Line Noise Podcast

My guest on Line Noise this week is New York DJ Tedd Patterson, who held down a 13-year residency at Cielo and now spins regularly at Battle Hymn and House Of Yes. He has also released a gorgeous new single, Piece of Me, with Inaya Day. We spoke about his long and storied history with DJing, from Atlanta to New York to London, from Cabaret Voltaire to Tony Humphries; we talked about NYC’s best parties, the secret of playing six-hour sets, the ultimate Cielo anthem and so much more.

Line Noise is taking part in the 30th anniversary celebrations of Barcelona's famed club, Nitsa, including interviews with some of the key players in Nitsa's history. In episode 3, we talk to Erol Alkan, who played his first DJ gig outside the UK at Nitsa and who has returned to the club ever year since. He is also the favourite DJ of Nitsa resident DJ Coco. Erol shared his memories of Nitsa and of club music from 2000 to 2002. You can also consider this part 2 of our recent interview with Erol. Line Noise participa en las celebraciones del 30 aniversario del famoso club de Barcelona, ​​Nitsa, e incluye entrevistas con algunos de los jugadores clave en la historia de Nitsa. En el episodio 3, hablamos con Erol Alkan, quien dio su primer concierto como DJ fuera del Reino Unido en Nitsa y que ha regresado al club cada año desde entonces. También es el DJ favorito del DJ Coco residente de Nitsa. Erol compartió sus recuerdos de Nitsa y de la música de club de 2000 a 2002. También puedes considerar esta parte 2 de nuestra reciente entrevista con Erol.

My guest on Line Noise this week is DJ / producer extraordinaire Erol Alkan. We spoke about the new remixes of his classic A Hold On Love, euphoric melancholy, the art of remixing and more. Look out for a part two soon, when we discuss Nitsa's 30th anniversary.

Our guest on Line Noise today is Monty Luke, an LA-via-Detroit-via -Berlin producer of deep dark house and techno. His new album Nightdubbing, which comes out on Rekids on March 29, combines house and dub influences and scorns copycats. We talked about dub, inspiration, Planet E, his Black Catalogue label, the Blessed Madonna and much more.

Our guest on Line Noise this week is DJ Minx, an acclaimed house and techno DJ and producer from Detroit; the founder of the DJ collective Women on Wax and the associated record label Women on Wax Recordings. We talked about Detroit raves, her classic track A Walk in the Park, Moodymann, Richie Hawtin and so much more. I hope you enjoy it.

Line Noise participa en las celebraciones del 30 aniversario del famoso club de Barcelona, Nitsa, incluyendo entrevistas con algunos de los jugadores clave en la historia de Nitsa. En este segundo episodio, que cubre el período 1997 - 1999, Ben Cardew y Johann Wald hablaron con DJ Fra sobre el DJ residente , French Touch, la cara cambiante del booking, Dave Clarke, Todd Terry, Carl Craig y más. Line Noise is taking part in the 30th anniversary celebrations of Barcelona's famed club, Nitsa, including interviews with some of the key players in Nitsa's history. On this second episode, which loosely covers 1997 - 1999, Ben Cardew and Johann Wald spoke to DJ Fra about resident DJ,s French Touch, the changing face of booking, Dave Clarke, Todd Terry, Carl Craig and more.

My guest on Line Noise this week is Kirk Degiorgio, a British producer perhaps better known as As One, who has been in electronic music for more than 30 years, occupying a territory somewhere between Detroit techno, home listening, funk, soul and jazz. We spoke about his classic As One album Reflections, which Barcelona label Lapsus is reissuing, about giving up DJing, arguments with Warp, Detroit, Mo Wax and more.

My guest on Line noise this week is the Australian-Icelandic musician, composer, record producer, sound designer and director, Ben Frost. His excellent new album Scope Neglect is released in March and we spoke about that, about making shit music - and why he won't do it - Kurt Cobain’s poetry, silence, Metallica’s Black Album and - because I obviously couldn’t resist - about Dark. Photo by Topper Komm.

Our guest on Line Noise today is Richard Norris. a man who can claim to have made the UK’s first acid house album, found worldwide chart fame with The Grid and was a creative partner for Joe Strummer, among many other things. His autobiography Strange Things Are Happening, is scheduled to be released on March 21, 2024. We talked about Swamp Thing, acid house, Genesis P-Orridge, Jack the Tab and more.

Today on Line Noise my guest is one of my early idols in electronic music: Dave Clarke, one of the first British producers to really put his stamp on techno music and a DJ of incredible skill. His iconic single Red 2 is now available digitally for the first time to mark its 30th anniversary; and it will be followed by a big box set later this year, including a Remastered version of his Archive One Album. In this interview we talked about everything from big kick drums to experiencing homelessness, hardcore to hip hop, passing by Daft Punk, journalism and Mark Lanegan.

Line Noise participará en las celebraciones del 30 aniversario del famoso club de Barcelona, Nitsa, incluyendo entrevistas con algunos de los jugadores clave en la historia de Nitsa. En este primer episodio, Ben Cardew, Johann Wald y Sergi Cuxart hablaron con DJ Coco sobre los inicios del club en 1994, mezclando guitarras con electrónica, Aphex Twin DJ sets, Philippe Zdar, Ian Pooley y más. Line Noise is taking part in the 30th anniversary celebrations of Barcelona's famed club, Nitsa, including interviews with some of the key players in Nitsa's history. On this first episode, Ben Cardew, Johann Wald and Sergi Cuxart spoke to DJ Coco about the club's beginnings in 1994, mixing guitars with electronics, Aphex Twin DJ sets, Philippe Zdar, Ian Pooley and more.

Our guest on Line Noise today is Crystal Murray, a Paris-born singer, songwriter, producer and more, whose new single Payback is an impressively fierce piece of work that falls somewhere between techno, soul and R&B, with maybe a touch of disco. We spoke ahead of her gig / club night at Nitsa in Barcelona - which sadly has passed by now - about revenge, jazz, Paris and London, about clubbing, Elizabeth Fraser, Crystal’s forthcoming album and so much more. I hope you enjoy it. Picture by Erea Ferreiro.

With the news that Julia Holter has a new album coming out in March 2024, we decided to bring back the interview that we did with Julia at Primavera Sound 2023. We talked about being a pop professor, The Passion of Joan of Arc, strength in collaboration, Call Super, LA music - whatever that is - and more. She really is one of the most fascinating people making music today. Photo by Cecilia Díaz.

Today our guest on Line Noise is DJ Paulette, a DJ of 30 years standing, Haçienda resident, TV presenter, radio host and now author, of the book Welcome to the Club: the life and lessons of a Black Woman DJ. We talked about whitewashing in dance music, Manchester clubbing, lessons learned from three decades of DJing, the Haçienda, Beyoncé “saving” house music and much, much more. Photo by Lee Baxter.

In 2019 we were lucky enough to interview the great Australian-Icelandic musician, composer, record producer, sound designer and director Ben Frost about his soundtrack to Dark - AKA the best series ever put to film. Frost has a new album coming out in March, called Scope Neglect. It is his first studio album in seven years, so it seemed like a time to rewind to this 2019 interview we did for Sprung, our daily show on Radio Primavera Sound. I hope you enjoy it.

The wonderful Colleen joined us at the Radio Primavera Sound studios this week, ahead of her Barcelona Auditori gig, to talk about the pleasures of wandering around Barcelona, working with Moog, a cat in the studio, ongoing inspiration and her excellent eighth album Le jour et la nuit du réel. PS The interview is also available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4pB-VliGrI

Today’s guest on Line Noise is Muzi, a DJ, singer, songwriter and record producer from Empangeni in South Africa, whose new album uMUZI is out now on A Trak’s Fool’s Gold Records. We talked about getting Chris Martin to sing in Zulu, Daft Punk and connecting generations. Photo by Andile Buka.

Today's guest on Line Noise is Paul Rose, aka Scuba, label boss DJ, podcaster and so much more, who was there right at the birth of dubstep with his Hotflush label. We talked about life in Mallorca, being in a band with Johnny Borrell, the music that emerged from dubstep, being outspoken and his new mixtape, Digital Underground. Picture by Rui Augustus

Our guests on Line Noise this week are the classic English house duo X-Press 2, who have just released their fifth album, Thee. We talked about New York house, keeping things simple, David Byrne and Kurt Wagner and the slightly disappointing joy of getting to number two in the UK charts.

This week’s guest on Line Noise is eclectic, enigmatic composer and producer Johnny Jewel, who we spoke to ahead of his gig at Barcelona’s Mira festival this weekend. We spoke about soundtracks, gore, Twin Peaks, remixing The Weeknd, Primavera past and present and his very favourite sound.