Retrofuturista: In-depth interviews with today’s leading artists. Hear their stories, their influences, and their unique perspectives on the creative world.
Conversations with artists, musicians, and thinkers from post-punk, krautrock, psychedelic folklore, and more. These dialogues cover their work in fields like psychology, ecology, comics, horror, and science fiction. Each interview presents an unfiltered view of their creative paths and the ideas driving their projects.
Alphabetical Index of Interviews on Retrofuturista
Interview with Peter Coyte: Shape Navigator’s Journal
Peter Coyte Discusses His First Full-Length Album Transmission 323: Interview with Shape Navigator Peter Coyte is a British composer, musician, ...
Isabel Pine on the Sonic Weight of British Columbia
The Friction of the Bow and the Raven’s Wing in Fables Transmission 322: Interview with Isabel Pine Isabel Pine abandoned ...
Barren Womb Interview: Abrasive Minimalism in the Norwegian Underground
Barren Womb: Minimalism and repetition in the Norwegian underground Transmission 321: Interview with Barren Womb Barren Womb is a Norwegian ...
Swedish Experimental Artist Fågelle Discusses Bränn min jord
From Berlin to Halland: Klara Andersson’s Path to Bränn min jord Transmission 320: Interview with Fågelle Fågelle is a Swedish ...
Interview with Vivabeat: From Whisky a Go Go to FM Station
Mick and Marina Muhlfriedel on the L.A. punk-to-funk transition Transmission 319: Interview with Vivabeat Formed in Los Angeles in 1978, ...
The Final Foetus Record, Interview
Digital Dissonance: JG Thirlwell Discusses New Album HALT Transmission 318: Interview with Foetus JG Thirlwell began the Foetus project in ...
Sketching the Sound: Interview with Ryan Richardson Pratt
How Style Versatility Built a Career in Rock: The enduring power of graphite and ink in a saturated digital market ...
Frank Rabeyrolles on 90s Indie Influence and New Album Slow
Inside the Home Studio of Frank Rabeyrolles for the Album Slow Transmission 316: Interview with Frank Rabeyrolles Frank Rabeyrolles is ...
The Oneiric Echoes of Matthew C. Whitaker, Interview
A guide for the exhausted: Music as a soothing retreat Transmission 315: Interview with Matthew C. Whitaker Matthew C. Whitaker ...
Interview with Ioa Beduneau on Mélodies pour Clairons
Physical Modeling and Pandemic Stillness: Ioa Beduneau’s Experimental Path Transmission 314: Interview with Ioa Beduneau Ioa Beduneau is a French ...
Interview with The Cranberries: Fergal Lawler on the 1991 Uncertain Origins
The Cranberries 1991: Fergal Lawler Revisits the Band’s First Studio Steps Transmission 313: Interview with The Cranberries Before the distortion ...
Interview with Geoff MacCormack: The Soul of Warren Peace
Behind the Lens and Beyond the Icon: A Talk with Geoff MacCormack on Shooting David Bowie as a Friend, Not ...
The Devil’s Door: And Also the Trees on Their Latest Record
Simon Huw Jones on the Closing Chapter of the AATT Trilogy Transmission 311: Interview with And Also the Trees And ...
Bellbird Interview: From Forest Isolation to the Songs of The Call
A Conversation with Bellbird on Forest Silence and New Constellation Music Transmission 310: Interview with Bellbird Bellbird is a Montréal-based ...
Green Milk from the Planet Orange: A 25-Year Astral Projection, Interview
Space, Punk, and Progressive Grit: An Interview with Green Milk from the Planet Orange Transmission 309: Interview with Green Milk ...
Eugene Hütz Interview: The Post-Punk Revenge of Gogol Bordello
Stripping Back the Chaos for a New Post-Punk Era Transmission 308: Interview with Gogol Bordello Eugene Hütz is a Ukrainian-born ...
Interview with Pedro Correa on His Otherworldly Art
Pedro Correa Draws Emotion Before Technique Transmission 307: Interview with Pedro Correa Pedro Correa is an illustrator renowned for his ...
Painting with Voltage: Interview with Woo
A conversation with Clive Ives on Woo’s dazed masterpiece Transmission 306: Interview with Woo Woo, the long-running project of brothers ...
Zu Discuss Ferrum Sidereum: 80 Minutes of Apocalyptic Revelation
A Conversation on Ferrum Sidereum and Meteoritic Omens Transmission 305: Interview with Zu Zu emerged from the coastal grit of ...
Epimetheus Interview: Tectonic Riffs and Cosmic Paranoia
Bristol’s Epimetheus: A Conversation on Perseus 9 and Doom Transmission 304: Interview with Epimetheus Emerging from the Bristol underground, Epimetheus ...
Top Jimmy and the Rhythm Pigs: Steve Berlin on 1980s Los Angeles Blues Rock
Top Jimmy and the Rhythm Pigs Return January 16 on Blind Owl Records Transmission 303: Interview with Steve Berlin Steve ...
Interview: Jesse Sykes on Forever, I’ve Been Being Born and 14 Years of Silence
Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter return with songs about mortality, transformation, and cosmic caretakers Transmission 302: Interview with Jesse ...
Ugly Stick Interview: Recording Absinthe in a 1990s Ohio Basement
The Geography of Absinthe: Ugly Stick on Hovercraft Records Transmission 301: Interview with Ugly Stick In 1993, the town of ...
The Quiet Gothicism of Vamberator: An Interview with Jemaur Tayle
Boris Williams and Jemaur Tayle: Reunited for the Age of Loneliness LP Transmission 300: Interview with Vamberator Jemaur Tayle and ...
Interview with Tommi Parrish: The Past is a Grotesque Animal
On building stories, drawing, and not letting the wind push you around Transmission 299: Interview with Tommi Parrish Australian , ...
Kula Shaker Interview: Wormslayer, Folk Magic, and Psychedelic Operas
Crispian Mills, Jay Darlington, Alonza Bevan, and Paul Winter-Hart reflect on 60s influences, reunions, and their three-album creative surge Transmission ...
Interview: Clémentine March on Powder Keg
Clémentine March Discusses Her First PRAH Release Transmission 297: Interview with Clémentine March Clémentine March is a London-based French-British chanteuse ...
American Lips Interview: The Anti-Burnout Manifesto Behind On Strike!
Sebastien Grainger Discusses the Oct 29 American Lips Release Transmission 296: Interview with American Lips American Lips is a trans-continental ...
The Space Between Us: Robert Deeble on Contemporary Authoritarianism and Redemption
The Seattle musician discusses his seventh album, out February 6, 2026 on Mind Bomb Publishing Transmission 295: Interview with Robert ...
Carol Tyler on Grief, Memory, and The Ephemerata: A Conversation About Loss and Comics
An extended conversation about grief, family memory, and the physical process of making autobiographical comics Transmission 294: Interview with Carol ...
Interview with Michael Hampton: Fifty Years of Fretboard Mastery
Parliament-Funkadelic’s Lead Guitarist Discusses Into the Public Domain Transmission 293: Interview with Michael Hampton Michael Hampton is an American guitarist ...
Interview with EarthBall: Psychedelics, Nanaimo Noise, and Basement Jams
EarthBall on Improvising Outside Over There for Upset The Rhythm Transmission 292: Interview with EarthBall EarthBall is a Canadian quintet ...
Dave Pen Talks ‘Life Inside The Feeder Mind’ and DIY Recording Process
Dave Pen Discusses Modern Anxiety and Self-Production in New Interview Transmission 291: Interview with Dave Pen Dave Pen is a ...
Ship Says Om Interview: Jenny Gillespie Mason on Dream Journal
The Berkeley artist discusses her new EP, recorded in two days from children's voices, wind, and spiritual longing Transmission 290: ...
Laibach Interview on 21st Century Trauma, Gaza And Algorithmic Control
Interview With Laibach On Techno-Feudalism, Digital Tribalism And Spectator Complicity Transmission 289: Interview with Laibach Laibach are a Slovenian collective ...
Interview with Silver Dawn on Beautifully Awkward
Silver Dawn's Beautifully Awkward out on Jan 2, 2026 Transmission 288: Interview with Silver Dawn Operating out of West London, ...
Stéphane Schück Talks A Brief History of Blindness and the Salt Collective
Stéphane Schück's Salt Collective Assembles R.E.M., XTC, and Nada Surf Members for New Album Transmission 287: Salt Collective The Salt ...
Deaf Doula Interview: Jim Coleman and Ev Gold on “2057” and Industrial Dystopia
The industrial collaborators discuss death doulas, Hot Snakes, and creating music for a declining world Transmission 286: Interview with Deaf ...
The Role of Light, Shadow, and Narrative Structure in Jenny Brough’s Images
Jenny Brough creates photography and film that feels like stepping into a vivid dream Transmission 285: Interview with Jenny Brough ...
Brooklyn Queerpunk Veterans The Dead Betties on their new EP WHITEY
Machismo, Neo-Nazis, Why America Still Hates Women, and Their Upcoming Double Album Let's Have Fun in the Dark Transmission 284: ...
Interview with The Flowering Eyeballs on Sudden Ray
Magical Tea and Improv: Discussing The Flowering Eyeballs first "proper" studio album, Sudden Ray Transmission 283: Interview with The Flowering ...
Tujiko Noriko on New Project CxBxT
Japanese experimental artist discusses her new collaborative trio with Adrian Corker and George Barton. Transmission 282: Interview with Tujiko Noriko ...
Kev Hopper on Euclidean Rhythms and Abstract Pop
The former Stump bassist details his new solo album XiX on Dimple Discs. Transmission 281: Interview with Kev Hopper Kev ...
The Dream Syndicate: Steve Wynn on the Genesis of Medicine Show
40 Years Later, Steve Wynn Re-Examines the Tension of Medicine Show Transmission 280: Interview with The Dream Syndicate The Dream ...
Test Dept Interview: Forging Sound from London’s Ruins
Test Dept Discuss Their Formative Years and New Box Set 'Industrial Overture' Transmission 279: Interview with Test Dept Test Dept ...
The Rousers: An Interview About the Ed Stasium Demos
Forty-five years later, the New York band discusses the recordings engineered by Ed Stasium Transmission 278: Interview with The Rousers ...
Laura Loriga on Moon Talk, Compossibility, and Her Forthcoming Album Almas
Laura Loriga Discusses Her New EP and Forthcoming Album on God Unknown Records Transmission 277: Interview with Laura Loriga Laura ...
Mondo Umiliani: A Portrait by His Daughters of the Pioneering Composer of the Italian Soundtrack
Alessandra and Elisabetta recall the atmosphere of the legendary Roman studio their father built. Transmission 275: Piero Umiliani's legacy: an ...
L’Uomo Elettronico: The Dark, Scientific Soul of Piero Umiliani, Interview with Pierpaolo De Sanctis
Notes from an Alchemist's Laboratory: How Four Flies Records Resurrected The Electronic Man Transmission 276: Interview with Pier Paolo De ...
Smote: Interview with Daniel Foggin on Songs From The Free House
Daniel Foggin Discusses Songs From The Free House Transmission 274: Interview with Smote Smote is the musical project of Daniel ...
Kremietz discusses his collaborations with TROUM, Limpe Fuchs, and Hans Joachim Irmler on Ambient Koan
Viz Michael Kremietz on Shakuhachi, Zen Practice, and Recording at Aleister Crowley's Abbey Transmission 273: Interview with Viz Michael Kremietz ...
Kathodos Discusses Sleep Parasomnia, Occult Rituals, and Rune Serpent Europa Debut
Kathodos reflects on dormant creative periods, collaboration with Lavinia, and plans for a parasomnia trilogy Transmission 272: Interview with Kathodos ...
Six Finger Satellite Interview: DIY Recording, and Recording Severe Exposure
J. Ryan on Thrift Shop Synths, Philip K. Dick, and Post-Punk Transmission 271: Interview with Six Finger Satellite Six Finger ...
Frank Kunert Builds Miniature Worlds That Reveal Society’s Hidden Absurdities, Interview
Frank Kunert's meticulous, uncanny, craft miniatures focus on satire, tragedy, and dark humour. Transmission 270: Interview with Frank Kunert Decades ...
Interview with Alexander Tucker on MICROCORPS’ Clear Vortex Chamber
The British artist talks about his transformation from guitar-based songwriting to modular-driven electronics on Downwards Records Transmission 269: Interview with ...
Interview with Jesse Daniel Edwards on Cobblestones, Community, and Requiem Mass / Catechism En Masse
Ahead of his June 27th and July 25th releases, Edwards discusses energy capsules, busking, and the death of modern society ...
J Blacker Discusses ESA’s New 75-Minute Opus ‘Sounds for Your Happiness’
Inside the abrasive structures and textures of the new album from Electronic Substance Abuse. Transmission 267: Interview with ESA J ...
The Mechanics of Sound: Interview with Author & Punisher
How the calls and patterns of birds became the foundational structure for the industrial sounds of Nocturnal Birding. Transmission 266: ...
Spain’s Josh Haden on The Blue Moods of Spain, 30 Years Later
Reflections on revisiting the debut album for its 30th anniversary tour Transmission 265: Interview with Spain 30 Years of Slowcore: ...
The Chameleons: A Conversation on Arctic Moon and Creative Renewal
After 23 Years, The Chameleons Return: The Architecture of Arctic Moon Transmission 264: Interview with The Chamaleons The Chameleons are ...
Nolan Potter: Screams for the Future People, Interview
On his recent works Tampered to Death and Nightmare Egg, and the upcoming Yoo II session this Halloween Transmission 263: ...
SANAM Interview: Beirut Sextet Discusses New Album Sametou Sawtan and Lebanese Displacement
Anthony and Sandy from SANAM Talk Omar Khayyam Poetry and Recording Across Three Countries Transmission 262: Interview with Sanam SANAM ...
Moja Discusses ‘I’m Hungry’ for Overdrive Records
How the pandemic and a DIY ethos shaped the sound of their latest release on Overdrive Records. Transmission 261: Interview ...
Cut, Paste, Antagonize: Interview with Descenes Creator Howard Wuelfing
The Story of D.C. Punk's First Zines: Howard Wuelfing on the Mission of Descenes Transmission 260: Interview with Howard Wuelfing ...
PINES Interview: Josh Hight on Post-Punk Origins and Mystical Shoegaze Rebirth
Josh Hight Talks PINES, Alan Moore's Influence, and Transforming Darkness Into Light Transmission 259: Interview with Josh Hight PINES is ...
Joe Escalante on The Vandals’ Four-Decade Run
How a 1979 Ramones show at the Rendezvous sparked a punk rock career Transmission 258: Interview with The Vandals The ...
Making Decoder: Klaus Maeck on Burroughs, Punk Cinema, and Sound as Weapon
The German filmmaker discusses Burroughs' influence, punk aesthetics, and prophetic themes in his cult cyberpunk classic Transmission 257: Interview with ...
Rún Band Members Discuss Dreams, Synchronicities and Experimental Music Process
Tara Baoth Mooney and Diarmuid MacDiarmada Talk Rún's Debut Album on Rocket Recordings Transmission 256: Interview with Rún Rún is ...
The Dark Folk World of Comus: An Interview with Roger Wootton and Bobbie Watson
Roger Wootton and Bobbie Watson Reflect on First Utterance and Their Reformation Transmission 255: Interview with Comus Comus formed in ...
Interview with Mike O’Meally: The Photographer Who Shot Skateboarding’s Soul
Legendary Mike O’Meally whose work has shaped how we see skate culture. Transmission 254: Interview with Mike O’Meally Mike O'Meally ...
Hand to Earth interview on Ŋurru Wäŋa ahead of Room40 release
Hand to Earth on recording Ŋurru Wäŋa in Melbourne and New York Transmission 253: Interview with Hand to Earth Hand ...
Rujen interview on Velvet Dream and Atlanta’s psychedelic rock roots
Velvet Dream by Rujen released on Broc Recordz in 2025 Transmission 252: Interview with Rujen Rujen is an American psychedelic ...
Silver Snails discuss Speed of Light and independent pop-rock work
Speed of Light arrives 5 September in digital, CD, and streaming formats Transmission 251: Interview with Silver Snails Silver Snails ...
Jenifer Prince Brings Queer Stories Into Classic Pulp Art
The artist that challenges heteronormative history and reclaims a place for sapphic love in the stories of the past, present, ...
Forth Wanderers in conversation about their third LP ‘The Longer This Goes On’
Ava Trilling and Ben Guterl explain how it started again Transmission 249: Interview with Forth Wanderers Forth Wanderers, from Montclair, ...
Lathe of Heaven Interview: Sci-Fi Post-Punk on Aurora
Brooklyn Post-Punk Lathe of Heaven Discuss Sacred Bones Aurora Release Transmission 248: Interview with Lathe of Heaven Lathe of Heaven ...
Season Of The Peach: Interview with Black Lips
Season Of The Peach scheduled for September 19, 2025 release Transmission 247: Interview with Black Lips Black Lips are an American garage rock band formed ...
The Problem With Kids Today interview with Tate Brooks on Take It! release Aug 22
Branford trio The Problem With Kids Today on recording Take It! without studio constraints Transmission 246: Interview with The Problem ...
The Evolution of Augmented Shadow by Joon Yong Moon
Joon Yong Moon is a new media installation artist renowned for his interactive shadow work. Transmission 245: Interview with Joon ...
Transmission 244: Interview with 16volt on More Of Less
Metropolis Records issues first new 16volt studio album in 8 years 16VOLT is an American industrial rock project founded by ...
Pea Sea Discusses A Pyke of Patina Slate
Fragmented memories, damaged states, and quiet persistence drive the new album Transmission 243: Interview with Pea Sea Pea Sea is ...
JAW Cooper’s Subconscious Art: When Nightmares Become Gallery Pieces
JAW Cooper combines scientific precision with emotional chaos in her plant-wrapped figure drawings Transmission 242: Interview with JAW Cooper Illustrator ...
Compassion, Awe, and Power: Insights from Dacher Keltner’s Research
Dr. Dacher Keltner is widely recognized as a leading scholar in the study of emotion and directs the Berkeley Social ...
Through the Lens of Gered Mankowitz: Sound Captured in Light
Capturing the essence of an era that defined a generation Transmission 240: Interview with Gered Mankowitz Rock 'n' roll culture ...
Andrew Staniland on EEG, Composition, and The Laws of Nature
Canadian composer Andrew Staniland discusses The Laws of Nature, out August 1, 2025 Transmission 239: Interview with Andrew Staniland Andrew ...
Interview with Umlaut on the New Album Desolé
Clinton ‘Bär’ McKinnon on Umlaut, Australia, and Desolé Transmission 238: Interview with Umlaut Umlaut is an experimental pop project led ...
Interview with En Esch on Dance Hall Putsch
A conversation on political urgency, studio methods, and collaborations behind the 2024 Give/Take release Transmission 237: Interview with En Esch ...
Dark Sexuality & Industrial Noise: Xiu Xiu’s Jamie Stewart on Reimagining Eraserhead (Interview)
Xiu Xiu Reimagines Eraserhead's Sonic Universe Transmission 236: Interview with Xiu Xiu, Eraserhead Xiu Xiu are set to perform a ...
Cecilia Paredes Vanishes Into Nature Through Body Paint Photography
Cecilia Paredes creates mesmerizing photo‑performances, installations, body‑paintings, and sculptural works exploring nature, identity, femininity, and migration Transmission 235: Interview with ...
Interview with The Worm: Sound, Fiction and Lo-fi Theatre
Amy Lawrence traces The Worm through theatre and sound Transmission 234: Interview with The Worm The Worm is an avant ...
Whimsical Creatures and Cosmic Dancers in Jette Reinert’s Mixed-Media Worlds
Jette Reinert’s Paper-to-Canvas Rituals and the Origins of Her Visual Language Transmission 233: Interview with Jette Reinert Renowned for her ...
Me Lost Me on Materiality, Ephemerality, and Writing with Language Itself
Me Lost Me Interview: Jayne Dent Talks This Material Moment and Language Transmission 232: Interview with Me Lost Me Me ...
Interview with All Men Unto Me on composing Requiem
Rylan Gleave’s second album released June 2025 via The Larvarium Transmission 231: Interview with All Men Unto Me All Men Unto ...
Michael Künstle and Matteo Pagamici Interview on Debut Album Dimensions
Swiss Composers Michael Künstle and Matteo Pagamici Transform Orchestra Into Living Synthesizer on Dimensions Transmission 230: Interview with Michael Künstle ...
Mari Kattman Discusses Year of the Katt and her path to solo work
Mari Kattman explains the ideas behind her new album for Metropolis Records Transmission 229: Interview with Mari Kattman Mari Kattman ...
What’s the Sound of a Dream? Interview with Ako Amo
Piano and Electronics Merge in Ako Amo's Contemplative First Album What's the Sound of a Dream? Transmission 228: Interview with ...
Sick Fizz Interviewed on Mutant Art, and Garage Roots
Sick Fizz discuss gear, instincts, and shared history Transmission 227: Interview with Sick Fizz Sick Fizz is a rock band ...
Jah Wobble Interview on Solo Dub Album Dub Volume 1
Jah Wobble recalls post-punk origins and solo dub return Transmission 226: Interview with Jah Wobble Jah Wobble is a British ...
Interview with doubleVee on Periscope at Midnight
A conversation with Allan and Barb Vest about their 2025 EP Transmission 225: Interview with doubleVee doubleVee is the alt-pop ...
Interview with Arad Evans on The Whimbrels’ Debut
The Whimbrels release self-titled debut on Dromedary Records in June 2025 Transmission 224: Interview with The Whimbrels The Whimbrels is ...
Transmission 223: Interview with JG Thirlwell on the Xordox Project
Xordox releases Terraform on Ectopic Ents in May 2025 Xordox is the synthesizer-based project of Australian composer, producer, and sound artist JG ...
A Conversation with Cosey Fanni Tutti on 2t2
Cosey Fanni Tutti on Sound, RE-SISTERS, and 2t2. Transmission 222: Interview with Cosey Fanni Tutti Cosey Fanni Tutti is a ...
Glen Martin Taylor on Ceramics, Emotion, and Catharsis
Ceramist and sculptor Glen Martin Taylor addresses themes of impermanence, transformation, and the tension between damage and repair. Transmission 221: ...
Interview with BC Camplight on A Sober Conversation
Brian Christinzio Reflects on Manchester Move and Creative Transformation Transmission 220: Interview with BC Camplight BC Camplight is the stage ...
