103 episodes

Paul Rose aka the musician, DJ, and A&R known as Scuba talks to people of significance from the world of electronic music about their experiences, observations, and attempts to cultivate a life for themselves in the murky and sometimes treacherous waters of the music industry.

Not A Diving Podcast with Scuba Scuba

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    • 5.0 • 40 Ratings

Paul Rose aka the musician, DJ, and A&R known as Scuba talks to people of significance from the world of electronic music about their experiences, observations, and attempts to cultivate a life for themselves in the murky and sometimes treacherous waters of the music industry.

    Trevor Jackson

    Trevor Jackson

    The 2023 Annual Not A Diving Podcast Pledge Drive is here... for ONE FINAL WEEK!
    For the next week, support the show and receive special benefits...
    Option 1 - Patreon Musicality Tier (£8.50 per month)
    Pledge Drive Bonus = the 2024 Musicality t-shirt! Free of charge, postage and packing covered
    Option 2 - Patreon Solidarity Tier (£3.50 per month)
    Pledge Drive Bonus = a 50% off voucher to use on a basket containing any items at the Hotflush Bandcamp Store
    Option 3 - a one-off donation of £8.50 or USD$10.00
    Pledge Drive Bonus = a 25% off voucher to use on a basket containing any items at the Hotflush Bandcamp Store
    Thanking you in advance for your support!
    What is culture anyway? This is a question which is delved into in depth on this week's episode, with a man whose work since the 1980s has covered many different areas.
    Trevor Jackson is a storied designer of album covers and sleeve art, a prolific producer and remixer, and the man behind Output Records who helped ease acts including LCD Soundsystem and Four Tet into the public consciousness.
    So there was lots to talk about, and in addition to the culture question, we tackled areas including the pre-Acid House London scene, Thatcherism, working in different art forms, counter-culture, UK Hip Hop, and a lot more...
    This was a great conversation, straight into the classic episodes list. You're gonna enjoy it!
    Join us in the Hotflush Discord Server.
    Listen to all (most of) the music discussed on the show via the Not A Diving Podcast Spotify playlist
    Follow Scuba: twitter instagram bandcamp spotify apple music beatport

    • 2 hr 6 min
    NIKS

    NIKS

    The 2023 Annual Not A Diving Podcast Pledge Drive is here... for one extra week.
    For the next week, support the show and receive special benefits...
    Option 1 - Patreon Musicality Tier (£8.50 per month)
    Pledge Drive Bonus = the 2024 Musicality t-shirt! Free of charge, postage and packing covered
    Option 2 - Patreon Solidarity Tier (£3.50 per month)
    Pledge Drive Bonus = a 50% off voucher to use on a basket containing any items at the Hotflush Bandcamp Store
    Option 3 - a one-off donation of £8.50 or USD$10.00
    Pledge Drive Bonus = a 25% off voucher to use on a basket containing any items at the Hotflush Bandcamp Store
    Thanking you in advance for your support!
    Lockdown was a weird time for all of us. So many good intentions, so many regrets afterwards at not having done much except put on weight and watched a ton of Netflix.
    NIKS, our guest this week did not fall into the Duolingo trap in 2020, and was instead a leading member of the team who launched Black Bandcamp which subsequently became the Black Artist Database.
    So of course we discuss that, and also many of the issues around why such a thing is necessary. But we also get deep into her backstory as a station manager on student radio, working the door at key venues in London, and learning the ropes as a producer.
    This is a great conversation with someone who makes things happen... you're gonna enjoy it!
    Join us in the Hotflush Discord Server.
    Listen to all (most of) the music discussed on the show via the Not A Diving Podcast Spotify playlist
    Follow Scuba: twitter instagram bandcamp spotify apple music beatport

    • 1 hr 39 min
    Adrian Sherwood

    Adrian Sherwood

    The 2023 Annual Not A Diving Podcast Pledge Drive is here!
    For the next week, support the show and receive special benefits...
    Option 1 - Patreon Musicality Tier (£8.50 per month)
    Pledge Drive Bonus = the 2024 Musicality t-shirt! Free of charge, postage and packing covered
    Option 2 - Patreon Solidarity Tier (£3.50 per month)
    Pledge Drive Bonus = a 50% off voucher to use on a basket containing any items at the Hotflush Bandcamp Store
    Option 3 - a one-off donation of £8.50 or USD$10.00
    Pledge Drive Bonus = a 25% off voucher to use on a basket containing any items at the Hotflush Bandcamp Store
    Thanking you in advance for your support!
    On the show this week we welcome a true legend of UK music, and a legend of Dub... it's Adrian Sherwood!
    Listen to all (most of) the music discussed on the show via the Not A Diving Podcast Spotify playlist
    Follow Scuba: twitter instagram bandcamp spotify apple music beatport

    • 1 hr 18 min
    Singles Club: Spotify Top 10 India

    Singles Club: Spotify Top 10 India

    Here's a bonus pod to give you a taste of what being a subscriber is like, because...
    The 2023 Annual Not A Diving Podcast Pledge Drive is here!
    For the next two weeks support the show and receive special benefits...
    Option 1 - Patreon Musicality Tier (£8.50 per month)
    Pledge Drive Bonus = the 2024 Musicality t-shirt! Free of charge, postage and packing covered
    Option 2 - Patreon Solidarity Tier (£3.50 per month)
    Pledge Drive Bonus = a 50% off voucher to use on a basket containing any items at the Hotflush Bandcamp Store
    Option 3 - a one-off donation of £8.50 or USD$10.00
    Pledge Drive Bonus = a 25% off voucher to use on a basket containing any items at the Hotflush Bandcamp Store
    Thanking you in advance for your support!
    There's a private area for Patreon supporters in the Hotflush Discord Server... but anyone can join the conversation there in the public channels, so please do!
    Listen to all (most of) the music discussed on the show via the Not A Diving Podcast Spotify playlist
    Follow Scuba: twitter instagram bandcamp spotify apple music beatport

    • 41 min
    Praveen Sharma (Sepalcure, Braille)

    Praveen Sharma (Sepalcure, Braille)

    The 2023 Annual Not A Diving Podcast Pledge Drive is here!
    For the next two weeks support the show and receive special benefits...
    Option 1 - Patreon Musicality Tier (£8.50 per month)
    Pledge Drive Bonus = the 2024 Musicality t-shirt! Free of charge, postage and packing covered
    Option 2 - Patreon Solidarity Tier (£3.50 per month)
    Pledge Drive Bonus = a 50% off voucher to use on a basket containing any items at the Hotflush Bandcamp Store
    Option 3 - a one-off donation of £8.50 or USD$10.00
    Pledge Drive Bonus = a 25% off voucher to use on a basket containing any items at the Hotflush Bandcamp Store
    Thanking you in advance for your support!
    This week on the show we enter the world of modular synths. Think a Eurorack rig is going to kill your productivity and mean you'll never finish another tune? Well, think again.
    Praveen Sharma is one half (with Machinedrum) of mega Hotflush duo Sepalcure, and also makes music as Braille on Hotflush, Rush Hour, Friends Of Friends, and other labels too. He also works a regular shift at the most valuable company in the world.
    We discuss modular of course, but also more general issues including social media as music distribution, and music in New York, as well as his evolving approach to making music over the years.
    This was a great conversation, and it was very nice to have an interlocutor after two weeks of solo pods. You're gonna enjoy it!
    Join us in the Hotflush Discord Server.
    Listen to all (most of) the music discussed on the show via the Not A Diving Podcast Spotify playlist
    Follow Scuba: twitter instagram bandcamp spotify apple music beatport

    • 1 hr 29 min
    More on Bandcamp

    More on Bandcamp

    It's Bandcamp Friday this week! And we have a 50% sale on everything on the Hotflush Store. Head over there and cop some amazing limited edition vinyl.
    Use the code nov50 to cop that discount.
    We are late and in a confused state on the podcast this week... where are the guests?! That's the question I've been asking too over the last 10 days or so.
    But luckily there have been developments in the Bandcamp story and there's lots to talk about there, so I have taken the opportunity to do so. The trade union movement is so emotive isn't it? We get into that side of things in detail this week, possibly too much detail.
    And additionally, we announce this year's Pledge Drive! It starts next week so don't worry too much about it now... but if you're not already a supporter then the coming weeks will be the time to get started.
    This month's show on SWU FM is here.
    If you're into what we're doing here on the pod then you can support the show on Patreon! There are two tiers - "Solidarity" for $4 a month, which features regular bonus podcasts and extra content. And "Musicality" which for a mere $10 a month gets you all the music we release on Hotflush and affiliate labels AND other music too, some of which never comes out anywhere else.
    Plus there's also a private area for Patreon supporters in the Hotflush Discord Server... but anyone can join the conversation there in the public channels, so please do!
    Listen to all (most of) the music discussed on the show via the Not A Diving Podcast Spotify playlist
    Follow Scuba: twitter instagram bandcamp spotify apple music beatport

    • 44 min

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
40 Ratings

40 Ratings

mcgold22 ,

Gets the best out of every guest

Love these interviews, some of the best we’ve got in the electronic music genre

Some Dude in SF ,

Quality Content

Happy it exists

Damonos ,

Love this show!

Just stumbled on this Channel because of Will Clarke I believe ! Excited to dive in

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