Songs From a Padded Envelope
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Songs From a Padded Envelope is a music and culture podcast which unearths lost demo tapes and the hears the stories of the people behind them.
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Our 70th episode features a wonderful conversation with the fantastic Chris Brokaw.Chris' life as a musician is most commonly spoken of in connection with two excellent and influential bands, Come and Codeine. However, Chris has a vast back catalogue filled with diverse releases and collaborations which is well worth your time, not least his most recent release 'Ghost Ship' about which we chat in this episode.Huge thanks to Chris for giving us some of his time and being such an engaging guest.Love and thanksBen and Steve xxhttps://chrisbrokaw.com/https://www.instagram.com/chris.brokaw/?hl=en
Sam, Tracey and Brian joined us for this lively jog down memory lane to share the story of Bette Davis and the Balconettes, a uniquely special garage punk band, based in Manchester in the mid to late 90s.Huge thanks to the three of them for being so open and enthusiastic in sharing their recollections and especially Tracey for bringing everyone together for the show. Thanks also to to Glyn Edwards for the introduction!Enjoy!Love and thanksBen and Steve xxBette Davis and the Balconettes on DiscogsJohn Peel Wiki page
Having seen Rachel play drums for Califone on their recent UK tour, we felt compelled to reach out to her. This conversation with Rachel far exceeded our expectations and we are thrilled to share it with you.Sincere thanks to Rachel for making time to speak with us and indulging some of our fanboy questions!We'd like to dedicate this episode to Rachel's friend and musical collaborator, Michael Hurley who recently passed away.Love and thanksBen and Steve xxhttps://www.rachelblumberg.com/Califone
Welcome to episode #67 and a conversation with the podcasting master that is Dave Gebroe. We've been fans of Dave's show, Discograffiti, for some time and when we reached out and discovered that Dave has made his own music too, well, it was a no-brainer to invite him onto the show. And we're delighted that we did - as you'll hear!Check out Dave's peerless podcast below and our sincere thanks to him for coming onto ours.Love and thanksBen and Steve xxhttps://discograffiti.com/
Welcome to episode #66 and a chance to be in the room with two old friends recalling their creative adventures together. Not Ben and Steve but Kate Wright and Richard King whose story unfurls in this epsiode through some warm and wonderful memory sharing of musical endeavours in Bristol.Heartfelt thanks to them both for this unique episode and allowing us all to sit in on their catching up.Love and thanksBen and Steve xxRichard KingMovietonePlanet Records on Discogs
Welcome to episode #65 and a really enjoyable chat with Nick and Matt from the very excellent, Navigator.This is a fascinating insight into a quintessential underground band whose work deserves your time and attention, especially following the context and set up offered up here by Nick and Matt.Our thanks to them both for coming onto the podcast and sharing the demo you'll hear at the end. A space to watch for sure.Links to check them out below - a fine way to begin 2025!Love and thanksBen and Steve xxWrong Speed RecordsNavigator wiki
Welcome to episode #64 and a hugely enjoyable conversation with the very excellent, Edwin R Stevens.A laid back and wide-ranging affair, this episode slowly unfurls to reveal the adventures and passions of the singular talent that is Edwin. Lots of links below to explore Edwin's work, which is recommended, for sure.Love and thanksBen and Steve xxhttps://edwinrstevens.com/https://theweboflies.bandcamp.com/album/nude-with-demonhttps://www.instagram.com/hotcheddar/https://www.theskinny.co.uk/music/interviews/spotlight-on-edwin-r-stevenshttps://urbanistamagazine.uk/emyr-glyn-williams-1966-2024/PODCAST SOCIALShttps://www.instagram.com/padded_envelope/https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VakHyyuHbFV7GkyHhT05
As Ben says at the start of this episode, settle down by the fire for the stories and recollections of the wonderful, Paul Simpson.Paul is a legendary figure from the Liverpool post-punk scene, exemplified within the pages of his stellar memoire, Revolutionary Spirit.This episode comes with a money-back guarantee, no questions asked and if you don't buy Paul's book, the ghost of John Peel is coming round to break wind in your kitchen.Huge thanks to Paul for coming onto the show.Love and thanks,Ben and Steve xxREVOLUTIONARY SPIRIT: A POST-PUNK EXORCISMThe Wild Swans on Discogs
We are back once more, with a brand new episode of Songs From a Padded Envelope which features a hugely enjoyable conversation with Daniel and Alex, fellow podcast hosts and frequenters of venues and rehearsal rooms around London in years gone by.An episode for the SFaPE purists to restart our show and we're hugely grateful to Alex and Daniel for coming on and being such generous guests for this return episode. Definitely check out their fantastic Hellish podcast via the link below.We're happy to be back!Love and thanksBen and Steve xxHellish podcastVideo for Lament by Ice Cold in Alex
Finally, in our Rewind series, Ben has chosen our episode with the brilliant, Joe Thompson.In this episode we were joined by Joe for a fascinating conversation which centred around his involvement in the underground/DIY music scene.Once we had both read Joe’s Sleevenotes book that tracked his journey as a musician it was a no-brainer that we had to invite on the podcast.An inspirational conversation that points the way about how to do things differently. Joe has helmed the marvellous Hey Colossus for 20 years and you owe it to yourself to go grab a copy of their mighty new record, ‘In Blood’ – released through Joe’slabel Wrong Speed Records.Steve and Ben xhttps://wrongspeedrecords.bandcamp.com/artistshttps://thequietus.com/quietus-reviews/album-of-the-week/hey-colossus-in-blood-review/https://www.pomonauk.com/
Steve's final Rewind selection is the episode with the one and only Cathal Coughlan.Three iterations of the gorgeous, Officer Material, guide us through this fascinating conversation with the maestro, recorded just a few months before his tragic and untimely passing.A treasured episode and well worth your time.Love and thanksSteve and Ben xxhttps://ffm.to/cathalcoughlanplaylist
Tracking back in time to take a glorious run through on John’s life as a musician. John has described himself as the custodian of the Brainiac archives, which enabled him to collate the recent and rather spectacular Attic Tapes release. Listen in to get a unique opportunity to hear 5 demos that stretch across John’s career and how these came together!Love and thanksSteve and Ben xxhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brainiac_(band)https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7974564/ Brainiac film ‘Transmissions After Zero’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enon_(band)https://www.discogs.com/release/19117981-Brainiac-Attic-Tapes
Steve has chosen this conversation with death metal musician, Dagur Gíslason, for the 7th in our Rewind series.Dagur spoke about a previous project, Abacination, as well as giving an insight into his musical journey up to his current project, Misþyrming. Check 'em out!Love and thanksSteve and Ben xx
Next up is this rewind pick from Ben.Returning to our hugely enjoyable conversation with Rudolf Buitendach and Jacques Womarans.The tale of a friendship that began in Pretoria in the late 80's and takes us right up to the present day with Rudolf in LA and Jaques in South Africa, but with their wonderful creative relationship still is full flow!Sit back and enjoy the company of these two fine fellas to whom we were very grateful for coming on the show.Love and thanksSteve and Benhttps://hauntedsofa.bandcamp.com/album/viral-overload-ephttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savuka
Steve's 5th Rewind pic is the episode with Seja Vogel.Seja presents the fantastic HearSej podcast, and is a wonderful musician with a passion and exuberance which is apparent throughout this entire conversation.A great episode to enjoy from the archives ahead of the exciting episodes coming your way very, very soon!Love and thanksSteve and Ben xxhttp://sejamusic.com/https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/hearsej/id1168366353
Rewind choice #2 from Ben is Will Burns.Join us for a conversation that took place just as Will was about to release his first novel, ‘The Paper Lantern’. Listen in on his full circle journey from musician to poet that finishes with ‘Chalk Hill Blue’, his magical collaboration with renowned composer Hannah Peel. A lesson in how to follow your true creative drive.Love and thanksSteve and Benhttps://willburns.co.uk/https://www.hannahpeel.com/work/chalkhillblue/https://idolrecords.bandcamp.com/track/call-the-legion-in-tonight Centromatic
Steve's second Rewind episode takes us back to episode #10 and a wonderful conversation with the peerless, James Acaster!So much to recommend about this chat with James and we'll always be grateful to him for this opportunity to talk music and so much more - including Cardiacs!Love and thanksSteve and Ben xx
Revisiting our conversation with inspirational and inimitable, Bruce Russell. Noisemaker! Outsider! All around wonderful human being!Hear about Bruce’s journey from ground zero at the start of Flying Nun records in Dunedin in the 80’s to his position as one third of the indefatigable noise rock trio, The Dead C.Listen, learn, enjoy!Love and thanksSteve and Ben xxhttp://www.badabingrecords.com/the-dead-chttps://www.discogs.com/label/44446-Xpressway?page=1 Xpressway records on discogshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Nun_Records
In the first of our rewind series, ahead of our new episodes, we present this amazing conversation with Libyan heavy metal guitarist, Jonathan Steel.As we said when this episode dropped originally, this is one of those episodes which is best left to unfold, as the conversation did for us. Needless to say we're very grateful to Jonathan for sharing his time and stories with us.Check out Jonathan's music through the link below.Love and thanksSteve and Ben xxJonathan Steel on Bandcamp
Return, Relaunch, Rewind!Ahead of the official launch of Season 2 of Songs from a Padded Envelope we took a deep dive into the archive from Season 1 to come up with our top highlights If this is your first visit to Songs from a Padded Envelope and you have even a passing interest in what it means to be a musician, then you're in for a real treat And if you're returning to the podcast then thanks for joining us again - and you know exactly what to expect- stories behind the songs, origins and entries into music, tales of lifelong friendships forged, moments of hard fought glory and so much more....Join us for this episode presenting in no particular order our top 10 picksOver the next 5 weeks we will be revisiting each of the featured episodes in their original full length form as part of our Rewind Series.Watch out for Season 2 arriving here soon.Enjoy!!Love and thanksSteve and Ben xx
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