Take 5

Dan Sultan is one of Australia's finest voices. Over the past two decades, he's dabbled in rock, country, soul, even a kids album. But it's on his most recent record, Little Miracles, that he feels like he's finally closer to reaching his full potential. It's a heartfelt expression of self, expansive and epic, full of strings, gospel, and pure sunshine.
The album came together in an improbable burst of creativity with legendary songwriter and producer Guy Chambers, (the man behind some of Robbie Williams' biggest hits), and was written and recorded in just 12 days. The title came from Chambers himself, who described the sessions as "a time of little miracles." For Dan, it was the culmination of a journey through mental health struggles and addiction, and a regret held for over a decade which he was finally able to resolve, proof that sometimes the right moment finds you when you're ready.
To celebrate 20 years of Take 5, Double J has been recording special live conversations in record stores around the country. After last week's episode with The Presets at Crosstalk Records in Sydney, Zan Rowe crammed into the charming Music Farmers on Dharawal country in Wollongong for a sunny Sunday session with Dan. His theme was five 'miracles' in song, and Dan chose his tracks because of the artists who sing them. All are vocalists he says can't be compared to anyone else.
Dan Sultan's song choices: 
Mr. Bungle - 'Pink Cigarette'
Gillian Welch - 'I Made a Lover's Prayer'
Uncle Frank Yamma - 'She Cried'
Aaron Neville - 'Ave Maria'
Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris (Trio) - 'High Sierra'
00:00 Introduction: Dan Sultan, Five Miracles at Music Farmers
01:19 Celebrating 20 Years of Take Five in Record Stores
01:40 First Song: Mr. Bungle 'Pink Cigarette'
02:13 Mike Patton: "You Can't Really Compare Him to Anyone Else"
03:16 The Chili Peppers vs. Mr. Bungle: Label Drama and Big Voices
05:09 Rejecting Expectations: "I Don't Like Qualifiers on My Art"
06:21 "Things Weren't Easy When I Was Little": Music as a Rock
08:13 Seeking Out Guy Chambers: A Long-Held Regret
09:16 Mental Health, Addiction, and Getting Sober
09:45 Guy on a Pedestal: "It Was a Regret I'd Come to Terms With"
11:26 Seven Years to the Second: The Little Miracle
12:44 "I Wasn't Able to Get Past a Certain Ceiling"
13:51 "We Wrote the Record in 12 Days"
14:05 "A Time of Little Miracles": Naming the Album
16:44 Second Song: Gillian Welch 'I Made a Lover's Prayer'
17:15 The Soul Journey Record: Beauty That's Bottomless
19:57 Finding a Creative Partner Eight Records In
21:31 'Can't Be For Nothing': A New Corner of the Universe Opens Up
26:50 Third Song: Uncle Frank Yamma 'She Cried'
27:04 "If Frank Lived in a Different Country, a Lot More People Would Know"
29:48 Fourth Song: Aaron Neville 'Ave Maria'
30:05 Aaron Neville on Sesame Street: The Power of Restraint
33:45 Singing Other People's Songs: Empathy and Performance
37:39 Fifth Song: Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris 'High Sierra'
38:01 Three Icons Together: Linda Ronstadt's Voice Cuts Right Through
41:25 "I'm Proud of You, Too": Dan and Zan's Long Friendship
43:20 Zan's Wrap-Up: Next Stop, Kate Miller-Heidke in Melbourne

The Presets are Australian electronic music royalty.
From their beginnings as classically trained percussion students at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music to their breakthrough as synth-wielding dancefloor destroyers, Julian Hamilton and Kim Moyes have spent three decades making music that refuses to sit still. Their 2008 album Apocalypso made them the first electronic act to win the ARIA for Album of the Year, and singles like "My People" became anthems for a generation.
Before The Presets, there was Prop: a minimalist percussion ensemble blending Steve Reich with spacey synths. The transformation from that to "caveman synth rock" happened one afternoon in Kim's living room in Erskineville, jamming AC/DC riffs on synthesizers. The rest is history: EPs, beloved records, international tours, and a legacy that helped define Australian electronic music.
Now they are celebrating that era with Forever After, a festival brimming with noughties legends like Cut Copy, Ladyhawke, Bag Raiders, and the spirit of Daft Punk's infamous Never Everland 2007. 
Recorded in front of a live audience at Crosstalk Records in Sydney, Jules and Kim theme was First Contact: the songs that made their universe a much bigger place.
The Presets' song choices: 
Kraftwerk - 'Tour de France'
The Cure - 'A Forest'
Trans Am - 'Futureworld'
Single Gun Theory - 'Fall' (Abstract Gladiators remix)
Daft Punk - 'Da Funk'
00:00 Introduction: The Presets, First Contact at Crosstalk Records
01:20 Record Stores: Pre-Streaming Days and Musical Education
03:52 First Song: Kraftwerk 'Tour de France'
04:18 Breakdance: The Movie That Changed Everything for Jules
09:58 Kim's Childhood: From Bon Jovi to Hip-Hop
11:06 Sex Pistols on the Train: Punk Opens the Door
12:00 Second Song: The Cure 'A Forest'
15:22 Living in Headphones: Music as Catharsis
18:02 Meeting at the Conservatorium and Forming Prop
19:19 Julian's Dad's Synth: "I Think This Is It"
22:48 Jamming AC/DC Riffs on Synths: The First Presets Session
20:21 Third Song: Trans Am 'Futurworld'
24:13 "Caveman Synth Rock": The Birth of The Presets
28:21 Fourth Song: Single Gun Theory, 'Fall'
31:17 Climbing the Anzac Bridge (Under Construction)
36:35 The Big Day Out Boiler Room: Electronic Meets Mainstream
37:48 "Shared Witness": 30 Years of Making Music Together
40:48 'My People' Live for the First Time at 50,000 People
44:06 Sound Relief: Playing in the Rain at the SCG
45:16 Fifth Song: Daft Punk 'Da Funk'
49:57 Zan's Wrap-Up: Aus Music Month on Double J

Legendary Brisbane band Powderfinger broke the internet when they announced a long-awaited reunion tour.
The band sold out 26 shows across the country, and today announced extra shows, new cities, and an epic line-up of all-Australian support acts.
Joining them on the road next year will be bands like Violent Soho, Thelma Plum, Ball Park Music, You Am I, Something For Kate, The Living End, John Butler Trio, Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers + more.
Bernard Fanning and Darren Middleton joined Zan Rowe to talk about what prompted the reunion, and how they feel about being back on stage next year.

Take 5 is turning 20!
It started back in 2006 as a weekly radio segment on triple j, and since then it's grown into an award-winning podcast, and a beloved TV show in its sixth season.
The list of people who have graced the Take 5 is epic: Lorde, Jack Antonoff, Kevin Bacon, Paul Kelly, Mel C from the Spice Girls, Bernard Fanning, there's even been a Beatle (Sir Paul McCartney!).
To mark this special 20th anniversary, Zan Rowe has dug into some old shoe boxes and dusted off minidiscs and DAT tapes to bring to you a selection of vintage Take 5s.
These special episodes haven't been heard by anyone in nearly 2 decades.
From an absolute treasure trove of conversations, you'll hear from Calvin Harris, Anna Calvi, Aloe Blacc, DJ Annie Mac, and punk rock legend Denis from Refused.
20 Years of Take 5 songs:
AC / DC - 'Back In Black' (picked by Denis from Refused)
Little Dragon - 'Ritual Union' (picked by DJ Annie Mac)
Foo Fighters - 'Best of You' (picked by Aloe Blacc)
David Bowie - 'Sound And Vision' (picked by Anna Calvi)
Groove Armada - 'Get Down' (picked by Calvin Harris)
00:00 Introduction: 20 Years of Take 5
01:33 Dennis Lyxzén from Refused: The Reformation
04:15 "The Shape of Punk to Come": Ahead of the Curve
08:24 Rehearsals and Coachella: "The Best Band We Could Possibly Ever Be"
10:42 First song: AC/DC 'Back in Black'
12:22 Annie Mac: BBC Radio 1 and the Friday Night Show
17:07 Second song: Little Dragon 'Ritual Union'
21:13 Aloe Blacc: From Hip Hop to Soul
25:31 Cat Stevens, Joni Mitchell and the Rat Pack: College Discoveries
26:52 Third song: Foo Fighters 'Best of You'
29:48 Anna Calvi: Songs of Desire and the Laneway Festival
33:42 Ennio Morricone, Bowie and a Roman Grandfather's Tangos
36:03 Fourth song: David Bowie 'Sound And Vision'
38:09 Calvin Harris: Amiga Trackers and Bedroom Production
42:38 Working with Kylie and Kathy Dennis: "Bring the Party"
44:37 Fifth song: Groove Armada 'Get Down' 
46:40 20 Years Later: Take Five as a Time Capsule

Pia Miranda is joy personified.
From her first TV gig on Neighbours, where her character Karen dated Toadie and made a dramatic final exit from the show holding a pavlova, to her breakthrough turn as Josie in Looking for Alibrandi, she has been one of Australia's most beloved screen actors for 25 years. But it's her second act that's surprised everyone, including herself: winning Australian Survivor in a unanimous vote, singing in a thong costume (the footwear kind) on The Masked Singer, and now co-hosting ABC TV's Recipe of the Year.
Growing up Irish-Italian Australian in Melbourne, Pia trained as a ballet dancer and dreamed of being Judy Garland. She studied performance art at university, imagined a future in avant-garde dance, and instead became the unofficial ambassador for a generation's coming-of-age experience. Looking for Alibrandi wasn't just a film, it became a cultural touchstone.
Her north star is simple: if something brings joy, she says yes. She is warm, funny, and completely herself, a quality she credits, in part, to an encounter with R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe on Melbourne's Chapel Street in 1995.
Pia Miranda's 'joie de vivre' songs: 
Pulp - 'This is Hardcore'
Judy Garland - 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow'
R.E.M. - 'It's the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)'
Cat Stevens - 'Miles from Nowhere'
Umberto Tozzi - 'Gloria'
00:00 Introduction: Pia Miranda, Joy Personified
01:15 Saying Yes: "Something Scares Me, But I'll Do It Anyway"
04:12 First Song: Pulp, 'This is Hardcore'
04:26 Jarvis Cocker: The Hall Pass and a Life-Changing Live Show
09:51 1998: CDs, Share Houses and Peak '90s
10:42 Neighbours: Karen, Toadie and the Pavlova Exit
14:14 Looking for Alibrandi: "We're Really Good in That"
19:34 Second Song: Judy Garland, 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow'
19:55 The Wizard of Oz: "It's Pia's Night"
24:20 Recipe of the Year: The CWA and the Joy of Food
28:44 Third Song: R.E.M., 'It's the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)'
29:04 Free Tickets and Chapel Street: When R.E.M. Came to Town
34:47 Australian Survivor: "I Actually Won"
40:13 The Masked Singer: Playing Thong
42:45 Fourth Song: Cat Stevens, 'Miles from Nowhere'
42:57 Freedom and Travel: The Walkman Dream
48:30 Origin Odyssey: Italian Identity and "Cousins Everywhere"
53:53 Final Song: Umberto Tozzi, 'Gloria'
56:53 Zan's Wrap-Up: 20 Years of Take 5
Watch Recipe of the Year on ABC iview: 
Recipe of the Year - ABC iview