In this bonus episode podcast host, Carmina Masoliver, offers her research on music and emotions, sharing her reflections and asking the audience to forgive any dodgy pronunciation. Texts quoted include the following: Music and the Emotions: The Philosophical Theories by Malcolm Budd, The Physics and Psychophysics of Music by Juan R Roederer, Musicophilia by Oliver Sacks, and Handbook of Music and Emotion: Theory, Research, Applications, edited by Patrik N Jaslin and John A. Sloboda. 

https://beacons.ai/carminamasoliver

Carmina’s Nan and Grandad

In this episode, we go back to the inspiration of this podcast series as Carmina interviews her maternal nan about the family lineage of music and features audio from her late husband, Carmina’s maternal grandad, speaking to her mum about theatre and music.

Transcript: https://www.dropbox.com/s/al7tyk8eht6puav/12%20Nan%20and%20Grandad%20060422%20FINAL_otter_ai.docx?dl=0

Malaika Kegode is a writer, performer and producer based in Bristol. In 2020, Malaika’s debut theatre show ‘Outlier’ was commissioned by Bristol Old Vic, and is also available in book format now. Malaika has been performing with folk inspired prog-rock band Jakabol since 2018. Together they have performed at music venues and theatre venues alike – bringing a unique and exciting blend of poetry and music to diverse audiences. Malaika’s work tells of how we can find beauty and hope through the darkness. Her overall themes of family, mental health, addiction and love always have an undercurrent of optimism and strength. Her performance style has been described as “filmic” and “musical”. Her two poetry collections Requite (2017) and Thalassic (2020) were published by Burning Eye Books.

https://www.malaikakegode.com/

Twitter: @MalaikaKegode

Instagram: @mal.keg

Transcript: https://www.dropbox.com/s/tqykraigql9xzco/3%20Malaika%20Interview%20Folder%20Edited%20050422%20FINAL_otter_ai.docx?dl=0

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Benjamin Zephaniah

Twitter: @BZephaniah

Instagram: @officialbenjaminzephaniah

Michael Rosen

Twitter: @MichaelRosenYes

The Hat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIspqWWaIAQ

https://open.spotify.com/album/3x67kYM6x7FKEkCyYMHgE6?si=YRBNyDJ0TOO_-Q2YFLzyng

Dizraeli And The Small Gods

Twitter: @mcdizraeli

Instagram: @mcdizraeli

Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip

Twitter: @Scroobiuspipyo

Instagram: @scroobiuspipyo

Genevieve Carver is a writer, performer and arts educator . Her first collection, A Beautiful Way to be Crazy, was published by Verve Poetry Press in 2020. This is also the name of her latest album with Genevieve Carver & The Unsung, a gig-theatre project she has been leading since 2016. With this project she has nationally toured two shows combining spoken word, music and theatre, celebrating unsung heroes and marginalised voices. Her second publication, Landsick, is also forthcoming from Broken Sleep Books in 2023.

https://www.genevievecarver.com/

https://www.scenesaver.co.uk/production/a-beautiful-way-to-be-crazy/

Twitter: @Gevicarver

Instagram: @gevicarver

Transcript: https://www.dropbox.com/s/y6jxn84ht1zx2je/2%20Genevieve%20Carver%20Episode%20Folder%20FINAL%20300322_otter_ai.docx?dl=0

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Noname

Twitter: @noname

Instagram: @nonamehiding

Tierra Whack

Twitter: @TierraWhack

Instagram: @tierrawhack

Kayo Chingonyi was born in Zambia in 1987, and moved to the UK at the age of six. His first full-length collection, Kumukanda, won the Dylan Thomas Prize and a Somerset Maugham Award and was shortlisted for the Costa Poetry Prize. He is a writer and presenter for the music and culture podcast Decode on Spotify and his most recent collection A Blood Condition is just out with Chatto & Windus.

https://kayochingonyi.com/

https://kayochingonyi.bandcamp.com/releases

https://soundcloud.com/rqm

Instagram: @kayochingonyi

Track name: Darkstorm – Bittersweet featuring Kayo Chingonyi

Transcript: https://www.dropbox.com/s/r9c00m0qk77vz96/1%20Kayo%20Chingonyi%20Episode%20FINAL%20040422_otter_ai.docx?dl=0

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Holly Pester

Twitter: @hollypesty

Instagram: @hollypest

Hannah Silva

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Instagram: @hannah_silvauk

David J

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Verity Spott

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Dave

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Stormzy

https://www.stormzy.com/

Skepta

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JME

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Dizzee Rascal

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Debris Stevenson

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Eklipse

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Charlie Dark

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Cole Cuchna – Dissect

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Gemma Weekes

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Zena Edwards

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Instagram: @zena_e_poetics

Caleb Femi

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Instagram: @caleb.femi

Roger Robinson

Twitter: @rrobinson72

Instagram: @rogerrobinsononline

Antony Joseph

Instagram: @anthony.joseph_poet

Please note: this episode was recorded prior to the news of Dizzee Rascal assaulting his former partner.

Brigitte Aphrodite is a neurodiverse punk poet, musician, writer, theatre-maker and intersectional feminist show-woman from Kent. She makes genre-crossing, status-quo defying, passionate multidisciplinary work which is free from pretension, is anti-hierarchical and aims to be accessible to all. During Brigitte’s formative years she toured extensively as a musician, alongside artists such as Kate Nash and Josie Long. Brigitte has written two critically acclaimed shows (featured in The Guardian, Elle, BBC News); My Beautiful Black Dog: a punk, gig theatre musical exploring depression and Parakeet: an eco-punk musical made and set in Margate about nature, young women and fighting for what you believe in.

https://www.brigitteaphrodite.co.uk/

Twitter: @bbbrigitte

Instagram: @brigitteaphrodite

Quiet Boy

Instagram: @veryquietboy

Transcript: https://www.dropbox.com/s/122s1a1aox15n0k/11%20Brigitte%20interview%20070422%20FINAL_otter_ai.docx?dl=0

Mentions:

Kate Nash

Twitter: @katenash

Instagram: @katenash

Laura Dockrill

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Peggy Sue

Twitter: @peggysueband

Instagram: @peggysuetheband

People Dem Collective

Twitter: @peopledemcolle1

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Kae Tempest

Twitter: @kaetempest

Instagram: @kaetempest

Self Esteem

Twitter: @SELFESTEEM___

Instagram: @selfesteemselfesteem

Taylor Mac

Instagram: @taylormacnyc

Courtney Barnett

Twitter: @courtneymelba

Instagram: @courtneymelba

Antosh Wojcik is a poet, drummer and cross-disciplinary artist. He produces music as /weirdtoday and is a member of the collective FWRDMTN. His work explores memory, time & glitches. “Like James Tate, but drunk.” - Roger Robinson

https://www.antoshwojcik.com/

https://bandcamp.com/antoshwojcik

Twitter: @/weirdtoday

Instagram: @/weirdtoday

FWRDMTN

Twitter: @fwrdmtn

Instagram: @fwrdmtn

Rare Mammals

Twitter: @RareMammals

Instagram: @raremammals

Transcript: https://www.dropbox.com/s/dcfg7kgjccxcw71/10%20Antosh%20Interview%20-%20060422%20FINAL_otter_ai.docx?dl=0

Mentions:

Margot Moore

Adam Kammerling

Twitter: @adamkammerling

Instagram: @adam_kammerling

Hanna Silva

Instagram: @hannah_silvauk

Latekid

Twitter: @latekid_

Instagram: @latekid_

Jemima Foxtrot is a writer, theatre-maker, performer and musician who creates and performs extensively nationally and internationally. She has written several works for the stage as well as poetry commissions including for the BBC, Channel 4, and the Tate. All Damn Day, Jemima’s first collection of poetry, is published by Burning Eye Books. Jemima is a founding member of the theatre company Unholy Mess and the arts advocacy group Kindreds Creatives that supports adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse through creative workshops.

https://jemimafoxtrot.com/

Transcript: https://www.dropbox.com/s/p2ow198ntti7npn/9%20Jemima%20Interview%20060422%20FINAL_otter_ai.docx?dl=0

Twitter: @jemimafoxtrot

Instagram: @jemimafoxtrot

Mentions:

Luke Wright

Twitter: @lukewrightpoet

Instagram: @lukewrightpoet

David J

Dizraeli

Twitter: @mcdizraeli

Instagram: @mcdizraeli

Caroline Teague is a London born and bred poet based in Brighton, who writes on grief, identity and how they come to terms with some harrowing realities of being human and being alive, in a style they term ‘tragic optimism’, hoping that the honesty through their writing can translate into something positive and comforting for someone else. They are the creator of the musical project ‘Caroline Smiling’ which blends music, spoken word and illustration to creatively communicate ideas around mental health and queer identity. Caroline hosts London’s only regular three-round slam, Genesis Poetry Slam, and is an artist in residence at the Vauxhall-based queer cabaret night.

https://soundcloud.com/carolinesmiling

https://www.facebook.com/cazsmiling/

Twitter: @carolionsmiling

Instagram: @cazsmiling

Transcript: https://www.dropbox.com/s/jjoqib0d0i5u4z4/8%20Caroline%20Interview%20060422%20FINAL_otter_ai.docx?dl=0

Mentions:

Amyra León

Twitter: @amyraleon

Instagram: @amyraleon

Tunng

Twitter: @thisistunng

Instagram: @thisistunng

Belinda Zhawi is a Zimbabwean literary and sound artist. She is the author of Small Inheritances (ignitionpress, 2018), co-founder of literary arts platform BORN::FREE & experiments with sound as MA.MOYO.

https://soundcloud.com/mamoyo-971856996

Instagram: @ma.moyo

Transcript: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ohutzm8vt727w71/7%20Belinda%20Interview%20060422%20FINAL_otter_ai.docx?dl=0

Mentions:

Moor Mother

Twitter: @moormother

Instagram: @moormother

Matana Roberts

Instagram: @matanaroberts

Dilemma

Twitter: @OfficialDilemma

Instagram: @officialdilemma

Jayne Cortez

Joshua Idehen is a British-born Nigerian based in Sweden. A spoken word artist and

musician, he has contributed poems to Mercury-nominated albums ‘Channel The Spirits’ by The Comet Is Coming, ‘Your Queen Is A Reptile’ and the Mobo winning "Black Is The Future", both by Sons of Kemet. More recently, he formed Calabashed with Alabaster DePlume, a spiritual jazz crew who were recently named a 2021 one-to-watch by NME, and worked with LA electronic maestro Daedelus on the critically acclaimed mini LP, "Holy Water Over Sons". In 2022, he begins his journey as a solo musical artist, collaborating with producer Ludvig Parment (Saturday, Monday).

Twitter: @BeninCitizen

Instagram: @ joshuaidehen

Transcript: https://www.dropbox.com/s/apidrz1bd16wgrn/6%20Joshua%20Idehen%20Interview%20060422%20FINAL_otter_ai.docx?dl=0

Benin City

Twitter: @ wearebenincity

Instagram: @wearebenincity

Hugh

Twitter: @hughlovehugh

Calabashed

Twitter: @calacalabashed

LV

https://lvlvlv.bandcamp.com/

Mentions

One Taste

Twitter: @OneTasteUK

Flying Lotus

Twitter: @flyinglotus

Instagram: @flyinglotus

Daedelus

Twitter: @Daedelus

Instagram: @daedelus

Department of Eagles

Grizzly Bear

Twitter: @grizzlybear

Instagram: @grizzlybear

Paul Sebastian

Polarbear

Twitter: @homeofpolar

AF Harrold

Instagram: @a.f.harrold

Scroobius Pip

Twitter: @Scroobiuspipyo

Instagram: @scroobiuspipyo

John Berkavitch

Twitter: @berkavitch

Instagram: @berkavitch

Benefits

Shane Koyczan

Twitter: @Koyczan

Snow Poet

Twitter: @snow_poet

Instagram: @snowpoet_

Jill Scott

Self Esteem

Twitter: @SELFESTEEM___

Instagram: @selfesteemselfesteem

Moor Mother

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Instagram: @moormother

Serengeti

Twitter: @serengetidave

Coach Radical

Baxter Dury

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Instagram: @baxterdury

Irreversible Entanglements

Twitter: @johnsmo67770058

Instagram: @irreversibleentanglements

The Last Poets

Twitter: @TheLastPoetsNYC

Instagram: @thelastpoetsofficial

Roger Robinson

Twitter: @rrobinson72

Instagram: @ rogerrobinsononline

Dizraeli

Twitter: @mcdizraeli

Instagram: @mcdizraeli

Amiri Baraka

Gil Scott Heron & Jamie XX

Instagram: @ jamie___xx

Faithless

Twitter: @faithless

Instagram: @faithlessofficial

The Streets

Twitter: @mikeskinnerltd

Instagram: @mikeskinnerltd

Ghostpoet

Twitter: @ghostpoet

Instagram: @ghostpoet

Chris Redmond is a writer, performer and musician whose work often focuses on cross-media collaboration. A regular at UK music and literature festivals, he has performed on BBC Radio One, BBC Radio Four, Sky Arts, BBC Scotland's Culture Show and Scroobius Pip's XFM show The Beatdown. Chris is the creator and host of Tongue Fu, where poets, comedians and storytellers perform with improvised music and films. In 2016, he toured ‘Animal (Are you a Proper Person?)’, a spoken word musical comedy co-written with poet Anna Freeman and the Tongue Fu band (developed with support from Bristol Old Vic's Ferment and Arts Council England). His book, ‘Let the Pig Out’, is published by Burning Eye Books.

https://www.tonguefu.co.uk/

Twitter: @Chris_Redmond_

Transcript: https://www.dropbox.com/s/j7cu890yt41nnkf/5%20Chris%20Redmond%20Interview%20060422%20FINAL_otter_ai.docx?dl=0

Mentions:

Watts Prophets

Twitter: @WattsProphets

Instagram: @ thewattsprophets

Last Poets

Twitter: @TheLastPoetsNYC

Instagram: @thelastpoetsofficial

Gil Scott Heron

Allen Ginsberg

Inua Ellams

Twitter: @InuaEllams

Instagram: @inuaellams

Scroobius Pip

Twitter: @Scroobiuspipyo

Instagram: @scroobiuspipyo

Polarbear

Twitter: @homeofpolar

Selena Godden

Instagram: @salena.godden

Dizraeli

Twitter: @mcdizraeli

Instagram: @mcdizraeli

Malaika Kegode

Twitter: @MalaikaKegode

Instagram: @mal.keg

Kae Tempest

Twitter: @kaetempest

Instagram: @kaetempest

Saul Williams

Twitter: @SaulWilliams

Instagram: @saulwilliams

The Roots

Twitter: @theroots

Instagram: @theroots

A Tribe Called Quest

De La Soul

Twitter: @wearedelasoul

Instagram: @WeAreDeLaSoul

Public Enemy

Twitter: @PublicEnemyFTP

Instagram: @publicenemy

Dizraeli is rapper, poet and musician from Bristol. Though rooted strongly in hip-hop traditions, his work draws inspiration from old folk music, recognising the common ground shared by songs of the people from any point in history. Lead vocalist as Dizraeli & The Small Gods, the six-piece play their very own breed of psychedelic hip hop music, also featuring the world Female Beatbox Champion, Bellatrix.

https://www.dizraeli.com/

https://dizraeli.bandcamp.com/album/moving-in-the-dark

Twitter: @mcdizraeli

Instagram: @mcdizraeli

Transcript: https://www.dropbox.com/s/36x0t2m4cnxhy0d/4%20Dizraeli%20Interview%20060422%20FINAL_otter_ai.docx?dl=0

Mentions:

Kano

Twitter: @ TheRealKano

Instagram: @ therealkano

Ghetts

Twitter: @THEREALGHETTS

Instagram: @therealghetts

Kendrick Lamar

Twitter: @kendricklamar

Instagram: @kendricklamar