Ibiza - The Reset Rebel Jo Youle

What does it mean to be truely free? 

In todays podcast we meet Kyan, a film director and musician, who made a film called "The Last Free Man on Earth," about Alex. A man who has lived in a cave for the past 9 years in Punta Galera. 

In search of enlightenment, the platinum-selling record producer left his hedonistic life behind and through the best part of a decade he has learned to live life in  a much more rustic fashion in the thick of things down south.

Kyan got stuck in Ibiza in lockdown and decided to stay a little longer and make his very first film after meeting Alex, taking almost 2 years to study and shoot his new friend over many sessions.

The film recently debuted at the Ibiza Cine Fest in santa Eulalia and Jo goes to meet Kyan after watching it at his studio in Cala Llonga for todays conversation. 

In todays episode we celebrate International Womens Day and head to San Antonio to meet firefighter and  artist, Romanie Sanchez.

She was born and bred on Ibiza and lived through the 70´s Ibiza.....and has seen it all, in many ways.

More info on Romanie here 

Aguascopio is an all-female art collective living in Ibiza. Since 2021 we have made art which fuses artistic swimming, costume design and drone photography.

 Annabelle Widmann grew up in Ibiza and is a costume designer as well as performer. Her work has been seen in parties and clubs such as Woomoon and Chinois in Ibiza, as well as in festivals and exhibitions around the world.  For Aguascopio she provides costumes, some original music, and she is also one of the performers.

 Liz Kueneke grew up in the United States but has been living in Ibiza since 2009. She is a multidisciplinary artist and curator and has had art residencies in the Hangar: Centre de Producció d ́Arts Visuals (Barcelona) and The Outpost for Contemporary Art (Los Angeles).

Tasya Menaker was born in Siberia but grew up in the United States. She has lived in Ibiza since 2013 where she has worked as an event and portrait photographer. For Aguascopio she is the drone operator, as well as the photography and video editor. She has been published in Rolling Stone and Forbes magazines and has exhibited her work in cities around the world including Chicago, New York City and Barcelona.

Tonight Feb 28th, the trio will appear at the CINE fest Ibiza in Santa Eulalia with the world premiere of their Be Like Water film.

More on Aguascopio HERE

There are three types of music in the world according to todays guest Serene Sass. 

The music of instruments, the music of the human body and soul, and the music of the cosmos.

Serene is a music industry, emerging markets, technology and humanitarian expert.

As a visionary entrepreneur, music consultant to some of the most sucessful United Nations music projects and former VP of Emerging Markets for Warner Music Group, Serene has traveled the world building relationships with key political, humanitarian, technology and music industry partners.

Serene is a social innovator and change maker. She is a passionate leader in developing partnerships and initiatives between the creative arts, technology and humanitarian industries working on projects which have reached billions of people, raised millions of dollars and helped to empower musicians from marginalised communities - refugee camps, favelas, ghettos, conflict zones and indigenous cultures all over the world.

She has some big plans for her new Conscious Music Group and is working with artists who live on the island on some exciting new music and projects, including the much loved island local Mr Nick Mulvey.

Join us for todays episode as we get into some of her juicy tales and unleash her plans for the future.

Music & Musicians mentioned :
Natty
Nick Mulvey
Malian singer and composer, Vieux Farka Touré
Conscious Music Group - created by Serene 
UK Music charity Road to Freedom : https://www.roadtofreedom.uk

Last year I got to meet Manu San Felix  - Oceanographer and videographer for National Geographic.

Manu campaigns heavily for the one thing that may just save our climate in the Balearics - The Posidonia.

Our huge acres of sea grass provide a carbon sink which sucks the nasties out of our atmosphere and absorb and hold them.

Protecting them is of paramount importance as you heard in our EP with ambient musician @coco_francavilla. They are the answer to so many issues we face as an island that depends heavily on tourism and Manu runs @vellmari_formentera and every year they replant the beds and try to restore them where possible.

In this weeks episode we talk about that process, why we have to educate people to respect the ancient sea beds that are unique to ours seas and we hear much of his incredible storytelling on expeditions that he has been on for National Geographic as an ambassador for @natgeopristineseas and how he became a marine biologist and fell in love with our islands.

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In todays episode we perch in a new Italian Cafe in Santa Eulalia over two glasses of cold crisp white wine in the winter sunshine to meet Ukrainian jazz Haprist, Alina Bzhezhinska. 

Alina is undoubtedly one of the leading harpists in the world today and is a one-woman powerhouse on a mission to bring the harp to the fore of contemporary sound. 

A jazz harpist, composer, band leader and a founder of the digital platform HipHarpCollective, she’s also trying to remarket the harp in her lifetime. 


Alina Bzhezhinska has performed at Balmoral Castle for HM the Queen’s 80th birthday, was commissioned by Thai royalty to arrange the music written by the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej and more recently could be found creating with UK jazz frontrunner Kamaal Williams on his second studio album, Wu Hen. 


Having studied Classical Harp at the F. Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw, obtained a Masters in Arts in Poland, a spot at the University of Arizona to study jazz ensued. Relocating to the UK in 2002, Bzhezhinska went on to become the resident harp tutor at the prestigious Royal Conservatory of Scotland for seven years.  

She now lives in Ibiza and is making her new album on the island with a fusion of electronic sounds and beats. At The HUB studios.