“People are reverting back to tracks from their childhood.”ĭevotional soundscapes … BBC Asian Network’s Bobby Friction. “ Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan has been the most unanimously requested artist over the last couple of days with his Sufi qawwalis from the 80s,” he says. Bobby Friction, who hosts a late-night new music show on the BBC Asian Network, usually focuses on south Asian rap and electronica, but he has made a move towards devotional soundscapes. Greg James is not the only DJ changing what gets played. But Tabitha Thorlu-Bangura, one of NTS’s senior staff, says: “We noticed a massive spike in people listening – live listens are up by 25% and loads of artists are asking to do shows.” Giving artists opportunities beyond live gigging is where specialist stations like NTS are key. The Guardian last year warned of “a crisis over youth audiences” citing a decline of 840,000 among listeners aged 15 to 24 since 2010. It felt like going out in a club without drinking, so I wanted to recreate that.” “I went to an aquarium recently,” she says, “and the jellyfish were lit so beautifully. A brief listen offers music from KhalilH2OP, via appropriately named Danish label Posh Isolation, and a pre-recorded “Aquarium” mix from artist Lucinda Chua, her breathy, soulful electronica aiming to bring us out of the dark. Its monthly audience of 1.5m people have been promised 24/7 live home broadcasting. NTS is one of London’s biggest online stations with studios in Dalston as well as Manchester, LA and Shanghai.
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Scully is using our Mac and a soundcard Naina is going live from her bedroom covered with Jake Gyllenhaal posters.” Presenter Henrie Kwushue rings in with a progress report: “Everyone will be hearing my mum! Also, I live on the Old Kent Road so expect sirens.” Everyone will be hearing my mum! Also, I live on the Old Kent Road so expect sirensĪll set … Reprezent’s Henrie Kwushue. Newman does a roll call of presenters: “Amika is using a Zoom Tascam microphone and building shows in Adobe Audition. Reprezent aims to do interviews via Google Hangouts. At Reprezent, one of London’s best online community radio stations, manager Adrian Newman is scrambling to organise broadcasting from the homes of 16 presenters, driving from Croydon to Buckinghamshire, rationing and testing kit. I just brought my laptop into the kitchen.”įor stations with fewer resources, it’s been a test of guerrilla spirit. Today I made myself pancakes while broadcasting to the nation. We’ve been playing Young T & Bugsey, Lil Uzi Vert and Manny Norte, which people are going mad for. “We’re not out in the world,” she says, “so new music is helping us keep the show fresh. She is armed with a simple setup: microphone, laptop, headphones. Yinka Bokinni, Capital Xtra’s breakfast show co-host, is broadcasting from 7am in a dressing gown from her living room. “Having to do a show from home,” he says, “will affect its quality and interactions.” However, staying in the studio requires deep cleaning, video calls and producers directing from a distance. James is keen for his show to continue as normal for as long as feasible. Apple Music announced that its hosts would now record their shows via FaceTime on iPhone. “We played George Ezra’s Paradise and it sounded sarcastic.”Īt time of writing, many BBC presenters are still in the studio, although there are plans to home-broadcast, while stations including Capital Xtra and NTS had already switched. Are there any exceptions to the happy banger rule? “Oh yeah,” he says. “People just want big, happy bangers you can dance to in your kitchen for release in a world gone mad.” Jay-Z and the Beastie Boys are much in demand. Photograph: terms of song requests, James is seeing trends emerge. Early cheer … Capital XTRA breakfast’s Yinka Bokkini and Shayna Marie.
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