Backstage Soundtrack

There's no better way to discover new music, than to chat to a musician about songs they love. Tune into these backstage conversations between awesome Australian musos and Tom from Hot Dub Time Machine.

Kram 11/15/2021

Kram Hot Dub chats to Kram from Spiderbait. It's an awesome conversation with music from Vivaldi, the Sex Pistols and everything in between. You can hear all the songs here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5Bn20XlCQ1IEiQeLA3CoB0?si=0e42159c989a450b /episode/index/show/hotdubtimemachine/id/21160508

Lime Cordiale 11/08/2021

Lime Cordiale Hot Dub chats to brothers Oli and Louis Leimbach from Lime Cordiale. /episode/index/show/hotdubtimemachine/id/21081155

Nathan Cavaleri 11/01/2021

Nathan Cavaleri Tom chats to Australian Blues Guitar Legend: Nathan Cavaleri. /episode/index/show/hotdubtimemachine/id/21003932

Bag Raiders // Jack Glass 10/18/2021

Bag Raiders // Jack Glass Hot Dub chats to Jack from Bag Raiders. Tunes from the interview can be found here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2HinxXCubqyJYmw86fUe4w?si=7aaba1b4fd3349f2 /episode/index/show/hotdubtimemachine/id/20848979

Ben Lee 10/11/2021

Ben Lee Tom chats to aussie music legend, Ben Lee. /episode/index/show/hotdubtimemachine/id/20773865

Tom Cardy 09/27/2021

Tom Cardy Hot Dub chats to musician, comedian and tiktok superstar: Tom Cardy. /episode/index/show/hotdubtimemachine/id/20605655

KLP 09/20/2021

KLP Tom chats to KLP. Recorded in August 2021 /episode/index/show/hotdubtimemachine/id/20450402

Adam Hyde // Peking Duk // Keli Holiday 09/13/2021

Adam Hyde // Peking Duk // Keli Holiday Tom chats to Adam Hyde from Peking Duk and Keli Holiday. Recorded in August 2021. /episode/index/show/hotdubtimemachine/id/20449772

Sam Hales // Jungle Giants 09/06/2021

Sam Hales // Jungle Giants Tom chats to Sam Hales from Jungle Giants. Recorded in August 2021 /episode/index/show/hotdubtimemachine/id/20379758

Paul Mac 02/18/2019

Paul Mac Paul Mac is a legend of Australian Dance music. He was there for the birth of the sound in the 80's, he was there for the first, huge raves at Sydney's Hordern Pavilion, he has been an underground legend and mainstream superstar, winning Arias, making number 1 hits and sustaining a 30 year career in electronic music. Now is the perfect time to look back and reflect on the origins of dance music and remember the love and idealism it stood for. And there is no better person to tell that story than Paul Mac. /episode/index/show/hotdubtimemachine/id/8682215

Wes Carr 11/28/2018

Wes Carr Wes Carr is known to most as the winner of Australian Idol back in 2008, but there is so much more to the music and mind of this wonderful man. His musical history starts with his first paid gig at the age of 8 and he’s lead a true musician's life ever since: full of ecstatic peaks and lonely troughs. His music ranges between rock, folk, roots, Americana, blues and he’s passionate about the art of song writing. He’s toured and performed with Tom across Australia and this interview was a rare moment for the two friends to learn a bit more about each other. /episode/index/show/hotdubtimemachine/id/7713845

Pat Stevenson 10/23/2018

Pat Stevenson Pat Stevenson is pretty much the best music photographer in Australia. He shoots for all the key members of Australia’s dance music scene, gets free tickets to every music festival in the country and is constantly in demand. He’s also a great DJ, having performed for massive crowds as part of Sosueme DJs and rocked literally thousands of parties around the country. In this episode we find out about Pat’s delinquent teenage years that saw him expelled from school, and how his love of dance music and photography became his obsession. Tom and Pat also have a great chat about what hedonism and what makes a perfect party, and Pat shares some tips for young photographers trying to get into the biz. /episode/index/show/hotdubtimemachine/id/7280831

Osher Günsberg 09/26/2018

Osher Günsberg Osher Günsberg is an awesome guy to talk music with. He’s best known through his TV work as host of the Bachelor, Australian Idol and many more, but he has a long musical history and is super passionate about a lot of obscure and wonderful musicians. Tom and Osher chat about his musical life, how he almost became a rock star, the joys of John Cage, Van Halen, Prince, Jethro Tull and many many more. /episode/index/show/hotdubtimemachine/id/7092257

Tom Thum 08/27/2018

Tom Thum Tom Thum is pretty much the best in the world at making music with his mouth. He’s a champion beatboxer, has the highest viewed Ted X talk of all time with 66 million views, and has survived heart attacks, graffiti escapades and more to become an independent artist creating his own future. The two Tom’s got together to catch up over a few organic drinks in July 2018, in Sydney Australia. /episode/index/show/hotdubtimemachine/id/6972010

Client Liaison 07/30/2018

Client Liaison Client Liaison are intriguing: Their music is nostalgic but also totally fresh and amazing, they reference everything from Diner's Club commercials to kookaburras and they bring two giant water coolers to every show. But at the heart of it all are their awesome songs. Tom sits down with Monty and Harvey to find out what music inspires them and how they wrote their most iconic tunes. /episode/index/show/hotdubtimemachine/id/6863847

Touch Sensitive 07/10/2018

Touch Sensitive Touch Sensitive (Michael Di Francesco) is one of Tom's favourite musicians: he's a bass maestro who makes gorgeous tunes and has an extraordinary musical knowledge. In this episode we learn a bit more about how Touch learnt his craft, what is Italo-disco, and how everyone has their own definition of funk. /episode/index/show/hotdubtimemachine/id/6793919

Illy 06/19/2018

Illy Illy is an Aussie Hiphop artist with a unique sound who has always been determined to do his own thing. He now has his own record label, plays massive venues around the country and was in the hottest 100 for 8 consecutive years. Tom and Illy have a great chat about how he made it all happen, his influences and some truely awful gigs. /episode/index/show/hotdubtimemachine/id/6714359

Dena Amy 06/05/2018

Dena Amy Dena Amy is an awesome house DJ and producer from Australia. She's also Dena Kaplan, an amazing actor, dancer and singer with fans all over the world, many from her iconic role as Abigail in the cult TV show 'Dance Academy.' She's also an absolutely delightful person to chat to, with a story that has taken her from South Africa, to Sydney, New York and beyond. In this episode Tom and Dena chat about her amazing life and delve into her current passion: house music. /episode/index/show/hotdubtimemachine/id/6669781

Young Franco 04/03/2018

Young Franco It seems like everyone wants to be a producer these days, so how do you stand out? For Young Franco it all began by discovering 90’s hiphop in his early teens and trying to recreate those legendary beats made 20 years ago. Franco aka. Joey has created some gorgeous dance music, toured globally and created a career for himself all by the age of 23. He tells Tom how he did it and shares some awesome music... /episode/index/show/hotdubtimemachine/id/6438436

Paces 03/27/2018

Paces Paces aka. Mikey Perry from the Gold-Coast is one of Tom's favourite producers and people. He’s known for his super distinctive production style, which is somehow tropical, sparse, beautiful, intense and really funky. He's also a lovely guy who has worked very hard for a long time to achieve his success. We love this episode and hope you do too <3 /episode/index/show/hotdubtimemachine/id/6413050

Hayden James 03/21/2018

Hayden James How long does it take to make a hit song? If you're Hayden James, it's an hour to come up with the idea, then 4 months of tweaking and perfectionism. That's how long it took to make 'Something About You,' the incredibly fresh, break-through song from the Nicest Guy in Dance Music. Tom and Hayden sat down in December 2017 in Brooklyn, New York to chat about music, touring and life on the road. /episode/index/show/hotdubtimemachine/id/6385111

The Presets/Julian Hamilton 03/14/2018

The Presets/Julian Hamilton It's PRESETS week on the podcast!!!! I was super stoked to sit down with Julian from the Presets and find out a bit more about my favourite songs. We go through their entire career and catalogue, breaking down how they made songs like: 'Are You the One?' 'Girl and the Sea,' 'My People,' 'This Boys in Love,' 'Ghosts,' 'Do What You Want' and heaps more. Jules is a lovely, talented and funny guy, and this is the best interview with him ever. /episode/index/show/hotdubtimemachine/id/6363016

Hermitude/El Gusto 03/07/2018

Hermitude/El Gusto It took Hermitude 15 years to be an overnight success. Tom sat down with one of his DJ idols, El Gusto (Angus Stuart) from Hermitude to talk about how they began, his long musical background and how it felt to finally breakthrough in Australia and the world. /episode/index/show/hotdubtimemachine/id/6337736

Sneaky Sound System 02/27/2018

Sneaky Sound System In the past 14 years Angus and Connie from Sneaky Sound System have created massive hits, toured the world, fallen in love and got married! All without major labels or management. They have an awesome story. Check it out..... /episode/index/show/hotdubtimemachine/id/6306228

Tom Tilley 02/20/2018

Tom Tilley Hot Dub talks to Triple J's Tom Tilley and learns about his journey from a christian upbringing in rural Australia, to a bass-playing, djing, radio journalist. /episode/index/show/hotdubtimemachine/id/6280232

Flight Facilities/Hugo 02/13/2018

Flight Facilities/Hugo From Pizza Guy to the pinnacle of the music industry, Hugo from Flight Facilities tells Tom how he and Jimmy created one of the biggest Electronic Music acts Australia has ever seen. They then travel through time together in a 'Flight Facilities Decade Mix' vs. 'Hot Dub Time Machine' mash-up. /episode/index/show/hotdubtimemachine/id/6255020

Peking Duk/Reuben Styles 02/08/2018

Peking Duk/Reuben Styles From Canberra to Coachella: Peking Duk’s Reuben Styles takes Tom back to where it all began - playing clarinet in his high school concert band! From there, we learn about the first time he met Adam, their production Yoda, how they created their biggest songs, the birth of Peking Duk, and how they made it to the very top of Aussie music. /episode/index/show/hotdubtimemachine/id/6237171

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