

Kreative Kontrol
Vish Khanna / Entertainment One (eOne)
Thoughtful, funny, heartfelt interviews and in-depth documentaries about musicians, authors, comedians, and other cultural creators. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Jun 19, 2020 • 51min
Ep. #548: Kool Keith
The legendary Kool Keith discusses his collaboration with Thetan on Space Goretex, pandemic life in the Bronx, the Black Lives Matter protests, contemporary hip-hop, average cereals, future plans, and more! Supported by you on Patreon, Live at Massey Hall, Pizza Trokadero, the Bookshelf, Planet Bean Coffee, and Grandad's Donuts. Support Black Women United YEG. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 17, 2020 • 1h 15min
Ep. #547: WHOOP-Szo
Adam Sturgeon discusses his band WHOOP-Szo and their Polaris Music Prize-nominated album, Warrior Down, his and his dad's brushes with NHL stardom, cruelty towards Indigenous people in Canada, defunding the police, future plans, and more! Supported by Live at Massey Hall, Pizza Trokadero, the Bookshelf, Planet Bean Coffee, and Grandad's Donuts. Support Lifespin and Black Women United YEG.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 10, 2020 • 1h 7min
Ep. #546: Wares
Edmonton's Cassia Hardy discusses the emotionally haunting and musically charged new Wares album, Survival, living in Alberta during a pandemic, local politics and music communities, self-awareness and the internet, Bob Dylan, and more! Supported by Live at Massey Hall, Pizza Trokadero, the Bookshelf, Planet Bean Coffee, and Grandad's Donuts. Support Black Women United YEG.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 3, 2020 • 1h 12min
Ep. #545: Owen Pallett
Celebrated Toronto composer Owen Pallett discusses his new album Island, the murder of George Floyd, getting over and through past relationships, external perceptions, future plans, and more! Supported by Live at Massey Hall, Pizza Trokadero, the Bookshelf, Planet Bean Coffee, and Grandad's Donuts. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 28, 2020 • 1h 23min
Ep. #544: Ben Gunning
Toronto's Ben Gunning talks about making music free of external and genre expectations, his old band Local Rabbits, his latest album Nature, and more! Supported by Live at Massey Hall, Pizza Trokadero, the Bookshelf, Planet Bean Coffee, and Grandad's Donuts. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 26, 2020 • 1h 8min
Ep. #543: Markus Floats
Montreal musician and soundscape artist Markus Floats discusses his ability to adapt to pandemic protocols, making solitary, synthesized music after playing in bands, his new Constellation Records release Third Album, and more! Supported by Live at Massey Hall, Pizza Trokadero, the Bookshelf, Planet Bean Coffee, and Grandad's Donuts. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 20, 2020 • 1h 30min
Ep. #542: Fiver
Simone Schmidt discusses pandemic peril in Toronto, music biz cartels, the Atlantic School of Spontaneous Composition and their new Fiver collaboration, You Wanted Country? Vol. 1, and more! Supported by Live at Massey Hall, Pizza Trokadero, the Bookshelf, Planet Bean Coffee, and Grandad's Donuts. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 13, 2020 • 1h 7min
Ep. #541: Jim White and Marisa Anderson
Beaming in from Australia and Oregon respectively, Jim White and Marisa Anderson discuss living life under pandemic conditions, improvisation in life and music, AC/DC, their new Thrill Jockey release, The Quickening, and more! Supported by Live at Massey Hall, Pizza Trokadero, the Bookshelf, Planet Bean Coffee, and Grandad's Donuts. Please take this listener survey. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 5, 2020 • 1h 34min
Ep. #540: The Magnetic Fields' Stephin Merritt
American pop songwriting genius Stephin Merritt discusses quarantine life in New York City, each and every song on the new album Quickies by the Magnetic Fields, and more! Supported by Live at Massey Hall, Pizza Trokadero, the Bookshelf, Planet Bean Coffee, and Grandad's Donuts. Please take this listener survey. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 28, 2020 • 1h 11min
Ep. #539: Andy Shauf
Canadian musical mastermind Andy Shauf discusses late night tv talk shows and comedy, narrative songwriting and meeting Randy Newman, his new album The Neon Skyline, and much more! Supported by Live at Massey Hall, Pizza Trokadero, the Bookshelf, Planet Bean Coffee, and Grandad's Donuts. Please take this listener survey. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.