Talking to: Don't Tell Your Mother

Chris Morgan and friend Lloydi started Don't Tell Your Mother, a LGBTQ+FRIENDS club night, in 2014, offering up seriously good pop and disco vibes to not-so-serious party goers on the Bristol queer scene. It is a truly inclusive space for everyone to be themselves and that is what they pride themselves on, providing a space for everybody, from all walks of life, to dance together.

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The Vinyl Reprise

From iconic vinyl stores in Cardiff’s markets and arcades, or running through London’s high street charity shop baskets, to picking up neglected classics from Devon’s antique, thrift and vintage barns; there’s something about discovering music in this way that never gets old.

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Talking to: India Blue

In joining a collective of Glasgow based emerging musicians, India began to experiment as a musician with the styles of jazz, hip-hop, trap, and bossa nova, sparking her musical awakening. Shades, India’s debut single, was written over lock down, and is a blending of spiritual jazz with trap and hip-hop rhythms evoking cosmic sensations and reflecting the beginning of India’s musical journey, which has its roots in her recognising the power of creation.

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Talking to: The Moylan Family Soundclash

The Moylan Family Soundclash are Paul and Hannah, a father and daughter DJ duo from the depths of Easton in Bristol. Paul has been on the Bristol music scene for years, both playing and creating, and has passed his love of dance music and DJ know-how on to his daughter Hannah, who has taken the baton and hit the ground running as DJ Hannza, recently joining ranks with the all-femxle DJ collective Booty Bass. Both get out there and play individually, but when they come together as The Moylan Family Soundclash alchemy happens, and beats are born that span generations.

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Cover Songs: Pop, Power and Personal Taste

We are psychologically wired to like covers. There’s something about the deep familiarity, the delights of new twists and turns that fascinate me time and time again. Almost always the artist puts their own stamp on a song, and I enjoy comparing the differences between versions.

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Talking to: Prinxe Nabu

Music has helped Prinxe Nabu change the negative course his life was taking when he emigrated to the UK from Romania as a teenager, has kept him continuing on the right life path, and creating music continues to give him hope when other areas of his life are tough.

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Is Spotify Killing Our Music Industry?

Whether you listen to pop, rock, DNB, classical or RNB music, Spotify has it all. Every genre you can think of and millions of tracks to choose from. But what has now become increasingly apparent is that what we once knew as the fight for a record deal, is now a fight to be heard.

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Talking to: Boogie Cafe Records

Ahead of his live DJ set on our Instagram on 30th October, we caught up with Alex from Bristol-born record label Boogie Cafe Records. We talked about making dancefloor grooves, working in the music industry, the rise and transformation of the label through shifting priorities, the joys of growing up raving, and the devastation of having your favourite mixtape thrown out of the car window by your Dad.

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Talking To: Ailie Robertson, Scottish Harpist and Composer

After four years studying genetics at Cambridge University, harpist Ailie Robertson reached a crossroads: continue down the path of research science or find a new direction. A gap year at the Ireland World Academy of Music and Dance turned into a music career and, 15 years later, Robertson’s an in-demand composer and performer. She’s set to release her solo project Adenine in October.

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Talking to: Suchy

Hailing from Bristol, Suchy released her latest single 'Laylow' in September. Filled with soulful emotion & a diverse mix of instruments, the track also contains important messaging around the often overlooked topic of coercive control - a subject matter currently gathering real momentum both in the news & entertainment.

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Talking to: 9ICK

Introducing 9ICK: he may only be 19, but this classically trained pianist and producer, hailing from Denmark and currently based in Canada, is already a prolific producer and music-maker. If you are looking for something a little deeper than your usual electronic, atmospheric rap vibe, he is one to watch.

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Talking To: Skeleton King

Skeleton King AKA Dan Brashaw is a University of Bristol graduate who is currently working out of an old Interrogation Cell in The Island. Writing and creating his own music, he blends together a mix of genres including breakbeat and electronic as well as DJ’ing his favourite tracks, both old and new.

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The End Of Clubbing Culture

There’s one thing I (at least) haven’t done in a very long time: danced – in a sweaty, crowded room, with all of my best friends, whilst the DJ plays an extended remix of Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber’s ‘I Don’t Care’ for the third time in twenty minutes (Mbargos – you know who you are).

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