Welcome to The MewX Podcast!



This week we're joined by the brain behind the Themes For Great Cities project, Alex Maiolo. Alex, Jonas Bjerre, Jonas Kaarnamets, Erki Pärnoja and the city of Tallinn, released an album earlier this month, of music made largely on modular synths, performed live at Tallinn Music Week. It's an inspirational talk about how the four guys and one city came together, creating music and a great friendship. We also hear about how they made the album, Alex's musical inspirations, his relationship with Mew, modern ways of creating and consuming music versus old, and much more.



The album is available on limited edition red vinyl, pressed at Citizen Vinyl in Asheville, NC, and digital download on moroderikmusik.bandcamp.com.



Credits:

Host: Thomas Dyregaard. Co-hosts: Ann Lancaster, Oddvar Røste and Keir Martin. Guest: Alex Maiolo.



Themes For Great Cities: Tallinn

Alex Maiolo

Alexmaiolo.com

Alex on Instagram

Triple X Snaxxx on Instagram

Lacy Jags on Instagram



Jonas Bjerre

Jonasbjerre.com

Mewsite.com

Jonas on Instagram

Mew on Instagram

Mew on YouTube



Jonas Kaarnamets

Frankieanimal.com

Jonas on Instagram

Jonas on YouTube

Frankie Animal on YouTube



Erki Pärnoja

Ewertandthetwodragons.com

Erki on Instagram

Ewert and The Two Dragons on YouTube



Moroderik Musik

Moroderik.com

Moroderik Musik on YouTube



Other links:

Themes For Great Cities: Tallinn, Live at Tallinn Music Week, 2001

Ewert and The Two Dragons - (In The End) There's Only Love, Official Music Video

Estonian Voices & DJ Sander Mölder with guitarist Jonas Kaarnamets and String Quartet FourFest

Suburban Summit

Simple Minds - Theme For Great Cities, Audio

Themes For Great Cities: Five Things I Wish I Had Known, with Alex Maiolo and Jonas Bjerre



E-mail the show: podcast@mewx.info