The Soundfackery Podcast

In this weeks episode, Anikó and Steve continue to dissect the Soundfackery song Staring into the Sun in part 2 of this Under the Knife mini series. In Part 2, they delve into the Pro Tools mixing session to look at how the drum sound was created and the importance of Valerian Adore's drum technique and creativity. You can get Staring into the Sun here for free! You can hear Valerian Adore and Eddie Hex's podcast Two LPs in a Podcast here. You can listen to The Beatles Within you, Without You here. Anikó can be found on Twitter as @kokovocals and you can find her website here. Steve can be found on Instagram and Twitter as @soundfackery and his website can be found here. Keep up to date with the podcast and other Soundfackery Productions news by signing up to our newsletter here. Other information about Soundfackery Studios can be found on our website here. If you have enjoyed this podcast, then please give us a rating and maybe even a review.

What connects Neil Young, Darren Aronofsky’s Pi, Bad Pollyanna and Grizzly Bear? In this week's episode, Anikó and Steve dissect the Soundfackery song Staring into the Sun. They discus the origins of the music and lyrics, as well as look at the multi-track mixes of the early demos. You can get Staring into the Sun here for free! British Experimental Rock Group" Who Goes There? Back From the Black All Messed Up Grizzly Bear:  Sun in Your Eyes Neil Young Old Man Heart of Gold Cinnamon Girl Anikó can be found on Twitter as @kokovocals and you can find her website here. Steve can be found on Instagram and Twitter as @soundfackery and his website can be found here. Keep up to date with the podcast and other Soundfackery Productions news by signing up to our newsletter here. If you have enjoyed this podcast, then please give us a rating and maybe even a review.

In part three of this miniseries with Christian "Documentally" Payne, Anikó "Kokovocals" Tóth and Steve "Banana Request" Kilpatrick (The Podcast Pagan Elite) chat about Bolt Thrower, biker gear, scanners, professional oversharing, fabricated memories and how to archive something for a thousand. years. We hear about Christian being press ganged into a blues band in Budapest and learn how to tell when he is drunk. We also hear the strange story of Steve being forced to sing for bananas. Christian is a photographer, writer, trainer, speaker, multimedia documenter and general polymath. If you want to learn more about Christian, you can follow him on Twitter and Instagram as @Documentally. You can find his website here: http://documentally.net Soundscape: Our Sonic Environment and the Tuning of the World - R. Murray Schafer: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Soundscape-Sonic-Environment-Tuning-World/dp/0892814551/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=soundscape&qid=1622404776&s=books&sr=1-1 War Master - Bolt Thrower: https://open.spotify.com/album/0kKysrWW9kAUyYlM1Q8Zu9?si=miWG1n5_T6qmriLwXYBD_Q Anikó can be found on Twitter as @kokovocals, and you can find her website here: https://www.kokovocals.com Steve can be found on Instagram and Twitter as @soundfackery, and his website can be found here: https://www.soundfackeryproductions.com Keep up to date with the podcast and other Soundfackery Productions news by signing up to our newsletter here: http://eepurl.com/hr3Ct9 If you have enjoyed this podcast, then please give us a rating and maybe even a review.

In this episode, Anikó and Steve are doing something a little bit different to their usual format and giving an update on what they're doing in Brittany, France. They also chat about Ozzy Osbourne's love of bats, ornithology and the pros and cons of recording in the garden. Links to the music discussed:  Bernard Fort https://open.spotify.com/album/4Ex85ZWnUDFaPNED83SAx9?si=TVzj4JqqTUqmCt3LefvSog  Heron https://open.spotify.com/album/4OviLetGsWKp6Hz0gM9xug?si=YKjMxaUVRZWxrsNBXSg2eA  You can keep up with Steve as @soundfackery on Twitter and Instagram and at www.soundfackeryproductions.com.  You can find out what Anikó is up to on Twitter via @kokovocals and at www.kokovocals.com. Keep up to date with the podcast and other Soundfackery Productions news by signing up to our newsletter here: http://eepurl.com/hr3Ct9. If you have enjoyed this podcast, please do give us a rating and maybe even a review.

In this episode, Anikó and Steve once again chat with Christian Payne (a.k.a. Documentally). They discuss being transported back in time by music and recordings of a loved one's voice, partisan grandparents, the power of two-way radio, binaural drama, and the disadvantages of going public about building a priest hole. Christian is a photographer, writer, trainer, speaker, multimedia documenter and general polymath.  If you want to learn more about Christian, you can follow him on Twitter and Instagram as @Documentally.  You can find his website here:  http://documentally.net  Andrew's Sachs' binaural radio drama can be heard here: https://youtu.be/tsAdYGdZc88 Christian's first record can be heard here: https://open.spotify.com/track/4BFGbzW1hvoGZJ8lbBxCjP?si=ead773934ae44b1d Anikó's music choice can be heard here: https://open.spotify.com/album/7uuaNyvqA3n5c9TyDhh0HE?si=chS3dhhbTru3uOVPC_vlpQ And Steve's greatest Oxfam shop find can be heard here: https://open.spotify.com/album/6rjlNCw55OD6a6cVxMjD2Q?si=paSzw1OgSlqzkusLyuSokw And Baccara's disco classic 'Yes Sir, I Can Boogie' can be found here: https://open.spotify.com/track/2LScqpywMqGcnum6nNaxXX?si=532ad89308304cbe Anikó can be found on Twitter as @kokovocals, and you can find her website here:  https://www.kokovocals.com  Steve can be found on Instagram and Twitter as @soundfackery, and his website can be found here:  https://www.soundfackeryproductions.com  Keep up to date with the podcast and other Soundfackery Productions news by signing up to our newsletter here:  http://eepurl.com/hr3Ct9  If you have enjoyed this podcast, then please give us a rating and maybe even a review.

In this episode, Anikó and Steve talk with radio presenter and journalist Audrey Hall about the importance of truth, social commentary, and Jazz as the music of the Black community and of protest. She talks about the common trauma of the Black experience, from Miles Davis being arrested for trying to enter the front door of a club where he was due to play to George Floyd and police brutality. She talks about British identity and broadcasting. And, of course, the music, itself.* If you want to learn more about Audrey, find her on LinkedIn here: http://linkedin.com/in/audrey-hall-8924941a ...on Facebook and Twitter here: @AudreyHall_ ... and catch her music magazine shows here: Audrey's Early Drive on Manchester’s All Fm (96.9 FM), Thursdays 5-7pm. Her Late Night Drive show is available at Mixcloud.com/audreyslatenightdrive, with further info on the Facebook Page @AudreysLateNightDrive. Anikó is on Twitter as @kokovocals, and you can find her website here: https://www.kokovocals.com. Steve can be found on Instagram and Twitter as @soundfackery, and his website can be found here: https://www.soundfackeryproductions.com. Keep up to date with the podcast and other Soundfackery Productions news by signing up to our newsletter here: http://eepurl.com/hr3Ct9. If you have enjoyed this podcast, please do give us a rating and review! *Some of the music we discuss includes: Miles Davis - So What https://open.spotify.com/track/3mZ33QYHWylbabTz82rHwj?si=54a6bb50136d4e1d Miles Davis - A Tribute to Jack Johnson https://open.spotify.com/album/0xr31or2qYglJpiX6pODjY?si=lS0Sv5QPQVeF9QqWM0qaIQ Yusuf Lateef - https://open.spotify.com/artist/33XkS6h90eeK7e6OJHw0mq Kokoroko’s Ti-De - https://open.spotify.com/track/4JJEfYFamGRfmz9nG6fx1w?si=b3e30c5c88e1436c The Soul of Hakim Jamal - https://open.spotify.com/search/The%20Soul%20of%20Hakim%20Jamal Billie Holiday’s – ‘Strange Fruit’ - https://open.spotify.com/track/1CTex49P0iWwzUGsMNjgaV?si=d72a4bfac3114890

In this episode, Anikó and Steve chat with Christian Payne (a.k.a. Documentally) about the role music and audio plays in his life and work, audio caching, ferric archeology, his adventures as a stowaway, playing harmonica on the John Peel Show and not going to hell for telling fibs in Italy. Christian is a photographer, writer, trainer, speaker, multimedia documenter and general polymath. If you want to learn more about Christian, you can follow him on Twitter and Instagram as @Documentally. You can find his website here: http://documentally.net Anikó can be found on Twitter as @kokovocals and you can find her website here: https://www.kokovocals.com Steve can be found on Instagram and Twitter as @soundfackery and his website can be found here: https://www.soundfackeryproductions.com Keep up to date with the podcast and other Soundfackery Productions news by signing up to our newsletter here: http://eepurl.com/hr3Ct9 If you have enjoyed this podcast, then please give us a rating and maybe even a review.

In this episode, the supremely talented Olivia Hyde talks us through her creative process and explains how the dark nature of her songs is really part of her positive approach to life and death forged by the loss of her father and how that drove her to become a artist, singer and rock front person. Olivia Hyde is the lead singer and 50% of the songwriting team of alternative rock band Bad Pollyanna. She is also a solo singer songwriter, educator, mentor and coach. Olivia’s links: https://www.facebook.com/oliviahydeofficial/ https://www.patreon.com/oliviahyde Bad Pollyanna links: https://www.facebook.com/badpollyanna https://badpollyanna.bandcamp.com Bad Pollyanna on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/6Xu4qi8dSzdhEeMAIAi5Gc?si=lX9vm2v6RwKEVmN848G4Xw https://open.spotify.com/album/1BtCVNy6sXkV9j8EcZHuu2?si=xKWiFBiHThy6gGXrWkM81g https://open.spotify.com/album/3Lfs1toovUMiwd5eYfUgDp?si=gEd0qOhZTf2QY626GjPcow https://open.spotify.com/album/73dXqA6gPWDCgjrgB27F2u?si=ol3mV0EvQGGZwIaRbJ8vCg Sophie Lancaster Foundation: https://www.sophielancasterfoundation.com Follow Steve on Twitter and Instagram as @soundfackery Follow Anikó on Twitter as @kokovocals Soundfackery Productions: https://www.soundfackeryproductions.com Kokovocals: https://www.kokovocals.com

In this episode, Anikó and Steve chat with Nadine Benjamin about about her latest collaborative theatre project called BEAM and her coaching and mentoring practice. British lyric soprano Nadine Benjamin is a charismatic and versatile artist who is in increasing demand on both the operatic stage and the concert platform. She is also developing great renown as an exponent of song, in particular Verdi, Strauss and contemporary American song. From 2018 to 2020, Nadine was an English National Opera Harewood Artist and made her debut with the Company as Clara (Porgy and Bess), followed by Musetta (La bohème) and Laura (Luisa Miller). Nadine made her Royal Opera House debut in October 2020 as a soprano soloist in New Dark Age, with works by Anna Meredith, Missy Mazzoli and Anna Thorvaldsdottir, and directed by Katie Mitchell. Nadine is a Mentor, Certified High Performance Coach and NLP Mind Coach, and founded her opera and mentorship programme ‘Everybody Can!’ in 2015 to provide a platform to encourage and support others in recognising and achieving their own visions. She has both produced and sung principal roles in Otello and Tosca for Everybody Can! Opera. An Ambassador for London Music Masters, Nadine was “highly commended” at the 2016 Aviva ‘Women of the Future Awards’ and invited to both Buckingham Palace and 10 Downing Street in recognition of her work as a mentor and singer. Find Nadine on Twitter as @NadinBenjamin and on Instagram as @NadineBenjaminSoprano. BEAM: @beameverybody https://nadinebenjamin.com Find Steve on Twitter and Instagram as @soundfackery https://www.soundfackeryproductions.com Find Anikó on Twitter as @kokovocals https://www.kokovocals.com

This week Anikó and Steve chat with David Kennedy about his career as a comic artist working for John Carpenter and Sandy King Carpenter’s Storm King Comics and his hilarious previous career as a musician, his surprise number one single and ill fated TV appearance. Dave is a comic artist for John Carpenter’s Vortex and John Carpenter’s Tales for a Halloween Night. Prior to that, Dave was a graphic designer and privately commissioned artist, as well as secret pop star going by the moniker of Cherry Sheriff. You can find Cherry Sheriff on Spotify here! Follow Dave on Twitter and Instagram as @cherrysheriff Follow Steve on Twitter and Instagram as @soundfackery Follow Anikó on Twitter as @kokovocals

In this episode, Anikó and Steve chat to director, producer and script editor Justine potter about adapting John Wyndham with Val McDermid, recording in coal mines, celebrities in the bed, having Liam Neeson whispering in her ear and how sound design and music can take drama into The Beyond. Justine Potter is a producer and development executive for TV and Radio, across Drama, Comedy and children's. In Radio she has directed and produced 100's of dramas.  In TV she works with writers to develop and edit their scripts and stories right up until the crews start filming. She's worked with broadcasters, including BBC Radio and TV, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5  in the UK, as well as American and European broadcasters, and for indies, including Red Productions, LA Productions, Savvy Productions and CanCan Productions. She also ran BBC Writer's Room North, giving many writers their first break into scripted commissions. Follow us on Twitter @savvyjustine @kokovocals @soundfackery https://www.soundfackeryproductions.com https://www.kokovocals.com

In this episode, Anikó and Steve discuss art, music, comics, Goth culture and The God Machine with Chandra Free. Chandra Free is writer and illustrator of The God Machine graphic novel series and co-founder/creator of Machina Corpse. Born and bred into captivity of Orlando, Florida, Chandra (pronounced CHAN–drah, like Jackie CHAN) can now be found in her present-day home, in the land of Connecticut. It is here that she concocts her uniquely abstract and elongated art and comics. Intensely interested in the incorporation of psychology into her art, she focuses on the unconscious and human aspects of her characters. In addition to The God Machine, she has worked as a digital painter on the comic series Sullengrey by Ape Entertainment, a colorist on the comic series Mice Templar by Image, and as an illustrator on John Carpenter’s Tales For a Halloween Night Vol 5 by Storm King Comics and Jim Henson’s Fraggle Rockby Archaia. She also provided digital paintings for the illustrated prose novel, Conspiracy of the Planet of the Apes, has illustrated numerous album covers, provided illustrations to Miss FD’s music video, “Krampus Song,” and illustrated an ad for SYFY Channel’s campaign, “It’s a fan thing.” She has adapted as well as illustrated T.S. Eliot’s The Wasteland & The Boy Who Learned What Shivering Meant for the comics publication The Graphic Canon. She has also done commercial storyboards for 321 Launch, cinematic storyboards for the movie, The Monkey King and character designs for an animated pilot for Project Meatball. Chandra was also the art director of the guerrilla studio BLAM! Ventures. Chandra's Links: The God Machine Kickstarter: thegodmachine.org twitter/IG/facebook: @thegodmachine Behind the scenes of The God Machine: patreon.com/spookychan Places to find Chandra Free: twitter/IG: @spookychan spookychan.com facebook.com: @chandrafree Machina Corpse: machinacorpse.com twitter/IG/facebook: @machinacorpse Chandra's Comic Recommendations: Stephen Emond's Emo Boy: Webtoons: https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/emo-boy/list?title_no=360103&page=1 Stephen Emond's Have Heart: haveheartcomic.com webtoons: https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/have-heart/list?title_no=446871 tapas: https://tapas.io/series/Have-Heart/info Chandra's Music Recommendations: Sunday Night Vinyl https://www.facebook.com/sundaynightvinyl/ and https://radiooooo.com Produced by All Things Audio.

In this episode, Anikó and Steve discuss John Carpenter, Mad Max, Heavy Metal, comics, horror, gore, science fiction and audio cassettes with writer Mike Sizemore. "Mike Sizemore is an award-winning writer and producer known for Slingers, hailed as 'the best tv show never made', his web series Caper and the critically-acclaimed London stage adaptation of Howl’s Moving Castle. He has also written the two-volume science-fiction horror graphic novel Vortex and many other comic book titles. "Mike has written several full-length features and television pilots which remain in development, as well as several shorts and multimedia projects. For several years now, Mike has been working closely with legendary film director John Carpenter and producer Sandy King on several film, tv and comic book projects via their Storm King Productions company." If you want to hear some of Mike's music recommendations, click here, here, here and here for Spotify playlists. Find us on Twitter as @sizemore, @kokovocals and @soundfackery.