Not A Diving Podcast with Scuba

Paul Rose aka the musician, DJ, and A&R known as Scuba talks to people of significance from the world of electronic music about their experiences, observations, and attempts to cultivate a life for themselves in the murky and sometimes treacherous waters of the music industry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

#147 Darren Hemmings: marketing CEO on the state of music, "the gap between Big Tech and art has never been wider""

#146 DjRUM: Turntablism and taking positives from bad music, "There's a philosophical angle with everything for me"

#145 Kevin Saunderson: Detroit from day one, "It worked because we were young"

#144 Sarah Story: inside Future Dance on BBC Radio 1, "they trust my taste and my vision"

#143 The End Is Nigh: Counterculture, insurrection, Gladiator, and the politics of catastrophe

#142 SP:MC: DnB from AWOL via Autonomic to now, "it got pretty smashy for a while...!"

#141 Man Power II: Small venues and big artists, "there's been no thought whatsoever about sustainability"

#140 LIVE from fabric + thoughts on trolling

#139 Not A Diving Club Preview + Tim Hoeben live from ADE

Studio Stories - Decka on "Exit"

#138 Shackleton: Bass, mystery, and devastating beauty, "adding too much literal narrative misses the point of the music"

#137 Kölsch: Small clubs, festivals, and the community, "No-one cares about the local talent anymore"

#136 Jerome Hill: London squat parties and UK Techno, "Musically it was pretty rough round the edges"

#135 Josh Wink: Philly, fame, and Higher States, "I didn't know there'd be a living in making music"

#134 Truncate: The return of minimal? "People will always look back to whatever was big before"

LIVE from Lost Village Festival: Joe Goddard on Big tunes, Grunge, and being in a band

#133 Robert Henke: Co-founding Ableton and the new Monolake album, "We are the children of counterculture"

#132 Agoria: Digital art and music, "classic records have no functionality - they came from the heart"

#131 Daedelus: Aliens and albums, "there's something else potentially at play here..."

#130 Gregor Tresher + Juliet Fox: a midsummer double bill!

#129 Mike Parker: Art and techno, "If it's about money or fame then maybe you've lost the original motivation"

Studio Stories: Braille on "Triple Transit"

#128 Simon Reynolds: The future of future music, "it's the shiver, the rush, the weird joy and serenity"

#127 Mr. Scruff: Tape edits and the scene with no name, "We just never toed the line"

#126 Regal: Pressure and success, "It's a matter of how you manage it"

#125 Kitty Amor: House music from Nottingham to Johannesburg, "Marginalised people are being seen on big stages now"

#124 Danny Whittle: Running Ibiza clubs large and small, "My strategy changed the island"

#123 Steve Bug: Where are the anthems? "We need the big new tunes to unite people"

#122 Radio Slave: Social media vs dance music, "there shouldn't be any rules"

#121 Thoughts on Live Electronic Music

#120 Phil Moffa: Running a studio in 2024, "The hybrid is the one, whatever works - do it"

#119 Deas: Outboard vs plugins... is there a right answer? "I don't want to convince anyone!"

#118 Tom Vek: Blockchains, fragmentation, and a post-format world, "It always comes back to songs"

#117 Quinn (Paranoid London): Anonymity and acid house, "We'd always press fewer copies than we had preorders for!"

#116 Ceri: Technique, vinyl, and Ibiza "You have to put your soul into the music"

#115 Cian Ó Cíobháin: 25 years of underground music on Irish public radio

#114 Laurent Garnier: Looking forward, "techno is about tomorrow, not yesterday"

#113 Luke Slater: What is techno? "Sometimes nothing happens... and that's the point"

#112 Doc Scott: DnB from Rage and Metalheadz to now, "it's all about the energy it creates"

#111 James Ellis Ford: producing Depeche Mode, Blur, and Pet Shop Boys, "sometimes it feels totally surreal"

#110 Steve Davis: Snooker, fame, and modular synths, "I was sh*tting myself!"

#109 Chloé Caillet: Circo Loco and classical training, "I had to unlearn all that theory"

#108 Nathan Micay: Making music for Netflix, "They said - we need this by next week!"

#107 Monty Luke: From the Dotcom Bubble to Planet E, "That was a wild time...!"

#106 Alex Paterson (The Orb): Inventing the chilll out room, "We knew what we were doing!"

#105 T.Williams: Tales from the UK Underground, "I was just making tunes and cutting dubplates"

#104 Danny Daze II: Spatial audio and the return of NFTs, "I'm future-proofing my work"

#103 Fracture: Pirate radio and the Nuum, "it was a community-based thing"

Dave Clarke (redux): Techno and politics, "people are scared to speak out"

dBridge (redux): A life in drum n bass, "I make music as therapy"

#102 Machine Woman: Studio efficiency and Tech House, "I'll still be making music whether RA writes about me or not""

#101 DJ Paulette: The Hacienda and gay clubbing, "The music is better and the DJs are better!"

#100 Holiday Special

#099 James Jackson on radio and Ben Morris on SAULT

#098 A-Trak

#097 Speedy J

#096 Trevor Jackson

#095 NIKS

#094 Adrian Sherwood

Singles Club: Spotify Top 10 India

#093 Praveen Sharma (Sepalcure, Braille)

#092 More on Bandcamp

#091 Thoughts On Bandcamp

#090 Matthew Herbert

#089 Martyn

#088 Tom Lea

#087 Paul Hanford

#086 Krust

#085 Skream

#084 Matthew Dear

#083 Mat Dryhurst

#082 Recondite II

#081 Bill Brewster

#080 Out Of Office... a conversation with Will Clarke

#079 Sam Valenti

#078 Chloé Thévenin

#077 Shawn Reynaldo

#076 The End Of Recorded Music?

#075 Alinka

#074 Ambivalent (aka LA-4A)

#073 DJ Bone

#072 Damian Lazarus

#071 Jeremy P Caulfield

#070 Shifted

#069 Terr

#068 Taimur

#067 LIVE from IMS Part 3: Johannes Goller

#066 LIVE from IMS Part 2: Leslee Tatman

#065 LIVE from IMS Part 1: DJ Pippi

#064 Tamsin Embleton

NDP Cuts 005 - Creating a Dance Classic: MJ Cole

#063 Ben Morris

#062 Sebastian Mulleart

NDP Cuts 004 - Lessons of Effective Collaboration: Machinedrum

#061 Alan Fitzpatrick

#060 Tijana T

NDP Cuts 003 - Are You An Artist Or A Product: Patrice Bäumel

#059 Thoughts On Releasing Music Pt2

#058 Thoughts On Releasing Music Pt1

NDP Cuts 002 - Why so many shows are getting cancelled: Elijah

#057 Fil Palermo

#056 Josh Posthuman

NDP Cuts 001 - How To Mix Music And Politics: Dave Clarke

#055 Eric Cloutier

#054 Distance

#053 Man Power

#52 DVS1

#051 Wrapping up 2022

#050 Fred P

#49 David Muallem

#048 FaltyDL

#047 Seth Troxler

#046 Tallmen785 + Taylor Swift Singles Club

#045 Chloé Robinson

BONUS EPISODE - Singles Club

#043 Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs

#042 LIVE from ADE: Ellen Allien

#041 Elijah

#040 Dub[step] War[s] - Dave Q

#039 DJ Spoony

#038 Sunil Sharpe

#037 Patrice Bäumel

#036 Steffi

#035 A weekend in Berlin

#034 Ned Beckett

#033 George FitzGerald

#032 Danny Daze

#031 Anja Schneider

#030 Dubfire

#029 Levon Vincent

#28 Dubstep Wars - Joe Nice

#027 Chris Goss

#026 MJ Cole

#025 Duke Dumont

#024 Jacques Greene

#023 Plastician

#022 Dave Clarke

#021 Rich McGinnis

#020 Cassy

#019 Chris Liebing

#018 Melissa Taylor

#017 A Guy Called Gerald

#016 Dubstep Wars - Nicole Cacciavillano

#015 Clearing The Floor

#014 Tim Exile

#013 Mark Broadbent

#012 Surgeon

#011 Yotam Avni

#010 Appleblim

#009 Mano Le Tough

#008 Machinedrum

#007 Deadbeat

#006 dBridge

#005 Roska

#004 CINTHIE

#003 Tiga

#002 Recondite

#001 Will Saul

Intro Section