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Dig It Yourself: Gemma Bradley Answers the Dig With It Questionnaire

Gemma Bradley does a little bit of everything. The Across the Line alumnus now spends her Sunday nights on the Radio 1 airwaves showcasing the freshest new sounds on BBC Music Introducing. Also a musician and singer-songwriter in her own right, her blend of poppy melodies, R&B grooves and signature soulful drawl have helped her carve out a unique position in the Irish music scene. Upcoming single ‘Better’ is a departure from the sugary ‘Obsessed’, leaning into her love of R&B and featuring collaborations with local jazz drummer David Lyttle and Dublin rapper Jamel Franklin. Gemma tells Dig With It about her creative process, straddling two sides of the music industry and why vanilla is a misunderstood ice-cream flavour… Gemma Bradley gets vocal What are your earliest memories of music? Being in the car with my mum listening to different kinds of records – Amy Winehouse, Corinne Bailey Rae, Bob Marley too, Macy Gray. That shaped a lot of the stuff that I began to write later on....

"If my music makes me feel good, hopefully it does the same for other people": In Conversation with Sigala

Source: Las Vegas Weekly Bruce Fielder, better known as Sigala , answers the phone from his studio in London. Having racked up two billion audio streams, six Top 10 singles and the highest-charting dance debut of 2018, the superstar DJ and producer is preparing for a mammoth tour that will take him across the globe: “I’m really looking forward to travelling to different places where I haven’t played as much. Some places on the tour I haven’t played before but there’s a fan base there, so it’s going to be amazing to perform for and meet these people.” Sigala’s mind-boggling success is almost at odds with the down-to-earth, exuberant Englishman on the other end of the line. He talks touring, the power of music and his exceptional knack for writing a hook. As a lifelong pianist with a penchant for soulful voices, EDM mightn’t have seemed like an obvious avenue for Sigala: “For me, everything starts with the song. When I write a piece of music, it will generally be with a singer at ...

Sonic Exploration: Talking to DJ Allie Teilz

This interview was conducted for Pop Culture Puke in 2016. All photos courtesy of Allie's Instagram @allieteilz The self-dubbed DJ First Lady of the Los Angeles party scene, Allie Teilz , knows a thing or two about the industry for someone so young. The now 21 year-old all-vinyl DJ and Arizona native cut her teeth working at a Phoenix record store before booking her own concerts at the Rhythm Room and Crescent Ballroom at the age of 15, to New York venues 285 Kent and Daddy’s a year later. Boasting an eclectic record collection encapsulating R&B, disco, classic hip-hop, funk, soul and house, she has spun alongside Thom Yorke, M83, Frank Ocean and Lorde and rocked official parties for events as prestigious as the Golden Globes and Coachella. With a client roster that reads like a list of the biggest names in global entertainment, Miss Teilz currently provides tunes every Tuesday night for Nightswim at LA’s Hollywood Roosevelt hotel. So how would Allie’s enviable lifest...