How was Common Roots founded? James Brunell: “Common Roots started back when Franc and I met in middle school and started recording our own music at the youth club, selling our mix tapes at school, and uploading freestyles/home made music videos on Facebook and YouTube. Tanaka also grew up in the same area. We then went…
Leading the revolution one vibration at a time with hidden gems and new bangers with Tay Iwar, UNKWN, Frenzy and more. Updated every Monday Cover: UNKWN
Leading the revolution one vibration at a time with hidden gems and new bangers with Dominic Fike, Ama, Suzi Wu and more. Updated every Monday Cover: Dominic Fike
It’s often been said that music is an international language, one without borders and this is exactly a story which brings unity across different continents, with the sole purpose to bring joy through sounds and rhythms. Let’s start with what the name ‘Afrikan Warriors’ means? “The name tells the story of the members of this…
Interview by Zweli Chibumba By now you’ve probably heard of him. If not you’ve probably heard one of his songs or freestyles. Having been given co-signs across the industry and displaying his talent on some of the premiere platforms of the scene like BBC 1Xtra, Yo! MTV Raps, and GRM Daily, Aitch is definitely one to…
Naomi, known as NaySap, is the creative empowering and unifying women from creative industries to network together as one. ‘GRL GNG’ started about 3 years ago born out of frustration from seeing a lack of women to interview in the music industry, Naysap came up with the idea to create female cyphers with a twist, each cypher would have…
‘I miss old R&B’, ‘R&B is an American genre which we adopted that isn’t really ours’, ‘R&B is dead’. We are in the midst of an era where music universally is at its eclectic peak. With constant cross genre influences and collaborations, this era is allowing artists to push boundaries that sonically enables stans to…
On 24 November 2018, leading UK music conference, Ultimate Seminar, returned for another year to provide young creatives with networking opportunities, further education and insider insight of the music industry. This year’s conference was organised by Cre8ing Vision in conjunction with the University of Westminster Creative Enterprise Centre, supported by Arts Council England, and sponsored by BMI,…
October was an exciting month for new releases, we had three albums pour out from the UK R&B scene, with new music from NAO, RAY BLK and Ella Mai. November was seemingly dry in comparison, with few big releases coming out. But there were plenty promising releases from UK’s upcoming artists. In no particular order,…
Award-winning drinks brand Alizé has officially announced its relaunch. Under the guidance of Global Brand Director Jason Yates, noted for his work at Missguided and with his transformational impact on Protein World. The brand has reinforced its decades-long commitment to celebrating youth culture by introducing Alizé Dance, a new focus for the brand; centred specifically…