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E459: Dapper: From African music mogul to solo artist
Nigerian music mogul Dapper has conquered the business side of the music industry as founder and CEO of the Dapper Group, which owns an eight per cent market share of the industry across the entire African continent. Fresh from earning a Guinne...
E458: John Newman: Life beyond Love Me Again
Singer, songwriter, DJ and producer John Newman began his journey in 2012 when he lent his vocals to Rudimental’s UK Number One hit, Feel the Love. However, the real turning point came with the smash hit, Love Me Again. Debuti...
Emerging Headliner E51: Girl Group: Little Sticky Pictures
Anglo-Nordic band Girl Group introduce ‘brat-punk’to the world – a unique blend of hyperpop, electronic and indie sounds. After their hit performances at Reading and Leeds Festivals and gaining support from Elton John and BBC 6 Music, Girl Grou...
E457: Paul Leonard-Morgan: Scoring Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere
BAFTA Award-winning, Emmy and Ivor Novello–nominated composer Paul Leonard-Morgan discusses scoring his most recent projects, Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere, and Pretty Lethal, starring Uma Therman.
In The Box E30: Jesse Zuretti: Scoring 2XKO
Composer Jesse Zuretti dives into his metal-influenced score for Riot Games’ 2XKO – a fighting game set in the League of Legends Runeterra universe. Zuretti talks all things metal, working with Polyphia on the game’s main them...
E456: Anthony Willis: Scoring Wuthering Heights
After the huge success of Promising Young Woman and Saltburn, director Emerald Fennel called upon British-born, L.A.-based composer Anthony Willis to work with her a third time for her adaptation of Wuthering Heights,...
In The Box E29: Hildur Guðnadóttir: Scoring The Bride
Icelandic composer Hildur Guðnadóttir went from releasing indie-classical solo cello albums, to becoming an awards-magnet film composer, with BAFTAs, GRAMMYs, and an Academy Award for her score to the Joaquin Phoenix-starring Joker to ...
Emerging Headliner E50: Lucy Kruger & The Lost Boys: Pale Bloom
Born in South Africa, Lucy Kruger relocated to Berlin to pursue her ambitions for her band, The Lost Boys, an indie art-pop outfit that is lavished with guitar feedback, violas, sparse arrangements, and haunting melodies. Releasing music since ...
E455: Benjamin Wallfisch: Scoring Welcome to Derry
After a musical upbringing that was staunchly classical, Benjamin Wallfisch has married his Bach-influenced skillset with a love of music technology to become one of Hollywood’s go-to composers. After a huge breakthrough working on Blade Ru...
Emerging Headliner E49: Moody Joody: Meet the trio behind OOPS!
Moody Joody’s new single, OOPS!, is the perfect soundtrack to your next wild night out – and next morning hangxiety. The Nashville trio discuss writing OOPS!, what to expect from their forthcoming debut album, alternative band...
E454: Ego Ella May: Making Good Intentions
South-East London based, award-winning, British-Nigerian singer-songwriter and musician Ego Ella May opens up on being an introvert in the music industry, forging a path as an independent artist, and delves into the making of her second album, ...
In The Box E28: Nicolas Rebscher: Making Louis Tomlinson’s ‘How Did I Get Here?’
German producer Nicolas Rebscher discusses producing and co-writing Louis Tomlinson’s no.1 album, How Did I Get Here?, including a behind the scene look at how hit singles, Lemonade and Imposter came together. He disc...
Aspiring Headliner E89: Salarymen: Take It Or Leave It
Renee de la Motte and Thomas Eagleton are the duo behind Salarymen, a band making nostalgia-inducing indie songs combining an array of rock, psych, and dream pop influences. Having supported the likes of Royal Otis and touring the States, Japan...
E453: JP Cooper: Making Just A Few Folk
JP Cooper talks about keeping his head down growing up as an 'artsy type' in Manchester, duetting with Gabrielle on new single, Sad Song, and making music for connection rather than charts on his new album, Just A Few Folk.
E452: S!RENE: Silence Gives Life
S!RENE is a Dutch-Nigerian music artist, saxophonist, DJ and producer who has built a following with his music that fuses Afro Beats, Amapiano, jazz, African funk, and more. Following performances alongside Ezra Collective and at London’s Jazz ...
Headliner USA 210: Mike Sabath: Making RAYE’s WHERE IS MY HUSBAND!
Producer, songwriter, artist and musician Mike Sabath, who has collaborated with RAYE, Shawn Mendes, Lizzo, Sabrina Carpenter and JADE, delves into the making of his emotionally-charged and natured-infused full-length record Album II: The L...
Aspiring Headliner E87: Shao Hao: Where Is My Home
Shao Hao is a singer-songwriter who has gone from being an unconfident music student who left China for studies in the UK, to having no.1 hit songs across South East Asia and on Netflix and anime shows. He chats to Headliner about how being a r...
The Mix Room E116: DJ Kato on going viral with Turn The Lights Off
Fifteen years after the release of his dance banger, Turn The Lights Off, Danish DJ and producer Kato’s life has taken an unexpected turn. And it’s all thanks to a Jon Hamm meme. He reacts to the song going viral and breaks down the ke...
E451: Hania Rani: Premiering Non Fiction & scoring Sentimental Value
Polish composer Hania Rani discusses her ambitious new work, Non Fiction, a piano concerto, which was both released as an album and premiered at the Barbican Hall in London, and her score for Sentimental Value, winner of the Grand Prix award at...
E450: Henry Jackman: Scoring Battlefield 6
Composer Henry Jackman (whose previous work includes Captain America: The Winter Soldier, its sequel Civil War, and Captain Phillips), discusses turning his hand to a huge gaming franchise with Battlefield 6. He talks about some of the similari...
In The Box E27: Qrion: We Are Always Under The Same Sky
Japanese-born, US-based producer and DJ, Qrion delves into the making of her new album, We Are Always Under The Same Sky, and shares how her music production has progressed – going from experimenting with making music on her phone in h...
The Mix Room E115: Justin Gray: Sony 360 Reality Audio vs Dolby Atmos
Justin Gray, a Juno award-winning bassist, composer, engineer, producer, and educator based in Canada discusses his Grammy award-nominated project for Best Immersive Audio Album, his approach to mixing and mastering in Sony 360 Reality Audio in...
E48: Chanel Yates: Writing Big Girl Boots & Colourblind
Rising country-pop sensation Chanel Yates opens up about making it as a UK country singer, the viral success of her single, Big Girl Boots, doing it all as an independent artist, the real stories that inspire her music, writing her brand new si...
Aspiring Headliner E87: Kodachrome: Redefining the rock band
Ava and Conan, twin lead singers from rising Bristol indie band, Kodachrome, discuss the band’s musical influences, building up a fan base with no industry connections, and playing sell out shows in their hometown, to UK festivals and beyond. T...
In The Box 26: Sonic Mayhem: Inside the Metal Eden soundtrack
Berlin-born composer Sascha Dikiciyan, aka Sonic Mayhem, shares the story behind his Quake II breakthrough, the philosophy of rebellion driving the music behind new game Metal Eden, and how Cubase keeps him at the cutting edge...