68: Djrum or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Clang

About this episode

The episode features an interview with DJ-producer Djrum discussing his creative approach and new music.

Why be seamless when you can go KLANGGG ? This week’s guest is living proof that doing things wrong, backwards, upside-down or simply not at all can reap creative dividends. We speak, of course, about Djrum . Recorded at our book launch at London’s ICA last December, our conversation with the Oxford-dwelling DJ-producer followed up on the wild acclaim for his 2025 maybe-opus, Under Tangled Silence . The interview starts at 48:00, but before that we debrief on some new music from old favourites. Is the spirit of 2011 still haunting dance music ? We couldn’t possibly say. Look out for our third listening session at 180 Studios, to be announced soon! Our second book, No Tags: Conversations on underground music culture Vol. 1 is out now. Get full access to No Tags at notagspodcast.substack.com/subscribe

People in this episode

Hosts: Chal Ravens, Tom Lea

Guest: Djrum

Topics covered

• music production
• dance music
• creative process
• interview
• underground culture

Keywords

• Djrum
• music
• interview
• dance music
• creative process
• underground culture
• ICA
• London

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ICA, No Tags

Books & works: Under Tangled Silence, No Tags: Conversations on underground music culture Vol. 1

Places: London

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