Cereal Music Talks x ŽIVA
Real conversations about sound, creativity, and the journeys that shape them.
Join me (ŽIVA aka Lucija Ivsic), a Croatian-Australian musician and new media artist, as I explore the complexities of music careers with emerging fellow musicians and sound artists. Through honest discussions, I dig deeper into the challenges of navigating new scenes, forging unique paths, and finding success in niche genres.
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Podcasting since 2025 • 13 episodes
Cereal Music Talks x ŽIVA
Latest Episodes
NO to Marketing, YES to joy feat. Tongue Dissolver
Tongue Dissolver are a punk/tech trio from Naarm - a project of collaboration, improvisation and momentum, which layers rants of resistance atop piles and piles of drums. I sat down with Andy and Al from the band to discuss their latest album a...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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1:11:21
Trusting the Process feat. NŪ
Nū is an Ethiopian-Australian sound artist, vocalist and live coder* whose work blends non-Western musical traditions, improvisation and Afrofuturism. Using the live coding program Sonic Pi and her vocals, she creates immersive sonic worlds, we...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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1:09:53
Building your Own Scene (When you Don’t Fit Anywhere Else) feat. Rita Bass
In this very first episode of 2026, I sit with producer and DJ Rita Bass at Russian House venue in Fitzroy to hear more about what stand behind her drive (and burnout), and the search for home, being raised in Melbourne by Russian-Armenian pare...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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48:19
Eat, Play, Listen, Repeat w/ Zoltan Fecso
In this episode, I sit down with Zoltan Fecso, a Hungarian, Melbourne-based composer and artist whose work explores the many perceptual possibilities of listening through prepared instruments, field recordings, and electronics. We talk a...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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1:07:13
Departing, Returning, Traveling w/ Ex Ponto
Ivan Masic is a Melbourne-based artist working at the intersection of sound design, projection, and the moving image under the alias Ex Ponto. His practice explores the insoluble intimacy between music, light, and place through immersive...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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54:25