HOWA EP 148 - CHARL OF TELEPATHIC INSTRUMENTS
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Welcome Charl of Telepathic Instruments :) you've doubtless seen this fun looking box known as orchid floating around the interwebs in various high-impact ads and also you may have noticed its notable collaboration with the famed musician Tame Impala, who was the brainchild behind the device. I've always been curious about the Orchid, and we chat about its evolution and history and reveal what it was originally for and how it came to be a real box.
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HOWA EP 147 - KYLE DIXON and MICHAEL STEIN
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Kicking off 2026 with a bang Congrats to my Emmy winning guests Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein for their epic work as the band Survive and notable of late for making the many hours of music that score the rather popular show Stranger Things which just wrapped for the last time with its season finale. Great to peek behind the curtain as it were as we get into the pure substance of their process. Unlock the clues in this episode and you too will certainly be up for an Emmy if you’re as tireless and talented as them ! Thanks to Ableton for sponsoring this episode I get into the MOVE in a rare...
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HOWA EP 146 - LUKE SCHNEIDER
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Really happy to share this chat with Luke as a celebration of the NEW RELEASE of our LP “A companion for the spaces Between Dreams” There are digital and physical copies YES both vinyl and cassette I’m happy to say! This music was made crafted here in my studio in Nashville, it’s a guide for those liminal spaces you may find yourself in so to speak and it’s been a real treat to put together Luke is a special one and it was lovely to get a focused time to sit and chaat. We had a nice jam too and generated loads more amazing sound. Feels like such an easy thing for...
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HOWA EP 145 - TIM STORY
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As you know, I’ve been rather obsessed with the music of Hans-Joachim Roedelius, and that obsession doesn’t seem to be fading anytime soon. So you can imagine my delight when I discovered that Tim Story, who joins me on this episode of the podcast, played a major role in creating the remarkable record that’s captivated me lately — 90. To make that album, Tim sifted through over 100 hours of unreleased material from Roedelius’s archives — a monumental effort that resulted in this stunning compilation of tracks. I was fascinated to hear about the process behind it all,...
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HOWA EP 144 - LUCRECIA DALT
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Was a mighty pleasure to chat with the alchemical Lucrecia Dalt. She's playing with THOSE forces. Sculpting the slippery into sound. Both primal and refined. This is not free noise by any means, it's a crafted and highly tuned set of worlds that all feel both intimate and deliberate at the same time. Wonderful music. Wonderful art. In your face and unapologetic. Bravo!!! Her new album is called "A Danger to Ourselves" Out Sept 5th Here's a Bandcamp link. Hightly recommend you check it out. It cuts deep. ** Shout out to Dana Wachs for the intro here. She's doing sound for Lucrecia during her...
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HOWA EP 143 - KAITLYN AURELIA SMITH
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Lovely to catch up with Kaitlyn to get a behind the scenes breakdown of the process that went into creating her latest LP "Gush" I was not expecting it to be made this way. Nope. I had no clue. I loved being so utter wrong about it! I challenge you to listen fist to the music and then guess how she pulled it off. Utterly wild. Love it. She tells me of the sonic coffee (what resets her ear palette) The inspiration of Lex ishimoto the dancer and reveals a secret as to who she'd like to sound like when singing. Again I was shocked! This was recorded in Feb 2025.. err.. sorry! took me ages If you...
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HOWA EP 142 - PHILIP WEINROBE
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Welcome Philip Weinrobe the optimist. It’s downright infectious to hang with this chap. His bright-eyed, freewheeling attitude is not something that can be put on. Well at least, I feel you know when it's an act. In Philip's case it's interwoven into his worldview. What I'm saying is. He’s really that guy and it’s a wonderful thing! I was happy to learn of his wigglesome ride through this thing called life that led him work with some of the modern greats like Adrianne Lenker (Big Thief), Tomberlin, and Theo Katzman (Vulfpeck) ______________ Dipping into the Phil links: Don ellis...
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HOWA EP 141 - PASCAL LE BOEUF
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My new album PLACES OF UNKNOWING has arrived link to LP (release date July 18th 2025) WOO!! Let's get on with the show! Meet Pascal :) What a treat it has been to welcome this man into my life Not only did he give me confidence and skills to play the piano for the first time in my life, he toiled to transcribe my vocal multitracks and save them from dying on the hard drive. He sat with me and the recording crew in the studio for 5 hours to assist our cellist as this same song took shape With patience and encouragement that’s very rare and deeply contagious. Speaking my language just...
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HOWA EP 140 - ROB BURGER
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He lives across the street and happens to be one of my fave musicians ever. Sometimes life is just like that right? He's played in so many rolls over the years both as a solo artist and film composer and as a player backing the heaviest like Laurie Anderson, Lou Reed, Marianne Faithfull, John Zorn and this bloke Jamie Lidell Yep, he's opened me up to so much great music and is one of the best improvisers I've ever heard. Just flowing with the music. He sits at the piano and he's away. With the muses that circle him. Great to present this audiobook length chronology for the archives. Rob has...
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HOWA EP 139 - LINDSEY ROME
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ITS OUT!!! YES!!! It’s hard to believe tbh after all this time but indeed the first song from my long talked about LP “Places of Unknowning” is OUT There’s a vinyl pre-order (and digi pre-thing) for the full album and links to stream this early track the “The Center” here: Video from the live performance of The Center here! You might be curious how it all came to be.... Where are these wild and powerful words coming from for example? Well I’m glad you asked since I got to sit down and record a chat with my delightful wife Lindsey Rome who wrote this record with me. ...
info_outlineI was lucky enough to be introduced to Hauschka a.k.a. Volker Bertelmann thanks to my friend Dana Wachs who was a pod guest on EP71.
He’s had quite the wonderful and interesting adventure in music. It’s quite rare that you find someone who plays prepared Piano so deftly and was also once known as a rapper. Clearly, this was not going to be your average chat.
If we place ourselves in the present (which I’m told is always a good place to be !)
Our ears might find the dancing frequencies from his newest album philanthropy which was released in the 2023. It’s a tremendous listen. Dare I say a real headphone listen as there are wonderful, textual details to catch in amongst the kind of more zoomed out satisfaction of the rather accomplished arrangements. Perhaps this ability to both evoke emotion, and to coax huge tonal intrigue placed him in good stead as a composer for film
He is most certainly made his mark in that area with a wide ranging set of scores and notably an Academy award for his work on all quiet on the Western front in 2022. Badass!
He’s collaborated with another podcast guest Dustin O’Halloran (EP 92) on several works, including their highly acclaimed score for the film Lion. In fact, looking at the credits for his releases over the years it’s quite mind-boggling. Often he will deliver multiple film soundtracks a year alongside his own solo albums. He's like Prince!
Happy listening :)