Alex Maiolo (Themes For Great Cities)

The MewX Podcast

Welcome to The MewX Podcast!
This week we're joined by the brain behind the Themes For Great Cities project, Alex Maiolo. Alex, Jonas Bjerre, Jonas Kaarnamets, Erki Pärnoja and the city of Tallinn, released an album earlier this month, of music made largely on modular synths, performed live at Tallinn Music Week. It's an inspirational talk about how the four guys and one city came together, creating music and a great friendship. We also hear about how they made the album, Alex's musical inspirations, his relationship with Mew, modern ways of creating and consuming music versus old, and much more.
The album is available on limited edition red vinyl, pressed at Citizen Vinyl in Asheville, NC, and digital download on moroderikmusik.bandcamp.com.
Credits:
Host: Thomas Dyregaard. Co-hosts: Ann Lancaster, Oddvar Røste and Keir Martin. Guest: Alex Maiolo.
Themes For Great Cities: Tallinn
Alex Maiolo
Alexmaiolo.com
Alex on Instagram
Triple X Snaxxx on Instagram
Lacy Jags on Instagram
Jonas Bjerre
Jonasbjerre.com
Mewsite.com
Jonas on Instagram
Mew on Instagram
Mew on YouTube
Jonas Kaarnamets
Frankieanimal.com
Jonas on Instagram
Jonas on YouTube
Frankie Animal on YouTube
Erki Pärnoja
Ewertandthetwodragons.com
Erki on Instagram
Ewert and The Two Dragons on YouTube
Moroderik Musik
Moroderik.com
Moroderik Musik on YouTube
Other links:
Themes For Great Cities: Tallinn, Live at Tallinn Music Week, 2001
Ewert and The Two Dragons - (In The End) There's Only Love, Official Music Video
Estonian Voices & DJ Sander Mölder with guitarist Jonas Kaarnamets and String Quartet FourFest
Suburban Summit
Simple Minds - Theme For Great Cities, Audio
Themes For Great Cities: Five Things I Wish I Had Known, with Alex Maiolo and Jonas Bjerre
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