From post-punk to dreampop. New wave and electronic. Synthetic Dreams is a podcast series featuring relaxed, in-depth interviews with artists from different ge...
Today’s fascinating episode of Synthetic Dreams features songwriter, guitarist and singer, Emma Anderson Emma formed Rover Girls with school friend, Miki Berenyi back in 1987. Then after a couple of alternations to the lineup, changed the name of the group to Lush in 1988. A year later, the band signed to 4AD records and released the six-track mini album, ‘Scar’, which received praise from the UK music press. They went on to release three commercially successful and critically acclaimed albums with 4AD.Described as one of the first bands on the shoegaze scene, Lush went on to have great chart success during the Britpop era too, with the singles, ‘Ladykillers’ ‘500 (Shake Baby Shake) and ‘Single Girl’Emma discusses, amongst other things, the making of her first ever solo album ‘Pearlies’ which was released on Sonic Cathedral records in 2023. Emma Anderson - Clusters (Official Video)
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Horace Panter (The Specials)
Today's fascinating episode features musician, artist and author, Horace Panter.
Horace, known professionally as as Sir Horace Gentleman, was a member in of my all-time favourite groups, The Specials
Panter met Jerry Dammers while a student at Lanchester Polytechnic and the two of them formed The Specials.
The group enjoyed many hits including ‘Gangsters’ ‘Rat Race’ ‘Sterotype’ and ‘Ghost Town’ which stormed to the top of the charts back in June, 1981. As discussed in the interview, this seminal track truly reflected what was going on in Thatcher’s Britain at the time, terrible unemployment, social unrest and riots. The song was hailed by the contemporary UK music press as a major piece of popular social commentary
Horace talks about his current group The Dirt Road Band, his art and the exhibitions his put on, writing his book ‘Ska'd for Life’ and his time in The Specials, who in my humble opinion are one of the most influential British bands ever.
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Ivan Doroschuk (Men Without Hats)
Today's fascinating episode features Ivan Doroschuk from new wave, synth-pop band, Men Without Hats.
The group formed in Montreal back in 1977, during the height of punk and Ivan talks about some of the punk bands he saw live, along with acts that came a few years before then, groups like Pink Floyd and Roxy Music. The group went on to support Roxy on their Avalon tour world tour in 1982.
Ivan also talks openly about fame and the enormous success the band achieved following the release of ‘The Safely Dance’, his earliest influences and musical passions. Touring and how he keeps his voice in shape, and discusses the story behind one of my favourite synth-pop tracks of all-time, ‘Antartica’
Men Without Hats - Safety Dance (Offical Video)
Men Without Hats - Antartica
Men Without Hats - The Message
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Tim Blake
Today’s episode of Synthetic Dreams features a conversation with synthesist, vocalist, and composer, Tim Blake.
Tim, who currently lives in the Poitou region of France, was part of, what many fans consider to be the classic line-up of Gong, which spawned the “Radio Gnome Trilogy”
He was also a member one my my all-time favourite groups, Hawkwind, from 1979-1980. Joining them again from 2008-2015, and on a number of occasions since.
He has also released several critically acclaimed solo albums and recorded and performed as “Crystal Machine”
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hackedepicciotto
The first Synthetic Dreams episode of 2025 features a conversation with Berlin-based electronic and avant garde duo, Alexander Hacke and Danielle de Picciotto, who record music under the name hackedepicciotto.
Alexander is a founding member of the hugely influential experimental group, Einstürzende Neubauten, who he joined back in 1980 at the age of just 15
Danielle, an American-born artist, musician and filmmaker met Alexander in 1987 shortly after arriving in Berlin, the couple who first started making music together in 2001.
We discuss the recording of The Best of hackedepicciotto (Live in Napoli) which came out last year on the always excellent Mute record label
https://www.hackedepicciotto.de
https://mute.com/artists/hackedepicciotto/
From post-punk to dreampop. New wave and electronic. Synthetic Dreams is a podcast series featuring relaxed, in-depth interviews with artists from different genres and backgrounds to discuss their music, career and what keeps them inspired.
The show started back in 2021 and guests so far have included, Vince Clarke, Paul Hartnol (Orbital) Neil Barnes (Leftfield) Alex Paterson (The Orb) Graham Massey (808 State) Boris Blank (Yello) Sonic Boom (Spaceman 3) Daniel Miller (Mute Records) Mark Mothersbaugh (Devo) Andy McCluskey (OMD) John Grant, Clem Burke (Blondie) and legendary producer Youth.
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