Line Noise

Romanthony, or the strange isolation of house music Plus Tortoise, Joy Orbison, Flabbergast and more

Romanthony, or the strange isolation of house music. On the Substack today, I wrote about the man who sung on one of dance music's greatest hits and then sat back and went quiet. Would love to know your favourite Romanthony tunes. linenoise.substack.com/p/romanthony...

Mazzy Star at the rave - or why DJs should grow a backbone Plus VXRGO, Blawan, Flur and more

Mazzy Star at the rave - or why DJs should grow a backbone

In which I get annoyed at the state of modern DJing and long for some Sheryl Crow. linenoise.substack.com/p/mazzy-star...

10 songs to make (some) sense of Sun Ra - part one When I was a teenager, getting into jazz, Sun Ra was the Great White Whale.

When I was a teenager, getting into jazz, Sun Ra was the Great White Whale. Today on the Substack I present you part one of my 10 songs to make (some) sense of Sun Ra - part one. Sign up for part two. linenoise.substack.com/p/10-songs-t...

Line Noise 226 - mad miran at Primavera Sound 2025 Ben Cardew spoke to mad miran at Primavera Sound 2025 about the perils of DJing back to back, disturbing genres, John Talabot, life in Barcelona and more. Line Noise comes with the support of Cupra.

This week on the @linenoisepod.bsky.social podcast @radioprimavera.bsky.social, an interview with mad miran from @primavera-sound.bsky.social 2025. (And if you’re looking for more, mm, I recommend this week’s First Floor). soundcloud.com/line-noise-p...

Line Noise 218 - Mor Elian at Primavera Sound 2025 Ben Cardew spoke to Berlin-based DJ and Producer Mor Elian at Primavera Sound 2025 about back-to-back sets, cowlicks, weird noises and becoming the artist she always wanted to be. Photo by LEAFHOPPER.

At @primavera-sound.bsky.social I spoke to Mor Elian for @linenoisepod.bsky.social @radioprimavera.bsky.social about back-to-back sets, cowlicks, weird noises and becoming the artist she always wanted to be. Have a listen here: soundcloud.com/line-noise-p...

Line Noise 222 - Tectonic special with Pinch A podcast about electronic music by Ben Cardew. Formerly home to Braqueberry and Philip Sherburne. Picking at the threads of electronic music. Now available on Radio Primavera Sound (primaverasound.co

On @linenoisepod.bsky.social @radioprimavera.bsky.social today, a birthday (ish) interview with Pinch, talking about 20 years of his Tectonic label, dubstep, Bristol, the influence of reggae, running a label in 2025, Adrian Sherwood, Trim, Croydon, Forward>> + more.
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Line Noise 223 - Sabres of Paradise at Primavera Sound 2025 Ben Cardew spoke to Sabres of Paradise’s Jagz Kooner and Gary Burns, about the band's reunion, why Sabres split in the first place, remembering Andrew Weatherall, plans for a possible third Sabres alb

On the new @linenoisepod.bsky.social @radioprimavera.bsky.social an interview with Sabres of Paradise at @primavera-sound.bsky.social 2025. We talked about the reunion, the split, plans for a 3rd Sabres album with Tom Waits (!?) + the band’s unclassifiable appeal. soundcloud.com/line-noise-p...

Line Noise 216 - Simo Cell live at Primavera Sound 2025 Ben Cardew spoke to French electronic wunderkind Simo Cell at the 2025 Primavera Sound festival about the French Touch, classic puppetry, FL Louis, Daft Punk, Paris clubbing and more. Line Noise comes

This week on @linenoisepod.bsky.social podcast @radioprimavera.bsky.social a short but sweet interview with Simo Cell at the 2025 @primavera-sound.bsky.social festival about the French Touch, classic puppetry, FL Louis, Daft Punk, Paris clubbing and more. soundcloud.com/line-noise-p...

Line Noise 215 - Kelly Lee Owens at Primavera Sound 2025 Ben Cardew and Johann Wald spoke to Welsh electronic music sensation - and the nicest person in dance music - Kelly Lee Owens about dream states, pop music, synth spotting with Depeche Mode, death bed

On the latest @linenoisepod.bsky.social @radioprimavera.bsky.social, Johann Wald and I talk to Kelly Lee Owens @primavera-sound.bsky.social 2025 about dream states, pop music, synth spotting with Depeche Mode, death bed music and more. soundcloud.com/line-noise-p...

Line Noise 213 - The best electronic music at Primavera Sound 2025 Ben Cardew and Sergi Cuxart bring you their picks of the best electronic music at the 2025 Primavera Sound festival from Armand to Toumba, to help you plan out your listening. Line Noise is brought to

on this week's @linenoisepod.bsky.social @radioprimavera.bsky.social a totally subjective guide to the best electronic music at @primavera-sound.bsky.social 2025 in the company of @sergicuxart.bsky.social. soundcloud.com/line-noise-p...

Today on the Substack, an ode to Deep Dish or the power of weirdness in plain sight. They sampled Test Department on a massive hit remix, which really should be more than enough to make you love them. linenoise.substack.com/p/deep-dish-...

Line Noise 212 - Deep Dish On this week’s Line Noise I spoke to returning house heroes Deep Dish, aka Ali “Dubfire” Shirazinia and Sharam Tayebi, about industrial house, their unique sound, loving drum & bass, Iran, DC, remixes

Deep Dish were a DREAM Line Noise interview. And now a reality! On this week’s @linenoisepod.bsky.social @radioprimavera.bsky.social I spoke to Dubfire + Sharam about industrial house, loving drum & bass, Iran, remixes and getting back together in 2025. soundcloud.com/line-noise-p...

Line Noise 211 - Mark Pritchard This week on Line Noise my guest is the humble titan that is Mark Pritchard, an English producer who has made everything from jungle to ambient, grime to techno. He has also teamed up with Thom Yorke

my guest on the latest @linenoisepod.bsky.social @radioprimavera.bsky.social is the titan that is Mark Pritchard. We talked about the bassoon + the cor anglais, Leslie speakers, rock drums, Thom Yorke + more. Tall Tales, his album with Thom Yorke, is out this Friday. soundcloud.com/line-noise-p...

S3E8 - Amor Fati Bienvenidos a The White Lotus, un podcast no oficial. · Episode

¿Ya extrañas The White Lotus? Alivia tu dolor con nuestro podcast (lleno de spoilers). Me encantó el final; a David, no tanto. Pero coincidimos en lo de los donuts. open.spotify.com/episode/5qAg...

The 10 best techstep tunes? Why not? I was in the mood. linenoise.substack.com/p/10-best-te...

S3E6 - Denials Bienvenidos a The White Lotus, un podcast no oficial. · Episode

Johann Wald se une al equipo en el podcast de esta semana. Hablamos del episodio 6 de la tercera temporada de The White Lotus, "Negaciones"; hablamos de los MVP (¿quién es el tuyo?), amor fraternal, profundizar, creer y, en definitiva, ¿qué es la felicidad?
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On the Substack! Motorik madness! 10 Krautrock albums that rotated my head part one, featuring.... well you'll see. Would love to know your favourites too. linenoise.substack.com/p/motorik-ma...

Line Noise 205 (Seefeel) Hello and welcome to Line Noise. Today I am bringing you an old - or shall we say classic? - interview with Mark Clifford from Seefeel, which I did for Radio Primavera Sound in 2018, when the band wer

today on @linenoisepod.bsky.social @radioprimavera.bsky.social I bring you a 2018 interview with Mark Clifford from Seefeel. With the news that Seefeel are performing at this year's @primavera-sound.bsky.social, I thought it was high time to bring back this interview. soundcloud.com/line-noise-p...

Today on the Substack, a tribute to DJ Gregory, a most unusual house hero (and UK Funky influence) linenoise.substack.com/p/dj-gregory...

Yup, it's more dub albums that changed my world. This week, things get more modern and increasingly strange.
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Algunos espectadores se sintieron decepcionados con el tercer episodio de The White Lotus. Pero, ¿por qué? El el podcast exploramos el laberinto de tramas en un episodio de ritmo lento pero fascinante que nos prepara para una gran fiesta en un barco. creators.spotify.com/pod/show/ben...

I wrote about 10 dub albums that changed my world. This is part one. I hope you enjoy it and would love to know your favourite dub records. linenoise.substack.com/p/10-dub-alb...

S3 E 1 Mismos espíritus, nuevas formas Bienvenidos a The White Lotus, un podcast no oficial. · Episode

¿Estás viendo The White Lotus? Nosotros también. Y ahora tenemos un podcast al respecto. El primer episodio acaba de salir, sobre “Mismos espíritus, nuevas formas”. El segundo episodio estará disponible próximamente. open.spotify.com/episode/178z...

Life’s a GAS with Wolfgang Voigt Plus Sully, Cloakroom, Harald Grosskopf and more

As a sister piece to my @linenoisepod.bsky.social interview with Wolfgang Voigt, I wrote a Substack piece on GAS. "I've spent hours listening to GAS. And yet I never seem to get bored of it, possibly because I never quite understand it." linenoise.substack.com/p/lifes-a-ga...

Line Noise 201 (Ralph Moore) Ralph Moore is a veteran dance music journalist, formerly of NME, Muzik and Mixmag, who has been to Ibiza more times than you’ve visited the dentist; once went on tour with Underworld for a week; and

On the latest @linenoisepod.bsky.social @radioprimavera.bsky.social I spoke to veteran dance music journalist (and friend of @petshopboys.co.uk) @ralphusmoorus.bsky.social about Sunscreem, covermount CDs, the state of the dance music press + why I should go to Ibiza. soundcloud.com/line-noise-p...

Line Noise 200 (Wolfgang Voigt / GAS) Welcome to Line Noise. Today our guest - on what is the 200th episode of Line Noise (kind of) - is Mr. Wolfgang Voigt one of the most important producers in the history of German electronic music and

My guest on @linenoisepod.bsky.social @radioprimavera.bsky.social is Wolfgang Voigt, one of the most important producers in German electronic music and the cofounder of Kompakt Records. We talk about about GAS, dub, forests, LSD, Krautrock, gabber hits + more. soundcloud.com/line-noise-p...

Line Noise podcast is 200 episodes old AKA the post that celebrates itself

Congratulations to my good friend @bencardew.bsky.social on the 200th episode of his @linenoisepod.bsky.social podcast, which we started together in 2017 as an excuse to drink wine and chat tunes, and he ended up building into a veritable empire linenoise.substack.com/p/line-noise...

An abstract painting by Alexandra Sans Massó.

I spoke to Wolfgang Flür for @linenoisepod.bsky.social Substack. We talked about joy - and why Kraftwerk could do with a bit more of it - working with Thomas Bangalter, Peter Hook, Emil Schult, optimism and so much more. linenoise.substack.com/p/wolfgang-f...

Line Noise 196 (A Love from Outer Space w/ Sean Johnston) February 17 will mark the fifth anniversary of Andrew Weatherall’s tragic death. Three days before that, Material Music will release A Love from Outer Space, a compilation compiled and mixed by Sean

On the latest @linenoisepod.bsky.social @radioprimavera.bsky.social, I spoke to Sean Johnston, who DJed and ran the A Love from Outer Space club night with Andrew Weatherall. We spoke about the new ALFOS album, 122 BPM + DJing at ALFOS days after Weatherall’s passing. soundcloud.com/line-noise-p...

RPS PRESENTS... FRANK BLACK - LIVE INTERVIEW | #RPS YouTube video by RPS PRESENTS

I interviewed Frank Black for @radioprimavera.bsky.social about the 30th anniversary of his second solo album, Teenager of the Year; about UB40 and the appeal of vocal reggae, an LA album, liberation and what happened when The Pixies split. Watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMc-...