Sound Affects #43: Penny Kiley, Keith Jopling, Dean Lloyd Robinson

Sound Affects is a night of talks about music and subcultures, ideas around how sound affects us and how music changes the world. Hearing from writers, musicians, artists, superfans, photographers, filmmakers and everyday music lovers, we dive into personal stories, esoteric bands, fan communities, punk, pop, social change and much more. It's organised and hosted by journalist and documentary filmmaker Jak Hutchcraft.Guest speakers:Dean Lloyd Robinson makes emotionally charged soundscapes under the alias Knifedoutofexistence. He uses a mixture of cassette tapes, guitars, synths, vocals, microphones and harsh feedback, exploring themes such as grief and hauntology in this challenging and enthralling music. Firmly committed to the live performance, the project has played across the UK, Europe, Canada and the United States. Dean also runs the DIY record label and distro Outsider Art, specialising in noise and experimental music releases on vinyl, CD, cassette, and floppy disk.Penny Kiley was Liverpool correspondent for Melody Maker during the post-punk years of the late 1970s and 1980s. She also wrote for Smash Hits and was pop columnist for the Liverpool Echo. She was diagnosed as autistic at the age of sixty. Her memoir Atypical Girl: Punk rock, Liverpool and trying to be normal, was published by Polygon in 2026.Keith Jopling is a music strategist, author, podcaster and mentor. In 2021 he started the music podcast The Art of Longevity and before that, a music curation and writing site, The Song Sommelier. He has held previous executive roles with Sony Music, Spotify, EMI and the BPI.
He has two new books in 2026 on music, business and culture: 'Body of Work: how the album outplayed the algorithm and survived playlist culture', and 'Riding the Rollercoaster: how artists survive the music business to become the legends we love'.