Dave Randall x Cold Lips

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Dave Randall x Cold Lips

Jul 16, 2020

Dave Randall is a brilliant mind. This interview was recorded in St Giles churchyard in Camberwell, London, 3 July 2020.

Dave Randall is the author of Sound System – The Political Power of Music (Pluto Press 2017) and guitarist, producer and composer.

His own critically acclaimed albums released under the name Slovo feature international collaborations with artists including Iceland's Emiliana Torrini, West Africa's Maezah and US jazz legend Max Roach.

He has contributed to Grammy Award winning albums by Dido and has toured the world performing with UK dance act Faithless, for more click here.

Notably, as part of the 1 Giant Leap project, Dave appeared alongside Baaba Maal, Michael Stipe, the Mahotella Queens, Neneh Cherry and others. Recently he has toured with Sinead O'Connor, and teamed up with Big Dada artist Mike Ladd, clarinet player Carol Robinson and drummer Dirk Rothbrust to create the Paris based improvising quartet Sleeping In Vilna. He's currently performing live with Roland Gift (Fine Young Cannibals).

He has also produced music for the feature length documentaries Rebuilding Hope (set in the US and Sudan), Witness Bahrain and There Is A Field (set in the USA and Palestine). He has also composed music for the contemporary dance/juggling company Feeding The Fish, the acclaimed Palestinian dance company Al Zaytouna and the Robert Swinston dance company.

He lives in Brixton, South London.

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Dave is in conversation with Cold Lips' editor, Kirsty Allison.

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The podcast is edited by Sebastian Bowden.

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From the desk of Kirsty Allison

Author of Psychomachia (Wrecking Ball Press) which i-D magazine describe as "exhilarating, brazen, devastating and brilliant ” in its exploration of the 1990s from a feminist lens, the novel draws on the Latin poem about the clash between vice and virtue.

Kirsty Allison is described by Irvine Welsh as "the greatest cultural beacon on the planet." Kirsty’s career began as a young journalist, DJing with Welsh in a band that played disco predating her own era. After gaining awards for BBC radio documentary, fashion copywriting, and independent film, Kirsty founded Cold Lips Press, an indie platform known for publishing zines, books, and hosting international creative events. Her poetry, initially performed to escape commercial confines, has been showcased worldwide, from Convenanza Festival in Carcassone to Beirut with the British Council, and her poetry-films played in the Tate. Her first poetry collection, Now is Now, followed DIY publications sewing books by hand on the same machine she used to craft costumes for Boy George.

Kirsty served as the final editor of Ambit, where she doubled readership and inspired record submissions. She writes on Substack, is collaborating on a screenplay, and continues to move fluidly between London and her Andalusian retreat, pushing boundaries in literature and performance.

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