Episode 94: Akira the Don

An interview with British Meaningwave inventor, Akira the Don. We talk about what it was like growing in Wales before the internet, the time he opened for me on tour in the UK in 2011 and fatherhood. We also reminisce about the first time he interviewed me, on my first ever UK tour, in September 2003. Thanks Akira!

Episode 94 of the The MC Lars Podcast podcast, hosted by MC Lars, titled "Episode 94: Akira the Don" was published on June 15, 2020 and runs 71 minutes.

June 15, 2020 ·71m · The MC Lars Podcast

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I met Akira the Don in 2003 when he interviewed me for his internet radio show on my first UK tour, promoting my “Radio Pet Fencing” album. Since then, he opened for me in the UK in 2011, and has invented his own genre of music called Meaningwave. On this week’s episode, we talk about his creative workflow, fatherhood, and memories of growing up in Wales in the pre-internet 90s.Special Guest: Akira the Don.

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I met Akira the Don in 2003 when he interviewed me for his internet radio show on my first UK tour, promoting my “Radio Pet Fencing” album. Since then, he opened for me in the UK in 2011, and has invented his own genre of music called Meaningwave. On this week’s episode, we talk about his creative workflow, fatherhood, and memories of growing up in Wales in the pre-internet 90s. Special Guest: Akira the Don.

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