DEVIN TOWNSEND PODCAST (The Albums) #9 - The New Black

People keep talking to me about NFTs...most people seem to hate them and hated that I was even mentioning them =). After I mentioned it on Twitter, Matt hit me up and offered to give me his perspective on them as his band is heavily involved. I watched videos sent to me about the downsides, and here is an example of the other side I suppose. This is just because I'm trying to wrap my head around it. I'm not planning to do NFTs, I just wanted to learn. Take with a grain of salt, and cheers to Matt for being a good sport =)

Heres the second re-do of the two podcasts I was too wrapped up in 'The Puzzle' to really talk about properly. We should be back on track now, so the next one will be 'By A Thread' - Dev

Heres the re-do for the Deconstruction album as I was sidetracked last year with the Puzzle and didn't give this enough effort. I feel its back on track now, so the podcast will continue with Ghost next, then Epicloud, Casulaties... etc etc etc... =)

Been away for a long time dealing with some personal things, so Im starting the podcast up again...but before I get into talking about the albums, here's me just talking a load of crap. Take it with a grain of salt, and thanks for the support. Album Podcasts back soon. - Dev

More o this! Timestamps: (0:00) – Social media (5:33) – Art being intentional (8:47) – Determining creative direction (19:57) – Finding a narrative (25:38) – The sound of The Puzzle (28:54) – Offering solutions / The Film (35:47) – We are not our thoughts (39:33) – Accountability (41:22) – Finding ways to move forward (43:36) – Objectively viewing albums (50:54) – How Dev’s friends and family viewed his mental state in 2020 (54:41) – Being compassionate to yourself / Creative obligation (58:22) – Being single-minded / Giving back to fans (1:00:39) – The idea behind Ghost (1:04:23) – Kat Epple / New-age music (1:12:15) – Katrina Natale / Personnel (1:14:37) – Looking back on Ghost (1:18:17) – How close the four DTP records were to Dev’s intention for them (1:18:55) – Outro

Boo-yaw! Timestamps: (0:00) – The Puzzle / Movie (35:17) – Snuggles (40:14) – Working with a producer on the next album (44:19) – The genesis of Deconstruction (47:56) – The process of Deconstruction / Dirk Verbeuren (51:56) – Psychologically preparing for Deconstruction (53:25) – The narrative of Deconstruction (1:01:04) – The fart / Cheeseburger (1:06:48) – The continuing theme (1:10:09) – Articulating music

Sorry this one took so long, been a weird month =) Timestamps: (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

Not sure who still listens to these, if anyone, but heres the next one =) Timestamps: (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

Aliens =) Timestamps: (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

Yay! ...Stuff!! Timestamps: (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