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DEVIN TOWNSEND PODCAST #1: Ocean Machine
So here’s the first ‘episode’ of my podcast. Until I get a feel for it, I figured I’d just start by doing a series on the albums I’ve released…an overview and more in-depth analysis of each seems like a relatively easy way of figuring out the format. It may be a bit long-winded, but undoubtedly I’ll learn to tighten it up. This one is about Ocean Machine, so if you want to hear me waffle on in the background about that album while you’re going about your day…you’re in luck! Terria will be next, but I’ll probably get through all of them eventually, I’d think.
Enjoy!
Dev
(0:00) – Intro
(1:07) – Quarantine
(4:14) – The ‘Noisescapes’ demo / Steve Vai
(12:26) – Starting from scratch / Label shopping
(19:56) – Landing a deal / Daniel Bergstrand
(25:18) – The Ocean Machine band / Rob Halford
(30:33) – Recording Ocean Machine
(33:20) – The Spanish studio
(39:34) – Assembling Ocean Machine
(42:21) – Releasing Ocean Machine
(47:16) – The aftermath
(48:13) – Looking back at Ocean Machine / Personnel
(53:40) – Seventh Wave
(56:19) – Life
(1:00:31) – Night
(1:03:06) – Hide Nowhere
(1:10:08) – Sister
(1:11:19) – 3 A.M.
(1:14:22) – Voices in the Fan
(1:22:31) – Greetings
(1:23:03) – Regulator
(1:28:31) – Funeral
(1:30:38) – Bastard
(1:36:27) – The Death of Music
(1:39:20) – Thing Beyond Things
(1:41:16) – Defining Ocean Machine / Closing thoughts
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DEVIN TOWNSEND PODCAST #2: City
This is episode 2, about the second Strapping Young Lad album, CITY. I figured instead of doing Terria next, I’d do them in order (though I’ve still ignored HAARHT and Punky thus far but I’ll get to them) and City was done simultaneously to Ocean Machine and best keeps the momentum going.
It took less time to do this than I thought, so I may wait a day before starting Infinity, but if you’re bored…here’s another rambling slab of…well..me.
(0:00) – Intro
(2:10) – An overview of City
(5:09) – Fear Factory
(14:20) – The intention behind City
(18:39) – Producing Stuck Mojo / Daniel Bergstrand
(21:17) – Writing City / Influences
(31:24) – Dev’s extracurricular activities / Mindset during City
(33:47) – Artwork
(34:53) – Moving to LA / Frontline Assembly / Being broke
(41:17) – Writing City cont. / Meeting Gene Hoglan
(45:57) – Forming the band / Recording City at Steve Vai’s studio
(59:12) – Working and writing with Gene Hoglan
(1:01:33) – The identity of City
(1:03:26) – The finishing touches / Digging for samples
(1:13:29) – Summing up City
(1:16:41) – Velvet Kevorkian
(1:22:00) – All Hail The New Flesh
(1:25:51) – Oh My Fucking God
(1:28:18) – Dev’s vocals on City
(1:31:14) – Detox
(1:32:10) – Home Nucleonics
(1:32:47) – AAA
(1:35:24) – Underneath the Waves
(1:37:43) – Room 429
(1:40:52) – Spirituality
(1:41:33) – Closing thoughts
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DEVIN TOWNSEND PODCAST #3: Infinity
So this is episode 3, about the album ‘Infinity’ (which followed City and Ocean Machine). I warn you going into this: I am confusing in the ways I explain this one. There are so many things I would like to say and honestly, I’m barely able to be coherent about it all here. Once it gets going it makes a bit more sense, but it takes a while to warm up… and really, fair play. This was a hard thing to record and discuss, and in reviewing it, I still didn’t find myself able to even scratch the surface. Regardless, Infinity was exactly where I was at the time, so I have no ‘regrets’, but you know…yikes. Anyways, I hope you enjoy this as in any case, I tried to at least be honest…(maybe a bit hard on myself, but honest nonetheless). Take care – Dev
(0:00) – Dev’s difficult relationship with Infinity
(10:40) – Psychedelics
(17:32) – The genesis of Infinity
(25:18) – The concept / Writing Truth
(43:42) – Recording Infinity / Cause and effect
(1:10:25) – The spider dream / The lesson of Infinity
(1:13:22) – Dev’s obsession with Infinity
(1:17:28) – Artistic accountability / The psychiatric institution
(1:21:14) – The album cover
(1:24:27) – Truth
(1:26:38) – Christeen
(1:27:41) – Bad Devil
(1:29:11) – War
(1:30:55) – Soul Driven Cadillac
(1:32:04) – Ants
(1:33:12) – Colonial Boy
(1:34:46) – Dynamics
(1:35:48) – Unity
(1:41:41) – Moving on from Infinity
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DEVIN TOWNSEND PODCAST #4: Physicist
So I’ve been hearing that you folks have been enjoying this enough that I should continue? I’m happy to do so, but it’s certainly odd. I’ll just keep plugging through them and I hope they don’t veer into crazy levels of pretentiousness, especially as I let my guard down. Maybe that’s part of this whole process in the long run though so…have at er. Here’s another one: ‘Physicist’ released in 2000
(0:00) – The aftermath of Infinity / House problems
(7:07) – The basement studio / The first recording of Physicist
(10:22) – The intention behind Physicist
(15:20) – Inside Out Records / Panic attacks / Ween
(20:30) – Getting back to Strapping Young Lad
(27:27) – What was Physicist?
(30:28) – Depression
(36:31) – The aesthetic of Physicist / The second recording
(45:52) – Jason Newstead
(48:09) – Artwork / Balls
(56:18) – Lyrics
(58:32) – Namaste
(1:01:42) – Victim
(1:08:24) – Material
(1:12:15) – Kingdom
(1:20:03) – Death
(1:22:26) – Devoid
(1:24:07) – The Complex
(1:29:58) – Irish Maiden
(1:35:10) – Jupiter
(1:38:21) – Planet Rain / Forgotten
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DEVIN TOWNSEND PODCAST #5: Terria
Well, here’s yet another one of these. I assume if you’re listening to it, you want to be…so I should probably stop worrying about the rambling nature of it. If you’re listening to it simply because it annoys you, well…that’s super weird. Anyways, this is episode 5, loosely based on the 2001 album Terria. Hope you’re groovy – Dev
(0:00) – Dev’s mixed feelings about the podcast / Accountability
(26:06) – Validation
(42:43) – The genesis of Terria / Bipolar
(57:28) – The aesthetic of Terria / Mountain
(1:06:10) – Olives
(1:07:27) – Earth Day
(1:09:43) – Deep Peace
(1:28:36) – Canada
(1:30:51) – Down and Under
(1:31:35) – The Fluke
(1:32:14) – Nobody’s Here
(1:41:05) – Tiny Tears
(1:43:11) – Stagnant / Humble
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DEVIN TOWNSEND PODCAST #6: Accelerated Evolution and Strapping Young Lad
Here’s more of this, if you fancy… this one is about the two records Accelerated Evolution and SYL. Yay!
(0:00) – Uncomfortable truths
(15:00) – Writer’s block / Acceptance
(30:06) – Starting the Devin Townsend Band
(40:12) – Two albums at once
(48:02) – What is SYL?
(52:09) – Rape song / Accountability
(1:00:15) – Promoting SYL and Accelerated Evolution
(1:04:09) – Project Echo / Recording / Dev’s overall opinion of SYL and AE
(1:11:30) – The lessons of SYL and AE
(1:22:09) – The image of SYL
(1:27:02) – Intention
(1:32:44) – Identity / Getting out of your head
(1:41:49) – Writer’s block cont. / Making choices / Failure
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DEVIN TOWNSEND PODCAST #7: Alien
Here we go again…
(0:00) – Looking back at the podcast / Self-help
(16:06) – The genesis of Alien
(27:42) – Self-sabotage during Alien / Anti-psychotics
(35:19) – The warehouse
(37:15) – Writing Alien
(44:10) – The meaning of Alien
(48:51) – Dev’s mindset during Alien
(52:21) – Info Dump
(1:01:25) – Dev’s relationship with the members of Strapping Young Lad
(1:04:28) – Lyrics
(1:06:16) – Sensitivity
(1:14:18) – Negativity / Vulnerability / Attention
(1:26:22) – Self-defence
(1:31:17) – Finding the next step / Lockdown
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DEVIN TOWNSEND PODCAST #8: Synchestra, The Hummer & Devlab
More of this stuff. Hope you’re hanging in there =)
(0:00) – Synchestra as a reaction to Alien
(6:53) – Themes of Synchestra
(8:39) – Studio techniques
(11:53) – Notes from Africa
(12:48) – Reactions to Dev’s work
(24:54) – The mission of Synchestra
(27:46) – Vampira
(29:45) – Mental Tan
(36:58) – Judgement
(42:05) – A Simple Lullaby
(45:10) – Sunset
(46:20) – Personnel / Writing Synchestra
(52:15) – Recording
(1:15:06) – The Hummer
(1:18:43) – Devlab
(1:25:14) – Concept of The Hummer
(1:27:35) – Dev’s mindset in this era
(1:30:31) – Triumph
(1:32:33) – Baby Song
(1:34:42) – Writing themes
(1:36:25) – The name / Imagery
(1:40:25) – Relationships between albums
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DEVIN TOWNSEND PODCAST #9: The New Black
Here’s some more nubbins for ya…
(0:00) – Social media
(24:09) – Advertising
(31:12) – The genesis of The New Black
(35:56) – The artwork
(40:51) – The production / Recording
(47:10) – Writing The New Black / The performances
(52:23) – Lyrical themes / The songs
(1:01:48) – Summarising The New Black
(1:03:58) – Download 2006 / Dissolving SYL
(1:12:01) – Looking back on The New Black
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DEVIN TOWNSEND PODCAST #10: Ziltoid The Omniscient
…Getting there =)
(0:00) – How the weather inspires Dev / Routines
(11:27) – Being a new parent
(21:34) – Dev’s mindset and lifestyle change
(29:33) – Writer’s block after The New Black / Accumulating gear
(35:41) – The inspiration for Ziltoid / Making a puppet
(43:43) – Writing Ziltoid The Omniscient
(46:51) – The meaning behind Ziltoid
(52:48) – The concept of Ziltoid
(58:51) – Recording alone
(1:04:24) – Finishing the album / Reception / Linking back to Info Dump
(1:13:43) – Tall Latte
(1:16:08) – A summary of Ziltoid
(1:18:42) – Dev’s next steps
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DEVIN TOWNSEND PODCAST #11: K1
Here’s another one of these things. Not too dissimilar to the others, so I wouldn’t expect anything new here =)
(0:00) – Dev’s creative process / The Puzzle
(18:52) – Chaos
(36:24) – Halloween Stream / Dev’s upcoming projects
(46:09) – The genesis of Ki
(50:30) – Moving away from drugs and alcohol
(52:27) – Not feeling comfortable expressing anger
(57:15) – A new setup for Ki
(1:02:49) – Personnel
(1:03:20) – Putting Ki together
(1:05:25) – Responsibilities / Peavey
(1:09:05) – The Devin Townsend Project
(1:16:04) – A summary of Ki
(1:18:03) – Linking Ki to the present / Outro
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DEVIN TOWNSEND PODCAST #12: Addicted
=)
(0:00) – Being balanced
(5:44) – What was Addicted?
(15:43) – The commercial rock sound
(18:09) – Producing Addicted
(21:00) – Writing Addicted
(21:19) – Personnel / Anneke van Giersbergen
(27:57) – Mixing Addicted
(34:11) – Mastering
(35:52) – The end-product
(38:23) – The concept of Addicted
(47:00) – Meditation
(48:35) – Following your intuition / DTP
(50:35) – Reception of Addicted
(52:52) – Separating the styles of DTP
(54:11) – Bloodstock / Andy Farrow
(58:54) – Why Dev is continuing the podcast
(1:00:44) – Dev’s personal situation / Routines and deadlines
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