logo
episode-header-image
Apr 2022
31m 50s

Song separation anxiety with Noon Garden...

Bbc World Service
About this episode

Noon Garden, Go Kurosawa, Yukimi Nagano and Serra Petale discuss why they’re happiest when they’re hitting things, seeing every song you make as if it’s your first, the importance of renewal to stay fresh, why you can’t be emotionally detached from your music, and the evolution of the demo to release day.

Charles Prest, a.k.a. Noon Garden, is a British-Nigerian-Jamaican musician and founding member of the international psych band Flamingods, who have been creating funky psychedelic music inspired largely by the disco, funk and psychedelia that came out of the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia in the ‘70s.

Go Kurosawa is a Japanese drummer and vocalist from psychedelic band Kikagaku Moyo. Their sound is full of influences from Krautrock to classical Indian music, and they enjoy singing in an imaginary language.

Swedish singer and songwriter Yukimi Nagano is the voice of electronic band Little Dragon. Serra Petale is a drummer and guitarist from international instrumental quartet Los Bitchos, whose love of both garage rock and Colombian cumbia is weaved through their fun and groovy sound.

They’ll be discussing why they’re happiest when they’re hitting things, seeing every song you make as if it’s your first, the importance of renewal to stay fresh, why you can’t be emotionally detached from your music, and the evolution of the demo to release day.

Up next
Mar 2024
The time machine of tradition with Brìghde Chaimbeul, Sam Amidon, Linda Buckley and Rhodri Davies
Brìghde Chaimbeul, Rhodri Davies, Sam Amidon and Linda Buckley discuss the roles of tradition and place in music, and what they might think about when performing.Brìghde Chaimbeul is a Gaelic musician, composer and bagpipe player. Her music stems from traditional Gaelic material, ... Show More
31m 36s
Mar 2024
Limitations are limitless, with Caterina Barbieri, Kali Malone, Moritz Von Oswald and Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe
Caterina Barbieri, Kali Malone, Moritz Von Oswald and Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe discuss the role limitations play in the creative process, and whether they can be a source for creativity, if working with limitations helps sharpen one’s aesthetics and define one’s unique artistic vo ... Show More
30m 20s
Mar 2024
Everything's a drum with Ane Brun, Amelia Meath and Linden Jay
Ane Brun, Linden Jay and Sylvan Esso's Amelia Meath discuss collaboration, navigating between genres and lyrical inspirations.Ane Brun is a musician hailing from Norway but based in Sweden, who also runs the label Balloon Ranger. Her music is rooted in folk pop and she's released ... Show More
25m 50s
Recommended Episodes
Jun 2023
Festival Sakifo: Jako Maron, roi de l’électro au pays du maloya
Déflagration de décibels avec le compositeur d’avant-garde, mais aussi DJ réunionnais, Jako Maron. Le pionnier de l’électro-maloya de l’île de l’océan indien est en concert ce dimanche (4 juin) au festival Sakifo. Avec son groupe Kabar Jako et ses fidèles machines, cet autodidact ... Show More
3m 33s
Jun 2021
40 Years Later, Japanese City Pop is Still Crashing the Charts (with Cat Zhang)
If you listen to a lot of music on YouTube, you may have been recommended a video. The thumbnail image is a striking black-and-white photo of a Japanese singer named Mariya Takeuchi. The song, “Plastic Love,” is a lush disco track with deep groove, impeccable string and horn arra ... Show More
31m 6s
Jan 2024
SESSION #322 (Feat. Hari & Sukhmani)
HARI & SUKHMANI (INDIA) Two individuals, one expression. They focus on bringing Punjab's folklore to coming generations, blending their cultural roots with modern music, using instruments ranging from the Tumbi & Sarangi to Guitars & Modular Synthesisers, working in genres rangin ... Show More
37m 9s
Mar 2023
«Sokou !» de Clément Janinet et Adama Sidibé, comme un hommage au cousin ouest-africain du violon
Sokou !, un album qui réunit le violon du Français Clément Janinet et le sokou du Malien Adama Sidibé, vient de paraître. Au croisement des musiques peules d'Afrique de l'Ouest et des musiques répétitives occidentales, les deux musiciens marient leurs instruments avec inventivité ... Show More
4m 57s
Feb 2024
Découvrez Ma Tonkinoise, la nouvelle saison d’Injustices
"Ma Tonkinoise", reprise par Joséphine Baker, c'est la chanson que fredonnait souvent Gisèle, la grand-mère de Hanaë. Cette chanson, qui est censée être la chanson d'amour de jeunesse de Gisèle, raconte en fait la réalité coloniale de la relation entre un homme français et sa con ... Show More
4m 27s
Dec 2018
Mojo Juju, Kian, Electric Fields and others
This episode of Urban Dreaming features the deadliest of the deadliest of Australian Indigenous music including: Waiting (Kian), Strangers (Tia Gostelow ft LANKS), Rabbit Hole (Pirra), Marryuna (Baker Boy), Native Tongue (Mojo Juju), OG Luv Kush pt.2 (Kaiit), Shade Away (Electric ... Show More
55m 43s
Jun 2019
#1 Why I Love Thailand & How I Found My Paradise
#journeyswithelliott ep.1. I share my experiences with Thailand and the reasons why it will always have a special place in my heart. I also take you on a journey with me to a perfectly unspoiled island. A Listener shares his experience in Tokyo & climbing mt. Fuji and someone tri ... Show More
31m 58s
Nov 2021
Hiromu Nagahara, "Tokyo Boogie-Woogie: Japan's Pop Era and Its Discontents" (Harvard UP, 2017)
Tokyo Boogie-Woogie: Japan's Pop Era and its Discontents (Harvard University Press, 2017) by Hiromu Nagahara is the first English-language history of the origins and impact of the Japanese pop music industry. The book connects the rise of mass entertainment, epitomized by ryūkōka ... Show More
1h 22m
Nov 2023
Songs My Mother Taught Me
Antonin Dvorak wrote his Gypsy Songs in 1880. He was passionate about the folk music of his native Bohemia and set a poem by Czech poet Adolf Heyduk to music. Songs My Mother Taught Me is the fourth song in the cycle.Songs my Mother taught me In the days long vanished Seldom from ... Show More
27m 47s