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 events that re-defined her life and music. In 2021, she took a trip to her motherland Artsakh during the Nagorno-Karabakh war. The corridor connecting Artsakh to Armenia experienced bombing and a shutdown during the recording process of her EP, resulting in a geographical blockade for over 90 days. Ripsime spent the next year documenting, raising money, and reaching out to news outlets, before releasing 'Capsule I'. Joy and Ripsime also dive into self-mastery, the age of social media, navigating the industry as a female music producer, as well as finding creative and personal fulfilment.

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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 prolific stream of self-produced releases. Born Liam Phelan to an Irish mother and Kenyan father, the East London native demonstrates an impressive ability to orchestrate fresh sounds, while providing listeners with lyrical substance, tackling issues such as race, class, and money. A Hip-Hop purist at heart, Ruckus aims to challenge perceptions around the culture.

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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 music industry as an introvert.

Benjamin David is a singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist who writes, performs and produces their own music. They take inspiration from genre-defying artists like David Bowie, SOPHIE, Dorian Electra, Bjork, 100 Gecs and Prince.

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