We arrived at L’Escargot in Soho at 10:30 am and sat in the downstairs restaurant tucking into some pastries before we were ushered upstairs to the Salon Noir where we were due to watch our first act who was the Russian pianist, GeNIA. The room was beautiful and the large skylight above our heads created a stunning setting to listen to her music in. GeNIA played a 20-minute set and gave us insights about the songs she played. One of them included the influence of Brexit. GeNIA said that she wanted to reimagine the mood of the country during this…
Author: Emma Reynolds
Walking down the neon-lit streets of London we could hear the beats of the Ministry Of Sound blaring before we even turned the corner. Spotting the iconic logo we headed inside to celebrate the Positiva Records 25th Anniversary celebration who were taking over MOS for two nights. As we headed inside there was a collection of awesome DJs playing the four different rooms the MOS holds host to including The Box, Baby Box, The Attic and their main room. I loved the bridge that hung across the dancefloor connecting the Attic to the other bars. We listened to the DJs who…
Artists Issy Ferris and Archie Sylvester are an emerging dreamy Americana-pop duo originally from London and together make up Ferris and Sylvester. Before the release of their EP ‘Made In Streatham’, I was lucky enough to go and see the pair at Battersea Arts Centre for the EP preview. The venue was the place where the duo had filmed their music video for ‘Berlin’ previously. The hall was well lit with beautiful fairy lights creating a very intimate setting and with a small crowd, it felt like this set was going to be very touching. As Ferris and Sylvester hit…
Arriving at Elstree Studios, one of London’s top places for television and music was rather magical. The ceiling was decorated with stunning warm fairy lights and a very intimate atmosphere was created. I felt that this show was going to be very exciting. On the screen on the stage was the Soul Jump logo and the room was packed full of children and adults, buzzing to see the show. The member who plays the sketched egg character for Soul Jump came on the stage and announced the commencement. They played their short original sketch films in the backgrounds of the songs and…
So, blogging is something that is still new. The internet as we know was only born in the 90s and though we’ve come a long way in that time, blogs about music, fashion and celebrities are still quite young! However, no matter how new they are, the blogging world seems to be booming. People are reading multiple platforms of writers every day to find out about things they enjoy and to expand their knowledge of various subjects. Now, out of the millions of blogs out there, music blogs such as this one, Neon Music, have become extremely popular, especially among the…