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Welcome to the SuperSwell Podcast. Each time you join us, we will be talking to guests about life, work, and the human condition, covering themes about music, the arts, philosophy, medicine, religion, business and all the things we love. Thank you for listening. We record these episodes just....for......you!

APR 30

EP15: Daryl Bamonte - From The Council Estate to The Stadium Stage

When an impressionable young Daryl Bamonte saw Marc Bolan on Top of the Pops, he couldn't have imagined the extraordinary musical journey it would trigger. Growing up on a council estate in Basildon alongside future Depeche Mode members, Daryl's life took a pivotal turn when he left school and became their first roadie in 1980. From hauling keyboards on beer crates, driving the band's van, and managing backing-tapes to overseeing world tours and even eventually stepping on stage as a performing member of Depeche Mode himself, Daryl shares the remarkable inside story of working with legendary bands who went on to define the alternative music scene. He tells host, Alex Maiolo, about Mute Records' Daniel Miller's crucial influence on Depeche Mode's idea of artistic freedom, the surreal experience of being thrown in to playing to a stadiumful of fans without any prior performing experience, and the profound bonds he has formed with others over decades in the music industry. As well as his work with Basildon's finest, Daryl's touring career extended to a similar role with Hall of Famers, The Cure, where his brother, Perry, had taken a similar path - going from guitar tech to full-time member of the band - and we hear about the fantastic connections between these seminal British acts. With characteristic warmth and humility, Daryl (or "Daz" as certain rock gods are allowed to call him) reveals how growing up in a post-war new town like Basildon helped create energetic sub-cultures, shaping a crowd of "weirdos" to build and influence genre-defining movements of music and fashion. Now running his own publishing company, Archangelo Music, and playing in bands Permafrost and Hence, Daryl's business philosophy of fair deals and creative partnerships reflects lessons learned from working with artists who maintained their artistic and operational integrity despite enormous commercial success and pressure. His attitude stands as testament to how genuine relationships and creative freedoms produce enduring legacies. We recorded this conversation during the Act In Synch Summit at the Impact Hub in Athens, Greece on 31st October, 2024. Here is the episode. Thank you for listening. We made it just for you. More about our guest: Homepage: www.archangelomusic.com Other Links: Basildon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basildon The Bridge House: http://the-bridge-house.co.uk/pages/about.html Depeche Mode Storm LA - Wherehouse "near-riot" & news reports: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKPtQojA8ws More about the SuperSwell The SuperSwell The SuperSwell Newsletter Contact: podcast@thesuperswell.com

54 min
09/17/2024

EP14: Marie Lindqvist - From Tourists To Concert-Goers & Hotels To Arenas, It's A Dream Life

How does someone transition from managing hotels and holiday-makers to overseeing major entertainment venues across Europe? Well, quite easily, if you happen to be our high achieving guest, Marie Lindqvist. Join us as we sit down with Marie, the Senior Vice President of Operations for ASM Global in Europe, to uncover her unique career path. From her early days in the tourism industry to her pivotal role in the post-pandemic resurgence of live events, Marie shares the invaluable lessons she's learned along the way. Marie’s career is a fascinating journey through different cultures and industries. She opens up about her time at TUI, where she sharpened her leadership skills, and the dynamic shift to AEG, managing the iconic Globe in Stockholm. Discover how Marie balances a demanding career with personal life and the importance of family support. Her story is a powerful testament to the impact of strong leadership and the importance of building a diverse, inclusive team. Get a behind-the-scenes look into the future of live entertainment, as Marie discusses ASM Global's ambitious redevelopment projects across Europe. Hear about the strategic planning that took place during the pandemic and the strengthened industry networks that emerged from it. Marie's leadership philosophy underscores the importance of trust, communication, and being a role model, especially for women in leadership positions. Don’t miss her insights on organizing major events and the joy of shaping the future of live entertainment. We recorded this conversation at the Södra Teatern in Stockholm on 7th August, 2024. More about our guest: Stockholm Live ASM Global More about the SuperSwell The SuperSwell The SuperSwell Newsletter Contact: podcast@thesuperswell.com

47 min
05/31/2024

EP13: Rob Challice - From Anarcho-Punk To A Consolidated World

Your host, Paul Cheetham, is joined by one of the UK's most highly respected booking agents, Rob Challice, Senior Vice-President of the Wasserman Music Group. Rob has over 40 years of experience in the live music industry as an agent, promoter and festival organiser. Starting in the early 1980s, Rob co-founded a series of music companies one after the other - from FAB to Concert Clinic to CODA - and evolved from gigging, wide-eyed, around the country with anarcho-punk outfits, to overseeing sold out world tours for a roster of artists that includes Beirut, Billy Bragg, Bon Iver, Charlotte Cardin, Christopher, Cory Wong, HAEVN, Kings of Convenience, Novo Amor, Sturgill Simpson, Toro Y Moi and Warpaint. Our conversation with Rob is like a who's who of the live music industry and takes us on his inspirational and remarkable journey from creating fanzines and promoting shows in London's gritty 80s scene to booking legendary bands like Nirvana and going on to help operate mammoth global enterprises. We talk about the hiring and firing, the network building, the need for innovation, the challenges and concerns of a post-pandemic world, and the inevitable need for consolidation and change in order to stay alive and competitive. The episode also highlights the critical role of grassroots music venues in the UK, the efforts to sustain them, and how the pandemic has shifted the dynamics of the music ecosystem. There's also time to remember colleagues who have sadly been lost - but not forgotten - and the growing need to reflect on his own legacy. We recorded this episode during the Tallinn Music Week conference on Friday 5th April, 2024. Thank you for listening. Here is the episode. We made it just.....for......you! Links: Wasserman Music: https://www.teamwass.com/ Paradigm acquires CODA: https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/paradigm-acquires-50-stake-in-coda-music-agency-5877120/#! The Subhumans: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subhumans_(British_band) Warchild RideLondon: https://www.warchild.org.uk/get-involved/fundraise/find-an-event/ride-london The SuperSwell intro/outro music: "Music Machine" - TV OFF More about the SuperSwell The SuperSwell The SuperSwell Newsletter Contact: podcast@thesuperswell.com

46 min
04/29/2024

EP12: Bertis Downs - In Conversation with Alex Maiolo

Join us as we listen to Bertis Downs, the legal mastermind behind R.E.M., and take a rare peek behind the curtains of rock 'n' roll history. Imagine being at the heart of R.E.M.'s rise from Athens' indie scene to the zenith of global stardom. Bertis reveals the nuts and bolts of their journey and - in his immensely humble way - his own crucial supporting role, offering personal insights into the band's ethos that resonated with fans worldwide, including our host, Alex Maiolo—a Southern kid whose life was forever altered by their music. This episode is a treasure trove of memories, from the complexities of touring to the magical moments that define a band's career. Bertis takes us on a tour of his own, from a history-loving student to the man who helped navigate R.E.M. through the thrills and spills of the music industry before pioneering their own path for others to follow . We dissect how R.E.M.'s strategic decisions inspired a generation of artists like Radiohead, The National, and Coldplay to forge ahead with their own ambitious plans towards worldwide success. Central to the lasting impact of R.E.M.'s journey is the importance of preserving artistic integrity and band unity. We delve into the critical choices that safeguarded the band's legacy and their eventual amicable split that stands as a testament to their friendship and creative spirit. It's more than just a conversation—it's an exploration of the indelible mark R.E.M. has left on music and culture, and a chance to listen to the heartbeat of one of the most iconic bands of all time. This conversation was recorded on stage at the Tallinn Music Week conference in Tallinn, Estonia on Friday 5th April, 2024. The original audio recording has been edited and modified for an enhanced podcast experience. This podcast is published with the approval and kind cooperation of Bertis Downs and Alex Maiolo and in association with Tallinn Music Week. Thank you for listening. Enjoy the episode. We made this just.....for......you. Links: All things R.E.M.: https://remhq.com Bertis Downs Homepage: https://bertisdowns.com Causes & Campaigns: https://bertisdowns.com/affiliations R.E.M. by MTV (clip): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=099QC_mzfbU Athens, Georgia Inside/Out documentary (clip): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJCoik8NsZ4&t=11s Alex Maiolo Homepage: http://alexmaiolo.com Alex's 40th Anniversary of "Murmur" article for Louder Than War: https://louderthanwar.com/r-e-m-s-generation-defining-murmur-at-40 Tallinn Music Week: https://tmw.ee The SuperSwell intro/outro music: "Music Machine" - TV OFF More about the SuperSwell The SuperSwell The SuperSwell Newsletter Contact: podcast@thesuperswell.com

1h 13m
04/18/2024

The Delicates' Lounge #7: Tallinn Music Week 2024

This is the seventh edition of The Delicates' Lounge - a podcast for all us music event tourists who love to be where the action is and occasionally like to grumble about having to queue for our passes or a beer or to get into a venue. You know, all things that we missed for so long during the pandemic (remember that?). Now and again we’ll get together with a handful of delicate delegates at one of the many events we love to go to. This time we're joined by PR legend & author Jane Savidge; journalist & musician Alex Maiolo; Tamsin Embleton of the Music Industry Therapists Collective (MITC); booking agent Rob McGee from One Fiinix Live; Jess Partridge of the European Music Managers Alliance (EMMA) & the European Music Exporters Exchange (EMEE); and founder of Tallinn Music Week itself Helen Sildna to find out how they are managing themselves, their projects, and the events they are now attending. We talked about our experiences at this year's Tallinn Music Week as well as all the projects we are working on. We recorded this conversation during Tallinn Music Week in Tallinn, Estonia on Friday 5th & Saturday 6th April, 2024. A huge thank you to the very helpful Tallinn Music Week conference & media teams - especially Indrek Migur & Ingrid Kohtla - for bringing us to their event, and to the management and staff of the Nordic Hotel Forum for providing us with the lovely space to set up our little studio. For further information about some of the things & people mentioned in this episode: Jane Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jane_savidge "This Is Hardcore": https://www.amazon.co.uk/Pulps-This-Hardcore-Jane-Savidge/dp/B0C5W1MXVC "Here They Come With Their Make-Up On": https://www.roughtrade.com/en-gb/artist/jane-savidge Alex Home: http://alexmaiolo.com "Themes For Great Cities" - TMW Opening Gala performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjr6EEdPNzA Tamsin Music Industry Therapists Collective (MITC): https://musicindustrytherapists.com "Touring And Mental Health - The Music Industry Manual": https://www.touringmanual.com MITC on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/weareMITC MITC on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wearemitc Rob One Fiinix Live: https://onefiinix.com Jess EMMA: https://emma.community/events EMEE: https://www.europeanmusic.eu EMEE/SEWEM: https://www.europeanmusic.eu/sewem Helen Tallinn Music Week: https://tmw.ee Station Narva: https://stationnarva.ee Shiftworks: https://shiftworks.ee The Delicates' Lounge Podcast is a SuperSwell production. More about the SuperSwell The SuperSwell The SuperSwell Newsletter Contact: podcast@thesuperswell.com

1h 9m
03/19/2024

The Delicates' Lounge #6: Eurosonic 2024

This is the sixth edition of The Delicates' Lounge - a podcast for all us music event tourists who love to be where the action is and occasionally like to grumble about having to queue for our passes or a beer or to get into a venue. You know, all things that we missed for so long during the pandemic. Now and again we’ll get together with a couple of delicate delegates at one of the many events we love to go to. This time, I was very happy to speak to friends from the festival family who over the years I’ve seen more than I’ve seen my own family at times. I’m joined by Andy Jones from Focus Wales; Jeff Beaulieu of Hopeful Tragedy Records; Healthy Touring & The Back Lounge's Suzi Green; Lotje Horvers from Backstage Pass; Manuel Schottmüller of Emerged Agency; So Alive Music Conference's Ruth Koleva; Peter Briggs of VIP-Booking.Com; and Robert Stolt from the Future of Festivals event to find out how they are managing themselves, their projects, and the events they are now attending. We talked about our experiences at this year's Eurosonic Conference & Festival as well as all the projects we are working on. We recorded this conversation during Eurosonic in Groningen on Thursday 18th and Friday 19th January, 2024. A huge thank you to the very helpful Frank Janssen, Eveline van der Slijde, & Robert Meijerink of the Eurosonic team for letting us use a quietist corner of the De Oosterpoort to record these conversations. For further information about some of the things & people mentioned in this episode: Andy Focus Wales: https://focuswales.com/ Welcome To Wrexham (trailer): https://youtu.be/R6v28e3MmhA Jeff Hopeful Tragedy Records: https://hopefultragedyrecords.com/ Le Maison De Tanger Hotel: https://lamaisondetanger.com/ Suzi Healthy Touring: https://healthy-touring.com/ The Back Lounge: https://healthy-touring.com/the-back-lounge/ Lotje Ghostlight Productions: https://lotte-horvers.squarespace.com/ Backstage Pass: https://www.backstage-pass.nl/en/ Manuel Emerged Agency: https://emerged-agency.com/ Ruth So Alive Music Conference: https://www.soalivemusicconference.com/ Ruth Koleva: https://ruthkoleva.com/ Peter VIP-Booking.Com: https://vip-booking.com/ Robert Future Of Festivals: https://www.futureoffestivals.com/en/home-en/ For more info and news about our podcasts and events please sign up to our mailing list here Contact us directly with feedback, questions, ideas, and requests at podcast@thesuperswell.com More about the SuperSwell The SuperSwell The SuperSwell Newsletter Contact: podcast@thesuperswell.com

1h 15m
09/30/2022

The Delicates' Lounge #5: Reeperbahn Festival 2022

This is the fifth edition of The Delicates' Lounge - a podcast for all us music event tourists who love to be where the action is and occasionally like to grumble about having to queue for our passes or a beer or to get into a venue. You know, all things that we missed for so long during the pandemic. Now and again we’ll get together with a couple of delicate delegates at one of the many events we love to go to. This time, I was very happy to speak to friends from the festival family who over the years I’ve seen more than I’ve seen my own family at times. I’m joined by Steffi Von Kannemann from Better Things agency, Joe Sparrow of Music Ally, Tamizdat's Matthew Covey, Andrea DaSilva from Keychange USA, and Adam Lewis of the Planetary Group to find out how they are managing themselves, their projects, and the events they are now attending. We talked about our experiences at this year's Reeperbahn Festival as well as all the projects we are working on. We recorded this conversation during Reeperbahn Festival in Hamburg on Thursday 22nd and Friday 23rd September, 2022. A huge thank you to Lena Ingwerson of Music Cities Network for letting us use her office at the Karostar Musikhaus to record these conversations. For further information about some of the things & people mentioned in this episode: Reeperbahn Festival: https://www.reeperbahnfestival.com/en Keychange USA: https://www.keychangeus.com Better Things: https://better-things.berlin Music Ally: https://musically.com/music-ally-podcast/ Planetary Group: https://www.planetarygroup.com Tamizdat: http://www.tamizdat.org For more info and news about our podcasts and events please sign up to our mailing list here Contact us directly with feedback, questions, ideas, and requests at podcast@thesuperswell.com More about the SuperSwell The SuperSwell The SuperSwell Newsletter Contact: podcast@thesuperswell.com

50 min
12/02/2021

EP11: Jane Savidge - Britpop, Blair, and the Beautiful Ones

Your host, Paul Cheetham, is joined by Press & PR legend, Jane Savidge. Jane is one of the UK's most influential media personalities, co-founder of Savage & Best PR, and instigator of the famous and infamous Britpop scene. I talked with Jane about the brilliant book she wrote about her time at the epicentre of Britpop and some of the exploits and adventures that were undertaken to get acts like Suede and Elastica on the front pages of the NME and Melody Maker. We talked about her involvement with Brit artists, especially Damien Hirst, and branching out into projects such as Dave Stewart's art & business extravaganza, Hospital, and London super club, Home. We also had to mention her involvement in helping make Tony Blair hip enough to be voted in as Prime Minister in 1997, where the Labour leader used Britpop figures such as Noel Gallagher and Alan MacGee as a way to be part of the Cool Britannia moniker. Jane is really a fascinating, funny, and engaging guest and it's a thrill to have had the chance to talk to her for the SuperSwell. "Lunch With The Wild Frontiers" is a brilliant book that you really need to read. Buy a copy from the link below. And prepare yourself for the exciting follow-up that is due out in Spring 2022. We recorded this episode on Tuesday 7th September, 2021. Thank you for listening. Here is the episode. We made it just.....for......you! Links: Jane Savidge PR: https://www.phillsavidge.com Jane on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Savidge Jane on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jane_savidge/ Buy "Lunch With The Wild Frontiers": http://jawbonepress.com/lunch-with-the-wild-frontiers/ https://www.amazon.com/Lunch-Wild-Frontiers-History-Chapters/dp/1911036491 Pre-order Jane's upcoming book, "Here They Come With Their Make Up On: Suede, Coming Up...And More Adventures Beyond The Wild Frontiers" (released April 2022) https://www.amazon.co.uk/Here-They-Come-Their-Make-Up/dp/1911036890 https://www.waterstones.com/book/here-they-come-with-their-make-up-on/jane-savidge/9781911036890 The SuperSwell Newsletter: http://www.thesuperswell.com/sign-up.html More about the SuperSwell The SuperSwell The SuperSwell Newsletter Contact: podcast@thesuperswell.com

46 min

Welcome to the SuperSwell Podcast. Each time you join us, we will be talking to guests about life, work, and the human condition, covering themes about music, the arts, philosophy, medicine, religion, business and all the things we love. Thank you for listening. We record these episodes just....for......you!

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The SuperSwell Collective
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2020 - 2025
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