Music Not Diving with Scuba
Paul Rose aka the musician, DJ, and label boss known as Scuba talks to people of significance from the world of electronic music about their experiences, observations, and attempts to cultivate a life for themselves in the murky and sometimes treacherous waters of the music industry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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#002 James Ruskin: Tresor, Blueprint, and the enduring appeal of vinyl
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#001 Tom Middleton: Sleep, audio therapy, and Aphex Twin
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#157 DJ Bone (redux): a re-run of one of our favourite episodes
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#156 Wrestling, Rap Beefs, and Cultural Nihilism: the changing skillset of the m...
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#155 Riva Starr: House music and songwriting, "as a producer it's important to b...
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#154 Aly Gillani: Bandcamp - the insider take, "what's best for the artist alway...
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#153 Ben Sims: what is Hardgroove anyway? "I wasn't expecting it to be a term th...
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#152 Mr G: 70k records and the need to be tested, "You only learn your chops whe...
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#151 Dance Press Fantasy Football: editing a music mag can't be that hard can it...
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#150 Steve Hillage: Founding the Glastonbury Dance Tent and the link between pro...
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#149 MJ Cole (redux): a re-run of one of our favourite episodes
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#148 Fred P (redux): a re-run of one of our favourite episodes
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#147 Darren Hemmings: marketing CEO on the state of music, "the gap between Big...
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#146 DjRUM: Turntablism and taking positives from bad music, "There's a philosop...
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#145 Kevin Saunderson: Detroit from day one, "It worked because we were young"
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#144 Sarah Story: inside Future Dance on BBC Radio 1, "they trust my taste and m...
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#143 The End Is Nigh: Counterculture, insurrection, Gladiator, and the politics...
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#142 SP:MC: DnB from AWOL via Autonomic to now, "it got pretty smashy for a whil...
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#141 Man Power II: Small venues and big artists, "there's been no thought whatso...
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#140 LIVE from fabric + thoughts on trolling
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#139 Not A Diving Club Preview + Tim Hoeben live from ADE
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Studio Stories - Decka on "Exit"
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#138 Shackleton: Bass, mystery, and devastating beauty, "adding too much literal...
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#137 Kölsch: Small clubs, festivals, and the community, "No-one cares about the...
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#136 Jerome Hill: London squat parties and UK Techno, "Musically it was pretty r...
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#135 Josh Wink: Philly, fame, and Higher States, "I didn't know there'd be a liv...
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#134 Truncate: The return of minimal? "People will always look back to whatever...
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LIVE from Lost Village Festival: Joe Goddard on Big tunes, Grunge, and being in...
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#133 Robert Henke: Co-founding Ableton and the new Monolake album, "We are the c...
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#132 Agoria: Digital art and music, "classic records have no functionality - the...
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#131 Daedelus: Aliens and albums, "there's something else potentially at play he...
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#130 Gregor Tresher + Juliet Fox: a midsummer double bill!
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#129 Mike Parker: Art and techno, "If it's about money or fame then maybe you've...
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Studio Stories: Braille on "Triple Transit"
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#128 Simon Reynolds: The future of future music, "it's the shiver, the rush, the...
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#127 Mr. Scruff: Tape edits and the scene with no name, "We just never toed the...
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#126 Regal: Pressure and success, "It's a matter of how you manage it"
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#125 Kitty Amor: House music from Nottingham to Johannesburg, "Marginalised peop...
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#124 Danny Whittle: Running Ibiza clubs large and small, "My strategy changed th...
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#123 Steve Bug: Where are the anthems? "We need the big new tunes to unite peopl...
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#122 Radio Slave: Social media vs dance music, "there shouldn't be any rules"
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#121 Thoughts on Live Electronic Music
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#120 Phil Moffa: Running a studio in 2024, "The hybrid is the one, whatever work...
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#119 Deas: Outboard vs plugins... is there a right answer? "I don't want to conv...
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#118 Tom Vek: Blockchains, fragmentation, and a post-format world, "It always co...
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#117 Quinn (Paranoid London): Anonymity and acid house, "We'd always press fewer...
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#116 Ceri: Technique, vinyl, and Ibiza "You have to put your soul into the music...
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#115 Cian Ó Cíobháin: 25 years of underground music on Irish public radio
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#114 Laurent Garnier: Looking forward, "techno is about tomorrow, not yesterday"
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#113 Luke Slater: What is techno? "Sometimes nothing happens... and that's the p...
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