Barry Adamson

Barry Adamson chats with Paul about his memoir, Up Above The City, Down Beneath The Stars, which begins before his birth, hearing Peggy Lee's Fever from inside his mother's womb, before going on to chronicle the first thirty years of his life growing up in 60s and 70s Manchester. Barry and Paul chat about this, the three absolutely seminal groups he joined: Magazine, The Birthday Party and The Bad Seeds, his solo work, which has been both Mercury nominated and has involved scoring David Lynch's Lost Highway and more.Barry's 1996 LP Oedipus Schmeudipus (which features Jarvis Cocker and Nick Cave) is getting the reissue treatment on Mute on July 29th.Paul’s debut book, Coming To Berlin: Global Journeys Into An Electronic Music And Club Culture Capital is out now on Velocity PressLost and Sound title music by ESOwww.lostandsoundpodcast.comSupport the show