Play In The System

Do you ever feel that you can be more creative?Do you ever feel that life just gets in the way of your creativity?Do you ever feel stuck in a creative rut?Well, if you are a regular listener to this podcast, I know you felt all of these things. If you are a new listener to this podcast, I know you have felt all of these things.Creativity is hard. However, in this episode we discuss Professor David Gauntlett, brand-new book 7 keys to unlock your creative SELF to help navigate our creativity. Here is a link to Davids incredible, new book, buy it, it’s ace! https://davidgauntlett.com/portfolio/creativity-seven-keys-to-unlock-your-creative-self/

On this show which is all about how creativity is impacted and affected by the system that surrounds us we hear from electronic music pioneer Jas Shaw (Simian Mobile Disco, Gold Panda). The first part of this epic four hour talk centres around the arts (v sciences), education and parenthood. Play the system also features a section called Down the Rabbit Hole. This time I showcase and explore a brand-new modular looper designed around an ER-301, Mutable Instruments Beads, Mutable Instruments Clouds, Strymon Magneto and Instruo Arbhar all housed in an Intellijel 104hp case.Thanks for listening. Matt xIf you would like to get in touch about the show. Please Email playinthesystem@gmail.com

I am delighted to welcome the amazing Harry Sword onto the show. Harry wrote my favourite book of last year called Monolithic Undertow In Search of Sonic Oblivion.The book alights a crooked path across musical, religious and subcultural frontiers. It traces the line from ancient traditions to the modern underground, navigating archaeoacoustics, ringing feedback, chest plate sub-bass, avant-garde eccentricity, sound weaponry and fervent spiritualism. From Neolithic beginnings to bawdy medieval troubadours, Sufi mystics to Indian raga masters, cone shattering dubwise bass, Hawkwind’s Ladbroke Grove to the outer reaches of Faust and Ash Ra Temple; the hash-fueled fug of The Theatre of Eternal Music to the cough syrup reverse hardcore of Melvins, seedy VHS hinterland of Electric Wizard, ritual amp worship of Earth and Sunn O))) and the many touch points in between, Monolithic Undertow explores the power of the drone – an audio carrier vessel capable of evoking womb like warmth or cavernous dread alike.Down the Rabbit Hole I have also introduced a new feature to the show where I go down the rabbit hole and explore a particular sonic idea. in this episode, I explore the concept of the Four Track as an Instrument. I hope you like the featurePatreonI have also set up a pattern for Play in the System where you can subscribe. The different tiers bring different levels of goodies from just being a fan of the show, to getting access to the sounds from Down the Rabbit hole, all the way to mentorship. If you are interested, please click the link.https://www.patreon.com/playinthesystemThank you Players for your support!! and Happy New Year!Matt Gooderson xLinks:Monolithic Undertow the Bookhttps://www.whiterabbitbooks.co.uk/titles/harry-sword/monolithic-undertow/9781474615235/Jamie Lidell's Hanging Out With Audiofileshttps://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/hanging-out-with-audiophiles/id1279148418Rob Young - Electric Edenhttp://www.electriceden.net/Robert Macfarlane - Underlandhttps://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/apr/30/underland-a-deep-journey-by-robert-macfarlane-reviewEno The Innovator & Rick Rubenhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOtrCYyf4cgMark Fisher - Post Capitalist Desirehttps://repeaterbooks.com/product/postcapitalist-desire-the-final-lectures/Brian Eno Lecture 1979 The Recording Studio As A Compositional Tool Lecturehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1vuhJC6A28

Today we celebrate the release of the new Snow Palms album Land Waves out now on Village Green Recordings. Play in the System is taken over by the wonderful Paul Nataraj as we are joined by co-Snow palmer, David Sheppard in a track by track discussion into the making of the album. Naturally, we talk about many other things along the way.Links:Snow Palms - Land Waveshttps://linktr.ee/matt_goodersonPaul Naturaj - Cobblestones and Kicharihttps://paulnataraj.bandcamp.com/On Some Faraway Beach - By David Sheppardhttps://bookshop.org/books/on-some-faraway-beach/9781409157625Henrik Schwarz & Bugge Wesseltoft on improvisation | Loophttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxicMk0Jq7EBrian Eno - Oblique Strategieshttps://www.enoshop.co.uk/product/oblique-strategies.htmlThe Fall - Repetitionhttps://bookshop.org/books/on-some-faraway-beach/9781409157625Philip Glass - Music in 12 Partshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOeFvQ1qE9USteve Reich - keersmaeker ann Violin Phase dancehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-9u-yYN0BMTerry Riley - In C (1968) FULL ALBUMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbTn79x-mrISuzanne Ciani On Modular Synthesis & The Buchla 200ehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pegObT0qjuMMax Eastley https://www.thewire.co.uk/video/max-eastley-videosWilliam Basinski at Henie Onstad Kunstsenterhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h65nJkOeFdsSuicide Dream Baby Dreamhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCRTCqgAkfgitalo calvino imaginary citieshttps://dauntbooks.co.uk/shop/books/invisible-cities/  

Dr Paul Nataraj is a musician and cultural thinker. Paul's music explores loss, grief, family and love. His latest work, 'Cobblestones and Kitchari' is presented as a continuous narrative exploring places and events from Paul's life, through childhood, his Dad's illness and his unexpected death. “Each of the works included are produced from sounds connected to my Dad, his immediate UK and extended Indian family. The individual sections are expressions of sonic memory, audio testimony and the shifts in the perceptions of those memories over time.”Paul's Dad arrived in the UK in 1972, from Bombay, and married a woman from Preston, Lancashire, Paul's Mum. They built a life together in the mill town of Blackburn in the North of England. As well as being a portrait of his family, this work also explores transnationalism, and minority identity formation and is in many ways an ethnographic study through the prism of sound. Links to Paul's work can be found here:https://paulnataraj.bandcamp.com/https://fractalmeat.bandcamp.com/album/cobblestones-kitcharihttps://soundcloud.com/paul-g-nataraj

Isobel and Matt talk about how to get going as an artist and overcome some of the physical and mental problems involved, especially in the age of coronavirus.