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hanging out with audiophiles

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hanging out with audiophiles

My name is Jamie Lidell and I'm gonna delve into the heady magic of creating music in a modern studio, probe the depths of production, get tech crazy with mixing tricks, studio skills and equipment. I'll be joined by fellow musicians, engineers and all-round audiophiles who kindly share their tips, stories and ingenious insight from the bizarre world of music production. I shall answer questions and seek knowledge from other music makers on a quest to discover how to make things sound RIGHT. I will also share some studio trickery on each episode as I explore some of my favourite innovations in music tech and my creations... outpourings from the weirdo brain! Welcome to a place for musicians, producers and listeners alike as we "cheers" our love of everything audio.

#121

HOWA EP 115 - JIMMY DOUGLASS

He's worked with Donny Hathaway. That's it. That's all the intro he really ought to need. I mean can you IMAGINE being in the room with Donny singing? Too much. Ah but Jimmy has worked on music from Aretha, Otis Redding, The Rolling Stones not to mention his extensive collaboration with Timbaland. Yeah, Jimmy is heavy. What's more he's a very friendly and engaging chap that has a pioneering spirit and he is not overly nostalgic in that way that can hold a person back. No wonder he's been so busy and in demand for all these years. A true master. Jimmy's in the HOWA house (literally.. this was a rare face to face. So fun) The show is kindly sponsored again by the excellent <a href= "https://www.soundtoys.com/">Soundtoys</a>. I delve into the world of the panman to do things other than just your average spinning. Micro nitty! ... Read more

20 Nov 2023

1 HR 52 MINS

1:52:55

20 Nov 2023

#120

HOWA EP 114 - ANIMAL COLLECTIVE

Great to chat with Brian and Josh from the band ! we talk minidisk, the joys of analog, hurdy gurdy and fish. I mean if that doesnt tickle yer fancy I dont know what to say :) Various links feel like they cropped up in the show --Valentin Clastrier - Master of the Gurdy <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRsJw7UW98g">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRsJw7UW98g</a> --TAGO MAGO by can - go and listen (you can find it with your preferred music environment ) --If you need good tinned fish in the USA go here ! <a href= "http://rainbowtomatoesgarden.com/">https://rainbowtomatoesgarden.com</a> --MODBAP - OSIRIS badass oscillator <a href= "https://www.modbap.com/">https://www.modbap.com</a> --JORANALOGUE DELAY 1 <a href= "https://joranalogue.com/products/delay-1">https://joranalogue.com/products/delay-1</a> ___________________________ kind sponsorship comes from the excellent SOUNDTOYS <a href= "https://www.soundtoys.com/">https://www.soundtoys.com</a> ... Read more

06 Nov 2023

2 HR 06 MINS

2:06:57

06 Nov 2023

#119

HOWA 113 - JAMES FORD

My guest on the show is James Ford who is really one of the most badass producers in the business. Im talking about the kind of low key English badassness and not the Tarantino variety if you know what I mean. James is involved in so many things and yet he does it without needing a big spotlight on himself. Humble badass. That’s the one. He’s been active for many years. I mean we used to see each other in that classic ships in the night stylee when I was touring with Cristian Vogel back in the late nineties. We are talking about a man with Multiple decades of energy dedication and knowledge a go go! He’s got the quadfecta mad skills as composer, multi-instrumentalist, producer and songwriter which is probably one of the reasons he’s been able to be so nimble and effective working with a huge range of incredible artists from Arctic Monkeys to Depeche Mode via Foals, Gorillaz and Kylie Minogue. You may know him as one half of Simian Mobile Disco, alongside longtime creative partner Jas Shaw or perhaps as a touring member of The Last Shadow Puppets. The hat cupboard in the house is ample! I was lucky enough to feature on a track with SMD a while back and got to see the studio when it was at the Premises in Hackney. Now he’s got a supreme attic room that is beyond decked out. We have a little tour of that for anyone who is curious about his gear choices after all this time. Then we get deep into the world of making, art, the hurdles, the path. The good stuff of rambling! Welcome to the mind of a sonic chef. His first solo album “The Hum” is out now on warp records and it’s a corker! https://www.jamesellisford.com ________________ If you want to directly help support me in the pod work please consider joining my Patreon <a href= "https://www.patreon.com/HOWA">https://www.patreon.com/HOWA</a> All sounds from this episode will go to those on the upper tier ! ________________ Id like to thank show sponsors SOUNDTOYS https://www.soundtoys.com KORG https://www.korg.com STAGER MICS http://stagermicrophones.com _________________ NITTY!!! ... Read more

12 Oct 2023

2 HR 13 MINS

2:13:39

12 Oct 2023

#118

HOWA EP112 - JON HOPKINS

Jon Hopkins pays attention. He has a ear for the smallest details and a deft touch both as a pianist and a producer. I feel this interview is very timely as the rise of psychedelic therapy has caught the imagination of so many. Jon has made music that is so perfect for those wishing to go deeper with their experiences in that hugely rewarding domain. His is the mindset that wants to expand and to meditate instead of flex and win the popularity contests in the game of music. Very refreshing. We get into his beginnings in the classical world, his lack of patience with distracting factors and on to his success story and on to his musings on the current state of being a musician releasing music in this arguably confusing time. ____________ The nitty returns ! I was fortunate enough to get an early copy of Andrew Huang’s first plugin :) It's a collaboration with Baby Audio called “Transit” It really inspired me to get my hands dirty and to explore it’s outer ways. I stacked up about 30 or so instances to pull off a tonal transition that is rather epic ! I learned from an older me on this one. In EP 58 I explored a related idea in Melodyne. <a href= "http://jamielidellmusic.com/ep-58-matt-black">Here’s</a> that show ****** **** ** * SPECIAL DEAL !! I’m happy to be able to offer listeners to the show a 10 % discount on TRANSIT when using the code BABYHOWA at check out Here’s the plugin!! Check it :) <a href= "https://babyaud.io/transit">https://babyaud.io/transit</a> Also.. <a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/4rej1ljrh8rmw7ineuuyv/h?rlkey=n89llg552evad43p2d2xgh7xg&dl=0"> Here’s</a> the Ableton session called “The Bends” that I made to demo this (sadly I forgot it’s the 11.3.10b5 Beta version of Ableton you’ll need to run this .. oops!) _____________ Big ups to Catechism and REZN for their music on this show. It’s from an album called “Infected Ambient Works” Here’s the link to it <a href= "https://rezzzn.bandcamp.com/album/infected-ambient-works">https://rezzzn.bandcamp.com/album/infected-ambient-works</a> _____________ A massive shout to show sponsor Soundtoys! At the start of this episode I add the New SUPER PLATE and the classic PHASE MISTRESS plugins to a tape jam that’s fresh from my new studio and it just enters into a whole Different dimension. These are Shockingly good plugins! Some of the very best you can find. That’s why I’m so chuffed to work with these legends ! Check their masterful work here <a href= "https://www.soundtoys.com">https://www.soundtoys.com</a> ____________ If you want to directly help support me in the pod work please consider joining my Patreon <a href= "https://www.patreon.com/HOWA">https://www.patreon.com/HOWA</a> All sounds from this episode will go to those on the upper tier ! ... Read more

28 Aug 2023

2 HR 24 MINS

2:24:20

28 Aug 2023

#117

HOWA EP 111 - BENN JORDAN

DESCRIPTION After a hefty and well needed break I’m back The pod returns :) I trust y'all are hanging in. I hope in fact you’re more than just hanging in. I hope you are diving in and thriving and embracing the endless realm of possibility that presents itself to you. Don’t worry, I’ll not linger on the guru talk. Just stating the obvious ! As you can see from the show title I got to finally chat with the brilliant Benn Jordan. We met at NAMM a couple of years back (I’ve had some great hangs at NAMM I must say) He’s a smart, witty man with endless curiosity and it’s really fun to explore all manner of mind realms with him. We can TALK! Oh how we can talk. This conversation was at least 3 hours long and it’s been cut down a fair bit but there’s no end of tangents and insights into The mighty Benn. I think those of you who are familiar with his excellent YouTube material will enjoy hearing an extended ramble portal into his many ways. It’s great to be back This show has 2 excellent sponsors 1st off I’m super happy to get to work with my pals at Soundtoys for a few shows. They agreed to come on board and I couldn’t be happier. Just love them and their excellent plugins. Top shelf stuff! In this episode I show off 2 of my faves, decapitator and devil lok. They are both such wonderful tools. Potent and endlessly useful in equal measure. Like Salt in cooking, they amp up the tasty. Head over to <a href= "https://www.soundtoys.com/">Soundtoys</a> if you know what’s good for you! I’d also like to thank “a tasty pixel” for sponsoring the show. They are makers of the unbelievably good LOOPY PRO. Absolutely stunning software for anyone who really wants the last looper. It is the most fully featured pure looper Ive ever used. Beardyman uses it. If you were wondering if it were capable I think that’s all you need to know! Interested in looping? Let me save you some time. All you need is LOOPY PRO Click [here] (https://loopypro.com/) for more info! ... Read more

17 Aug 2023

1 HR 59 MINS

1:59:20

17 Aug 2023

#116

HOWA EP 110 - TYCHO

Tycho is Scott Hansen and Scott is a deeply friendly and humble chap. I didnt know too much about his background or what made him tick but I tried to get to “know” him and makes some guesses about that by tuning into his music. It’s clearly so well crafted and put together with meticulous attention to detail that this man had to be fastidious but how would that quality manifest? He manages to ride us on a carpet of textures which guide the process of musical flight, once a mood is found, it’s held with patience so the listen can dwell in a land. It’s a style that has been really honed and has found a large following for good reason! It was a real treat to get on the ramble road with him. I left the interview unedited for maximum deviation potential (you’re welcome) _____ This episode is sponsored by A tasty pixel and their excellent [LOOPY PRO!] (https://loopypro.com/audiophiles) As many of you are aware, I’ve spent years of my life with loopers of all kinds from the crudest guitar pedals to my own Max/MSP effort in 2000 to Tim Exile’s wonderful “flow machine” Making a looper setup that fits your style is everything and to do that, a tool that is very flexible and open to configuration is needed. I’m happy to report that this is perfected inside loopy pro. I’m also happy to say that It’s one of the best loopers I’ve ever used and has become the heart of beardymans new setup so you know it’s capable. Needless to say Im really happy to be working with A tasty pixel. _______ I made a new video to highlight a specific use of Loopy Pro that came to me one evening. There’s plenty of excellent tutorial videos to get started online so I wanted to show something a little unique. I took 4 instances of the Chamberlin M1 samplepack I made (which is now available at <a href= "https://www.decentsamples.com/product/chamberlin-m1-by-jamie-lidell/"> decentsamples.com</a>!) fed each to an array of 4 speakers around a Neumann head for some quadra funky tape loopidelic delightfulness. Yes, it’s A little nitty basically :) Watch [HERE!!] (https://youtu.be/Dng8gWnPcWE) ... Read more

23 Apr 2023

1 HR 59 MINS

1:59:46

23 Apr 2023

#115

HOWA EP 109 - HAINBACH

Hainbach must be such a busy man! Just today I received a post on his patreon that he uploaded to Medium where he eloquently described the history and character of the electronic music company Vermona that started in the GDR and now lives on. It was a review of sorts of the DRM drum machine from 1987 but he surrounded that feature with some wonderful insights into the company’s history whilst painting a picture of former East Germany. He put all this together after having made a highly compelling video on the same subject for his now legendary youtube channel where so many of us find ourselves happily gazing in on his wild sonic adventures. I’ve learnt so much from him over the years and feel a undeniable connection with him. I certainly share his passion for beguiling tone and that marveling at human inventiveness and endeavor. A tremendous story teller and tireless adventurer, we could have discussed any number of things. There was absolutely no plan to this chat and you’re going to hear what is essentially our first phone call. Yes there's Ample deep dives a tangents a go go. It was a great pleasure to speak with this fountain of knowledge. It gives me great pleasure to welcome on to the show Hainbach Nitty 109 is all about Tape Delay. I put the new Echofix EFX3 through its paces in some odd ways! This nitty is also a rare VIDEO nitty. Link to that <a href= "https://youtu.be/KODPG2ULvaQ">here</a> I have an affiliate link to the Echofix machine I used <a href= "https://link.perfectcircuit.com/t/v1/8-12626-302040-9759?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.perfectcircuit.com%2Fecho-fix-ef-x3-tolex.html"> here</a> or for the rack version <a href= "https://link.perfectcircuit.com/t/v1/8-12626-302040-9759?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.perfectcircuit.com%2Fecho-fix-ef-x3r-black.html"> here</a> buying a unit from that link helps the channel :) thanks! Music for the show comes from <a href= "https://atlanticrhythms.bandcamp.com/album/eraserhood">https://atlanticrhythms.bandcamp.com/album/eraserhood</a> ... Read more

31 Mar 2023

1 HR 57 MINS

1:57:12

31 Mar 2023

#114

HOWA EP 108 - CARL CRAIG

Carl Craig worked with Derrick May and Kevin Saunderson back in the day I mean that could be all the intro you need to hear to know how heavy he is! Wait til you find out about the HANGS they had in Detroit. They were cooking up a sound of techno that has never been surpassed in my opinion. Mr Craig has really never stopped. It’s pretty mind blowing to me He’s already left behind a superb and ultra varied stack of music that springs from an insatiable hunger for the new. I mean the sheer number of aliases he has is hard to keep up with! Not content with just putting out bangers, he’s been expanding his experience to fill a museum and the process is truly epic. We get into what went into his work called Party/After Party which was commissioned by Dia Art Foundation and is opening soon at Moca LA. and is on view APR 16 – JULY 23, 2023. <a href= "https://www.moca.org/exhibition/carl-craig-party-after-party">Here’s</a> a link! Increasingly on this show, I’ve been trying to stay away from too much gear talk coz it’s really not that interesting often quite frankly BUT in this case I felt like we needed to get somethings cleared up. At least I was really curious about what made it on to those early Detroit cuts. Some of the findings are shocking, in a great way and ought to be inspiring to anyone who feels they need all manner of fancy machines to rock the house. Carl is living proof that you just need to get it all out with whatever you have in front of you but also it illustrates to me the importance of a crew and a little friendly competition. That can really up your game. The thing I take away from this chat is just the searching. The fascination and passion to keep making. It’s super inspiring to me and I hope it spurs you all on to dig in and make noise! In other news, Im off to superbooth! Let me know if you’re going :) boring news,,, I've been sick good news, new studio looking good next show will have a nitty. Cheers! ... Read more

07 Mar 2023

1 HR 26 MINS

1:26:23

07 Mar 2023

#113

HOWA EP 107 - ANGELO PALAZZO

Hi ! Yep, a tad delayed this one. I apologize. This time I have the wall of blinkers to blame. The eurocrack has opened up and swallowed me! Haaaaaa. I've enjoyed being in the belly of the beast though I must say and now Im emerging with many a sonic memory etched on tape. I'll try to share these via a new venture, HOWA records. Yeah, its a new idea. Somewhere to put all this work. I pour so much of my heart and soul into these sounds and pieces that linger on the drive. Perhaps it's time to release them into the wilds. EP107 is with Emmy Award winner Angelo Palazzo. He is a sound designer and editor on the highest level. His recent work on Stranger things session 4 was beyond epic. It's a pleasure to have him on to enlighten us about the dark art of TV sound on this grand scale. We had the sad news of Dominic Hawkins passing away last week. Really really sad. He was such a positive and uplifting gentleman. I didnt know him well but always thoroughly enjoyed my chats with him on the sonic state pod. RIP Dom. ... Read more

14 Feb 2023

1 HR 30 MINS

1:30:16

14 Feb 2023

#112

HOWA EP 106 - DAVID HASKELL

David Haskell is a professor of biology and environmental studies at the University of the South and a Guggenheim Fellow. His 2017 book The Songs of Trees won the John Burroughs Medal for Distinguished Natural History Writing. His 2012 book The Forest Unseen was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award, and won the 2013 Best Book Award from the National Academies, the National Outdoor Book Award, and the Reed Environmental Writing Award. His new book, Sounds Wild and Broken is out now and I was thrilled to have a chance to sit down in person with him in my studio here Nashville to discuss it briefly. Here’s a quick summary of the book from the official press release: Starting with the origins of animal song and traversing the whole arc of Earth history, Haskell illuminates and celebrates the emergence of the varied sounds of our world. In mammoth ivory flutes from Paleolithic caves, violins in modern concert halls, and electronic music in earbuds, we learn that human music and language belong within this story of ecology and evolution. Yet we are also destroyers, now silencing or smothering many of the sounds of the living Earth. Haskell takes us to threatened forests, noise-filled oceans, and loud city streets, and shows that sonic crises are not mere losses of sensory ornament. Sound is a generative force, and so the erasure of sonic diversity makes the world less creative, just, and beautiful. The appreciation of the beauty and brokenness of sound is therefore an important guide in today’s convulsions and crises of change and inequity. <a href= "https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/636172/sounds-wild-and-broken-by-david-george-haskell/"> Here’s</a> a link to the book in all it’s various formats (the link is slow but it works) I can highly recommend you give it a read. It's just a wonderful read and full of insights that will stay with you. There’s a Soundcloud link with sounds pertinent to the chapters which you can check out <a href= "https://soundcloud.com/dghaskell/sets/sounds-wild-and-broken-collection-of-sound-samples"> here</a> ______________ I also wanted to give a shout out to pod listener Simon Taylor and his book AUDIO MASTERING IN A PROJECT STUDIO: A PRACTICAL APPROACH FOR A PROFESSIONAL SOUND Some great ideas and knowledge that’s not too overwhelming check these whee links: <a href= "https://www.amazon.com/AUDIO-MASTERING-PROJECT-STUDIO-PROFESSIONAL/dp/1739167007/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1665387503&sr=1-36"> US </a> Or <a href= "https://www.amazon.co.uk/AUDIO-MASTERING-PROJECT-STUDIO-PROFESSIONAL/dp/1739167007/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1665387240&sr=1-2"> UK</a> ______________ As always send music and stuff to <a href= "mailto:lidellmakeswaves@gmail.com">lidellmakeswaves@gmail.com</a> :) ... Read more

19 Jan 2023

1 HR 17 MINS

1:17:14

19 Jan 2023

#111

HOWA EP 105 - BIBIO

Merry Chrimble y’all! Here’s a sonic present for your ears to unwrap. It’s in the form of a nice fireside ramble with the excellent Stephen James Wilkinson aka Bibio. He’s a wonderful and thoughtful chap with a very unique touch and a searching soul. I love his musical range, his tones, his playing. YES He’s rather good! Im assuming you all know his stuff? If not you fools! You must immediately have a listen As in go here NOW! https://bibio.co It’s super ooper dooper inspiring stuff and I was mighty chuffed when he agreed to come on the pod. Our paths never crossed as label mates on warp records which is a shame. God knows why. A couple of shy dudes making waves in different countries might have had something to do with it! Ha. Anyway we are finally in a chat and even talking about working on something together which sounds good to me. Watch this space. He’s a wise lad so of course he has a nagra. A stereo nagra in fact. In fact it was this conversation that really made me want to find one of my own which thankfully I did. He’s the one guest that actually recorded a backup to the tape machine. Proper legend Roll it ____ Thanks for tuning in folks! It’s been another bonkers year and having this show has been a huge part of keeping me going. Cheers to all the wonderful patrons for helping me keep this dream alive Thanks to distrokid for their continued support as the most epic and long running sponsor of the pod. If you make music and need it putting out, just use distrokid! It’ll be everywhere like Santa before you know it Dropping that sonic magic down the chimneys of the world. Thanks to Bibio And I’ll catch you in 2023! Make merry y’all ... Read more

24 Dec 2022

1 HR 32 MINS

1:32:43

24 Dec 2022

#110

HOWA EP 104 - RED MEANS RECORDING

Such a treat to chat with Jeremy aka Red Means Recording. Now you must know who he is right? If not well you're in for a treat. He's an amazing creative soul and funky chap that makes excellent music, teaches and creates exceptional YouTube videos that go deep into the synth and electronic musical world. Highly recommended viewing. He's just great. Link to his YouTube <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/@RedMeansRecording">here</a> HELLO! Yes, I realize this has been a lonnnnng time coming. What's been up? The studio build is now hitting a new level of intensity and my Mum just left after a long visit and things have been a tad upside down so Im off my funk but here we are! LINKS Please go and grab this new release from friend of the pod Marta Salongi and Floating points. It's a fund raiser for the charity Free Youth Orchestra which focuses on removing financial barriers between children and access to musical equipment and lessons so cool. the music is <a href= "https://martasalogni.bandcamp.com/">here</a> to buy and thus support looking for something to fill the digital stocking? I can recommend this max for live device from the wonderful friend of the pod Ned Rush. It's called MIDI WAVES and it's ace and not expensive. grab <a href= "https://isotonikstudios.com/product/midi-waves-by-ned-rush/">here</a> Jim Keller has been helping me design the new studio. Great to work with him. So much knowledge! Check his beautiful work <a href= "https://www.sondhus.com/">here</a> Thanks for Diana Walsch for pod support. Find her here Website: <a href= "http://dmwalshmusic.com/">dmwalshmusic.com</a> IG: <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/dmwalshmusic/">@dmwalshmusic</a> ... Read more

13 Dec 2022

1 HR 12 MINS

1:12:46

13 Dec 2022

#109

HOWA EP 103 - FRED AGAIN

Hello! Jamie again. I caught up with this busy Fred on his current US tour. He’s been busy you ask? Oh yes. I mean so so busy. For one thing he’s penned massive pop numbers with Ed Sheeran, Stormy and other huge acts Did you know that? I mean BIG BIG songs. And YET his mentor and good friend is none other than Brian Eno! Wait.. what? Ah yes, all shall be revealed. See the thing about Fred is he will write a huge song for an act like Clean Bandit in the afternoon, then be on the phone to fourtet for arrangement advice on his solo work by dinner time. He can write on the road, he can write in the club. He’s prolific as they come this man! Fred has been doing so well and it was great to get this chance to chat with him What an exceedingly positive and fun chap he is. So much talent and a very good outlook Lots of nuggets in this chat. Obv we get into the Eno connection and the come up and Fred reveals some massive beat making secrets he learned directly from Boi-1da. I get some advice mid show too which I think might be a first :) We are here in part to discuss his ace new LP “Actual Life 3” which you can find in the usual streaming zones. It’s a real pleasure to welcome on to the Show for the first time Fred….. Again _____ Making music? Want it out in the world? Take advantage of the savings HOWA offers ya! Use this 30% off code <a href= "http://distrokid.com/vip/lidell">http://distrokid.com/vip/lidell</a> ... Read more

09 Nov 2022

1 HR 32 MINS

1:32:17

09 Nov 2022

#108

HOWA EP 102 - MAX TUNDRA

Max Tundra is Ben Jacobs A man that was a child that grew up in London. As pointed out on his bandcamp, he went to the same school as Jude Law and a Chemical Brother, but didn’t know them. In this disposable content age, there’s an undeniable urge to go for quantity over quality is there not? The music Ben makes as Max Tundra comes as rarely as a celestial event. We forget the rising and falling of the sun each day but we don’t forget a total eclipse now do we? This is how it felt when Mocky and I came across the LP “Mastered by guy at the exchange”. We were without sun for a while. In an unknown land that felt Most welcoming and yet most peculiar. It was genuinely new music. Something so rare that still feels fresh all these years later. Here’s what hyper pop bloke A. G. Cook said of Max Tundra’s legacy: “‘Mastered by Guy at the Exchange’ is a true cult album - a playful monolith that sounds both nothing and everything like the 2000s. Stumbling across it as a teenager, it reinforced a hunch I had: that music is a place where anything could happen, and total chaos could be held together by the lightest of pop hooks. There’s an oddly British quality to Max Tundra’s work, a soft and polite maximalism - pioneering, eccentric and infinitely remixable.” Ben Jacobs invented hyper pop As they say in the UK FACTS It’s a good time to be a Max Tundra fan as domino has reissued his first three studio albums to be found <a href= "https://www.dominomusic.com/search?query=max+">HERE</a> 2000s Some Best Friend You Turned Out to Be, 2002’s Mastered by Guy at the Exchange, and the 2008 masterwork Parallax Error Beheads You. We get into a lot of his formative years and thankfully he kept so much of his sonic ramblings from that time and they can be found on his band camp page It’s a real treasure trove. [Here] (https://maxtundra.bandcamp.com/) it is What a legend. If you’ve never heard of him before, I’m so glad I get to make the intro. He’s a true original and a very nice man Please welcome on the show Max Tundra ... Read more

25 Oct 2022

1 HR 47 MINS

1:47:16

25 Oct 2022

#107

HOWA EP 100 - NIGEL GODRICH

Nigel is my kind of producer He has a strong sense of quality, a strong sense of who he is and what potentials artists have to be cultivated and captured. He’s my kind of producer because he gets his hands dirty and doesn’t just act as a fan of the band and take on that guru role but he’s in the trenches, setting up the mics for perfect phase alignment, getting all the sonic chains correct but without a limiting rule book. There’s so much inventiveness in the productions alongside the incredible, undeniable tone. Of course there’s that ego and strong sense of self and I ran into his resolute perspective a couple of times by asking questions he deemed sub par or misguided. Let’s put it this way, you know where you stand with Nigel and of course he has a strong perspective. Imagine the courage and strength of conviction it would take to tell Thom Yorke or Paul McCartney that they could better a take or that a lyric felt cheesy or what have you. We might all think we want to be told yes all the time but Nigel, it feels, understands when to say no and let his point be known and I love that about him. I have immense respect for him. He's made some of my favorite records and I think it's fair to say that he's my favorite living producer. So needless to say it's an absolute thrill to have him on the show. It’s even more special to me that he agreed to do episode 100. NIGEL!!!!! Nitty 100 is a BIG one I get my hands on a rare Chamberlin M1 from the excellent Rob Burger and sample it in a most painstaking manner yielding a set of 8 instrument captures that showcase the sounds on the tapes in a way that’s never been heard before. I sent the finished pack to some amazing musicians and they all came back with beautiful music to demo the sounds. You’ll hear tracks from Dave Sitek Hainbach Dana Wachs Andrew Huang RJD2 Money Mark and I also made one that sneaks in at the end of the show 🙂 EP 100 Baby! bringing the heat!!! I only managed to make all this with the expert kontakt and decent sampler scripting help of Owen Bolig and GUI design from Tobias James. In the sample instruments you can blend 3 different layers. The DRY is a direct output from the instrument running into a Telefunken V72 preamp The DIRT is the signal processed though a silvertone amp head into a Roland RE-201 space echo in spring reverb mode 3+4) The DUAL MONO ADT NAGRA recordings are the star of the show and the motivation behind the instrument. The output of the Chamberlin was sent to 2 nagras at the same level. I played with the varispeed of one nagra tape machine and not the other so when the NAGRA channel on the kontakt or decent sampler is set to mono you hear unique ADT style phasing that’s varied per key press using scripting magic (Kontakt only). So there’s 3168 samples that make up the 8 instruments with a total of 4.62Gb of audio. Get ready! The Chamberlin ADT is available to Patreon members on the soul science level! Music for EP100 comes from Lok44 who’s LP 44problems is to found on TRUST. I was bugging out to this. I think he triggered something from my youth and I very much enjoyed the flashback! Thanks to sonible for their kind sponsorship Their plugins are well worth checking out. smart, clear and good sounding. Triple wammy! check them out 🙂 Thanks also to access analog for THEIR kind sponsorship Good news! They have given me a code to share with you all at check out so you can try this wild service for yourself and remotely control a pye compressor from the comfort of your studio or roaming about with a laptop with wifi. True 2022 business. The code you need at check out is....... trial-howa enjoy! Drums from this ad spot are from the That Sound “Hanger” library here shouts to my studio building crew! Jim Keller at Sondhus and Matthew Marinelli at coral sound thanks to Diana Walsh for cleaning up the audio as ever Last my most certainly not least, thank you to my lovely wife! Without her this show never would have been. Just would not have ever reached episode 1! Im so proud of her. She’s having her first solo art show as a painter here in Nashville at the brand new ZieherSmith Gallery. The show is called STIM and it’s going to be up from the 24th September. Check this link here for info! BYE x ... Read more

09 Oct 2022

2 HR 23 MINS

2:23:36

09 Oct 2022

#106

HOWA EP 101 - TOTALLY ENORMOUS EXTINCT DINOSAURS

TEED has an excellent new LP out now called “When the Lights Go” available on his Nice Age label. Check it ooot! <a href= "https://www.totallyenormousextinctdinosaurs.com/">HERE</a> is Link to the album, tour info and loads of ace merch! If you didnt already get the Chamberlin ADT sample instrument I made here <a href= "https://www.patreon.com/HOWA">https://www.patreon.com/HOWA</a> 4.64 Gb sample instrument of the instrument used by Bowie on Low! ahhh yes…let’s get on with the show….. It’s high time I chatted with this chap. We’ve hung out at multiple LA gatherings over beers and somehow never ended up in a suitable setting for a good chin wag. This has now been completely set right in what is a true alpine ramble twixt myself and the excellent TEED. We pass many a scenic wonder on our winding adventures. Touching on: the LA twilight zone Honesty and ambition Being cool TEED history Unknown music! The making of the new tones Equal love of jungle and Bach It’s just my kind of hang. Hope you enjoy it! Music comes from [Andrew Huang] (http://andrewhuang.com/) ! he made his track exclusively with the Chamberlin ADT sample instrument I made from over 3000 samples of the VERY rare Chamberlin M1 all running to 2 Nagra tape machines simultaneously with a varispeed on only one deck to create phase and ADT effects PER note. EPIC! get it now! <a href= "https://www.patreon.com/HOWA">https://www.patreon.com/HOWA</a> Ep101 ! YES It’s a shortee this time. I’m trying for a half bi so I can keep up with the DELUGE of interviews I’m been doing of late. Such good people, I want to hurry them out. art lovers ! Please check out my wife’s first solo paining show <a href= "https://www.ziehersmith.com/2022-sept-rome">here</a> it’s called STIM. I’ve been present for all the making of these and I’m so proud of her. It’s huge news for our family and I think so many of you will love the style and also the story behind the work as we discover about out autism. More on this soon 🙂 Thanks to Distrokid for the kind sponsorship :) Get your music steaming in minutes! Take advantage of the savings HOWA offers ya! Use this 30% off code <a href= "http://distrokid.com/vip/lidell">http://distrokid.com/vip/lidell</a> ... Read more

23 Sep 2022

1 HR 37 MINS

1:37:15

23 Sep 2022

#105

HOWA EP 99 - DAVE OKUMU

You may know him for his soaring solo musical adventures or maybe you’re old school and you were always down with his band The Invisible. Perhaps you’ve seen him playing with Amy WInehouse or Grace Jones. Perhaps you’ve heard his collaborations with Adele, Yoko Ono or Tony Allen? Perhaps you’ve not come across him yet, in which case I’m very happy to make the connection. I know him as a genuine, fascinating, generous and ultra simpatico friend that I see far too infrequently. There are few people I know that enjoy talking as much as Dave. He leads you into wild and wonderful places in his delightful and engaging explorations and I’m always keen to see where we might end up. In his presence, time seems to slow down and I find that deeply relaxing and very welcome. I often feel a tad in my head, or even headless but Dave brings a groundedness that is very settling. Those who know him have experienced his radiant smile and his tremendous, heart felt hugs. I feel very lucky to be friends with Dave. He’s a real one of a kind and an absolute beast of a musician.I had the chance to get a sneak peak of his new LP and it’s really mind blowing stuff. Just wait ! Ah yes. At long last, I’m so happy to welcome my friend on the show. Please welcome Dave Okumu Nitty 99 is an exploration of the Eventide H8000 and its excellent 4 part MIDI pitch shifter which appears to be the sound we know so well on the Bon Iver track 715 Creeks. I run all sorts of stuff into it and it's a delight! Can't believe this is my first time using it. Music for EP 99 comes from the rather excellent Botany! Superb. <a href= "https://botany.bandcamp.com/album/deepak-verbera">https://botany.bandcamp.com/album/deepak-verbera</a> Still available for download is This EP <a href= "https://jamielidell.bandcamp.com/album/forukraine">FORUKRAINE</a> performed by Rob Burger and sonically crafted by me all proceeds to the Ukrainian Redcross. Please consider a small donation :) I’d like to thanks Diana Walsh for her help prepping the interview audio @dmwalshmusic on the gram 🙂 PLEASE keep the music coming ! send submissions to <a>lidellmakeswaves@gmail.com</a> side orders: Dave mentions Elizabeth Fritsch pots and how he'd like to live in one. When you see them you'll understand why. She's an absolute master and channels such beauty in her work. link <a href= "https://www.elizabethfritsch.com/">HERE</a> ... Read more

20 Aug 2022

1 HR 49 MINS

1:49:53

20 Aug 2022

#104

HOWA EP 98 - TONY ROLANDO

Mr maker of the odd circuits, Mr man with a vision to create a company from the ground up that dramatically changed the modular synth world forever, Mr maker of synth woven musics. Please welcome Mr Make Noise himself, Tony Rolando! We get into chatting about his excellent new album “Breakin’ is a Memory” Which you can find <a href= "https://tonyrolando.bandcamp.com/album/breakin-is-a-memory">here</a> Come and delve into this new work and imagine where Tony’s head is at. Making all these incredible instruments for us all make NOISE with whilst keeping his passion for the original motivation ---- the music making itself. He has the irresistible urge to create sound and frame these nocturnal excursions into an LP. He's made all this in his few free hours outside MN to stretch out and fashion a record, his way in his home studio. I’m really glad found space for this. It’s a great result and this LP is a rich listen! We get into all the juicy inside knowledge about how it was made from Tony himself. What machines were used and how. The mindset, the techniques, it’s all here! This chat is not an attempt to dive "Biographical". For that I highly recommend you listen to this interview that mylarmelodies conducted with Tony as it contains a quality insight into the Make Noise back story and Tony’s history, philosophy and such. Fantastic listen! Click <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6C0iKblxpNs">here</a> In the nitty I crack out an early version of the Make Noise Strega which was a collab with Tony and pod guest Alessandro Cortini. Such a powerful and fun little box! I put it together with a Befaco [Noise Plethora] (https://www.befaco.org/noise-plethora/) (which is a self contained sculpt-able noise bath of a module) and use my voice to populate three loops that don’t care about one another. Like dogs, they all run free. Once you fill up these three, free loops, you can bounce them all to a virtual cassette deck alongside any input that might also be coming in to spin to tape. Once this new bounced recording stops, the 3 main loopers you used to make the 1st layer are emptied automatically and you can fill them once more and then bounce them to a 2nd tape deck until you reach the 3rd wave of loops that go to a final reel at which point you are all full up and need to delete either all or some of the parts you made to make room for new ideas. Birth and death is one of reasons to love looping. To know you must destroy to grow something fresh. So yes, I used the excellent <a href= "https://loopypro.com/">Loopy Pro</a> on an M1 iPad to build this looper with an Akai APC40 connected via a Hub the USB-C port on the iPad Pro. I was able to run signals to physical channels of a mixer using a class complaint audio interface with multiple outs. The whole idea behind this setup was to be as close to the moving parts as possible and to be able to reach all the controls extremely easily to manipulate all the important aspects that need to be influenced by hand as it’s all a performance and this makes it somewhat like making food. For stir fry, you need your ingredients right there. If you have to drive to buy ginger in the middle of a cook its akin to needing to halt the flow to get a machine recorded right if not easily connected and playable. This is key. All the factors from sound tone shaping, to levels to FX they need to feel playable. Having used loopers as my way of expressing myself live since around 2000, I have a very strong connection to working in this way. I made my loopers in Max/MSP but I must say, Loopy pro is a wonderful tool to build custom live looping setups in 2022 using a tool like an iPad that has a superb touch interface is a bonus. It’s all very welcome and I think it’s really the best tool you will find to make a custom looper that allows more options than a Boss 505 or any other hardware unit. I will include the loopy pro patch I made for this nitty for all the members of the <a href= "https://www.patreon.com/HOWA">HOWA Patreon</a> on the soul science level :) The music for EP98 comes from Raj Pannu. Really unique stuff I feel. He has a patient and detailed flow that bubbles along in an immersive bass aquarium with subtle motion charted throughout. It’s like minimalism in the evolution of parts with a lot of sound pressure pushing and with a bold forward motion. <a href= "https://soundcloud.com/djrajpannu">Here’s</a> a link to some of Raj’s music. I’d like to thanks Diana Walsh for her help prepping the interview audio PLEASE keep the music coming ! send submissions to <a>lidellmakeswaves@gmail.com</a> Thanks to Distrokid for the kind sponsorship :) Get your music steaming in minutes! Take advantage of the savings HOWA offers ya! Use this 30% off code <a href= "http://distrokid.com/vip/lidell">http://distrokid.com/vip/lidell</a> <a href= "https://www.notion.so/show-music-1fbd7a22c4e04d8f933567044fcda81f"> show music</a> Highly recommended pod for these times: [LIVING MYTH] (https://livingmyth.libsyn.com/) with Michael Meade ... Read more

07 Jul 2022

2 HR 40 MINS

2:40:33

07 Jul 2022

#103

HOWA EP 97 - HOLLY HERNDON

Holly Herndon is an American composer, musician, and sound artist based in Berlin Germany.After studying composition at Stanford University and completing her Ph.D. at Stanford University's Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics, she pursued a music career internationally. Herndon's music often includes human singing voices (including her own), is primarily computer-based, and regularly uses the visual programming language Max/MSP to create custom instruments and vocal processes. She has released music on the labels RVNG International. and 4AD. Her most recent full-length album Proto was released on May 10, 2019 which was the first full length record to utilize singing neural networks. She's recently released a way to interact with her digital twin called Holly plus and as of now you can upload polyphonic material to her homepage and receive a version of your recording with Holly plus as the voice for all parts. She is well informed about the most modern issues relating to digital rights that go alongside ideas such as renting your voice as a virtual performance instrument, as opposed to the old school reliance on sampling. There's a complex array of legal challenges on the horizon and most of us are hip to the potential of very convincing deep fakes and such. Will we be able to download the voice of Bob Marley as a kind of VST style instrument ? It seems clear we will and that ownership of these voices is going to be crucial going forward to make the market a free and fair place. For those interested in the cutting edge, Holly is cohost of the podcast <a href= "https://interdependence.fm/">Interdependence</a> which covers the people, projects and technologies shaping 21st century culture with a large focus on moving to web3. In the Nitty I return my piano to the renaissance by having it tuned to a 1/4 comma meantone temperament. I wanted to see how the equal temperament we know so well might stack up in a triadic battle against the old ways. It’s pretty fascinating to me. I hope you’ll get something out the of trip back to 1523 when the meantone would have been dominant. HOLLY links <a href= "https://holly.mirror.xyz/54ds2IiOnvthjGFkokFCoaI4EabytH9xjAYy1irHy94"> Holly+</a> <a href= "https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/other-peoples-clothes_calla-henkel/28523327/item/53153797/?gclid=Cj0KCQjwvqeUBhCBARIsAOdt45alTUAkRB5jEMfRbCWP-kaedfhsJlmQ-99HJbZXvglJee3Ab9B9bmoaAsYEEALw_wcB#idiq=53153797&edition=59416838"> Other peoples clothes book recommendation</a> <a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathy_Berberian">Cathy_Berberian</a> [Lauren newton] (http://www.laurennewton.com/) LINKS TO MUSIC FROM THE SHOW [Chants] (https://chants.bandcamp.com/) [Platzwave] (https://platzwave.bandcamp.com/) <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8G8iQ0T_KE8">Manor</a> LINK TO <a href= "https://jamielidell.bandcamp.com/album/forukraine">FORUKRAINE</a> This EP was performed by Rob Burger and sonically crafted by me all proceeds to the Ukrainian Redcross. Please consider a small donation :) ... Read more

26 May 2022

1 HR 46 MINS

1:46:00

26 May 2022

#102

HOWA 96_BONOBO (LIVE SHOW SPECIAL!)

It's a first here at HOWA. YES I've a returning guest ...... Si Bonobo ! He was here before on EP29 and now he's back to walk us deep into the making of his latest live show. It's an amazing spectacle, with a full band, ample electronics, guest vocalists, wonderful immersive visuals and a very ambitious, scalable delivery. Huge stuff! Was a treat to have him swing by my studio here in Nashville to share a coffee and have a good look into what REALLY makes such a superb show. Hope y'all enjoy :) ... Read more

06 May 2022

1 HR 11 MINS

1:11:18

06 May 2022

#101

HOWA EP 95 - DANIEL ROSSEN

First of all please send music, comments and jokes to <a>lidellmakeswaves@gmail.com</a> and I’ll check em :) Feel free to join the pod patreon for the best sounds and max patches in the known universe and all that! link <a href= "https://www.patreon.com/HOWA">HERE</a> Let's get on with the show! Ive been lucky enough to work with Daniel on my album Compass (2010) where he overdubbed a stack of these double speed, beautiful burnt crystaline, shimmering pentatonic runs that wind their way through the song “completely exposed” I was working with Chris Taylor from the Band Grizzly bear which is how many of you will have doubtless discovered the magic of Mr Rossen’s voice and song craft and what a craft it is! His style is so singular and he’s got that passion in his writing and playing that sets him apart with an intricate, elegant touch on guitar that has both urgency and solidity. There’s real fire in him and at the same time a soft vulnerability and it all races around in these huge landscapes he paints in sound. Amazingly this is his first LP and what a beauty it is. A Timeless beauty at that. It’s called YOU BELONG THERE and was released a few days ago on APRIL 8 2022 on warp records. He’s currently out there, SOLO on the road on a short US and Euro Tour. I saw him in Nashville and was mesmerized. What a talent he is. A humble soul also, with immense talent and a welcome dash of dry humour. [HERE] (https://www.danielrossen.com/) is a link to his webpage so you can see he’s coming to your town :) so with all that said, please welcome to the show, the rather wonderful. Daniel Rossen _____________ This episode features music from 5 excellent contributors! <a href= "https://soundcloud.com/oort-cloud-services/oort-cloud-services-nodes-part/s-SN97ZgQtpHr"> Oort CLoud services:</a> <a href= "https://runnershighmusicno.bandcamp.com/releases">Runnershigh</a> [No CIty West] (https://nocitywest.bandcamp.com/) <a href= "https://soundcloud.com/erez-music-now/sets/erez-two-rooms/s-guKy1huI1gm"> Erez</a> [Rok Zalokar] (https://ffm.to/speakyourbody.YZH) <a href= "https://shop.naturescenerecords.com/">https://shop.naturescenerecords.com/</a> Thank you to <a href= "https://www.fabfilter.com/">Fabfilter</a> for sponsoring this nitty episode! I get super deep into the world of <a href= "https://www.fabfilter.com/products/timeless-3-delay-plug-in">Timeless 3,</a> their absolute BEAST of a delay plugin. It can pitch shift, distort, lofi, reverberate and custom tap its way into your world. It’s available for desktop AND ios and I’ve made a bunch rather sweet presets for it on my adventures with it that work on both platforms. SO killer. In the nitty I explore the idea of making evolving delay sequences using the excellent tap designer part of the plugin. Patreons get the presets of course ! some juicy ones based on my marshall time modulator! _____________ BONUS POD RECOMMENDATION! I was super excited to listen to the pod that mylarmelodies put out with James Blake <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4Mz7d6vjX4">HERE</a> is the link. Some super insightful nuggets in there. I highly recommend you give it a listen if you’ve not already. ... Read more

12 Apr 2022

1 HR 53 MINS

1:53:48

12 Apr 2022

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