Matthew Herbert on the crisis of ideas in music

In the fifth episode of our FutureFest podcast we ask what music is and what it will be. We probably don't need more love songs: musician and producer Matthew Herbert talks to Pat Kane about the crisis of ideas and why technology needs to be a little less perfect. Musicologist Adam Harper considers how music is more than just sound in a talk that involves ancient German bone-flutes. And we hear from Chagall, a musician and producer making electronic music visual with the mi.mu data gloves. Watch our video of the 2015 festival featuring Chagall's performance with mi.mu gloves. A transcript of episode 5 is a available at: http://www.nesta.org.uk/sites/default/files/futurefest_podcast_episode_3_future_global.pdf To find out more about FutureFest, visit www.nesta.org.uk/futurefest Podcast presented by Emily Elias This podcast features the following music: Broke for Free - Melt Chagall