Cracked

Cracked

Hosted by Gen Z engineering genius Luke Joseph and washed up psych-flunk armchair philosopher Alister Hill, Cracked is a podcast that pries open the creative process behind the music we love. Covering new tunes, old icons, all genres, and movements big and small... we get into the tech, the emotions, the lyrical themes, instrumentation, and even the knotty sociopolitical tough stuff that goes into why people make music and how, with many lols in-between. Instagram: @crackedbroadcast @lukeyoseph @alisterhill

Episodes

May 14, 2024 36 mins

Jenna and Luke get tucked into disembodied voices and explore the multitudes of human expression or there lack of. With tracks from Torus, YL Hooi, Moor mother and many more.

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Alister is back for one episode only! We chop it up and discuss chopped and screwed in its origins and influences. Featuring tracks from myspacejuan, dj screw, solange and many many more.

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April 25, 2024 28 mins

Highlighting tracks from Yves Tumor, Sam Gellatry, Ulla Strauss, still house plants and more.

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April 20, 2024 31 mins

Luke is joined by guest Liya to explore the history of edits/remixes/dubs/mashups etc, the powers they have to skew our perception of songs and more.

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April 10, 2024 34 mins

Lindsay and Luke explore swansongs, delving into the different climatic happenstances in music literally, symbolically and even philosophically. Touching on the death of genres and the metaphysical phenomenon that happens to artists before they pass.

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April 10, 2024 30 mins

This week Jenna Parker of Thursday Lunch is the new Al. Jenna and Luke explore the concept of Ghost in the Machine. Originally a critique to the idea dualism in the mind and body, we see how it applies sonically. Artists include Cybotron, Eartheater, Helena Hauff, J dilla and more!

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April 9, 2024 28 mins

Luke and Al get heady and expansive across all things ambient, cosmic jazz and ~ the physicality ~ of live recording with gorgeous selections from the likes of Arooj Aftab, Harold Budd, Nala Sinephro, Spiritualized and Lonnie Liston Smith.

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April 9, 2024 32 mins

Luke and Al dig deep to explore all things that can be defined as “Demo Gold”, from a key Sofia Coppola placement that completely changed a Strokes song, to the mystique of the Jai Paul leaks, Kim Gordon blitzing Playboi Carti offcuts, and the beautiful Lo-fi finds that are constantly being produced by Sydney’s fertile post punk community.

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March 5, 2024 28 mins

Luke and Al dig into 'Songwriting meets sound design' - an exploratory study in how combining classic song composition and exploratory sound making meet to create immersive world building and sonic baths to dream in. Featuring music by Bjork, Stereolab, Grouper, Oneohtrix Point Never, ML Buch, Arca and more.

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March 5, 2024 30 mins

Luke and Al dive deep into the concept of 'Loud Quiet Loud' –– from its inception by indie gods The Pixies to how it influenced decades of genres like postrock and slowcore featuring songs from Low, Tortoise, Nirvana, Wednesday, Grimes, Bloc Party and even some surprising low key hip hop selections.

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February 20, 2024 30 mins

Luke and Al unpack what exactly constitutes hauntology and how has this sound, ethos and vibe evolved from the gothic early days of Cocteau Twins, Broadcast and His Name Is Alive through to witch house faves Salem and Holy Other to downtempo Warp icons Boards of Canada, OG mystery producer Burial and modern artists from Sydney like Marcus Whale.

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February 7, 2024 43 mins

What constitutes a side project? Isn't everything a side project in life? This week Luke & Al look into why side projects are sometimes better than the main gig and - something that everyone can relate to in Sydney - doing what you love as a side project to making money and scraping by in such a ruthless city. Featuring music by Beth Gibbons, MF Doom, Lavurn, Guild, Dry Cleaning, Blood Orange and Oneohtrix Point Never.

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January 30, 2024 33 mins

Luke & Al go digging into the detritus of cinema and provide some scorching hot takes on the likes of the Fast series, Blade Runner, Saltburn, and play some beautiful selections by Mica Levi, Jonny Greenwood, Ludacris and more genre-hopping greats.

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January 23, 2024 39 mins

Leading on from last week's "The Rapper Plays Guitar", Al and Luke unpack "The Pop Star Goes Indie", exploring the trend for popstars to shift to alternative sounds and how that pans out for them. Featuring huge stars such as Charli XCX and how she changed the face of pop, historic icons like Sinead O'Connor, Kacy Musgraves and the Walker Brothers, modern pop darlings like Collarbones and Oklou as well as Death Grips somewhere in t...

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January 16, 2024 33 mins

Luke & Al unpack the strange phenomenon that has made rappers want to go rawk for decades. Featuring stone cold classics from NERD, Linkin Park hooking up with Jay-Z, Dangermouse, Young Thug, Andre 3000, Lauryn Hill and Lil Yachty, they unpack Jay-Z's multiple forays into guitar music, MTV's MVP role in handing MCs guitars, and that perhaps this weird career turn has aged much better than we all expected.

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January 15, 2024 43 mins

Finally unpacking 'post-punk' for co-host Luke Joseph and giving him a lesson in the history, the beauty, the pain, darkness and hilarity of everything to do with post-punk as he hears songs from Sonic Youth, Public Image Limited, The Sound, Rowland S Howard and Aussie icons like Laughing Clowns and Rowland S. Howard for the very first time. We also discuss how post-punk has changed, the differences between American, British, and A...

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January 9, 2024 32 mins

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January 9, 2024 44 mins

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January 9, 2024 30 mins

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January 9, 2024 52 mins

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