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Ben Cardew spoke to the very charming Samantha Poulter, AKA Logic1000, about Confirmation - her new album but also a lot more - about crises of confidence, family, learning and un-learning, the relationship between parenthood and dance music and more. Line Noise comes to you with the support of Cupra. Photo by Kasia Kim-Zacharko.

Ben Cardew and Johann Wald select the best electronic music on the Primavera Sound 2027 line up, from Pole to Polygonia. They start off with legends, exploring the legacy of Underworld and the Chemical Brothers; pass by local heroes Arca, John Talabot and DJ Fra; dig into the underground with Pole, Ibrahim Alfa Jr. and Marta Salogni and her Reel-to-Reel tapes; and end up with those one-off B2B (or B2B2B2B) DJ performances, pondering what it might all mean. Line Noise comes to you with the support of Cupra.

On this bumper edition of Line Noise, Ben Cardew speaks to British dance music royalty, in the shape of Dave Angel, a producer who made his recorded debut in 1990 and who released a greatest hits, in the form of Classics, 30 years ago. They talked about all this, as well as being in prison during the Second Summer of Love, remixing the Eurythmics (and Dave Stewart being a very nice person), playing Megadogs in the 90s and signing to Island. But they also went right up to the present day and A Time and Place, Dave’s fantastic new album, which deserves to go down as a classic. Jazz, Crohns drums, melody, Monie Love and Apocalypse all come under the conversational hammer over a hour’s worth of in-depth, heartfelt conversation. Line Noise comes with the support of Cupra.

Ben Cardew spoke to Axel Boman about glaciers, exhaustion, hiking and house music, as they look forward to his excellent new album with Superpitcher, Tell It To The Mountain, the first to be released on his new label Blurry. There’s also talk of new music from Talaboman, his collaboration with Barcelona’s own John Talabot, and we wonder how the Swedes might be like the Spanish. (Answer: we’re not quite sure.)Line Noise comes to you with the support of Cupra. Picture by Jacobo Campos.

This week on Line Noise, we have a very special head to head featuring Mike Paradinas - aka µ-Ziq - and Frank Naughton - also aka µ-Ziq, in the early days.  The interview is to celebrate the release of Tango N’Vectif (The Complete Sessions), a glorious re-edition of the debut µ-Ziq album, which was composed by both Paradinas and Naughton and released on Rephlex back in 1993. It’s their first joint interview in many years. We talked about jazz funk, Blue Innocence, borrowing gear, their very oldest music, the best µ-Ziq album, Kingston upon Thames’ incredible electronic music scene in the early 90s, a little bit of Aphex and much much more. Line Noise comes to you with the support of Cupra.

Johann Wald and Ben Cardew spoke to Argentinian sensation Juana Molina in 2020 ahead of her Barcelona gig. We spoke about live perfectionism, playing punk, rage, David Byrne's tupperware, sending music to space and much more. Line Nose comes to you with support of Cupra.

Ben Cardew spoke to defiantly different US producer Nikki Nair about DIY spirit, Pepe Bradock, humour, love, the wonder of Bang Face, Instagram self promo, Set The Roof, Hudson Mohawke and his new(ish) EP The Sick Dimension, which sees old-school house filtered through his tangled musical mind. Line Noise comes to you with the support of Cupra.

Back in May 2019, pre-musical stardom, K-Pop songwriting, Dua Lipa remixes and all, Erika de Casier was an independent artist whose debut album Essentials was getting everyone very excited. She came to the Radio Primavera Sound offices for an interview with Sprung, our English-language morning show, and was charm itself. Johann Wald and Mark Dix spoke to her about lo-fi Sade, jeep music, Essentials, being independent, friendship with Smerz and much more. And today we’re bringing it back as a Line Noise. Line Noise comes to you with the support of Cupra.

Ben Cardew spoke to the wonderful Sébastien Tellier about sheep in the head, relighting the fire, domesticated life, Eurovision, working with Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and his fantastic new album Kiss The Beast. Line Noise comes to you with the support of Cupra.

Ben Cardew spoke to Femi and Ife from Ezra Collective about Tony Allen, The Shrine, live versus recorded, the band’s new album Here Because of Hope, drummers and drumming, at the Cruilla festival in Barcelona. Line Noise comes to you with the support of Cupra.

Ben Cardew spoke to the hugely talented musician, poet, director and actor Saul Williams ahead of the release of his new album, Leap Life, in August. In a wide-ranging and very revealing interview, they spoke about that new album, but also the role that music plays in Williams’ life, trusting the moment, shamanism and ceremony, headphone listening, technology, Sun Ra, optimism, Paris and more. Naturally, Ben also asked him about his magnificent DJ Krust collab. Coded Language and - for film fans - they discussed his role as a preacher in Sinners. Line Noise comes to you with the support of Cupra.

Ben Cardew spoke to Zora Jones about the sting from 400 bees, going off grid, singing in Spanish, playing live live and more, as she looks ahead to the release of her wonderful new album 50 Bullets To The Heart. Line Noise comes to you with the support of Cupra.

Inès Boullant - better known as French dance destroyer u.r.trax - came to the RPS studio at Primavera Sound ahead of her first live festival gig to talk sneaking into clubs at 14, annoying her Parisian neighbours, blowing up during Covid and “anti club music”. Line Noise comes to you with the support of Cupra. Photo by @leafhopperproject

Ben Cardew and Johann Wald spoke to everyone’s favourite experimental music duo, Matmos, about the joy of being Matmos, Hit Em, ideas that just don’t work and a lot more, in a totally charming interview at Primavera Sound 2026. Line Noise comes to you with the support of Cupra. Photo by leafhopperproject.

This week, we welcome Étienne de Crécy, a house hero for any sensible musical brain, back to Line Noise. Last time out, in 2023, we spoke about the origins of Étienne - Motorbass, Super Discount and all - so in this interview I wanted to catch up with what he had been doing since then. That included the Flashback tour, playing vinyl, songs that do and don’t work with modern audiences, his excellent Warm Up album, working with Damon Albarn, football and playing live versus DJing. We also look ahead to the 30th anniversary of his classic Super Discount. Line Noise comes to you with the support of Cupra. Photo by Emile Moutaud.