This exceptional episode of SoundPower features Charlotte Church, singer-songwriter, actress, activist and transformative sound-healer.

From her classical-crossover breakthrough Voice of an Angel to presenting The Charlotte Church Show, she keeps reimagining how she creates and shares her voice.

Today she runs The Dreaming in the Elan Valley, leading sound healing and meditation with programs such as Song of the Soul and WITCH with Tree Carr.

She also champions creative education through The Awen Project.

Ladies and gentlemen… the wonderful Charlotte Church.

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Today’s exciting episode of SoundPower features Stephen Emmer — a composer/arranger/producer with an illustrious career.

From Recitement to Home Ground, his work spans spoken word, orchestral pop, and soul — with collaborators ranging from Lou Reed and producer Tony Visconti to Midge Ure, Glenn Gregory, Liam McKahey, Neil Crossley, Chaka Khan, and Patti Austin. We dive into arrangement as architecture, atmosphere as emotion, and the practices that keep the music bold, resonant, and alive.

Ladies and gentlemen… Stephen Emmer...

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This exciting episode of SoundPower features Melpomeni Kermanidou — singer, composer, songwriter, producer, arranger and lyricist.

From orchestral torch songs to ambient electronics, she moves fluently across forms, inviting deep, cinematic listening.

She also works across immersive sound and performance art.

Ladies and gentlemen… the wonderful Melpomeni Kermanidou...

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Today’s exceptional episode of SoundPower features BISHI — vocalist, composer, producer and electric sitar innovator.BISHI fuses electronic production with classical training and her trademark electric sitar to craft immersive, multi-disciplinary works powered by a remarkable four-octave voice. Through bold live performances and multimedia commissions, she builds worlds where voice, strings and code meet.As the founder of WITCiH (Women in Technology Creative Industries Hub), BISHI champions equity at the intersection of music and creative technology — opening up new possibilities for how we create, listen and experience sound.If you can, please support the SoundPower podcast via our Patreon: patreon.com/soundpower

This exceptional episode of SoundPower features Joey Dean, composer and innovator behind Natural Symphony.Joey’s groundbreaking work connects nature and sound in extraordinary ways — using the electrical signals of living plants to create immersive, ever-evolving musical compositions. Through live performances and installations, he invites audiences to tune in to the living world around them and experience music in an entirely new way.His work blurs the lines between technology, ecology and art, opening up new possibilities for how we listen and interact with our environment.Ladies and gentlemen — meet the remarkable Joey Dean...If you can, please support the SoundPower podcast via our Patreon: patreon.com/soundpower

Today’s powerful episode of SoundPower features Ruth Daniel, cultural activist, musician, and CEO of In Place of War.

Ruth is a multi-award-winning change-maker who has spent over 20 years harnessing music and art in communities affected by conflict, inequality, and climate change. From producing global collaborations with artists like Coldcut and Brian Eno to creating groundbreaking projects in Soweto, Colombia, and the Arctic, her work proves that creativity can be a force for transformation.

She is also co-founder of Un-Convention, has led her own record label, played with Manchester legends The Fall, and advises international festivals across Africa, Europe, and beyond.

Through it all, Ruth has dedicated her life to building platforms for unheard voices and proving that art is not just culture, but survival, solidarity, and revolution.

Ladies and gentlemen — meet the remarkable Ruth Daniel...

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Today’s exceptional episode of SoundPower features Eli Goldstein from Soul Clap. Eli’s career spans 20+ years on the decks and beyond. Best known as half of e-funk purveyors Soul Clap, Eli wears many hats in the music universe. He runs Soul Clap Records, one of Mixmag’s 10 most influential disco labels of the last decade. He hosts a weekly radio show on New York City’s The Lot Radio. He’s one of the founders of Black Flamingo, a plant based taqueria and discotheque in Brooklyn. And as his alter-ego BAMBOOZLE he spins eclectic, vinyl oriented sets and curates a 7” record series called HOUSE ON 45.Through it all, Eli’s mission has been to share music that feels like the past, but sounds like the future. Music that makes you move your body and feel something in your soul. But music is not always enough, and Eli strives to make a positive impact on the world around him by working with DJS 4 CLIMATE ACTION to support the earth and give a beat to promote social justice.Ladies and gentlemen - meet the inimitable Eli Soul Clap...If you can, please support the SoundPower podcast via our Patreon: patreon.com/soundpower

This fascinating episode of SoundPower features interdisciplinary artist, multi-instrumentalist, writer and producer working in music, sustainability and the arts, Kat Pegler.Drawing on her research practice exploring eco-anxiety, climate change impacts + more-than-human perspectives, she focuses on creating works that connect people with the environment in new ways, reintegrating respect for nature and challenging the status quo.Ladies and gentleman, meet Kat Pegler...If you can, please support the SoundPower podcast via our Patreon: patreon.com/soundpower

This episode of our SoundPower podcast features electronic recording artist, sound designer, composer, music producer, remixer and DJ Tom Middleton. His various band identities include Global Communication (primarily ambient),  Jedi Knights (electro funk and house music), and the aliases Chameleon, Secret Ingredients, and Link & E621.

His current work has evolved into a fascination with the healing power of music, in particular ambient and interactive sonic environments, with his company White Mirror.

Ladies and gentlemen, meet the formidable creative whirlwind that is Tom Middleton...

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This episode of the SoundPower podcast features Steve Spiro, record producer and remixer, working with artists including the Pet Shop Boys, Talk Talk, The Farm and Imagination.

He has since transitioned into composing major works for media, and now runs Felt Music, specializing in music supervision, working primarily across advertising and film/TV, but also sound design, audio branding and experiential audio.

He has recently released an ambient album, and in the past has experimented with found sound composition, as well as several world-famous TV series

Ladies and gentlemen, meet the diverse talents of Steve Spiro...

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Today’s exciting episode of the Soundpower podcast features record producer, songwriter, sound engineer, musician, DJ and author Richard Norris .

He is best known as a member of electronic dance band The Grid, and has  worked as a producer and engineer since the 80s with artists such as: Bryan Ferry, Genesis P-Orridge, Marc Almond, Joe Strummer and the Pet Shop Boys.

His current obsession is with music for healing, using his extensive talent and experience in electronic music production.

Ladies and gentlemen, check out the wisdom and electronic stylings of Richard Norris...

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This fascinating episode features Julian Treasure. Julian is a sound and communication expert, author and international keynote speaker whose mission is to help people and organisations to listen better and create healthier and more effective sound, including speaking. He is author of the books How to be Heard  and Sound Business.

Julian’s five TED talks have been watched more than 150 million times. How to speak so that people want to listen is the sixth-most-viewed TED talk of all time. Julian is regularly featured in the world’s media from BBC TV and radio to NBC's Today Show, and has guested on dozens of leading global podcasts.

Ladies and gentlemen – meet Julian Treasure...

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This episode features "probably the most successful British artist you've never heard of", Steven Wilson.

Steven  is founder, guitarist, lead vocalist, and songwriter of the post-rock band Porcupine Tree, and also a member of Blackfield, Storm Corrosion and No-Man. In addition he has released eight solo albums In a career spanning more than 30 years, and Steven has made music prolifically and earned critical acclaim and many awards.

Ladies and gentlemen, meet the inimitable Steven Wilson...

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Tomorrow’s episode of SoundPowerFeatures on of Martyn’s oldest friends and mentors in the sound-art world, the legendary Charlie Morrow. 

Charlie is a composer, sound artist, performer and innovator whose goal over the past four decades has been to bring experimental sound and music to a wider audience. And, through avenues including concert performances and ad jingles, city-wide events and film soundtracks, museum sound installations and hospital sound environments, his work has in fact been experienced by a wider audience than most creative artists can claim.

His works include giant river-wide sound events, to intimate nature-based installations. His works are so far ahead, that he is only now being appreciated for his mischievous, humble and captivating style.

Ladies and gentlemen, I am proud to present the one and only Charlie Morrow...

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Today’s first ever episode of SoundPower features one of Martyn’s oldest friends, Jyoti Mishra from White Town, most famous for his worldwide number one hit, Your Woman.
As a writer, performer and producer, his maverick mindset has ensured that all his work is fascinating and highly original. His talent lies in his appreciation of sonic construction and songwriting, with a twist.
Ladies and gentlemen - meet the great Jyoti Mishra...

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Do you ever consider how important sound is to you? Not just to your wellbeing, but potentially to your survival?

SoundPower is a brand new podcast discussing the power of sound in the past, present and future. Sound used as medicine, in rituals, for mental health, as art and entertainment - and most importantly as an essential building block of what makes us human…

Sound healer Cherub Sanson joins Martyn Ware to invite guests from across the sonic spectrum to provoke, inspire and entertain - whilst exploring the wonder of sound in all its forms…