Musicians share their inspiring stories and mantras, as well as how they take influence from various sources. With a focus on interdisciplinary/cross-genre artists, host Joy Nkoyo (as seen on the BBC Proms) leads a series of in-depth interviews, aiming to inspire listeners to find deeper purpose in their daily lives.
Ripsime is a British-Armenian, independent alt-pop songwriter, producer and visual artist. A creative force, her paintings alone have garnered intrigue from art enthusiasts and collectors alike, and her most recent EP 'Capsule I : Wicked & Wise' was met with acclaim from numerous online publications. In this episode, Ripsime shares the harrowing events that re-defined her life and music. In 2021, she took a trip to her motherland Artsakh during the Nagorno-Karabakh war. The corridor ...
16 Aug 2024
10. Worldwide Ruckus : No Ceilings
In this episode, Joy invites rapper and music producer Worldwide Ruckus to chat about hip hop, his influences (Jay Z/Gorillaz), approach to music production, entrepreneurship, and his dual life working in the watch business and music industry.Worldwide Ruckus is increasingly securing his place in the UK scene as a lyrical connoisseur, with a prolific stream of self-produced releases. Born Liam Phelan to an Irish mother and Kenyan father, the East London native demonstrates an impressive abili...
4 Aug 2024
9. Benjamin David : A Series Of Dreams
Ben and Joy delve into the making of Ben's debut album ('We're All Naked in The Eyes of The Divine'), which was conceived after Ben's father's cancer diagnoses, and made with grammy nominated record producer Kipper (Sting & James Taylor), Ben's upbringing with jazz musician parents, stream of consciousness songwriting techniques, and navigating the music industry as an introvert. Benjamin David is a singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist who writes, performs and produces their own m...
12 Jul 2024
8. Alice Boyd : In Search For Life
Alice Boyd is a musician, sound artist and audio producer whose work explores our interconnectedness with the natural world and unveils the hidden sounds of our environments. She presents a monthly episode of Ffern’s popular podcast ‘As the Season Turns’, has hosted episodes of BBC Countryfile Magazine’s ‘The Plodcast’ and gave a TEDx talk on listening as a tool for change.In this conversation, Joy and Alice discuss her unusual journey into music after studying Geography at Oxford University,...
28 Jun 2024
7. Michael Crean : All The World's a Stage
Musician, artist, and theatre maker Michael Crean made his debut album 'Songs to The Sea' entirely alone in his garden shed. He creates alternative electro-acoustic music, seamlessly blended with his love of Spoken Word and Poetry. In this conversation, Joy and Michael discuss men's mental health, the art of theatre, spoken word, the challenges of being a solo artist, and his experience studying at a conservatoire. FIND US ON: X : https://twitter.com/noiseitgpodcastInstagram : http:...
24 Nov 2023
6. Rarelyalways : Courage in a World of Compromise
Rarelyalways and Joy Nkoyo discuss his singular and fearless approach to music making, relentless discipline, knack for disruption, and crystalline vision in creating his recent album 'WORK'. Rarelyalways is an undefinable talent. A lyrical powerhouse, skilled music producer and instrumentalist, with a jazz education to boot. His meticulous attention to detail in every area of his career, paired with a disregard for the rules sets him apart. FIND US ON: X : https://twitter.com/noise...
17 Nov 2023
5. Mona Yim : Ready to Blossom in the Morning
Musicians Joy Nkoyo and Mona Yim discuss her dizzying year of ascent, for which the seeds were sown many years prior. Mona sheds light on her journey from classical violin to music production and then learning to DJ, the resilience needed to thrive in the music industry, imposter syndrome, and taking action as a remedy to fear.Mona Yim is a Chinese-German Producer, DJ, Songwriter and Vocalist. Her music tells stories layered within analogue drum beats, chopped vocal melodies, emotive synth, a...
10 Nov 2023
4. Chisara Agor : Through the Looking Glass
Musician Chisara Agor is a self-declared ‘art making philosopher’. Chisara sheds light on their journey into performance art, the desire to make audiences self-reflect/reimagine ways of perceiving reality with their music, and their defiant conviction against limiting beliefs.Ever-shifting environments, constantly (r)evolving juxtapositions of experience, are recurring themes in much of Chisara Agor’s art. Agor is a powerhouse, creating works that span the music, theatre, film and art worlds,...
3 Nov 2023
3. Ben Ramsden : To The Love You've Lent Me
Musicians Ben Ramsden & Joy Nkoyo who met studying composition at Trinity Laban Conservatoire discuss the music conservatory system, as depicted in films such as ‘Whiplash’ and ‘Tár’, instrumental music as a form of storytelling, the future of Classical music, as well as Ben’s personal journey with composing as a form of catharsis. Ben Ramsden is an award-winning Yorkshire born composer. Being equally interested in classical and other popular styles of music, he’s developed a ...
27 Oct 2023
2. ABS.TRK : Everybody Wanna Live at the Top of the Mountain
Musicians Joy Nkoyo and Abu Mensah (ABS.TRK) discuss the incredible story behind his ambient EP 'Woodlands', made largely in hospital after suffering a stroke aged 15, navigating the journey of making art in a landscape of uncertainty, his sonic influences including Kanye West, MadLib, Mura Masa, Flying Lotus, and his future plans to cross over from sonic to visual works. ABS.TRK is a Music Producer, Sound Designer and Visual artist from London, creating ambient and transcendental music....
17 Oct 2023
1. RICHMND : Whose World Is This?
Musicians Joy Nkoyo and RICHMND discuss his wide-ranging influences including the 90's, Channel U, Nas, Manga, Donell Jones and Caravaggio. In addition, they delve into his purpose-led mission to explore deeper topics such as freedom and hope within his music. RICHMND is a rapper and music producer, hailing from London, who directs his own videos and creates his own artwork. He's a member of The Converse All Stars, a global creative community endorsed by Converse. FIND US ON: X : ht...
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