A podcast about the creatives who shape the aesthetics of music. We chat to the minds behind the record sleeves, videos, photoshoots and stylings of the freshest new sounds, exploring how contemporary culture, fashion, illustration and design reflect and enhance the musical experience. SYNESTHESIA brings to the foreground the artists behind the artists, acknowledging the essential role they play in defining a musician’s visual identity.
Imogene Strauss (Season 2, Ep. 5)
Imogene Strauss is a creative director and set designer from New York. She's now based in LA and in the past 10 years she's collaborated with artists such as Blood Orange, Clairo, and Charli XCX. She takes us through the vision behind Charli XCX's latest album "Crash" and its ongoing tour as well as the journey that led her to work with some of the most disruptive artists of the past decade.
4/6/2022 • 38 minutes
Jeremy Cole & Marco Grey (Season 2, Ep. 4)
Kenyan award winning movie-maker and creative director Jeremy Ngatho Cole and photographer and creative director Marco Grey are the founders of YOUT studio. Since 2019, they’ve been working with some of the best talents stemming from London's underground scene: Little Simz, Kojey Radical, Pa Salieu, Cleo Sol, Jeshi… They take us through their main cultural influences, creative vision and collaborations – with a special focus on Little Simz's award winning album “SIMBI”.
3/16/2022 • 33 minutes, 44 seconds
Pooneh Ghana (Season 2, Ep. 3)
Pooneh Ghana is a music photographer from Austin (TX) who's currently based in Los Angeles. In the past 10 years she’s been featured in all the most influential music and lifestyle magazines in the world. She takes us through her most important career steps, from her beginnings as a big indie music fan with a passion for Lomography, to her most recent North American tour with IDLES.
3/9/2022 • 30 minutes, 38 seconds
Luis Perez (Season 2, Ep. 2)
Luis Perez is a visual artist and cinematographer who, in the past 20 years, has worked in movies and directed videos for the most influential hip hop, r'n'b and pop artists of our century. He tells us about how growing up in the Caribbean has shaped his creative vision and how his career changed after meeting with Tyler The Creator in 2010. Most notably, he takes us through their most recent artistic endeavour for "Call me if you get lost".
3/1/2022 • 29 minutes, 58 seconds
Robert Beatty (Season 2, Ep. 1)
Robert Beatty is an artist and musician based in Lexington, Kentucky, USA. We talk about his background, coming from the alternative radio and noise scene of the early 00's. Then we delve into his long lasting creative partnership with Oneohtrix Point Never, with special focus on the work he did for "Magic OPN". Last but not least, he tells us about his most recent commission for The Weeknd's "Dawn FM".
