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Episode 29 — Access, Ancestry and a Flute Made From A Leg
Bodies, buildings and bone flutes: Steve and artist Jonathan Enser on access, ethics and musical ancestry — from venues to Neanderthal echoes.
Episode 25 — Reawake: a Wake, a Sample, a Rebirth
A daughter’s heartbeat becomes music. After the Daily Mail reports him dead, Steve throws his own wake and launches Clip ’n Mix — transforming sound, story and second chances.
Episode 12 — Frank Turner, Trumpet Mafiosi and not talking about Jimmy
Ashlin Parker on Trumpet Mafia, blues and New Orleans, Frank Turner on UK hardcore ethics and FTHC, and a shared attempt to answer: what is the point of music?
Episode 4 — Harmonic remembrance, blues shouting and deathgrind taxonomy
Bugles in Abney Park, brass harmonics and Remembrance Sunday, binaural blues shouting with Nicole Cassandra Smit, and a gloriously over-detailed tour through deathgrind with Andrew O’Neill — plus Philip Larkin over blast beats.
Episode 1 — Hearing music in new ways
Shells, bone flutes, Darwin mugs, a chaotic shed tour and a rant about what music theory really is — Episode 1 lays out the Origin of the Pieces mission to help you hear music in strange, deeper, more joyful ways.