This interview was conducted in Spring 2021 by Connor Beaton for the ManTalks podcast.

https://mantalks.com/podcast/

2021 March - ManTalks Podcast, Connor Beaton interviews Stephen Jenkinson

I composed "Tour De Pyrénées” after a trip through them in 2012. The tour lasted five days and nights and I saw some unbelievable, beautiful ‘lost places’. The music represents the ups and downs of driving the car through the mountain pass, the voices of the people, and the landscape. 

Bjorn Rohde - Tour De Pyrénées

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Purrfound Meditation

Purrfound Meditation - DEMO

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The Old Capital (out on Lost Tribe Sound) is the debut album from Melbourne composers Claire Deak and Tony Dupé. The album is their first recorded collaboration, though Dupé has released two solo albums under the name Saddleback. 

The duo describes themselves as a home orchestra well-suited for late night rambling. Much like traveling in the dark of night, the sound explorations found throughout The Old Capital come into view seemingly out of nowhere. Headstrong rhythms of shuffling organic debris and lumbering stomps help light the path with some brief success, only to be swallowed up by a slow moving fog of droning organs and dampened strings. However with the proper guides, finding ones footing in this shadowy landscape doesn't have to be difficult. Claire and Tony echo this sentiment throughout with a fine balance of both playful and haunting passages. Their confidence reassures us that once our eyes adjust to the dark, it need not be a frightening place. 

A wide variety of acoustic instrumentation weave their way into the music, including: pianos, accordion, harp, harpsichord, pump organs, pipe organ, recorder, flute, trumpet, euphonium, clarinets, stroh violin, viola, wulf fidel, cello, double bass, guitar, charango, mandolin, baritone ukulele, banjo, xylophone, glockenspiel, gamelan, drums and voices. 

Lost Tribe Sound feels incredibly lucky to have stumbled upon the duo's music because of a kind tip from the good folks at the Preserved Sound label. It makes perfect sense that Claire and Tony hail from Australia. This location has turned out many our favorite electroacoustic acts, known for cobbling genres together in ways that leave just enough of the roughhewn framework showing. Comparatively speaking, Brambles, Part Timer, and Thomas William Hill (aka Origamibiro) come to mind.

The Old Capital

From a Rooftop

Claire Deak & Tony Dupé - From a Rooftop (from The Old Capital)

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‘The Loneliness of the Deep Sea Diver’ is the second release in Lost Tribe Sound’s Fearful Void Series. The album arrives courtesy of Arrowounds, the experimental electronic project of Ryan S Chamberlain.

What began for Chamberlain as a simple concept of exploring his sound within the expanse of aquatic lore, quickly evolved into a storyline regarding an unnamed nautical exploration attempt that tragically unravels. Ultimately, this results in the title character being trapped below the surface by an event. Struggling with fear, paranoia and hallucinations brought on by sensory deprivation & oxygen levels, the diver fights to make sense of what is real and what is imagined in the depths.

The themes of ‘The Loneliness…’ became sort of an analogy of Chamberlain’s feelings in his role as a caregiver to someone close to him suffering through cancer treatments, the confusion and loss of power and understanding in the midst of such a trying experience. Struggling for clarity in the quieter moments and using sound to maintain a semblance of balance and buoyancy in life, these recording sessions provided clarity for Chamberlain. The music allowed him to communicate emotions he was unable to fully comprehend or verbalize.

It began with what Chamberlain calls "tape loop therapy.” He started to spend time layering loops and sounds, rhythm and decay. It became a sort of meditation process of strictly being in the moment and not worrying about an end result. Only after a few weeks did patterns begin to take shape and songs begin to emerge. Small glimmers in a sea of obscured sound. A pair of dual works were extracted, each exploring different facets of this unique and trying time. ‘The Loneliness of the Deep Sea Diver’ represents the insular or hermetic portion of these sessions, while ‘The Oncotype Sketchbook’ (out now on Pyramid Blood Recordings) incorporates more of the hospital field recordings and an overall narration of the entire cancer survivor experience.

The Loneliness of the Deep Sea Diver

Sunken Phantoms (Single Version)

Arrowounds - Sunken Phantoms (Single Version)(from The Loneliness of the Deep Sea Diver)

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Lost Tribe Sound presents the debut album from Gallowglas, titled, ‘I Dream I See You Hit The Water, I Dream I See You Change Your Mind’ (or for short, IDISYHTW, IDISYCYM). From the start, Gallowglas has been a captivating study in duality… a push and pull of opposing forces, techniques, voices, and philosophies battling it out to create something quite profound, an album that felt close to never coming together at all.

Ultimately strong wills prevailed, working through disagreements, lost sessions, and stretches of post-world stopping malaise with an undeniable knowing that the results of this struggle were becoming a body of work that felt worth fighting for. Hardly a shiny sales pitch, but if you’re looking for another glossed up one sheet about an alt rock band who just found that perfect sound and rode it... Gallowglas is not that band.

That said, ‘IDISYHTW, IDISYCYM’ is an album with some fire in it. It’s a smoldering, crawling sort of indie that will most likely be treated like an outcast in the genre… a grandiose, experimental and bruised sort of classical that won’t be sweet enough or keep its mouth shut long enough for the neoclassical types. It’s a crude, ballad-heavy breed of outsider music that just speaks to us.

Galloglas feels wounded, at times almost beyond repair, but in a relatable way. A pain or sadness that you live with, internalize, live through, learn from. There is quiet strength to ‘IDISYHTW, IDISYCYM’ that it maintains throughout. Some moments bring tears when least expected, and some flood the heart with an anxious sort of excitement. It moves like a sharp blade through fog, cutting from seemingly out of nowhere with a deceivingly effortless amount of force. Gallowglas pairs stark, affecting vocals, derelict piano melodies, and a succinct array of ghostly background mechanics.

I dream I see you hit the water, I dream I see you change your mind

There is nothing flawless

Gallowglas - There Is Nothing Flawless (from IDISYHTW, IDISYCYM)

Ommmmmm

Let the fires of transformation blaze. Like the alchemist, you are creating the life that you so choose. Choose wisely. Where your thoughts go, your energy flows. Yes acknowledge & feel everything that arises, and consciously choose to create the most loving relationship you can with yourself. Discover who you are & what you most desire in your life. This will only improve your relationships with others, though sometimes it burns at first. Burn away that which is no longer serving your highest growth & evolution, paving way for the life of your dreams.

Ommmmmm

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Moon Mix #160 - New Moon In Leo - 18/8/2020

This interview originally aired on July 19, 2020.

Stephen Jenkinson is a culture activist, teacher, author and ceremonialist. He is the author of numerous books, including Come of Age: The Case for Elderhood in a Time of Trouble and Die Wise: A Manifesto for Sanity and Soul.

Derrick Jensen as an ecophilosopher and the author of many books, including Deep Green Resistance(co-author), Endgame, The Culture of Make Believe, A Language Older than Words.

Derrick Jensen - Resistance Radio

2020 July - Resistance Radio, Derrick Jensen interviews Stephen Jenkinson

An interview with Eve Annecke from 'A Journey Home', an online course to which Stephen was invited. The theme for the month was 'Death and Grief'.  For more info: http://advaya.co

Feburary 2021 - Death & Grief: A Journey Home, Eve Annecke interviews Stephen Jenkinson

This piece originally aired on BBC radio in December 2020. Produced by Phil Smith.

Contributors (in order of appearance):
Stephen Jenkinson
Kofi Mawuli Klu
Andreas Weber
Esther Stanford-Xosei
Anita Barrows

Voice of the chorus:
Niamh O’Brien.

Cello improvisations:
Lucy Railton

Additional words and music:
Phil Smith

Produced by Phil Smith.
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 3.

December 2020 - To Bear Witness, BBC radio interviews Stephen Jenkinson

Stephen was interviewed in February 2021 by Patrick Farnsworth for his podcast 'Last Born in the Wilderness'. 

https://www.lastborninthewilderness.com/episodes/stephen-jenkinson-2

February 2021 - Last Born in The Wilderness, Patrick Farnsworth interviews Stephen Jenkinson

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