Quality Over Opinion with Louis Cole

Artist Decoded by Yoshino

Louis Cole is a singer-songwriter and sickeningly talented multi-instrumentalist with a strong DIY aesthetic from Los Angeles, California. He is on a mission to create deep feelings through music and is the figurehead of an LA jazz-adjacent scene that includes Genevieve Artadi (with whom Cole co-founded the alt pop / electrofunk band KNOWER in 2009), Sam Gendel, Sam Wilkes, Jacob Mann, Dennis Hamm, Pedro Martins and more. He will release his new album “Quality Over Opinion” on 14th October 2022 on Brainfeeder Records.

Topics Discussed In This Episode:

• What initially attracted Louis to wanting to become a musician
• Olfactory memories
• How Louis approaches creating music now
• Louis’s love for harmony and chord progressions
• Musical gifts from the universe
• Louis’s daily routines
• The multiple albums Louis has coming out including a collaboration with Metropole Orkest in Holland
• Louis’s wide range of eclectic musical taste
• His experiences going to USC for music school

Artists Mentioned:

• Frédéric Chopin (Composer)
• Johann Sebastian Bach (Composer)
• Bill Evans (Pianist)
• Gil Evans (Pianist)
• James Brown (Singer / Performer)
• Stevie Wonder (Singer-Songwriter)
• Igor Stravinsky (Composer)
• Genevieve Artadi (Jazz Musician)
• Thundercat (Singer-Songwriter / Bassist)
• Sam Gendel (Musician)
• Blake Mills (Musician)
• Pino Palladino (Musician)
• Kurt Rosenwinkel (Jazz Guitarist)
• Meshuggah (Band)
• Gustav Mahler (Composer)
• Skrillex (DJ)
• Doug Mosher (Saxophonist)
• Keith Jarrett (Composer / Pianist)

Video Games Mentioned:

• Mario Kart
• Starfox
• Streets of Rage

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