The Brief: Beatie Wolfe interviews Phil Crowe, Founder of the award-winning VFX company Parliament, about the value of creative constraints and distilling the brief. Listen to this dublab radio show that takes you from chasing bees in Barnsley to the big screens of the Superbowl via the strength of relationships.

Orange Juice for the Ears with “musical weirdo and visionary” (Vice) Beatie Wolfe explores the power of music across Space, Science, Art, Health, Film & Technology by talking to the leading luminaries in each field from Nobel Prize winners to multi-platinum producers and hearing the music that has most impacted them, their “Orange Juice for the Ears”. Beatie Wolfe is an artist who has beamed her music into space, been appointed a UN Women role model for innovation and held an acclaimed solo exhibition at the V&A Museum.

Phil Corwe’s Orange Juice for the Ears

First song that imprinted? “The Winner Takes it All” by ABBA
First album that shaped who you are? The Stone Roses by The Stone Roses - track played “Waterfall”
The music you would send into Space? “Waterloo Sunset” by The Kinks
The song you would have at your memorial? “If I Can Dream” by Elvis
The album you would pass onto your kids? Histoire De Melody Nelson by Serge Gainsbourg - track played “Cargo Culte”

The show opens with “So Long, Marianne” by Leonard Cohen, a track Beatie Wolfe most associates with Phil.

The show first aired live on LA’s dublab radio but is also available as a podcast. This podcast was Mastered by Dean Hovey. For rights reasons the music in this podcast version is shorter than in the original broadcast.