What Does Dubstep Have to Do With Regeneration? ft. Murray Gray | TSA E22

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What Does Dubstep Have to Do With Regeneration? ft. Murray Gray | TSA E22

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Send us Fan MailWhat connects a Shoreditch nightclub at 2am, a palm agroforestry project in the Amazon, and the question of whether anything can ever truly be 'regenerative'?In this long-form conversation on Strange Attractor, Sam sits down with Murray Gray – CEO of Sustainable Table, former systemic venture builder at Metabolic, and Fresh Ventures – to trace a throughline from DJing and the early dubstep scene in Shoreditch all the way to financing the transition to circular, bio-based economies.We get into the tension between systems thinking and mechanistic thinking, and why you need both – the yin-yang dynamic between the rigour of structure that enables the flow of emergence. We talk about 'lowercase entrepreneurialism', the unglamorous work of actually making things happen, and why the boring stuff (regulation, legal structures, governance) is where the real leverage usually hides.Murray shares hard-won lessons from building systemic venture studios, the trap of analysing everything before you act, and the shift from asking 'are you regenerative?' to 'are you regenerating?' – a move from noun to verb that changes who's in the room and who gets left out.And we go deep on finance: why so much of what gets called 'high risk' is really a perception problem, how patient capital works on 25–30 year timescales, and what it actually takes to fund the people doing the most important, most intangible early work.A wide-ranging, warm and occasionally provocative conversation about doing the thing rather than just talking about it, exploring systems thinking, patient capital, venture studios, and why the hardest work is usually invisible.00:00 - Launching The Strange Attractor and Vision02:13 - Introducing Murray and Starting Conversation03:27 - Opening Remarks and Welcome03:36 - Discussing the Building Systemic Ventures Paper05:05 - Murray's Diverse Path and Operational Focus07:55 - Personality Insights and Connecting Diverse Themes09:19 - Conversation Flow and Mutual Understanding11:12 - Balancing Planning and Action in Systems12:14 - Electronic Music Scene as Systemic Innovation Example15:19 - Discovering Systems Thinking and Circular Economy17:38 - Evolving Awareness of Systemic Properties19:04 - Tools, Language, and Prompt for Discussion19:55 - Seeing Connections Yet Struggling to Act20:15 - Challenges Translating Insight into Action23:21 - Addressing Key Issue and Initiating Discussion24:22 - Systemic Venture Building Framework Overview26:14 - Venture Studio Support and Ongoing Presence28:50 - Venture Survival Metrics and Founder Support30:37 - Complex Challenges and Excitement in Venture Work32:07 - Building Impact Ecosystem and Community Support34:50 - Navigating Regulatory Barriers and Value Decisions37:58 - Radical Shifts and Process Philosophy Insights40:13 - Personal Struggle and Turning Point44:28 - Shift After Group Meeting and Brazil Case46:15 - Regenerative Agroforestry in Brazil and Long-Term Impact51:27 - Patient Capital and Long-Term Return Considerations53:46 - Rational and Perceptual Barriers to Funding55:46 - Building Infrastructure and Trust for Innovation59:08 - Applying Solutions Across Sectors and Challenges01:03:17 - Conclusion and Looking Forward to Next EpisodeKeep Following the PatternSam's InstagramSubstackCoLabs CoLabs NewsletterThis is an evolving experiment.The Strange Attractor is produced by Ecotone Studio — a creative practice exploring the fertile edge where art, science, technology and philosophy meet.Like the ecosystems we are a part of, this project is designed to evolve. Every conversation changes the next one.If there’s a question you’d like us to explore, a guest we should invite, or a theme you think deserves more attention, drop us a line. We’re especially interested in the spaces between disciplines—the ecotones where unexpected ideas emerge. If you’re building something thoughtful, beautiful or regenerative, or simply wrestling with questions that matter, we’d love to hear from you. Thanks for listening. Until next time — stay curious.

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