Veröffentlicht
Sep 5, 2024
- "I'm a noodler." The vaunted producer and DJ discusses his playful approach to making art, recorded live at Atonal's OPENLESS in Berlin.
- British artist Lee Gamble has long been captivating listeners with high-concept electronic music. A loyal affiliate of Kode9's Hyperdub label, Gamble—whose work sits somewhere at the intersection of philosophy, computer music and sound art—has been building weird and wonderful worlds since the early 2010s. In this RA Exchange, recorded live at Hard Wax during Berlin Atonal's OPENLESS, he meditates on his penchant for ignoring conventions, beginning with growing up in the countercultural, working-class hub of Birmingham.
Gamble also reflects on the first time he experienced "future shock," a reference to sci-fi author Alvin Toffler's book of the same name. This set him on the pursuit of finding and making music that had a similarly bizarre quality. Gamble isn't just a producer but an avid admirer and connoisseur of critical theory, and he also discusses the thinkers who have informed his production (and even his approach to DJing), as well as his recent interest in the ethics and applications of AI and deep fakes, which he explored in last year's touching album, Models. Listen to the episode in full.