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In My Ears #26 – By Storm, Converge & Unwound
Plus: Join the next Listening Session – a Talk Talk double bill
Feb 13
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Oliver Kemp
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Don Buchla, the synthesis innovator
The second instalment of Modulators, a series on the visionaries of electronic music
Feb 10
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Oliver Kemp
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Q&A – February 2026
Answering questions from the deep cuts paid subscribers
Feb 6
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Yazz Ahmed on her modern classic, A Paradise In The Hold
Pearl divers and mermaid myths loom large in this jazz record for the ages
Feb 3
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Oliver Kemp
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In My Ears #25 – Poppy, Demon Fuzz & a Tortoise classic
Plus: Springsteen's ICE protest song
Jan 30
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Oliver Kemp
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Yazz Ahmed on her modern classic, A Paradise In The Hold
Pearl divers and mermaid myths loom large in this jazz record for the ages
Feb 3
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Oliver Kemp
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Blackstar at 10: Band leader Donny McCaslin on Bowie’s final chapter
A decade on, I speak to the saxophonist and band leader about working with David – and the indelible impression the man left on his own work.
Jan 6
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My perplexing two-week conversation with Bogdan Raczynski
One of IDM's most playful artists delights in dodging, contradicting, and keeping me guessing.
Nov 25, 2025
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1,200 number ones later: inside one man’s quest to understand pop music
If you listened to every Billboard Hot 100 number one song since 1958, what would it reveal?
Oct 28, 2025
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Inside the most vulnerable metal record in years
An autism diagnosis became the through-line of Conjurer’s new LP – and a lifeline for one of its members
Oct 21, 2025
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Oliver Kemp
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Genres
Don Buchla, the synthesis innovator
The second instalment of Modulators, a series on the visionaries of electronic music
Feb 10
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Oliver Kemp
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30 jazz records that expanded my mind (part II)
The second part of my definitive favourite jazz list
Jan 20
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Oliver Kemp
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30 jazz records that expanded my mind (part I)
From passages of spiritual beauty, to white-hot free improvisation
Jan 13
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Oliver Kemp
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30 electronic records that rewired my brain (part II)
From Orbital to Cluster, Skee Mask to OPN – the second instalment of my favourite electronic records
Oct 14, 2025
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30 electronic records that rewired my brain (I)
From EDM bangers to abstract bloops, these are the electronic records that reprogrammed me
Sep 30, 2025
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Oliver Kemp
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Delia Derbyshire, a tape-looping pioneer
Introducing Modulators, a new series on the groundbreaking figures of electronic music
Aug 19, 2025
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Riff worship: 30 records that keep me headbanging (part II)
The second half of my heavy music exploration, including Bolt Thrower and Godflesh.
Aug 12, 2025
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Forever heavy: 30 records that keep me headbanging (part I)
Metal is a huge part of my life – these are the ones I keep coming back to over and over again.
Aug 5, 2025
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5 albums to get you into drone
Explore the sound that stretches time itself ...
Jul 15, 2025
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30 records that fuelled my ambient obsession (part II)
The second batch of albums that changed my thinking – from Éliane Radigue to Tim Hecker
Jul 8, 2025
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30 records that fuelled my ambient obsession (part I)
Some of the absolute best the genre has to offer – and why I love them
Jul 1, 2025
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