Episode 3 : Taster - In conversation with Liam Blake. Artwork

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Episode 3 : Taster - In conversation with Liam Blake.

July 30, 2022 • Chris Davis & Liam Blake • Episode 3

Part of the 'permeate conversations' that we began in late 2019 that centred around the wider creative scene in Preston that also included artists, designers, writers etc. This was one of 3 that we did with musicians from the city. Liam Blake has been creating & performing rap music in Preston since he was a teenager under the name of BLKY.
He presently works out of the Soundskills Studio supporting young people & adults through music and has recently worked with Mic Righteous. Here he discusses the potential of and difficulties faced by the cities Urban scene. Once again genre that has ‘little voice’ it seems but a huge amount of energy and talent.
As with the other 2 permeate conversations they are in a slightly different format to what we do now through the Preamp Project - (no conversation just answers), they will have obviously built upon certain things they’d talked about here too - but they are none the less a useful insight and a good listen. We hope to get them in again to update where they are at.