Return from Italy and a micro-interview with LupOnAir
Thanks to those who came to the Soft Riot shows in Italy. A short micro-interview with LupOnAir Radio out of Recanati, Italy after playing the track “Just A Vapour” on their show.
In Conversation with Scrapyard Radio about A Luna Red and Soft Riot
Musician and radio host Kaine Delay of Scrapyard Radio reached out to discuss A Luna Red, a Vancouver-based synth-punk/industrial band I was in from 1999-2003, as well as happenings with Soft Riot.
Soft Riot feature on Mythic Rhythmic
Read a new feature including interview on the US synth website Mythic Rhythmic for their second, October 2023 issue. Mythic Rhythmic is also a radio show where a few tracks, including a couple from the latest album No. are featured on their latest online mix.
In Conversation with The Book Of Very Very Bad Things
The Book Of Very Very Bad Things is an American podcast hosted by musician and writer Peter Tanski. In both parts of this two part conversation we talk about the new album “No.” and meander through a wide variety of other topics.
In Conversation with Gut Feeling
Gut Feeling is a music podcast/interview archive run by veteran Canadian music journalist Gregory Adams. In this podcast #23 we talk about the new album “No.” as well as touch the iceberg about the musical history of Soft Riot, mainly covering the early years of playing in bands from 1992-1998.
“Back To Mine” with Soft Riot, out now at DMC World Magazine
The online electronic music magazine DMC World reached out with a request to contribute a list of some favourite tracks for their “Back To Mine” series on their website. 10 tracks were chosen in all!
Soft Riot talks to Brutal Resonance
Brutal Resonance, an online Swedish-based music magazine focusing on the darker side of music, asked some questions about the upcoming compilation album Second Lives, including asking some stories about the tracks included on the record.
Soft Riot’s Jack Duckworth surges through synth-driven Second Lives
This interview was for the Canadian music newsletter Gut Feeling that talks to artists about how they found their sound. They got in touch to talk about the gear used most for the Soft Riot sound, the economy of size and weight and some other Canadian things.
Interview: Soft Riot’s Jack Duckworth Keeps His Chin Up
“Jack Duckworth is a synth-driven journeyman who has delivered leftfield sounds across multiple projects over the past 25 years. For the past decade, he’s developed a sizeable, sinewave-forward solo catalogue as Soft Riot.”
Interview with 100Posto.hr
If you know your Croatian, here’s an interview recently done with the popular Croatian entertainment site www.100posto.hr ahead of the recent live show in Zagreb at the legendary club GK Jabuka. Reporter Valerija Bebek asked a number of questions regarding expectations for the show, and the Soft Riot timeline from the start until now.
Music Profile in Ion Magazine
Ahead of a performance at Vancouver’s Verboden Festival starting Friday, April 13th an interview was conducted for the Canadian music/arts website Ion Magazine. Read on! Of the reviews that have popped up so far for The Outsider in the Mirrors, the latest full-length release from Glasgow-based darkwave solo project Soft Riot, none are quite as […]
Premiere: Soft Riot interview for Japan
A new interview is up now for the Japanese online website, Cold Experiment. This interview was conducted somewhat recently and covers a lot of topics, including a lot of things relating to the music and the creative process as well as films, directors, architecture and top five records (well, at least the first top five […]
The Man In The Mirrors: Interview with Ghettoblaster
A new interview is up on the US music website, Ghettoblaster. It was done with Tim Anderl, who has done a couple of other interviews with Soft Riot over the years. Here we cover anniversaries, humour, re-location and Fleetwood Mac vs. Antioch Arrow. Glasgow, Scotland’s Soft Riot is the stylised musical alter-ego of JJD. Canadian […]
Video Interview with The Wave Of Things
Recently a video interview was done with André Savetier, a European synth/post-punk music writer who has recently started a new video series called The Wave Of Things. This interview was the first in the series, which provides an interesting approach to discussing music that artists in the synth/wave scene create in a more candid […]
Organised Chaos: Hausfrau talks to The Skinny about Possession
Claudia Nova (Hausfrau) had a chat with The Skinny recently about our label Possession Records about how it started, future plans and our love for bad sci-fi and Unsolved Mysteries: Glasgow’s music scene is one that we’re all very aware of and proud of as a nation – it’s testament to the bazillion artists, […]
An interview with Altvenger.com
With the release date of the new album The Outsider In The Mirrors (Possession Records) coming up pretty quick there’s been a bit of time giving the answers to the questions being asked in a variety of interviews. Here’s the first one to go up, in the UK-based online magazine Altvenger. Thanks to editor Marija […]
Inside the Soft Riot studio with Synths & Stuff
Synths & Stuff is a video podcast based out of Berlin that checks out a lot of studios of synth/wave musicians across the European scene. Back in March I set up a show for my good friend Ben Bloodygrave in Glasgow and he in turn did an interview with me as a feature for this […]
Interview with Belgium’s WAVES radio and Upcoming Shows
Here’s a recent interview done with Belgium’s WAVES radio where I talked with Philippe Bauwens about a range of topics, including the origins of the Soft Riot name, creative approach, the new Possession Records as well as fellow artists Hausfrau and Marcel Wave. The interview premiered on air on Oct 23rd and is now available […]
JJD (Soft Riot) “Ten Albums That Changed My Life”
The title of the article is a bit heavy-handed but I suppose this is a selection of 10 albums that have a place in my history of writing and listening to music. Thanks to Didier at Belgium’s Peek-A-Boo-Magazine for getting in touch with me to ramble on about this group of records. Albums by Unwound, […]
Interview with Electronic North
Here is a new interview conducted with Electronic North, a new UK music site based out of Manchester featuring artists in the northern parts of the UK. Thanks to Adrian Thompson who gave the opportunity to provide answers to a number of questions… Residing in Glasgow via Sheffield, London and Vancouver, Soft Riot is an […]
Back From Tour, Interview, Videos and into 2016.
It has now been a few days since returning from an absolutely incredible string of nine shows with friends Uncanny Valley and Hausfrau in the UK and Europe. Thanks to all the promoters and friends who helped us out as well as the people who came out to the shows. It definitely put this rather […]