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Line Noise

Radio Primavera Sound

Line Noise is a show picking apart the threads of electronic music, with journalist Ben Cardew (Pitchfork, The Guardian).

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With Mark Pritchard

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2025/05/02

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 for a new album, Tall Tales, that will be released on May 9. We talked about the added expectation of creating an album with one of the world’s biggest rock stars and the fascinating creative back and forth of recording Tall Tales; we talked about the bassoon and the cor anglais, Leslie speakers, rock

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With JB Dunckel

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2025/04/25

It's another vintage Line Noise episode this week, as I revisit an interview I did with Jean-Benoît Dunckel for Radio Primavera Sound in 2022, around the release of his solo album Carbon. (An excellent record, by the way.) Dunckel is perhaps best known as half of the iconic duo Air - one of my favourite bands ever - but he is also a solo artist and renowned soundtrack composer. We talked about ambiguity, space, Sex UFOs and, of course, Air. Photo by Bojana Tartaska.

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With Tangerine Dream

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2025/04/17

This week on Line Noise I spoke to Thorsten Quaeschning, the musical director (and longest-standing member) of foundational German band Tangerine Dream, a group whose influence looms over ambient and electronic music. We spoke about black metal, where to start with Tangerine Dream, founder member Edgar Froese’s plans for the band after his death in 2015 and how the current band (in which Quaeschning is joined by Hoshiko Yamane andPaul Frick) are carrying these out. Line Noise is brought to you by

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With Flabbergast (Guillaume Coutu Dumont + Vincent...

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2025/04/11

This week it is Mutek Connect in Barcelona and to celebrate, Line Noise spoke to Vincent Lemieux, who has booked artists for the festival since (almost) the very beginning, and weird house hero Guillaume Coutu Dumont, who has played Mutek more than any other artist. We spoke about what makes Mutek different and the mythical White Wale of festival booking. We also talked about their musical output as Flabbergast, sampling bagpipes, remixing Kool Keith and so much more. Line Noise comes with the

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With Luke Solomon

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2025/04/04

My guest on Line Noise this week is Luke Solomon, a don of the UK’s house scene, Classic Recordings co-founder, Beyoncé collaborator, A&R guru and an excellent producer in his own right. We talked about his new Powerdance album - which is out now - becoming an accidental pop star with The Freaks (and the artistic dangers that entailed), discovering house music, his role on an up-coming off-Broadway musical, the explosion of Honey Dijon and how Beyoncé’s Renaissance changed house music. I hope you

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With B12

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2025/03/28

Welcome to Line Noise. And we have another classic interview this week. Back in 2019, the Sprung team of Ben Cardew, Johann Wald and Mark Dix spoke to Steve Rutter and Mike Golding of the legendary electronic outfit B12 - one of the VERY best IDM groups - ahead of their gig at the Mira festival in Barcelona. We bring it back today for no other reason than B12 are brilliant - and what more reason could you want? Line Noise is supported by Cupra.

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With Seefeel

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2025/03/21

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 were in Barcelona, performing Quique at the Mira festival. With the news that Seefeel are performing at this year's Primavera Sound festival still relatively fresh in my ears, I thought it was high time to bring back this interview with one of the most charming men in electronic music. Line Noise is

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Krautrock special with Wolfgang Seidel

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2025/03/14

Today on Line Noise, something of a Krautrock special as we speak to Wolfgang Seidel , the former drummer in Eruption, a group founded by (formerTangerine Dream and Klustermember) Conrad Schnitzler, that was once described as “a thinktank for the then explosive Krautrock scene”. Seidel is also the author of a new book: Krautrock Eruption – An Introduction To German Electronic Music 1970-1980, which I thoroughly recommend. Obviously, we spoke about Krautrock, its influences today, about alternative

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Teklife special with DJ Spinn and Traxman

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2025/03/07

Today, on a slightly chaotic Line Noise, I talked to DJ Spinn and Traxman from the Teklife Crew, ahead of their Barcelona gig on March 1. Both men are legends in the house / juke / footwork scene and we talk about that scene, about dancing, history, partying, the importance of a crew - and lots more. As I mentioned the audio is a little funny at times but these are two legends so I hope you enjoy it. Line Noise comes to you with the support of Cupra.

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With Nubya Garcia

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2025/02/28

Line Noisespoke to London jazz artist extraordinaire Nubya Garcia ahead of her Barcelona gig in February 2025. We discussed loving yourself, the Odyssey odyssey, the visceral appeal of the saxophone, bespoke incense, Andre 3000 and more. Line Noise is supported by Cupra.

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With Ralph Moore

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2025/02/21

Ralph Moore is a veteran dance music journalist and manager, 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 got Fatboy Slim to write a foreword tohis new book, in which he compares him to an embedded journalist of dance. That book - On Tour: A Wild Ride in the Dance Music Press -will be published by Velocity Presson March 7. Ahead of that we talked Sunscreem, covermount mix CDs, the state of the

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With Wolfgang Voigt (Gas)

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2025/02/14

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 the cofounder of Kompakt Records. On this episode, though, we are largely taking about Gas, his sublime ambient / psychedelic techno project, under which name Voigt had come to Barcelona to play a live gig. We talked about dub, forests, LSD, Krautrock, gabber hits and so much more. I hope you enjoy

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Wolfgang Flür returns

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2025/02/07

This week on Line Noise a genuine legend makes his return to the show: Wolfgang Flür, who was an integral member of Kraftwerk, during the group’s glory yeas and is now an inspired solo artist. In a wide-ranging conversation, we spoke about his new solo album, Times, which is released in March 2025; about working with Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter and former New Order bass player Peter Hook on the record; we spoke about humour and optimism (and why Kraftwerk could do with a bit more of the former);

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With Tesfa Williams

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2025/01/31

Today on Line Noise we speak to Tesfa Williams, the artist formerly known as T. Williams - and before that Dread D - a British producer who has passed through grime on his way to Funky, house and everything in between. Obviously, we talk about that name change and the very personal reasons behind it; we also dig into everything from his excellent debut album Raves of Future Past to innovation in dance music and Williams’ favourite house producers. His new single, the Beyond Today EP, drops on

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With Bruce

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2025/01/24

Hyper-talented Bristol producer Bruce - aka Larry McCarthy - is one of the most honest, entertaining interviewees I have encountered in a long while. We spoke about his pivot to pop music, how it worked (and how it didn’t), why he is back to club music, James Blake, major labels, the state of four four doof, “bad dubstep”, the power of shuffle, his future plans and a lot more, in a very wide-ranging interview. Line Noise comes to you with the support of Cupra.

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A Love from Outer Space special with Sean Johnston

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2025/01/20

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 Johnston, who DJed and ran the A Love from Outer Space club night with Weatherall. It features 19 songs that capture the essence of the club night, many of them exclusive. I spoke to Sean about the new album, about London 88 Acid House madness, 122 BPM limits, all-time ALFOS anthems and DJing at ALFOS

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With Shabaka

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2025/01/06

Shabaka Hutchings, now known simply as Shabaka, is one of the most important jazz artists of his generation, a brilliant saxophone and clarinet player who turned his attention to the flute on his fantastic debut album, Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace. I spoke to him ahead of his Barcelona gig, about two years of change, switching instruments, emotional strain and the power of an intro.Line Noise comes to you with the support of Cupra.

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With Ron Trent

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2024/12/20

Today’s guest is someone I had interviewed two times previously but always wanted to get on Line Noise: Chicago house master Ron Trent. Trent has done so much in electronic music, from composing the classic Altered States at the tender age of 14 to producing the dazzling album What Do The Stars Say To You? as Warm in 2022, that sometimes even he doesn’t remember what songs he’s featured on. We spoke about the follow up to What Do The Stars Say To You?, learning percussion from his father,

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Album of the year 2024 with Xylitol

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2024/12/18

Welcome to Line Noise. My guest this week is Catherine Backhouse aka DJ Bunnyhausen aka Xylitol, aka the winner of the first ever Line Noise album of the year for her absolutely divine Anemones. And a very worthy winner she is too. We talk about “Gutter Kosmische”, prog jungle, Gesamtkunstwerk, Yugoslav pop culture, the Belgrade Bananarama and everything in between. I hope you enjoy the interview. And do give Anemones a spin. Line Noise is with the support of Cupra.

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Line Noise Presents Nitsa 30 - Episode 10 with Marta...

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2024/12/13

For the tenth and final Line Noise episode celebrating Nitsa’s 30th anniversary, Radio Primavera Sound director - and Nitsa veteran - Marta Salicrú shared her memories of (nearly) three decades dancing at Nitsa, with the spotlight on the early 2000s and electroclash. Line Noise is supported by Cupra.

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