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The 212 Podcast

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This podcast was created to highlight all of the great work the arts, entertainment and events industry bring to the table. It will host a different international guest each episode who will talk through the what, why and how the industry works and the great work available.

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Episodes

  1. Chelsea Cutler | The 212 Podcast

    In our final episode of a monumental Season 6, Dan interviews American singer, songwriter and producer Chelsea Cutler. Known for her emotional pop and electronic music, Cutler gained popularity through her debut EP "Snow in October" in 2017 which led to collaborations with artists like Kasbo and...

  2. Darude | The 212 Podcast

    As we barrel towards the closing of our sixth season, Dan catches up with Finnish DJ and producer Darude. The stage name of Ville Virtanen, Darude gained worldwide recognition in the late 1990s with his hit single "Sandstorm," which became an EDM anthem. Known for his progressive and uplifting...

  3. Mathieu Jaton (Montreux Jazz Festival) | The 212 Podcast

    In this week's episode Dan is joined by Mathieu Jaton, the CEO of Montreux Jazz Festival, where they discuss Mathieu’s childhood admiration of the festival, how he got his foot in the door and his own philosophy of the festival experience. The Montreux Jazz Festival is a legendary music event…

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  4. The Wombats | The 212 Podcast

    Join Dan this week as he chats with Tord Øverland Knudsen and Dan Haggis of indie heavyweights The Wombats. The Wombats are a dynamic indie rock band hailing from Liverpool. Known for their infectious energy and witty lyrics, the trio has captivated audiences worldwide with their acclaimed hits...

  5. Ed Motta | The 212 Podcast

    Sit down with Dan and Ed Motta in this episode and deep dive into Brazilian culture, record collecting cataloguing, Steely Dan and the joy of staying home. Ed Motta, a celebrated vocalist and composer, is known for his diverse musical range that includes funk, soul, yacht rock, and jazz. He is…

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  6. Buzzcocks | The 212 Podcast

    In this week’s episode of the 212 Podcast, Dan is joined by Steve Diggle: guitarist and now frontman of Manchester punk band Buzzcocks. Formed in 1976, the Buzzcocks quickly gained a reputation for their energetic, fast-paced music and catchy hooks. They are considered one of the most important…

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  7. Brian Jackson (Gil Scott-Heron) | The 212 Podcast

    Listen in this week as we join Dan and legendary musician, composer, and producer Brian Jackson. Jackson gained fame in the 1970s as a collaborator with Gil Scott-Heron, creating ten socially conscious albums over the course of a decade including "Winter in America" and "The First Minute of a New...

  8. Cypress Hill | The 212 Podcast

    The highly-anticipated Season Six of the 212 Podcast is here! To kick us off, Dan sits down with renowned percussionist and drummer Eric Bobo of Cypress Hill. During their conversation, Dan and Eric discuss the crucial role that fans play in the music industry and the responsibility of the artist...

  9. José González | The 212 Podcast

    This week, Dan leads us to our Season Five finale via a conversation with the tranquil-voiced José González. Born and based in Gothenburg, Sweden to Argentinian parents, González is an indie folk singer-songwriter known for his signature sound of classical guitar picking and soothing vocals. To...

  10. Pablo Soler (Primavera Sound) | The 212 Podcast

    This week listen in to meet the Founder and Director of Primavera Sound: Pablo Soler. One of Europe’s elite festivals, Primavera has hosted the likes of Kendrick Lamar, Neil Young, Nine Inch Nails and Wu-Tang Clan. Pablo was the founder of the festival that started small in 2001 with 8,000...

  11. Nitin Sawhney (CBE, Ivor Novello Lifetime Achievement Award) | The 212 Podcast

    Nitin Sawhney is a British musician, producer and composer with a truly impressive list of awards and credits. Pulling from a wide range of influences, his music is known for combining aspects from traditional Asian music, electronica, jazz and hip hop. He has also collaborated with the likes of...

  12. Macy Gray | The 212 Podcast

    This week Dan chats to the legendary Macy Gray, American R&B and Soul singer-songwriter, record producer and actress. Known for her instantly recognisable raspy voice, Gray has released ten studio albums, received five Grammy Award Nominations and went on to win Best Female Pop Vocal Performance...

  13. Enter Shakari (Rou Reynolds) | The 212 Podcast

    Tune in this week as Dan chats with Rou Reynolds, frontman of electronic-post-hardcore band Enter Shikari. Debuting in 2007 with Take to the Skies, Enter Shikari have gone on to release six studio albums, each dripping with experimentation making them one of the world’s leading alternative bands....

  14. Catherine Marks (The Killers, Foals, Wolf Alice) | The 212 Podcast

    Award-winning record producer and mixing engineer Catherine Marks talks at length with Dan this week about what it’s like to work your way to the top in the music industry. From the benefits of leaving her home country, Australia, persistence in attaining her foot in the door with legendary...

  15. Pyra | The 212 Podcast

    This week Dan chats with Thai singer-producer Pyra. Self-describing her music as “dystopian-pop,” Pyra blends hip-hop, alternative pop and Thai traditional instrumentation as the backbone for lyrics exploring socio-political issues. Coupling her sound with an experimental visual and performance...

  16. The Specials (Horace Panter) | The 212 Podcast

    It's been our pleasure to reach this milestone in season 5 of our podcast this year, navigating our way through the best in business in the industry we love. We wanted to bring a 'Special' guest to the latest season this week and share his ‘message to you'. It’s a great honour to welcome…

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  17. Felipe Alvarez (Polen Records) | The 212 Podcast

    In our Series Four Finale, Dan speaks with Colombian producer and sound engineer Felipe Alvarez. He is the founder of Polen Records, an independent music label created in 2006 based in Bogota, Colombia. Polen Records and Felipe Alvarez are a predominant force in the South American music scene,...

  18. Black Joe Lewis (& The Honeybears) | The 212 Podcast

    This week Dan talks with Black Joe Lewis an Austin, Texas-based musician continuing the blues, funk and soul legacies of Howlin’ Wolf and James Brown. First picking up a guitar while working in an Austin pawn shop, Joe Lewis has gone on to release six studio albums, performed at festivals such as...

  19. Fruzsina Szep (Lollapalooza, Sziget, Superbloom) | The 212 Podcast

    This week sees Dan chatting with Fruzsina Szép, Hungarian born festival director. Starting off as a band and tour manager at the age of 18, Fruzsina has gone on to work on major festivals as Program Director for Sziget Festival in Hungary and Festival Director for Lollapalooza Berlin. These days,...

  20. Phil Vinall (Placebo, Radiohead, Zoé) | The 212 Podcast

    This week Dan chats with Phil Vinall, a British music producer with over 30 years in the game. Having worked with the likes of Placebo, Pulp and Radiohead, Phil is a legend in production for Alternative music. For several years now, Phil has been travelling to Mexico to work with bands like Zoé...

  21. Portugal. The Man (John Gourley) | The 212 Podcast

    This week, Dan chats with Oregon-based band Portugal. The Man. A band known for using their platform for good, they have engaged in extensive activism and philanthropy throughout the course of their career. They have helped raise $1 Million for instruments in United States schools, released…

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  22. Dele Sosimi (Fela Kuti, Positive Force) | The 212 Podcast

    This week Dan speaks with Afrobeat Ambassador, Dele Sosimi. A fusion of Nigerian traditional music, funk, African percussion and jazz instrumentation, Dele has been a mainstay in the Afrobeat scene since 1979 when he joined the genre’s pioneer Fela Anikulapo-Kuti’s Egypt 80 on keys. He later...

  23. Client Liaison (Monte and Harvey) | The 212 Podcast

    This week sees Dan talking to the Australian indie-pop duo, Client Liaison. Made up of vocalist Monte Morgan, and keyboardist and producer Harvey Miller, the pair first came to prominence in 2012 after the release of their first music video "End of the Earth", and have gone on to release a...

  24. Speech (Arrested Development) | The 212 Podcast

    Kicking off Season 4 of The 212 Podcast, Dan Mariner chats with the incomparable, Speech. He is the leader of the 2x Grammy Award-winning hip-hop collective, Arrested Development. He and the group have been a ground-breaking force in Hip-hop culture since 91. Their debut album, “3 Years, 5 Months...

  25. Lars Liliengren (Roskilde) | The 212 Podcast

    This week sees Dan signing out Series Three chatting to Lars Liliengren, the Senior Production Manager & Head of Program Production at Denmark’s Roskilde Festival. Lars was the Head of Production at the booking agency, Copenhagen Music, and toured and worked with many of the bigger Danish…

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  26. Shuang Zou (Beijing Music Festival) | The 212 Podcast

    This week Dan speaks with the outstandingly talented, Shuang Zou. Born in Wuhan, she spent her formative career years in England before joining the Beijing Music Festival as Associate Program Director in 2016. She has initiated the New Wave Program with immersive, site-specific opera and...

  27. Paul Douglas (Bob Marley, Toots and the Maytals) | The 212 Podcast

    Earl “Paul” Douglas is a Jamaican Grammy winning drummer and percussionist, best known for his work with Toots and the Maytals. His career spans more than five decades as one of reggae's most recorded drummers. Douglas has worked with artists including Bob Marley and the Wailers, Bonnie Raitt…

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  28. Rob Kitsis (B Merch) | The 212 Podcast

    Rob has done more in touring merchandising than many people - he’s done tours with the infamous (Marilyn Manson, Lost Prophets) and the lovely (U2, Pink Floyd) and many, many others. An avid golfer, he and Dan chat hilariously about moving away from his touring lifestyle and into greenkeeping...

  29. Chali2na (Jurassic 5) | The 212 Podcast

    This week sees Dan chatting with hip hop legend Chali2na, renowned rapper and painter, he is a founding member of Jurassic 5 and one time member of Ozomatli. An established graffiti artist with his street art featuring around a number of Australian cities, Chali2na also talks about his life in…

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  30. Dallas Austin & Cory Enemy (DALiCO) | The 212 Podcast

    This week sees Dan chatting with two of the biggest producers in the industry - Dallas Austin and Cory Enemy talk about their new project DALiCO, how they developed in their respective industries and where they’re going with their collaboration while living in different parts of America. Dallas...

  31. Annie Chebib (Select Security) | The 212 Podcast

    This week Dan is chatting with the wonderful Annie Chebib, Managing Director of Select Security & Stewarding, on how she’s seen changes that have shaped her involvement in the security and crowd management industry over the last 20 years. Annie has run Select Security & Stewarding Ltd for far too...

  32. Chris Frantz (Talking Heads) | The 212 Podcast

    The 212 Podcast kicks off Season 3 and sees Dan chatting with Chris Frantz of Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club fame about his fantastic career and the release of his new book “Remain in Love: Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club, Tina.” Chris is an American musician and record producer. He is the drummer…

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  33. Penelope Isles | The 212 Podcast

    This week, Dan has the distinct honour of talking to siblings, Jack & Lily Wolter of UK’s Penelope Isles about life during COVID, working with Brighton labelmates, Lost Horizons, and playing the SXSW festival. Penelope Isles hail from Brighton, UK, are signed to Bella Union Records and are in the...

  34. Chris Taplin | The 212 Podcast

    The international tour, production and artist manager, Chris Taplin, talks to Dan about his experience travelling and working with a roster of notable artists, including Bjork, New Order, Grace Jones, Muse, The Darkness and many others. Chris talks about working for some of his favourite…

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  35. Mario Matos | The 212 Podcast

    This weeks guest is Mario Matos, who is described as the swiss army knife of events—speaking five languages and working across multiple continents within the creative industry. Mario takes us back to his early days growing up in Portugal and then moving to London and paving his way into the...

  36. Gill Tee | The 212 Podcast

    This week we are joined by the lovely Gill Tee, a hugely experienced festival and event organiser who has won multiple awards across the UK for herself and the events she creates and promotes. With over 20 years of experience under her belt in the industry, she discusses her new festival love…

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  37. Irvine Welsh | The 212 Podcast

    Irvine Welsh - Edinburgh born novelist, playwright and filmmaker - counterculture legend. His most notable piece of work, Trainspotting, is considered one of the greatest books out of the UK in the past 30 years and has become a cult classic. Irvine talks about his past and his current…

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  38. Manish Chandnani | The 212 Podcast

    With series 2 now in full swing, Dan has an in-depth chat with Manish Chandnani, Vice President at OML ENTERTAINMENT, who produce ‘the happiest festival in the world’, Bacardi NH7 Weekender, the most anticipated music festivals in the Indian calendar. Over the last decade, Bacardi NH7 Weekender…

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  39. Phillip Grefer | The 212 Podcast

    This week we chat with Philipp Grefer - Consultant, Curator, Event Producer, Music Entrepreneur, Creative Thinker, Innovation Enthusiast and DJ living in Europe and Asia. He is the founder of Fake Music Media and organizer of the "WISE" festival in China, bringing together players from the fields...

  40. Tim Rogers | The 212 Podcast

    With the success of Series 1 of The 212 Podcast, we didn't just sit on our laurels. We dove straight into production for the second series! There are so many amazingly talented individuals in our creative world and The 212 Podcast continues to share the thoughts and inspirations from some of…

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  41. Vikingur Heidar Arnorsson | The 212 Podcast

    Our final guest to finish off our first series is from ‘The Land of Fire and Ice’. It’s our pleasure to introduce you to Vikingur Heidar Arnorsson who is the chief executive officer for Secret Solstice, Iceland's multi-genre festival held just outside the capital of Reykjavik. Vikingur gives us...

  42. Tamara Kendall | The 212 Podcast

    Senior Event Producer, Tamara Kendall, talks to Dan about her experience navigating from her early days in radio to freelancing global, live events. With a wealth of knowledge working at SXSW, and many years with well known UK festivals such as Lovebox, Wilderness, The Great Escape, etc. she…

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  43. Justin Sweeting | The 212 Podcast

    This week Dan chats with Justin Sweeting as he takes us through his early days touring with indie bands while working simultaneously at a record label in the UK and how these experiences helped him shape the music scene back in Hong Kong. With 20 years in the industry, Justin is not only the…

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  44. Larry Heath | The 212 Podcast

    Larry Heath, entrepreneur and music media publishing extraordinaire, is here with us this week to delve into his perspective on how the music industry has evolved in Australia from his days creating an online publication of music reviews to now being an associate producer of Sounds Australia, a...

  45. Brian Marquis | The 212 Podcast

    This week we have Dan chatting with Brian Marquis, tour manager to Billie Eilish. Having done almost every job possible in the music events industry, Brian takes us through his evolution coming from a punk rock, DIY-world to managing one of pop’s most genuine leading ladies. Get a peek into the...

  46. Adam Dawson | The 212 Podcast

    Dan has an in-depth chat with Adam Dawson, Lead Producer at MKTG, beginning with his early days coordinating outdoor raves in England to leading a team managing experiential activations in Japan. Follow his journey as we chat with him. https://mktg.com/ https://www.nts.live/shows/adam-oko

  47. Rebecca Hallifax | The 212 Podcast

    This week we chat with Rebecca Hallifax, who is undoubtedly, a jack of all trades in the world of events. From leaving a corporate marketing job and turning to volunteering for local concert venues, what started out as a love for events turns into an impressive, well-rounded career. Having worked...

  48. Ben Lovett | The 212 Podcast

    Welcome to The 212 Podcast. The first guest opening up our series is Ben Lovett, member of award-winning folk rock band Mumford & Sons. Dan chats with Ben about his personal passion project, Venue Group, giving listeners more insight on his entrepreneurial journey alongside his career with the...

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This podcast was created to highlight all of the great work the arts, entertainment and events industry bring to the table. It will host a different international guest each episode who will talk through the what, why and how the industry works and the great work available.

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