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 ev…

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 proli…

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…

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 liste…

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 …

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 attenti…

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 Chines…

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 exp…

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 a…

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 fro…

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 a…