The Art of Longevity Season 13, Episode 2: Ladytron, with Daniel Hunt

About this episode

Daniel Hunt discusses the unconventional path to longevity taken by the band Ladytron, exploring their creative cycles and reinventions.

Ladytron have never followed a conventional path to longevity. That’s good, because there isn’t one. This band has worked through cycles - creative surges, enforced pauses, patches of momentum, a hiatus, and reinvention. The unglamorous realities of sustaining a working band across decades. Daniel Hunt has been through these cycles a few times and knows how to press reset. “Every record has its own story,” he says, adding, with understatement, that “every record has to involve someone having ...

People in this episode

Host: The Song Sommelier

Guest: Daniel Hunt

Topics covered

• band longevity
• music cycles
• creative surges
• reinvention
• music history

Keywords

• Ladytron
• Daniel Hunt
• band longevity
• music cycles
• creative surges
• reinvention

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Ladytron

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