Host Pierre de Gaillande interviews musicians and discusses their artistic trajectory, and the intersection of music, artistic expression and the idea of art as politics.
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This podcast is my journey into the realm of Essentialism and a bit about my life as I travel along my way. I, just a few years ago was living in a massively cluttered home, a clogged head that couldn't think straight, but am now making great progress. Call me a Work in Progress. Please leave me a comment on how I can make this podcast better, and also if this interests you please consider subscribing. I hope this helps you in some small little way
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2024 is here and this is a very special episode #30 of Pierre Pressure Podcast. This is a re-broadcast of an interview Pierre did with Gordon Gano, lead singer and guitarist of the Violent Femmes, along with then-drummer Brian Viglione (drummer of Dresden Dolls, Nine Inch Nails, World Inferno Friendship Society) on East Village Radio, hosted by Mic…
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Entering the world of a bicycle professional
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This episode will take you through how I became privileged to qualify as a bicycle professional in Ireland --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/positivepierrepressure/message
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Dan Reeder is an American musician and visual artist born in Louisiana and raised in California. Since 1987, Reeder has lived full-time in Nurnberg, Germany. He releases albums under his own name on John Prine's label, Oh Boy Records. Reeder writes some of the most honest, hilarious, heart-wrenchingly beautiful songs you'll ever hear. His music has…
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PPP #28: Kurt Wagner from Lambchop
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In this episode, I talk with Kurt Wagner, founder and singer songwriter behind the band Lamchop, which make some of the most gorgeously orchestrated indie-pop you’ll ever hear, wrapped around Kurt Wagner’s complex and exquisite lyrics. Wagner lives in Nashville with his wife Mary Mancini, who ran Lucy's Records in nashville before becoming the chai…
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After a much-needed hiatus, Pierre Pressure is back with an extremely special episode. Pierre talks with the one and only Jedi Master of Punk Rock, Mike Watt. Watt started his bass playing career in the legendary punk band the Minutemen in 1980 in San Pedro with his childhood friends D. Boon and George Hurley. That band is cited across the board as…
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In this episode, I talk about moving our lives from South Africa to our new home in Ireland. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/positivepierrepressure/message
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Eleni Mandell is an LA-based singer-songwriter who has been making some of the best music you'll ever hope to hear since her first album, Wishbone, came out in 1996. She's an astoundingly prolific artist with a huge discography, and she's collaborated with such heavy hitters as Nels Cline (Wilco), DJ Bonebrake (X), Joey Waronker (Beck), and Nate Wa…
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PPP #25: Tony Scalzo from Fastball
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Episode 25 of Pierre Pressure Podcast features very special guest Tony Scalzo from the band Fastball. Tony is a talented and prolific songwriter who wrote a string of hits for his platinum-selling band Fastball in the late 90s. He grew up in Orange County, California and moved to Austin, Texas where he still lives today. We have a lively chat about…
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After a three month hiatus due to Covid 19, Pierre Pressure Podcast is back! For the new season, Pierre focuses on the tradition of protest music, and how it can inspire us to speak up, stand up, and sing out about what we think needs to change in our fractured society. Pierre Pressure Podcast is extremely honored to have special guest Bill Frisell…
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It is episode I cover more about our Covid 19 emigration journey--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/positivepierrepressure/message
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Part 2 of Pierre's Pandemic Podcast features two guests from Episode 22 and some new guests discussing life during the coronavirus lockdown. Pierre checks in on the phone with two people who had Covid 19 and recovered, a doctor and a nurse practitioner working with patients in New York City, two musicians, a public defender, and someone living in C…
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Keep the Faith during The Covid 19 pandemic.
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In this episode I chat to My friend Jonathan Payne about how he is helping people in his community during the South African Lockdown. I wish everyone a safe Easter and Passover Celebration. May you be richly Blessed and please stay safe. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/positivepierrepressure/message…
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Less is More episode 10: I have to apologize
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In this episode I recap on what is happened since September 2019. I try not to make any excuses I just bring out some facts as well as the learnings that have happened in that time as a journey through minimalism--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/positivepierrepressure/message…
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PPP# 22: PANDEMIC PLAYLIST
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A very unusual Pierre Pressure Podcast. In this episode, Pierre called his friends in New York, California, and Florida to see how they are getting by during this world-wide quarantine. These guests range in age, gender, profession, and location, from musicians to prisoner advocates to BnB owners to school lunch administrators, they have all been d…
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PPP #21: Chris Wells, The Secret City
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Chris Wells is the founder of The Secret City, and he is a high priest of art. He's been known to tower over people in platform shoes, he leads a congregation of art worshippers, his performances make people feel high, and he was raised in the high desert of California. In this episode we discuss what it means to create transcendental, communal gat…
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PPP #20: JG Thirlwell AKA Foetus
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Composer-producer-frontman-wizard JG Thirlwell has been making astonishing, orchestral, bombastic music for decades. Born in Australia, he teamed up with Nick Cave and the Birthday Party, then joined Prag VEC, and soon formed his enduring solo project Foetus. Operating under plethora of pseudonyms and monikers meant to confuse, shock, and awe, Thir…
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PPP #19: Rick Froberg from Hot Snakes / Drive Like Jehu / Obits
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Musician and visual artist Rick Froberg can't help it, he f*ing loves rock and roll. Throughout his career he has fronted loud, uncompromising, aggressive, totally original and influential bands like Pitchfork, Drive Like Jehu, and Hot Snakes with his partner in crime John Reis as well as Obits, last of the Juanitas, and others. He continues to r…
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For this very special episode, we reach way back into the vault and present an interview Pierre did with The Breeders in 1992! We unearthed this cassette recording of an interview with all four members of this massively popular and influential mainstay of 90's alt-rock, the Breeders. Pierre called them from San Diego and interviewed them on the pho…
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PPP #17: Phil Manley from Trans Am
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Phil Manley is a west-coast based rock musician and producer. He runs El Studio in San Fransisco, and he handles the guitar, keyboards, bass, and vocals in bands Trans Am, Life Coach, Terry Gross, and Oneida among others. His band Trans Am spearheaded the Electroclash movement in the 90's and continues to melt faces around the world. We had very pl…
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Less is More Episode 9. Ouch that hurts
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Today I talk about how life is hard with an injury and how we take stuff for granted. I also chat about our super cleanup. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/positivepierrepressure/message
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PPP #16: Lisa Marr & Paolo Davanzo
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Episode sweet sixteen features Los Angeles-based activists, musicians, filmmakers, and educators Lisa Marr and Paolo Davanzo. They run a non-profit called the Echo Park Film Center, and they travel the world spreading their vison of inclusiveness, tolerance, creativity and artistic freedom through the medium of cinema. We spoke about both of their …
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Less is more Episode 8: Precious Plastic
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This episode is about Precious plastics and about how recycling plastic is good when you’re a minimalist. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/positivepierrepressure/message
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Less is More Episode 7 More Life hack Minimalist Apps
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More exciting minimalist apps. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/positivepierrepressure/message
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Episode 6. Life hack Minimalist Apps
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Today we talk about Account software that’s a lifesaver--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/positivepierrepressure/message
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Stew is a singer, musician, composer, playwright, and a powerhouse in the world of music and theater. For years he fronted the band Stew and the Negro Problem. He then went on to create and star in a play called Passing Strange which started off-Broadway and then went on to have a successful run on Broadway, where it garnered multiple Tonys and oth…
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PPP #14: Ken Thomsen from Bang on a Can / Gutbucket / Asphalt Orchestra
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This episode features woodwind whiz, composer, arranger, and performer Ken Thomson. Ken plays all kinds of clarinets and saxophones (and anything else that sounds like an angry swan) in many amazing projects including but not limited to: Bang on a Can Orchestra, Gutbucket, Asphalt Orchestra, SlowFast, and Ken Thomson Sextet. I've had the pleasure o…
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Lucky number 13 is my good friend Dorit Chrysler, a theremin wizard from Austria. She came to New York in the 90's and was the singer-guitarist for the scorching art-rock band Halcion. She subsequently went on tho become one of the world's premiere theremin experts. She performs at festivals and concert venues around the world on a regular basis, a…
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This episode's guest is my good friend and musical collaborator Christian Gibbs. Also known as C. Gibbs, he's a ridiculously talented singer, songwriter, guitarist who's been crushing it for decades. His numerous band and solo projects include Morning Glories, C. Gibbs Review, Lucinda Black Bear, He Arrived by Helicopter, and others. He had a stint…
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PPP #11: Willie Green, hip hop producer
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This episode is all about hip hop. Paul Womack, AKA Willie Green, is a New York-based hip hop producer specializing in "art-rap." He produces extremely imaginative, groundbreaking beats for hip hop and pop artists who are not afraid to break the rules and sound completely different. Operating out of his studio in Brooklyn, he works with a roster of…
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PPP #10: Timo Ellis from Cibo Matto, Yoko Ono Band
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This episode's guest, Timo Ellis, is an all around musical powerhouse. He plays drums, guitar, bass, keyboards, and sings, and currently fronts the synth-metal band Netherlands. His musical bio spans an impressive and varied list of projects including Yoko Ono, Cibo Matto, Sean Lennon, Joan as Policewoman, and many more. We talked about the "sinist…
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Guest Dawn Landes is talented multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, and producer living in Nashville. We talk about climbing trees with Will Oldham, her touring with Sufjan Stevens, recording with Nashville A-listers, and why bow-hunters are more macho. She performs her original song "Keep on Moving." Opening music: "Merchandise" by Fugazi, per…
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PPP #8: Roman Elsener and Fa Ventilato
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A very special double episode with Fa Ventilato and Roman Elsener, two Swiss-born, New York-based musicians who have been close friends since their youth and have very different approaches to life and music. We spoke about micropolitics, CD scratching, pillow drumming, hand grenades, the Swiss national anthem backwardt, and much much more. The Rame…
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PPP #7: Paul Brill, film composer
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The guest on this episode of PIERRE PRESSURE PODCAST is Paul Brill, an award-winning composer, musician, songwriter and producer. We spoke in his Brooklyn studio about the possible outcomes for the midterms, shredding your way to success, serving Bernie coffee, and a whole lot more. He performed a solo acoustic version of his song "Lay Down Your We…
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Guest Mira Cook is a singer, pianist, composer, and dancer who performs regularly in NYC as a solo artist, building her songs live using vocal and instrumental loops. She also travels the world as a dancer and teacher with Battery Dance. We talked about her musical journey starting in Austin and how she fell into music by way of dance, how to stay …
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In this episode of PIERRE PRESSURE I tried to answer the question "Who is Jack Grace?" Is he the Country Ham, the Mariachi Cowboy, the lead singer of Van Hayride, John Pancaldo, or all of the above? We chatted about the many incarnations of Jack's career, as well as the final stages of the Monopoly game we are all living through, and we heard rendi…
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PPP #4: Dylan Nowik, sound design
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Guest Dylan Nowik is a singer/songwriter, multi instrumentalist, sound designer, and composer. We talked in the California Hill cottage about the world without humans, singing to statues in the forest, and the hopefulness of the rubber band concept. He performs two original songs; "Television Eyes" and "Mary." www.dylannowik.com Sponsors: A Donkey;…
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PPP #3: Michael Rosas from Smile, Satisfaction, Flying Sparks
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This episode's guest is singer, songwriter, musician and producer Michael Rosas. We have an in-depth conversation about growing up in Southern California, his foray into break-dancing, taking a knee, and wearing sombreros. We discuss his trajectory from the hardcore scene in OC to the band Smile, continuing with Satisfaction, Flying Sparks, and int…
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My guest is musician, filmmaker, and producer Fred Cassidy. We talk about his background as a French American kid growing up between France and L.A., and we dig into politics, music, immigration, protest, Dick's, and lots of other pithy subjects. Check out his live performance of the original song "Haters" and a surprise visit from ICE. www.fredcas…
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PPP #1: Mike Andrews, film composer, Greyboy Allstars
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Welcome to the first episode of PIERRE PRESSURE PODCAST, a brand new sonic, musical, political adventure. The very first guest is composer, producer, singer/songwriter MikeAndrews. He formed the band the Origin, plays in the Greyboy Allstars, was the composer for the TV series Freaks and Geeks, went on to do the soundtrack for the film Donnie Darko…
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Some really easy and cheap Minimalist tips--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/positivepierrepressure/message
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This episode is a little different to the rest today. I am going to be looking at something that is really helping me to steam-line my life. It's called Trello, and for me its a game changer. This is project management software available on IOS, Android and also as a web app on your browser.It is really simple to use and is a life saver for me.--- …
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Less is More Podcast Episode 004 The Vlog begins
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Pierre Talks about his new home studio setup and also apologises for the delay in launching the Vlog. Collecting stuff can be done by using pictures. Memories and pictures work hand in hand.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/positivepierrepressure/message
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Episode 002: Some Background 7 The Less is More Theme Song.
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The journey begins for me and Pierre outlines how it started. Short sweet and to the point and relevent to South Africa, but embracing the foundation that the Minimalists (Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus) inspired me with. We also reveal the Less is More themesong written and performed by Marc Skarda from the band Parable 15--- Send in a …
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My minimalist journey has begun. This is a short chat about my journey using the Anchor app on my iPhone. I have to say the folks here at Anchor have done well.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/positivepierrepressure/message
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