.audio-technica.com/world_map/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Audio-Technica</a> Paul’s debut book, Coming To Berlin: Global Journeys Into An Electronic Music And Club Culture Capital is out now on Velocity Press. Click <a href="https://velocitypress.uk/product/coming-to-berlin-book/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> to find out more.  Lost and Sound title music by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/earthspaceobject/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">E.S.O</a>

Jessy Lanza

Jessy Lanza - producer, singer and DJ, chats with Paul about finding her confidence through eschewing the rigours of a jazz education for making some of the sharpest, brightest and damn well fizzy leftfield pop music of the last ten years. And that’s exactly what it’s been, a decade, since her debut came out on the hugely influential Hyperdub label. Now, with the upcoming release of her new album, Love Hallucination, Jessy, currently in Ontario, talks with Paul about her creative process, how her van became the centre of a revelatory Boiler Room set and finding her own musical voice. Jessy Lanza’s new album Love Hallucination, out via Hyperdub on July 28Lost and Sound is proudly sponsored by Audio-TechnicaPaul’s debut book, Coming To Berlin: Global Journeys Into An Electronic Music And Club Culture Capital is out now on Velocity Press. Click here to find out more. Lost and Sound title music by E.S.O

<a href="https://www.instagram.com/paulhanford/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jessy Lanza</a> - producer, singer and DJ, chats with Paul about finding her confidence through eschewing the rigours of a jazz education for making some of the sharpest, brightest and damn well fizzy leftfield pop music of the last ten years. And that’s exactly what it’s been, a decade, since her debut came out on the hugely influential Hyperdub label. Now, with the upcoming release of her new album, Love Hallucination, Jessy, currently in Ontario, talks with Paul about her creative process, how her van became the centre of a revelatory Boiler Room set and finding her own musical voice.  Jessy Lanza’s new album Love Hallucination, out via Hyperdub on July 28 Lost and Sound is proudly sponsored by <a href="https://www.audio-technica.com/world_map/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Audio-Technica</a> Paul’s debut book, Coming To Berlin: Global Journeys Into An Electronic Music And Club Culture Capital is out now on Velocity Press. Click <a href="https://velocitypress.uk/product/coming-to-berlin-book/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> to find out more.  Lost and Sound title music by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/earthspaceobject/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">E.S.O</a>

Richie Culver

Audio/visual artist Richie Culver first realised he could make art at a rave afterparty when he picked up a book of Nan Golding’s photography. He rose to popular attention in recent years firstly in the art world after a work was featured in the Tate Modern and when the piece Did U Cum Yet, a comment about social media, went viral during the pandemic. His debut album, I Was Born By The Sea, mixes spoken word with experimental electronics and has echoes of his birth city of Hull’s Throbbing Gristle. Richie shares a frank and honest chat with Paul about addiction (Richie himself is 8 years sober) about discovering clubbing, about social media, about being present and his creative process. I Was Born By The Sea (The Remixes) is out on June 23rd on Participant Records. Lost and Sound is proudly sponsored by Audio-TechnicaPaul’s debut book, Coming To Berlin: Global Journeys Into An Electronic Music And Club Culture Capital is out now on Velocity Press. Click here to find out more. Lost and Sound title music by E.S.O

Audio/visual artist <a href="https://www.instagram.com/richieculver/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Richie Culver</a> first realised he could make art at a rave afterparty when he picked up a book of Nan Golding’s photography. He rose to popular attention in recent years firstly in the art world after a work was featured in the Tate Modern and when the piece Did U Cum Yet, a comment about social media, went viral during the pandemic. His debut album, I Was Born By The Sea, mixes spoken word with experimental electronics and has echoes of his birth city of Hull’s Throbbing Gristle. Richie shares a frank and honest chat with Paul about addiction (Richie himself is 8 years sober) about discovering clubbing, about social media, about being present and his creative process. <a href="https://www.richie-culver.com/blackhaine-x-richie-culver" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">I Was Born By The Sea (The Remixes)</a> is out on June 23rd on Participant Records.  Lost and Sound is proudly sponsored by <a href="https://www.audio-technica.com/world_map/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Audio-Technica</a> Paul’s debut book, Coming To Berlin: Global Journeys Into An Electronic Music And Club Culture Capital is out now on Velocity Press. Click <a href="https://velocitypress.uk/product/coming-to-berlin-book/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> to find out more.  Lost and Sound title music by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/earthspaceobject/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">E.S.O</a>

Dangermami set up Femme Bass Mafia as a mentoring program for femme, trans and non-binary people, with a focus on bass music and the creation of safer learning spaces. She talks with Paul about gender visibility in club culture and her own ascent as one of the most exciting new DJs to emerge out of post-pandemic Berlin. This episode was recorded live on stage for PodFest.Lost and Sound is proudly sponsored by Audio-TechnicaThanks to Daniel and Josh at PodFest for inviting the show on stage live.Paul’s debut book, Coming To Berlin: Global Journeys Into An Electronic Music And Club Culture Capital is out now on Velocity Press. Click here to find out more. Lost and Sound title music by E.S.O

<a href="https://www.instagram.com/d.dangermami/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dangermami</a> set up <a href="https://www.instagram.com/femmebassmafia/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Femme Bass Mafia</a> as a mentoring program for femme, trans and non-binary people, with a focus on bass music and the creation of safer learning spaces. She talks with Paul about gender visibility in club culture and her own ascent as one of the most exciting new DJs to emerge out of post-pandemic Berlin. This episode was recorded live on stage for PodFest.Lost and Sound is proudly sponsored by <a href="https://www.audio-technica.com/world_map/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Audio-Technica</a> Thanks to Daniel and Josh at <a href="https://www.instagram.com/podfest_berlin/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">PodFest</a> for inviting the show on stage live. Paul’s debut book, Coming To Berlin: Global Journeys Into An Electronic Music And Club Culture Capital is out now on Velocity Press. Click <a href="https://velocitypress.uk/product/coming-to-berlin-book/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> to find out more.  Lost and Sound title music by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/earthspaceobject/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">E.S.O</a>

Dangermami

Baxter Dury

Baxter Dury - Musician, world class exponent of sprechtgasung, debonaire racontuer, immently an alternative English national treasure and a man whose travelled a long creative and life path since appearing on the cover of his Dad, Ian Dury’s New Boots And Panties album. “You’ve got to go through your owl turmoil to get somewhere, you can’t be lent turmoil,” he tells Paul at some point of a conversation on a Monday morning where Paul totally lost his questions, veered off from asking him about his new album and it’s distinctive balance of grit and swoon and instead just went with a flow that only a Monday morning could deliver - philosophical, profane and humble all at once. Baxter Dury’s new album, I Thought I Was Better Than You is out on June 2nd on Heavenly Recordings. Pre-order here. Lost and Sound is proudly sponsored by Audio-TechnicaPaul’s debut book, Coming To Berlin: Global Journeys Into An Electronic Music And Club Culture Capital is out now on Velocity Press. Click here to find out more. Lost and Sound title music by E.S.O

<a href="https://www.instagram.com/baxterdury/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Baxter Dury</a> - Musician, world class exponent of sprechtgasung, debonaire racontuer, immently an alternative English national treasure and a man whose travelled a long creative and life path since appearing on the cover of his Dad, Ian Dury’s New Boots And Panties album. “You’ve got to go through your owl turmoil to get somewhere, you can’t be lent turmoil,” he tells Paul at some point of a conversation on a Monday morning where Paul totally lost his questions, veered off from asking him about his new album and it’s distinctive balance of grit and swoon and instead just went with a flow that only a Monday morning could deliver - philosophical, profane and humble all at once.  Baxter Dury’s new album, I Thought I Was Better Than You is out on June 2nd on Heavenly Recordings. <a href="https://ffm.to/ithoughtiwasbetterthanyou" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pre-order here</a>.  Lost and Sound is proudly sponsored by <a href="https://www.audio-technica.com/world_map/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Audio-Technica</a> Paul’s debut book, Coming To Berlin: Global Journeys Into An Electronic Music And Club Culture Capital is out now on Velocity Press. Click <a href="https://velocitypress.uk/product/coming-to-berlin-book/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> to find out more. Lost and Sound title music by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/earthspaceobject/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">E.S.O</a>

Lost and Sound is a podcast that meets the most exciting innovative, leftfield music people from across the world. Each week Berlin based writer Paul Hanford chats with the innovators, the outsiders, the mavericks, the people who make music and do it utterly in their own way. Conversations focus around the intersectionality between music, creativity and life. Paul’s relaxed style allows guests to feel comfortable and express themselves, the result delves into a unique perspective on some of your favourite artists. The show was started with an award from the Arts Council Of England and guests have so far included Suzanne Ciani, Peaches, Chilly Gonzales, Sleaford Mods, Nightmares On Wax, Graham Coxon, Saint Etienne, Nite Jewel, Ellen Allien, Ghostpoet, Laetitia Sadier, A Guy Called Gerald, Tue-Yards, Liars, Gruff Rhys, Hania Rani, Laetitia Sadier, Roman Flügel, King Britt, Jim O’Rourke, Busra Kayici, Yann Tiersen and Thurston Moore. Paul Hanford is a writer, broadcaster, DJ and teacher. His debut book,  Coming To Berlin is in all good book shops. He’s also the only person ever to move to Berlin to stop being a DJ. 

Gina Birch

Gina Birch is a true trailblazer. Co-founder of the all girl post punk band The Raincoats, the music herself and Ana de Silva headed up, which so often hit the soft spot between experimental, choaotic and melodic in the truest Velvets sense, paved the way for decades of music to come and did so much for female visibility in bands. Along the way, the group picked up fans like Kurt Cobain, who invited them on tour. Now, balancing a life of creativity between music, painting and film, Gina talks with Paul about her debut solo LP I Play My Bass Loud and reflects on everything from seeing The Slits to stilletoes to Zoom ettiquette to creativity.Gina Birch’s album I Play My Bass Loud is out now on Third Man Records.Lost and Sound is proudly sponsored by Audio-TechnicaPaul’s debut book, Coming To Berlin: Global Journeys Into An Electronic Music And Club Culture Capital is out now on Velocity Press. Click here to find out more. Lost and Sound title music by E.S.O

<a href="https://www.ginabirchpainting.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gina Birch</a> is a true trailblazer. Co-founder of the all girl post punk band The Raincoats, the music herself and Ana de Silva headed up, which so often hit the soft spot between experimental, choaotic and melodic in the truest Velvets sense, paved the way for decades of music to come and did so much for female visibility in bands. Along the way, the group picked up fans like Kurt Cobain, who invited them on tour. Now, balancing a life of creativity between music, painting and film, Gina talks with Paul about her debut solo LP I Play My Bass Loud and reflects on everything from seeing The Slits to stilletoes to Zoom ettiquette to creativity.Gina Birch’s album <a href="https://www.instagram.com/paulhanford/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">I Play My Bass Loud</a> is out now on Third Man Records.Lost and Sound is proudly sponsored by Audio-Technica Paul’s debut book, Coming To Berlin: Global Journeys Into An Electronic Music And Club Culture Capital is out now on Velocity Press. Click <a href="https://velocitypress.uk/product/coming-to-berlin-book/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> to find out more.  Lost and Sound title music by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/earthspaceobject/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">E.S.O</a>

Daniel Miller

Gareth Jones

When Daniel Miller and Gareth Jones make music together as Sunroof,  they sit either side of a table, adjusting the dials of modular synths and they look like two veteran chess players locked into a very long, perhaps even decades long game. Yet instead of being in competition, it’s like they raise each other’s vibration: one making a sound, the other responding. Both men have changed the way we hear electronic music in the last 40 years. Miller founded Mute Records initially to release his single Warm Leatherette. He met Gareth when they worked on Depeche Mode’s Berlin-connected ‘80s records. The Depeche Mode records we all like. Gareth has produced songs we’ve all danced to many times: Erasure, Wire, Grizzly Bear, Clinic, Interpol. For decades, they’ve been getting together and making these modular improvisations and have finally gotten round to releasing some of the stuff and it’s really good. Paul caught up with the pair to talk about how they work, how they met and what they think. Sunroof’s new album, Electronic Music Improvisations Volume 2 – out now on limited edition white vinyl and digitally, via the Parallel Series of MuteLost and Sound is proudly sponsored by Audio-TechnicaPaul’s debut book, Coming To Berlin: Global Journeys Into An Electronic Music And Club Culture Capital is out now on Velocity Press. Click here to find out more. Lost and Sound title music by E.S.O

When Daniel Miller and Gareth Jones make music together as <a href="https://sunroofmusic.bandcamp.com/album/electronic-music-improvisations-vol-2-2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sunroof,</a>  they sit either side of a table, adjusting the dials of modular synths and they look like two veteran chess players locked into a very long, perhaps even decades long game. Yet instead of being in competition, it’s like they raise each other’s vibration: one making a sound, the other responding. Both men have changed the way we hear electronic music in the last 40 years. Miller founded <a href="https://mute.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mute Records</a> initially to release his single Warm Leatherette. He met Gareth when they worked on Depeche Mode’s Berlin-connected ‘80s records. The Depeche Mode records we all like. Gareth has produced songs we’ve all danced to many times: Erasure, Wire, Grizzly Bear, Clinic, Interpol. For decades, they’ve been getting together and making these modular improvisations and have finally gotten round to releasing some of the stuff and it’s really good.  Paul caught up with the pair to talk about how they work, how they met and what they think.  Sunroof’s new album, Electronic Music Improvisations Volume 2 – out now on limited edition white vinyl and digitally, via the Parallel Series of MuteLost and Sound is proudly sponsored by <a href="https://www.audio-technica.com/en-gb/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Audio-Technica</a> Paul’s debut book, Coming To Berlin: Global Journeys Into An Electronic Music And Club Culture Capital is out now on Velocity Press. Click <a href="https://velocitypress.uk/product/coming-to-berlin-book/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> to find out more. Lost and Sound title music by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/earthspaceobject/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">E.S.O</a>

Sunroof - Daniel Miller and Gareth Jones

Andrew Fearn’s stripped down, austere electro-punk productions and Jason Williamson’s biting yet absurdly humourous lyrics and delivery have been exploring austerity-era Britain, culture, and working class life for over a decade. Collectively as Sleaford Mods, they’ve always done exactly their own thing in their own way but their last album Spare Ribs connected with a wider audience, maybe they’ve even become generational spokespeople in the process too. Add to this, the new album’s title, UK Grim, couldn’t be more apt. Jason and Andrew talk with Paul about their status as spokespeople, humour as a form of resilience, the debilitating effect of the tory government on people and the band's creative process.UK Grim by Sleaford Mods is out now on Rough Trade.Paul’s debut book, Coming To Berlin: Global Journeys Into An Electronic Music And Club Culture Capital is out now on Velocity Press. Click here to find out more. Lost and Sound title music by E.S.O

Andrew Fearn’s stripped down, austere electro-punk productions and Jason Williamson’s biting yet absurdly humourous lyrics and delivery have been exploring austerity-era Britain, culture, and working class life for over a decade. Collectively as <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sleaford_mods/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sleaford Mods</a>, they’ve always done exactly their own thing in their own way but their last album Spare Ribs connected with a wider audience, maybe they’ve even become generational spokespeople in the process too. Add to this, the new album’s title, UK Grim, couldn’t be more apt. Jason and Andrew talk with Paul about their status as spokespeople, humour as a form of resilience, the debilitating effect of the tory government on people and the band's creative process.<a href="https://www.sleafordmods.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">UK Grim</a> by Sleaford Mods is out now on Rough Trade.Paul’s debut book, Coming To Berlin: Global Journeys Into An Electronic Music And Club Culture Capital is out now on Velocity Press. Click <a href="https://velocitypress.uk/product/coming-to-berlin-book/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> to find out more. Lost and Sound title music by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/earthspaceobject/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">E.S.O</a>

Sleaford Mods

South London-based singer/songwriter, producer, and composer Lucinda Chua joins Paul for a conversation on the eve of the release of her debut long player, YIAN, on 4AD Records. In the past better known for her collaborations with artists such as FKA twigs and for her time in the post-rock duo Felix, her solo work mixes deep introspection with stunning atmosphere. Her NTS show is ace too. She chats with Paul about the scariness of putting yourself out there, authenticity and output and more. Lucinda Chua’s LP YIAN is available on 4AD Records from March 24th.Paul’s debut book, Coming To Berlin: Global Journeys Into An Electronic Music And Club Culture Capital is out now on Velocity Press. Click here to find out more. Lost and Sound title music by E.S.O

South London-based singer/songwriter, producer, and composer <a href="http://lucindachua.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lucinda Chua</a> joins Paul for a conversation on the eve of the release of her debut long player, YIAN, on 4AD Records. In the past better known for her collaborations with artists such as FKA twigs and for her time in the post-rock duo Felix, her solo work mixes deep introspection with stunning atmosphere. Her NTS show is ace too. She chats with Paul about the scariness of putting yourself out there, authenticity and output and more. Lucinda Chua’s LP <a href="https://lucindachua.bandcamp.com/album/yian" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">YIAN</a> is available on 4AD Records from March 24th. Paul’s debut book, Coming To Berlin: Global Journeys Into An Electronic Music And Club Culture Capital is out now on Velocity Press. Click <a href="https://velocitypress.uk/product/coming-to-berlin-book/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> to find out more.  Lost and Sound title music by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/earthspaceobject/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">E.S.O</a>

Lucinda Chua

Suzanne Ciani

Suzanne Ciani is a true pioneer. One of the world’s first synth heroes.  “The diva of the diode.”  Ciani began experimenting with electronic music in 1960s California, at a time when to do so wasn’t just about a new style of music, but about creating a whole new language: a new form of music with this new technology. Like Delia Derbyshire and Cosey Fanni Tutti and many other female pioneers, it’s taken time for the world to catch up and for Ciani to be recognised for quite how significant her cultural contribution runs across how we hear what we hear. Now in her mid seventies, she shows no signs of slowing down, she speaks with Paul about some of the key musical moments in her life: California of the 60s, New York of the 70s, the importance of putting emotion into music and her work in spatial sound. Suzanne Ciani is touring from march to September this year, check out her tourdates herePaul’s debut book, Coming To Berlin: Global Journeys Into An Electronic Music And Club Culture Capital is out now on Velocity Press. Click here to find out more. Lost and Sound title music by E.S.O

<a href="https://www.sevwave.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Suzanne Ciani</a> is a true pioneer. One of the world’s first synth heroes.  “The diva of the diode.”  Ciani began experimenting with electronic music in 1960s California, at a time when to do so wasn’t just about a new style of music, but about creating a whole new language: a new form of music with this new technology. Like Delia Derbyshire and Cosey Fanni Tutti and many other female pioneers, it’s taken time for the world to catch up and for Ciani to be recognised for quite how significant her cultural contribution runs across how we hear what we hear. Now in her mid seventies, she shows no signs of slowing down, she speaks with Paul about some of the key musical moments in her life: California of the 60s, New York of the 70s, the importance of putting emotion into music and her work in spatial sound. Suzanne Ciani is touring from march to September this year, check out her tourdates <a href="https://www.sevwave.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>Paul’s debut book, Coming To Berlin: Global Journeys Into An Electronic Music And Club Culture Capital is out now on Velocity Press. Click <a href="https://velocitypress.uk/product/coming-to-berlin-book/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> to find out more. Lost and Sound title music by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/earthspaceobject/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">E.S.O</a>

This week, Paul meets New York-based, Korean-American musician Margaret Sohn aka Miss Grit. Their upcoming debut LP, Follow The Cyborg finds a personal connection between cyborg theory and her identity.  As a mixed-race, non-binary artist, Sohn has always rejected the limits of identity thrust upon them by the outside world, in favour of embracing a more fluid and complex understanding of the self. The conversation touches on Donna Haraway’s 1986 essay A Cyborg Manifesto, which uses the figure of the cyborg to urge an understanding beyond the limitations of traditional gender, feminism, and politics. Margaret and Paul talk about her work, which blends a sonic mixture of machine detail and human emotion, New York living and more. Miss Grit’s LP Follow The Cyborg is out Feb 24th on MuteThe single Lain (Phone Clone) is available nowThis episode is sponsored by Audio-TechnicaPaul’s debut book, Coming To Berlin: Global Journeys Into An Electronic Music And Club Culture Capital is out now on Velocity Press. Click here to find out more. Lost and Sound title music by E.S.O

This week, Paul meets New York-based, Korean-American musician Margaret Sohn aka <a href="https://www.instagram.com/miss_grit/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Miss Grit</a>. Their upcoming debut LP, Follow The Cyborg finds a personal connection between cyborg theory and her identity.  As a mixed-race, non-binary artist, Sohn has always rejected the limits of identity thrust upon them by the outside world, in favour of embracing a more fluid and complex understanding of the self. The conversation touches on Donna Haraway’s 1986 essay A Cyborg Manifesto, which uses the figure of the cyborg to urge an understanding beyond the limitations of traditional gender, feminism, and politics. Margaret and Paul talk about her work, which blends a sonic mixture of machine detail and human emotion, New York living and more. Miss Grit’s LP <a href="https://mute.ffm.to/missgrit" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Follow The Cyborg</a> is out Feb 24th on Mute The single <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DppnvkcRG98" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lain (Phone Clone)</a> is available now This episode is sponsored by <a href="https://www.audio-technica.com/world_map/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Audio-Technica</a> Paul’s debut book, Coming To Berlin: Global Journeys Into An Electronic Music And Club Culture Capital is out now on Velocity Press. Click <a href="https://velocitypress.uk/product/coming-to-berlin-book/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> to find out more.  Lost and Sound title music by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/earthspaceobject/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">E.S.O</a>

Miss Grit

Rose Elinor Dougall

Graham Coxon

The Waeve is the coming together of two unique musical voices - Graham Coxon &amp; Rose Elinor Dougall who've just come together to make a rather deep and magical record together as The Waeve.Rose - started out in the Spector-eque girl group The Pipettes in the early millennium, has recorded since with Mark Ronson amongst others and her solo music, like on her most recent solo album A New Illusion, taps into a dreamy yet darkly tinged sound with elements like psychedelia, krautrock and folk in the mix. Graham is, what we call in England, somewhat of a national treasure. As guitarist from Blur, he’s been a major creative driving force behind some of the most iconic music of the last thirty years and like Thurston Moore or Jonny Marr, created a real alternative version of a guitar hero, one with vulnerability, angularity and curiosity in place of machismo and pomposity.  They spoke with Paul about how they came together and made a dark, richly layered album, along the way becoming a couple and they reflect on the difficult subject of Englishness, their creative processes and more.The Waeve’s debut LP is out Feb 5th on TransgressiveThis episode is sponsored by Audio-TechnicaPaul’s debut book, Coming To Berlin: Global Journeys Into An Electronic Music And Club Culture Capital is out now on Velocity Press. Click here to find out more. Lost and Sound title music by E.S.O

The Waeve is the coming together of two unique musical voices - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/grahamcoxon/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Graham Coxon</a> &amp; <a href="https://www.instagram.com/roseelinor/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rose Elinor Dougall</a> who've just come together to make a rather deep and magical record together as <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thewaeveofficial/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Waeve</a>.Rose - started out in the Spector-eque girl group The Pipettes in the early millennium, has recorded since with Mark Ronson amongst others and her solo music, like on her most recent solo album A New Illusion, taps into a dreamy yet darkly tinged sound with elements like psychedelia, krautrock and folk in the mix. Graham is, what we call in England, somewhat of a national treasure. As guitarist from Blur, he’s been a major creative driving force behind some of the most iconic music of the last thirty years and like Thurston Moore or Jonny Marr, created a real alternative version of a guitar hero, one with vulnerability, angularity and curiosity in place of machismo and pomposity.  They spoke with Paul about how they came together and made a dark, richly layered album, along the way becoming a couple and they reflect on the difficult subject of Englishness, their creative processes and more. The Waeve’s debut LP is out Feb 5th on <a href="https://thewaeve.komi.io" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Transgressive</a> This episode is sponsored by <a href="https://www.audio-technica.com/world_map/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Audio-Technica</a> Paul’s debut book, Coming To Berlin: Global Journeys Into An Electronic Music And Club Culture Capital is out now on Velocity Press. Click <a href="https://velocitypress.uk/product/coming-to-berlin-book/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> to find out more. Lost and Sound title music by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/earthspaceobject/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">E.S.O</a>

The Waeve  - Graham Coxon & Rose Elinor Dougall

Mark Jenkin

Lost and Sound is back after a seasonal break, and trying something new: Paul’s first guest of the year is actually a film maker. Isn’t this a music podcast? You might say, but Mark Jenkin’s hands-on approach and unique style, particularly when it comes to sound design, make him, for a podcast that meets outliers, innovators and outsiders, a spot on guest.  Following on from his 2019 black and white Cornish-set Bait: a film nodody could have predicted would have become the hit it was, we spoke about his new offering, the 70s-set folk horror, Enys Men. It’s hauntology on screen: eerie and dream-like. The soundtrack, composed by Jenkin, is stand-alone good - particularly if you’re a fan of disintegrating drones and analogue loops that feel warped into some lost memory. Mark Jenkin’s original score for Enys Men is out now digitally on Invada Records. The film is released in the UK on 13 Jan. This episode is sponsored by Audio-TechnicaPaul’s debut book, Coming To Berlin: Global Journeys Into An Electronic Music And Club Culture Capital is out now on Velocity Press. Click here to find out more. Lost and Sound title music by E.S.O

Lost and Sound is back after a seasonal break, and trying something new: Paul’s first guest of the year is actually a film maker. Isn’t this a music podcast? You might say, but <a href="https://www.instagram.com/mark_jenkin/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mark Jenkin</a>’s hands-on approach and unique style, particularly when it comes to sound design, make him, for a podcast that meets outliers, innovators and outsiders, a spot on guest.  Following on from his 2019 black and white Cornish-set Bait: a film nodody could have predicted would have become the hit it was, we spoke about his new offering, the 70s-set folk horror, Enys Men. It’s hauntology on screen: eerie and dream-like. The soundtrack, composed by Jenkin, is stand-alone good - particularly if you’re a fan of disintegrating drones and analogue loops that feel warped into some lost memory.  Mark Jenkin’s <a href="https://lnk.to/HBpxoiYF" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">original score</a> for Enys Men is out now digitally on Invada Records. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGUf6_WrwuY" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The film</a> is released in the UK on 13 Jan.  This episode is sponsored by <a href="https://www.audio-technica.com/world_map/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Audio-Technica</a> Paul’s debut book, Coming To Berlin: Global Journeys Into An Electronic Music And Club Culture Capital is out now on Velocity Press. Click <a href="https://velocitypress.uk/product/coming-to-berlin-book/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> to find out more.  Lost and Sound title music by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/earthspaceobject/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">E.S.O</a>

Nastia  aka - Anastasia Topolskaia is a true techno outlier, the Ukrainian DJ is one of the most in-demand techno DJs travelling internationally yet keeps it real: her sets are hard, deep and come from an intrinsic sense of movement that is tied to her roots as a dancer. Unlike so many DJs, she has for most part not become a producer, rather concentrating on the dancefloor. She is also known for actively choosing to be selective where she plays, picking good venues with good sound systems over maximum exposure.Uncompromising and without filter, Nastia talks with Paul about the effects of the Russian invasion, about why she spoke out on social media about Nina Kravitz,  why (connected to this) being honest and being true to yourself are essential to being an artist and more.This episode is sponsored by Audio-TechnicaPaul’s debut book, Coming To Berlin: Global Journeys Into An Electronic Music And Club Culture Capital is out now on Velocity Press. Click here to find out more. Lost and Sound title music by E.S.O

<a href="https://www.instagram.com/nastia.dj/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nastia</a>  aka - Anastasia Topolskaia is a true techno outlier, the Ukrainian DJ is one of the most in-demand techno DJs travelling internationally yet keeps it real: her sets are hard, deep and come from an intrinsic sense of movement that is tied to her roots as a dancer. Unlike so many DJs, she has for most part not become a producer, rather concentrating on the dancefloor. She is also known for actively choosing to be selective where she plays, picking good venues with good sound systems over maximum exposure.Uncompromising and without filter, Nastia talks with Paul about the effects of the Russian invasion, about why she spoke out on social media about Nina Kravitz,  why (connected to this) being honest and being true to yourself are essential to being an artist and more. This episode is sponsored by <a href="https://www.audio-technica.com/world_map/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Audio-Technica</a> Paul’s debut book, Coming To Berlin: Global Journeys Into An Electronic Music And Club Culture Capital is out now on Velocity Press. Click <a href="https://velocitypress.uk/product/coming-to-berlin-book/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> to find out more.  Lost and Sound title music by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/earthspaceobject/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">E.S.O</a>

Nastia

Anton Newcombe

Lost and Sound is about sharing conversations with the innovators, the outsiders, the mavericks, artists that do their own unique thing and this week’s guest is certainly all of those. Anton Newcombe. His musical project, the psychedelic trailblazers The Brian Jonestown Massacre, began in San Francisco in the early nineties. Outspoken and often misunderstood, he is in fact a clever, tenacious and conscientious artist whose carved out a unique DIY ecosystem. Acerbic, unfiltered, honest and funny - he talks with Paul about how he started out, creating musical ecosystems, the importance of being civic minded as the world turns more fascist and the math in his sound.The 20th Brian Jonestown Massacre studio album - The Future Is Your Past is release date 10th February 2023 and the band are touring in Europe in Jan and Feb, tour dates and album info here.This episode is sponsored by Audio-TechnicaPaul’s debut book, Coming To Berlin: Global Journeys Into An Electronic Music And Club Culture Capital is out now on Velocity Press. Click here to find out more. Lost and Sound title music by E.S.O

Lost and Sound is about sharing conversations with the innovators, the outsiders, the mavericks, artists that do their own unique thing and this week’s guest is certainly all of those. <a href="https://twitter.com/antonnewcombe?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Anton Newcombe</a>. His musical project, the psychedelic trailblazers The Brian Jonestown Massacre, began in San Francisco in the early nineties. Outspoken and often misunderstood, he is in fact a clever, tenacious and conscientious artist whose carved out a unique DIY ecosystem. Acerbic, unfiltered, honest and funny - he talks with Paul about how he started out, creating musical ecosystems, the importance of being civic minded as the world turns more fascist and the math in his sound. The 20th Brian Jonestown Massacre studio album - The Future Is Your Past is release date 10th February 2023 and the band are touring in Europe in Jan and Feb, tour dates and album info <a href="http://www.brianjonestownmassacre.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. This episode is sponsored by <a href="https://www.audio-technica.com/world_map/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Audio-Technica</a> Paul’s debut book, Coming To Berlin: Global Journeys Into An Electronic Music And Club Culture Capital is out now on Velocity Press. Click <a href="https://velocitypress.uk/product/coming-to-berlin-book/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> to find out more.  Lost and Sound title music by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/earthspaceobject/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">E.S.O</a>

Lost and Sound is a podcast that meets the most exciting innovative, leftfield music people from across the world. Each week Berlin based writer Paul Hanford chats with the innovators, the outsiders, the mavericks, the people who make music and do it utterly in their own way. Conversations focus around the intersectionality between music, creativity and life. Paul’s relaxed style allows guests to feel comfortable and express themselves, the result delves into a unique perspective on some of your favourite artists. The show was started with an award from the Arts Council Of England and guests have so far included Suzanne Ciani, Peaches, Chilly Gonzales, Sleaford Mods, Nightmares On Wax, Graham Coxon, Saint Etienne, Nite Jewel, Ellen Allien, Ghostpoet, Laetitia Sadier, A Guy Called Gerald, Tue-Yards, Liars, Gruff Rhys, Hania Rani, Laetitia Sadier, Roman Flügel, King Britt, Jim O’Rourke, Busra Kayici, Yann Tiersen and Thurston Moore. Paul Hanford is a writer, broadcaster, DJ and teacher. His debut book,  Coming To Berlin is in all good book shops. He’s also the only person ever to move to Berlin to stop being a DJ.

Lost And Sound

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