Listen back to some of our favourite interviews across our cinema, classical and contemporary music programme in our 'From the Archive' podcast strand, produced and presented by Ben Eshmade, re-released as part of the Barbican podcast, Nothing Concrete.
Revisit this in-depth interview with composer Michael Nyman exploring the story of how over forty years ago, the Michael Nyman Band, were conjured into existence.
We return to a series of interview speaking to bold and much-admired cinema director Luca Guadagnino and focus on two of his much admired films, 'A Bigger Splash' from 2015 and 'Call Me By Your Name' from 2017.
In this archive episode, we look back at two interviews with DJ and producer Jeff Mills, exploring time and space through ambitious techno and orchestral experimentation.
Another dip into the archive with this episode from May 2015 where Ben Eshmade spoke to French Film director Olivier Assayas about his consecutive films 'Personal Shopper' and 'Clouds of Sils Maria'.
Another dip into the archive with this episode from April 2017 where Ben Eshmade spoke to director Raoul Peck about I Am Not Your Negro, his 2016 documentary about writer and activist James Baldwin.
In this episode, we look back to January 2018 and Barry Jenkins' film 'If Beale Street Could Talk' with a passionate and powerful conversation with Oscar-winning actor, Regina King.
In the third and final episode of our series showcasing the love and obsession the series, author Ian F Martin takes us on a musical journey into the live music scene of some of Japan's pioneering experimental and noise-based artists.
In the second episode in our series showcasing the love and obsession with Japanese music, we look at the 80s with Yosuke Kitazawa from Light in the Attic Records for a journey in sound from their latest releases.
The first episode in a series showcasing the love and obsession with Japanese music, Howard Williams, aka Japan Blues digs through his crates to share some of his favourite underground music from the 1970s.
Rediscover an interview with Danish band, Efterklang where Ben Eshmade meets the band to hear more about their unexpected opera 'Leaves: The Colour of Falling', performed at the Barbican in February 2017.
