Jono Podmore aka Kumo
…is Professor of the Practice of Popular Music at the prestigious Hochschule für Musik in Cologne, Germany. He has been no slouch with his own musical projects, working under his Kumo alias across multiple releases, live performances and DJ sets worldwide; collaborating with artists as diverse as Can, The Shamen, Jamiroquai, Metamono, Swantje Lichtenstein, Johny Brown and Jhelisa Anderson. The lyrical strains of Podmore’s theremin, more recently the sanshin, and his work with writers, visual artists and in the film industry, all continue to push boundaries.
He’s a regular contributor to music and culture magazines incl. The Quietus, co-wrote and edited the book Jaki Liebezeit (2020) about the master drummer, and co-hosts Talk to the Chip, a podcast and monthly radio show on Resonance FM.
Jono hails from Liverpool and lives with his synths in SE London where he teaches Tai Chi. He is currently writing a major book about drugs and the music industry, and developing a feature film based on Byron’s epic poem The Giaour.
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