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Vision of Sound: Conversations at the crossroads where music & art meet.

Vision of Sound is a new fortnightly podcast series by photographer & artist Georgina Cook that celebrates creative people making work about or inspired by music.

Each episode features up to two guest artists, drawn from a variety of backgrounds including Fine Art, film, photography, publishing and design.

Things we talk about include: Making work about music; being part of a creative community, music venues, representation and identity, creative processes and which music each guest is currently feeling.

The aim is to share some love for the dedicated people repping music in all its wonderful forms and inspire others along the way!

Created, produced, hosted & edited by:

Georgina Cook

www.georginacook.net

Soundtrack & additional editing by:

Francis Redman

www.francisredman.com

Recording by:

Ian P, Francis Redman, and Frank Merritt.

Additional creative consultation and writing:

Clare Considine

Intro / Outro Music:

Voodoo Ray by The William Fairey Brass Band

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The final episode in the first series of Vision of Sound sees host Georgina Cook in conversation with the show's sound-designer Francis Redman.

In this special episode, we go deeper into the ideas behind Vision of Sound, what we've learnt, our highlights of each episode and some of our favourite featured tracks.

You'll also hear a little about what to expect from series 2 in Spring 2021, and the launch of our new BUY ME A COFFEE page, which gives you the opportunity to support the production of future episodes.

This episode was recorded remotely in OCTOBER 2020.

RELATED LINKS:

www.georginacook.net

www.francisredman.com

www.buymeacoffee.com/visionofsound

This episode of Vision of Sound features music by:

Neue Grafik Ensemble - Foulden Road

J Dilla- Jungle Love

Earth Gang - Top Down

Spiral Tribe - Forward The Revolution

Crystal Waters - Gipsy WomanOTHER CREDITS:

Produced by Georgina Cook

Presented by Georgina Cook & Francis Redman

Soundtrack & editing by Francis Redman

Additional audio support by Ian Phillips.

Intro Outro Music: Voodoo Ray by Williams Fairey Brass Band; from Jeremy Deller’s “Acid Brass” project.

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This episode of Vision of Sound is in collaboration with The Carvery Studio.

The award-winning Carvery Studio have recently relaunched their website to share stories of craft and creativity driven by music.

I first met Frank Merritt, who owns The Carvery Studio, in 2014, when I photographed him & his old boxer dog Roy, for a feature about London’s Mastering Houses.

6 years on and it’s great to be collaborating with The Carvery Studio again for this very special episode of Vision of Sound, which features the legendary photographer & director B+.

For nearly 30 years, B’s camera has captured artists like Snoop Dogg, Biggy, Erykah Badu, Fugees, Quantic and Damien Marley. Many of the artists he’s portrayed were in the early days of their career in New York & L.A, where B now resides.

He’s the author of two books, including the brilliant Ghostnotes: Music of the Unplayed and is a professor at University of California, San Diego.

Along with Eric Coleman, B is the founder of Mochilla, a company making brand campaigns, mix CDs, documentaries like Banksy's Exit Through the Gift Shop, and over a hundred record sleeves.

In this special Vision of Sound & The Carvery Studio podcast; B shares some stories about the making of some of his photos & record sleeves including Blazing Arrow by Blackalicious and Company Flow’s Little Johnny from the Hospitul: Breaks & Instrumentals Vol.1

A photographer driven by the connections between things, people, and places; B+ is an incredibly inspiring artist and thinker and I’m super excited to be sharing our conversation with you today.

Check out thecarverystudio.com for a written article by me about B+ alongside some of his amazing images.

This episode was recorded remotely in JUNE 2020.

RELATED LINKS:

B+ WEBSITE

MOCHILLA.COM

QUANTIC

GHOST NOTES: MUSIC OF THE UNPLAYED ON BIBLIO

B+’s Vision of Sound features music by:

The Young Holt Trio - Strangers in the Night

Crooklyn Dodgers - Return of the Crooklyn Dodgers

Joe Henderson - Inner Urge

Quantic and Alice Russell-I'll Keep My Light In My Window

J Dilla - Jungle Love

Company Flow - World Of Garbage

OTHER CREDITS:

Produced, presented and edited by Georgina Cook

Soundtrack & additional editing by Francis Redman

Additional audio support by Ian Phillips.

Intro Outro Music: Voodoo Ray by Williams Fairey Brass Band; from Jeremy Deller’s “Acid Brass” project.

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Katherine Green of Rendezvous Projects speaks to Georgina about Rendezvous’ most recent work- Sweet Harmony: Radio, Rave & Waltham Forest, 1989-1994.

A zine, archive, and collection of oral histories from people like DJ Rap and Gordon Mac of Kiss FM; Sweet Harmony documents and presents the dance music culture of Waltham Forest during an important time in rave’s history.

A perfect example of how one small part of the world can have such a big impact on art and culture, Katherine shares some insights into just what it is about Waltham Forest that makes it so rich in heritage and reflects on the importance of youth culture and community.

This episode was recorded online in September 2020.

RELATED LINKS:

SWEET HARMONY: RENDEZVOUS PROJECTS

BUY THE SWEET HARMONY BOOK & MAP HERE

KATHERINE GREEN’S WEBSITE

WALTHAM FOREST COUNCIL

WALTHAM FOREST WIKIPEDIA

VESTRY HOUSE MUSEUM

Rendezvous Projects Vision of Sound features music by:

Crystal Waters - Gipsy Woman

Liquid - Sweet Harmony

DJ Randall on Rave FM, 1990

OTHER CREDITS:

Produced, presented and edited by Georgina Cook

Soundtrack & additional editing by Francis Redman

Recording and additional audio support by Ian Phillips.

Clip of Linton C speaking by Rendezvous Projects, from Sweet Harmony: Radio, Rave & Waltham Forest, 1989-1994.

Intro Outro Music: Voodoo Ray by Williams Fairey Brass Band; from Jeremy Deller’s “Acid Brass” project.

For more info:

www.georginacook.net/visionofsound

Follow:

www.instagram.com/thevisionofsound/

Email: hello[@]georginacook[dot]net

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Seana Gavin is a photographer and artist creating photographs of underground music, community and culture and intricate collages of imaginary worlds.

Her recent book “Spiralled,” published by IDEA presents Seana’s photos of the free party community including the Spiral Tribe soundsystem most active in the 90s.

Juxtaposed with diary entries written by Seana as they travelled through Europe, Spiralled is both a record of a seminal moment in the Free party scene and an emotive glimpse at Seana’s unique teenage life.tive in the 90s.

Juxtaposed with diary entries written by Seana as they travelled through Europe, Spiralled is both a record of a seminal moment in the Free party scene and an emotive glimpse at Seana’s unique teenage life.

We hear from Seana about her experience of travelling from “party to party,” with a close-knit community and a camera and the links between her photography and collage.

This episode was recorded online in July 2020.

RELATED LINKS:

SEANA’S WEBSITE

SEANA’S BOOK: SPIRALLED

SPIRAL TRIBE’S OFFICIAL WEBSITE

Seana Gavin’s Vision of Sound features music by:

Spiral Tribe - Forward The Revolution

Masterminds - Bring it Back

Speedy J - De Orbit

Lauryn Hill - Lost Ones

OTHER CREDITS:

Produced, presented and edited by Georgina Cook

Soundtrack & additional editing by Francis Redman

Recording and additional audio support by Ian Phillips.

Intro Outro Music: Voodoo Ray by Williams Fairey Brass Band; from Jeremy Deller’s “Acid Brass” project.

For more info:

www.georginacook.net/visionofsound

Follow:

www.instagram.com/thevisionofsound/

Email: hello[@]georginacook[dot]net

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Thanks so much to The Vinyl Factory for featuring Vision of Sound.

https://thevinylfactory.com/news/vision-of-sound-podcast-georgina-cook-jeremy-deller

You can read a bit about the inspiration and thinking behind the podcast and see a couple of snaps taken by Francis from BTS with Jeremy Deller at Anomalous Space Islington.

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Prolific illustrator, animator and designer Ali Graham shares insight into making work all about American Hip-Hop and it’s luminaries.

Known for Lil Ye - an ongoing series of cartoons depicting Kanye West as a cartoon baby in scenarios based on the rapper’s lyrics; we talk about just what it is about Kanye and other rappers that inspire him so much. Ali also shares insight on being an artist with a hungry social media following, living and working outside of a big city and what he’s listening to.

RELATED LINKS:

Ali’s website: http://grarg.com

Ali’s Lil Ye Instagram: http://grarg.comhttps://www.instagram.com/lil_ye

Ali’s “99 Problems” Tumblr account

Ali Graham’s Vision of Sound features music by:

Ali Graham’s Vision of Sound features music by:

Jay Z: 99 Problems

Kanye West & Kid Cudi: Kids See Ghosts ft. Yasin Bey

Hobo Johnson - 94 Corolla

Earthgang - Top Down

Mirrorland Game Soundtrack

OTHER CREDITS:

Produced, presented and edited by Georgina Cook

Recording by Ian P.

Soundtrack & additional editing by Francis Redman

Thanks to Clare Considine.

Intro Outro Music: Voodoo Ray by Williams Fairey Brass Band; from Jeremy Deller’s “Acid Brass” project.

For more info:

www.georginacook.net/visionofsound

Follow:

www.instagram.com/thevisionofsound/

Email: hello[@]georginacook[dot]net

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“Let me explain what I mean and what was arranged. Apart from photographing the gigs during the week of the New Music Seminar, and the shoots that happened through those days, I knew at the close of the festival I was there to meet with Nirvana for a photo shoot. So far so organised. Thing was, I had enough bad experience to know it would be a chaotic shit fight of a day no matter what guarantees anyone supposed they had.”

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VISION OF SOUND with EMMA WARREN.

The brilliant writer & now publisher Emma Warren talks to Georgina about a lifetime of telling stories about music and culture. Hear her talk about the importance of friendly club door policies, community, getting to know what you're repping and documenting your culture.

This episode was recorded in December 2019. Emma has since published Document Your Culture manual, available via Bandcamp.

RELATED LINKS:

Emma’s website: emmawarren.squarespace.com

Sweet Machine Publishing: sweetmachine.bigcartel.com

Total Refreshment Centre: totalrefreshment.net

Steamdown: www.steamdown.co.uk

Church of Sound: churchofsound.co.uk

Unit 31: unit31.com

Emma Warren’s Vision of Sound features music by:

Shabaka & The Ancestors: The Observer

Unit 31: Salt Peanuts vol 28 part 2.

Neue Grafik Ensemble: Foulden Road

OTHER CREDITS:

Produced, presented and edited by Georgina Cook

Recording by Ian P.

Soundtrack & additional editing by Francis Redman

Thanks to Clare Considine.

Intro Outro Music: Voodoo Ray by William’s Fairey Brass Band; from Jeremy Deller’s “Acid Brass” project.

For more info:

www.georginacook.net/visionofsound

Follow:

www.instagram.com/thevisionofsound/

Email: hello[@]georginacook[dot]net

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Music licenced via PRS

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Listen to film maker George Nindi & illustrator Wumzum chat to Georgina Cook about their work with South London's amazing Steamdown collective, Unit 31 and other creative communities.

This episode was recorded in December 2019.

RELATED LINKS:

SUBSCRIBE TO THE VISION OF SOUND PODCAST:

podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/vision-of-sound/id1526687073

WUMZUM - www.wumzum.com

GEORGE NINDI - www.instagram.com/georgenind

MENTIONED:

STEAMDOWN

UNIT 31 + SALT PEANUTS (Rest In Peace Ty).

RELIC TRAVELLER by LARRY ACHIAMPONG

George Nindi & Wumzum’s Vision of Sound features music by:

Steamdown: Free My Skin

Nujabes: Kujaku

Hector Plimmer: Sunshine (Emma Jean Thackray remix)

Music @ Individual artists - LICENCED with PRS LOML licence

OTHER CREDITS:

Produced, presented and edited by Georgina Cook

Recorded by Frank Merritt at The Carvery Studio

Soundtrack & additional editing by Francis Redman

Additional thanks to Ian Phillips & Clare Considine.

Intro + Outro Music: Voodoo Ray by Williams Fairey Brass Band; from Jeremy Deller’s “Acid Brass” project.

For more info:

www.georginacook.net/visionofsound

Follow:

www.instagram.com/thevisionofsound/

Email: hello[@]georginacook[dot]net

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Turner Prize winning artist Jeremy Deller chats to Georgina Cook about his lengthy artistic career that has been inspired by music since the very beginning .

Recorded in November 2019

RELATED LINKS:

VISION OF SOUND PODCAST:

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/vision-of-sound/id1526687073

JEREMY’S MENTIONED WORK:

FILM: Everybody In The Place

FILM: Our Hobby is Depeche Mode

ART: The History of The World

Jeremy Deller’s Vision of Sound features music by:

The Williams Fairy Brass Band: Cubik

Prodigy: Everybody In The Place

Burial: Shell of Light

Beethoven: Symphony 3 Eroica

Depeche Mode: In Your Room

Music @ Individual artists - LICENCED with PRS LOML licence

OTHER CREDITS:

Produced, presented and edited by Georgina Cook

Additional editing & audio production by Francis Redman

Thanks to Antony Price at Anomalous Space Islington & Clare Considine.

Intro Outro Music: Voodoo Ray by Williams Fairey Brass Band; from Jeremy Deller’s “Acid Brass” project.

For more info:

www.georginacook.net/visionofsound

Follow:

www.instagram.com/thevisionofsound/

Email: hello[@]georginacook[dot]net

PODCAST © Georgina Cook

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For more info:

www.georginacook.net/visionofsound

Follow:

www.instagram.com/thevisionofsound/

Email: hello[@]georginacook[dot]net

Produced, presented and edited by Georgina Cook

Additional editing & audio production by Francis Redman

Music: Voodoo Ray by William Fairey Band (Acid Brass).