I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee – Details, episodes & analysis

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I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is the music podcast that does music interviews differently.

Giles Sibbald talks to musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in every part of their lives.

- brought to you from the mothership of the experimental mindset™
- cover art by Giles Sibbald
- doodle logo and art by Tide Adesanya, Coppie and Paste

I remember starting an Arts Lab a few years ago – just before Covid started actually - with a group of people here in London, based roughly around the counter-culture arts labs of the 1960’s – Jim Haynes was the main guy behind that movement. The idea was to bring together people who wanted to challenge the corporitisation of the arts, draw, socialise, talk about culture, put on cultural events or fuck around.

I wanted to be a part of it but I didn’t know why. I mean had terrible insecurities about my ability to draw, sketch or paint…even as a classically trained cellist I had terrible imposter syndrome about being a musician. Probably explains why I petulantly packed it in…

At the first Arts Lab meeting, It was Youth from Killing Joke who said something that has always stuck with me and that was “the first thing you need to do is call yourself an artist, forget everything else”. I struggled with this – particularly with the whole identity of who I was. I certainly didn’t feel like a creative. Even now doing my own graphic design, I feel like a bit of a fake – especially when I compare myself to others - but I am getting better.

Of course, Youth was right. Allowing yourself that self-affirmation is really the start of your self-belief journey.

Neeraj Kane is so synonymous with, and important to, the hardcore scene and I was excited to find out if he has faced these issues and how he has navigated them through his life.

His musical footprint can’t be overstated. Every band he’s been in - like The Hope Conspiracy, The Suicide File, Hesitation Wounds, Godcollider - has produced music that is so incredibly potent and addictive in its structure and melody and the absolute precision of its attack. 

https://www.iwannajumplikedeedee.com


I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is the music podcast that does music interviews differently.

Giles Sibbald talks to musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in every part of their lives.

- brought to you from the mothership of the experimental mindset™
- cover art by Giles Sibbald
- doodle logo and art by Tide Adesanya, Coppie and Paste

As someone who has played the cello in my much more youthful days and is ineffectively trying to resurrect past glory, I fully appreciate Kishi Bashi's love of the violin and the way he uses that instrument in his compositions. You can literally hear it cascading through every release he has done – from the Room for Dream EP to the epic music and soundtrack for his film Omoiyari. 

He is an epic multi-hyphenate - songwriter, singer, multi-instrumentalist, film maker, father, husband who has used his creativity, his energy and whole being to produce art that, well, makes you pay attention through the exquisiteness and purity of the songwriting and its humanity. 

There have been so many things that have fascinated me, intrigued me, filled me with respect and admiration, not least the ever-present authenticity in his work but also how that work conjures such strong emotions in me. Even though I find myself getting emotional at the smallest things these days – it’s getting ridiculous quite frankly – and even more so with some of the horrific acts of prejudice, greed and narcissism that structurally pervade our society - there are still only a few songwriters that can do this.

Now, he’s back with what I think is his musically most diverse (and that’s saying something) LP to follow up the stunning Omoiyari. It’s called Kantos and it was really exciting to hear about it all and to delve into some of the mindset topics that I’ve noticed present in his work, like emotional intelligence, curiosity, resilience and adaptability.

https://www.iwannajumplikedeedee.com


I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is the music podcast that does music interviews differently.

Giles Sibbald talks to musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in every part of their lives.

- brought to you from the mothership of the experimental mindset™
- cover art by Giles Sibbald
- doodle logo and art by Tide Adesanya, Coppie and Paste

What a fabulous way to end a fabulous Season 4 with Ray Ahn, co-founder of one of my favourite bands of all time - The Hard-Ons.

In this fantastic episode, when Ray's not humming Ferry 'Cross the Mersey, we're talking about playing Liverpool (I was there!), Dave Grohl, what drew him to punk, what living with freedom means, the importance of truth, friendships, taking risks, gut instinct and not worrying about what people think of you.

Thank you Ray, this was so memorable for me.


(if you didn't know already, the Hard-Ons are back with a new record, magnificently called “I’m Sorry Sir, That Riff’s Taken”)


About Ray and the Hard-Ons:

If not Australia’s most successful independent band, they are certainly the most influential. And they remain resolutely underground, DIY and bloody fantastic. 

Along with Blackie (Peter Black), Ray is one of the original members and bass player with the band as well as the fella responsible for the band’s very distinctive artwork. 

He released a book of around 750 pieces of his wonderfully subversive art in What I did during my School holidays and also one covering his Comic Book art. They’re available from all good book stores. And some not so good ones too I imagine. And probably from Ray as well.

He also formed Nunchukka Superfly, which is a much more avant garde, psychedelic wig out combo, and has written some very amusing blog posts – the ones about the ”punk pastry chef “ whipping up a magical $100 dessert, the shirt tucker and the case of mistaken Smashing Pumpkins identity are slabs of comedy gold from a highly talented curmudgeon

 A few years ago, when asked what to expect from a new Hard-ons album, he said “Tons of melody – concise but exciting tunes played very well by old idiots”

I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is a music podcast that does music interviews differently.

I'm Giles Sibbald and I'm talking to extraordinary musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in their lives to amplify their own creativity, pursue new challenges, overcome fears and bounce back from mistakes.


- brought to you by Hey Sunday, the mothership of the experimental mindset™.
- podcast logo and art by Tide Adesanya, Coppie and Paste

https://www.iwannajumplikedeedee.com


I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is the music podcast that does music interviews differently.

Giles Sibbald talks to musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in every part of their lives.

- brought to you from the mothership of the experimental mindset™
- cover art by Giles Sibbald
- doodle logo and art by Tide Adesanya, Coppie and Paste

Bringing different influences, ideas and ways of working together is one of the most exciting and satisfying way to live your life and grow as a person.  I think this also goes for creating music - take Bowie, Zappa, Nina Simone, Prince, Led Zep, Little Simz, Miles Davis, Hendrix, Tina Turner. We've also seen it with many of my guests here.

Kelsey Warren is a proponent of this way of living and creating. I hugely admire his curiosity, open mindedness and drive to use his immense talent and expansive influences to constantly evolve and overcome the fear of stepping out of the constraining boxes that society likes to impose and breaking new ground.

Kelsey's latest project is Blak Emoji, who have just released Eclectro - and this is again something that I love - a record that breaks boundaries, genres and pigeonholes. Kelsey has quite rightly received a variety of accolades from notable publications including Rolling Stone, Clash, Afro-Punk, Line Of Best Fit, BUST, Popmuzik, Vampire Freaks and Ghost Cult Magazine.

Thanks for an inspiring conversation, Kelsey!



I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is a music podcast that does music interviews differently.

I'm Giles Sibbald and I'm talking to extraordinary musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in their lives to amplify their own creativity, pursue new challenges, overcome fears and bounce back from mistakes.


- brought to you by Hey Sunday, the mothership of the experimental mindset™.
- podcast logo and art by Tide Adesanya, Coppie and Paste

https://www.iwannajumplikedeedee.com


I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is the music podcast that does music interviews differently.

Giles Sibbald talks to musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in every part of their lives.

- brought to you from the mothership of the experimental mindset™
- cover art by Giles Sibbald
- doodle logo and art by Tide Adesanya, Coppie and Paste

It’s hard to overstate the influence that Richard Norris has had on the music industry over the past 40 years. 

In his youth in St Albans, Richard got involved in the experimental and creative punk rock scene, forming the Innocent Vicars, creating a DIY fanzine called 99%, working as a label manager for Bam Caruso and writing for Strange Things and the NME. Following a, let's say, "educational" collaboration with Genesis P. Orridge, Richard formed The Grid with Dave Ball (from Soft Cell) in 1988 and released their debut single, the Balearic-inspired Floatation in 1990. It was their 1994 single, Swamp Thing with the inspired banjo reel that catapulted the band to commercial success. 

Richard has been at the front of the ever-evolving electronic scene, from the early days of Shoom and The Clink, to covering the emergence of Amnesia in Ibiza, to releasing his own house, acid house, ambient, meditative, drone and psychedelic tracks. He's worked with Joe Strummer, has run record labels, DJ'd, wrote Paul Oakenfold’s official biography and remixed and produced artists like Armand van Helden, Soft Cell, Saint Etienne, Cornershop, Billie Ray Martin, Shakespeare's Sister and has collaborated on the experimental project Beyond The Wizard’s Sleeve with Erol Alkan. The list is almost endless!

Recently, he has been doing his own thing - releasing a series of totally hypnotic, ambient, healing experiences, raising money for MIND. And latterly he released Hypnotic Response, a more psychedelic, experimental set of tracks.

There's more exciting stuff in the works….take a listen to the wonderful mindset of one of music's legends.



I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is a music podcast that does music interviews differently.

I'm Giles Sibbald and I'm talking to extraordinary musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in their lives to amplify their own creativity, pursue new challenges, overcome fears and bounce back from mistakes.


- brought to you by Hey Sunday, the mothership of the experimental mindset™.
- podcast logo and art by Tide Adesanya, Coppie and Paste

https://www.iwannajumplikedeedee.com


I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is the music podcast that does music interviews differently.

Giles Sibbald talks to musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in every part of their lives.

- brought to you from the mothership of the experimental mindset™
- cover art by Giles Sibbald
- doodle logo and art by Tide Adesanya, Coppie and Paste

Having been hired to produce a Circle Jerks record that never happened, Dimitri Coats developed a strong bond with Keith Morris (Black Flag, Circle Jerks) and, hey, waddyaknow…...OFF! was born.

Formerly a drama student and actor, Dimitri's musical background is in classic hard rock with Burning Brides, so OFF! was something way different for him. He took on lead guitar,  learned the art of downstrokes, songwriting, production and band management duties and here we are - one of the most thrilling bands around.


It was totally engrossing talking to Dimitri about deep stuff like:

- the importance of emotional intelligence in today's world
- adaptability
- the excitement of improvising and getting weird in the studio
- how he continues to push himself out of his comfort zone,
- how he and his bandmates -  Keith, Justin and Autrey - thrive off each other's growth mindsets to experiment, do things differently and improve collectively and individually.

"Keith is making some of the most relevant music of his life - right now. We've really entered into a unique phase for a band like us"


2022 promises to be a defining year for OFF!




I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is a music podcast that does music interviews differently.

I'm Giles Sibbald and I'm talking to extraordinary musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in their lives to amplify their own creativity, pursue new challenges, overcome fears and bounce back from mistakes.


- brought to you by Hey Sunday, the mothership of the experimental mindset™.
- podcast logo and art by Tide Adesanya, Coppie and Paste

https://www.iwannajumplikedeedee.com


I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is the music podcast that does music interviews differently.

Giles Sibbald talks to musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in every part of their lives.

- brought to you from the mothership of the experimental mindset™
- cover art by Giles Sibbald
- doodle logo and art by Tide Adesanya, Coppie and Paste

Kira Roessler joined Black Flag in 1984 at what was possibly the most polarising point in the band’s career. 

They had just released the game changing My War and were going on an extensive tour to promote the record. The band had moved away from the ferocious assault of Damaged and was venturing into songs that were much more experimental and freeform, yet still retaining the relentless intensity. The punk rock community were ironically divided at this non-conformist change of direction.

Although her time in Black Flag was a hugely important and formative  part of Kira’s story, it's one part of her life and there is much, much more to tell.

Whilst on the road and in the studio, she was studying Economics/System Science at UCLA which she then used to help create a career in post production and dialogue editing – she has won 2 Emmy’s as a dialogue editor and been part of Oscar winning sound editing teams (Mad Max Fury Road). She has also been writing and playing music intermittently with another immensely innovative bass player, Mike Watt, as dos…..

Now, and very excitingly, she is about to release her first solo album called, quite simply…..Kira: ten tracks of beautifully sculpted, innovative musicianship and personal expression that reveal her exquisite bass and vocals.

I'm so grateful to Kira for such an open and fascinating conversation about formative influences, identity, fears, experimentation, non-conformism, vulnerabilities, anxieties and how we live and work in a volatile and complex world.



I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is a music podcast that does music interviews differently.

I'm Giles Sibbald and I'm talking to extraordinary musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in their lives to amplify their own creativity, pursue new challenges, overcome fears and bounce back from mistakes.


- brought to you by Hey Sunday, the mothership of the experimental mindset™.
- podcast logo and art by Tide Adesanya, Coppie and Paste

https://www.iwannajumplikedeedee.com


I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is the music podcast that does music interviews differently.

Giles Sibbald talks to musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in every part of their lives.

- brought to you from the mothership of the experimental mindset™
- cover art by Giles Sibbald
- doodle logo and art by Tide Adesanya, Coppie and Paste

Aside from her life as a fabulous multi-instrumentalist - bassist in Big Joanie, guitarist in Charmpit, drummer in the enigmatic Dirty Girl and solo synthesiserist (I just made that word up) - Estella Adeyeri is building communities and networks that are about providing opportunities and voices for the many, not just the few:

She is a member of the team behind Decolonise Fest, an incredible music festival organised by and for punx of colour, she's a board member of Good Night Out Campaign which is  all about safety on nights out, free from sexual harassment and violence, she volunteers at Girls Rock London which provides development and support for young and adult women, trans and nonbinary people.

Oh, and she's also a fantastic DJ.

Doesn't leave much time for Netflix….. 😎

There is a lot that we can all learn from Estella's perspectives and what really struck me was her growth mindset: she's a collaborator; she's getting more comfortable with taking risks despite her own tendency to be a perfectionist; she's experimenting with new ways of working with sounds and people and she is always learning from herself and from others.




I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is a music podcast that does music interviews differently.

I'm Giles Sibbald and I'm talking to extraordinary musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in their lives to amplify their own creativity, pursue new challenges, overcome fears and bounce back from mistakes.


- brought to you by Hey Sunday, the mothership of the experimental mindset™.
- podcast logo and art by Tide Adesanya, Coppie and Paste

https://www.iwannajumplikedeedee.com


I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is the music podcast that does music interviews differently.

Giles Sibbald talks to musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in every part of their lives.

- brought to you from the mothership of the experimental mindset™
- cover art by Giles Sibbald
- doodle logo and art by Tide Adesanya, Coppie and Paste

For the last 25 years, Jason Reece has been producing an outstanding stream of expansive, cinematic, experimental records that have kept fans excited, looking forwards and on their toes. His approach to music is that history never repeats itself (although y'know, hardcore side projects are kinda not to be trifled with 🤐) .

He plays guitar, sings and hits the drums with ferocious precision.

His band, And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead, are in equal parts abrasive, thrilling, psychedelic, soaring, vulnerable, brooding and have an incredibly sophisticated eye for melody. 

Each album is a magnus opus and each song is its own magnus opus. Put the lights off, switch your phone off and let yourself fall into your own personal odyssey.

I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is a music podcast that does music interviews differently.

I'm Giles Sibbald and I'm talking to extraordinary musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in their lives to amplify their own creativity, pursue new challenges, overcome fears and bounce back from mistakes.


- brought to you by Hey Sunday, the mothership of the experimental mindset™.
Podcast logo and art by Tide Adesanya, Coppie and Paste

https://www.iwannajumplikedeedee.com


I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is the music podcast that does music interviews differently.

Giles Sibbald talks to musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in every part of their lives.

- brought to you from the mothership of the experimental mindset™
- cover art by Giles Sibbald
- doodle logo and art by Tide Adesanya, Coppie and Paste