Play: polymath and colour conductor Brian Eno

Friday 22 September 2023 - 09h00 - 10h00

Play: Beatie Wolfe interviews polymath, producer, philosopher, environmentalist, colour conductor and “toad in the hole” tosser Brian Eno about his journey from pioneering ambient music, ever-evolving light paintings, production styles, conceptual installations to his constant strategies of surrender. Listen to this show that takes you from co-founding Roxy Music to addressing the climate emergency via the thread of play. Blender of colours and bender of genres, when it comes to the truly mad and experimental, there is only “One Brain”.

Orange Juice for the Ears with “musical weirdo and visionary” (Vice) Beatie Wolfe explores the power of music across space, science, art, health, film and technology by talking to leading luminaries from Nobel Laureates to punk publishers about their life’s work and musical DNA. Beatie Wolfe is an artist who has beamed her music into space, been appointed a UN role model for innovation and held an acclaimed solo exhibition at the V&A Museum.

This show first aired live on dublab radio - tracks have been shortened for this podcast. The podcast was mastered by Dean Martin Hovey at Soundwell Studios.

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Orange Juice for the Ears with “musical weirdo and visionary” (Vice) Beatie Wolfe explores the power of music across space, science, art, health, film and technology by talking to leading luminaries from Nobel Laureates to punk publishers about their life’s work and musical DNA. Beatie Wolfe is an artist who has beamed her music into space, been appointed a UN role model for innovation and held an acclaimed solo exhibition at the V&A Museum.

This show is also available as a Podcast

TRACKLIST:

Brian Eno – Dead Finks Don’t Talk
Tuxedomoon – In A Manner of Speaking
Raymond Scott – Portofino 2
Peggy Lee – Is That All There Is
Hank Williams – I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry
Brian Eno and John Cale – Spinning Away
Ted Lucas – Baby Where You Are
Sam Cooke – Bring It On Home To Me
Beatie Wolfe – Little Things
The Velvet Underground – Pale Blue Eyes
Devo – (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction
Purple Mountains – Nights That Won’t Happen
Beatie Wolfe and Linda Perry – Lose Myself
Zenmenn feat. John Moods – Homage to a Friendship
Scribble – Mother Of Pearl

photo credit: Manuela Batas

Special: Brian Eno x Beatie Wolfe on Art and Climate

Brian Eno x Beatie Wolfe on Art and Climate: Earthday special

Friday 22 April 2022 - 08h00 - 09h30

Brian Eno and Beatie Wolfe talk Art and Climate on dublab for this Orange Juice for the Ears special that marks Earthday 2022. Their conversation was recorded live in Austin where it was SXSW’s Featured Session for the day art/climate converged.

The conversation between musical visionaries Brian Eno and Beatie Wolfe covers how art can play a vital role in response to the climate emergency, with Brian sharing his music industry charity EarthPercent and Beatie sharing 'From Green to Red,' an environmental protest piece built using 800,000 years of NASA data to visualize rising CO2 levels.

This show also marks the day EarthPercent x Earth Day campaign launches where Brian Eno and Beatie Wolfe join 100+ artists offering a track to support organizations doing vital work to help tackle the climate emergency. All info earthpercent.bandcamp.com

This show closes with the record Songs of the Humpback Whale by Dr Roger Payne.

Laughter: The multi-instrumentalist & Brian Eno of laughter Laraaji

Ambient: Wolfe interviews Laraaji, an American multi-instrumentalist dubbed “the Brian Eno of laughter,” about his life in music, meditation, and the colour orange. Wolfe and Laraaji also share their new collaboration, which celebrates dublab’s 20th anniversary. Listen to this dublab radio show that takes you from happy feet to belly laughter via the thread of joy. 

Orange Juice for the Ears with “musical weirdo and visionary” (Vice) Beatie Wolfe [[LINK: www.beatiewolfe.com]] 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.

Laraaji’s Orange Juice for the Ears

• First song that imprinted? “Jingle Bells” performed by Ella Fitzgerald

• First album that shaped who you are? A full blown hearing vision in 1974

• The music you would send into Space? “In a Celestial Water Garden" by Laraaji

• The song you would have at your memorial? “Infinite Sun" by Kula Shaker

• The album you would pass onto your kids? Magical Mystery Tour by The Beatles - track played “The Fool On the Hill”

The show opens with “Orange” by Beatie Wolfe and Laraaji to celebrate dublab's 20th & Bedrock 10th year anniversaries. 

This show first aired live on LA’s dublab radio. The podcast was mastered by Dean Hovey. For rights reasons, the music in this podcast version is shorter than in the original broadcast.