One of my interests that started well before I started this podcast - so we're talking maybe 8/9 years ago - was what sort of characteristics and attributes do we need as people to get stuff done in a world that was becoming more complex, uncertain, volatile and ambiguous. Fast forward 7 or 8 years to now and that world has changed at a pace that I’m not sure many predicted.

One aspect of music that always intrigued me was how bands evolve. I’m not really talking about whether they evolve from one genre to another (although everyone knows that I really hate the notion of genres), but what they need as a band and as people to evolve.

And I think curiosity has a big role to play here. That beautiful thing we’re born with – you know, like when the next question from a small kid is always gonna be “but why?” - and gets kicked out of us at an early age by the establishment, cos hey, who in the establishment wants curious, challenging thinkers?

Brian Amalfitano is with a band that I love dearly and epitomizes curiosity for new ideas, for new ways of doing things and one which in my opinion has a unique open mindedness for experimenting with sound and performance. Their recordings and live performances push sonic boundaries with as much significance as the early output of bands like Cabaret Voltaire, The Pop Group and early PIL in the late 70s / early 80s.

And I have to say that they have a particularly unique ability to create an observant and prescient soundtrack that’s scarily representative of a decaying world, in a similar vein to what The Dead Kennedys were able to create back in the 80’s.

In short. Listen to Deaf Club!

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

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