Dźivo Droma
Various Artists
EMC03
Over the past three years, EMC have been working with young people at the local Roma youth clubs in Eastwood & Ferham, Rotherham.
Cutting up early Gipsy recordings and new, next-level hardcore Romane sounds, the crew generated hours of mental material — wild tracks colliding with hyper-local styles of Uprising, Makina and tweaked-out 2x2 Singeli in real deal Rotherham style.
Artwork by Roham Souzani
Hundreds of kids have been involved, recording every Tuesday and Thursday, performing at local events like Ferham Festival, Fun Fest, Rotherham Show, No Bounds Festival, and DIY garden parties with Sinai Sound System.
Throughout these years loads of artists have contributed to the project, including MC Yallah, Catu Diosis, Gretchen, Roc (Evol), and Modern Institute. Porter Brook has been making tracks at the youth club every week for the past year, and throughout the summer Lord Spikeheart took part in a residency in Rotherham, writing and recording bars with the crew.
Working closely with DJ Jozik, Ukrainian refugee and Roma youth worker — his connections to the local Romane Chave (the Roma kids), Roma Jilo Band and Nikolas Band have led to creating new remixes of their original material, leading to upcoming live sets and performances at No Bounds Rotherham 2026.
All the profit from this mixtape is going directly into setting up a community music studio at the youth club, for the kids to use independently every week. Thanks to Rose and Gustavo at Liberty Church, Leanne at CLP, No Bounds, Noor & Flux for first inviting us to work together. Thanks to Arts Council England and to Ableton for sponsoring the project :)
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10 x 10 = Great Hits
Various Artists
EMC02
Recorded over the past two years through free after-school music sessions in Rotherham. Each week we worked with different artists including:
Modern Institute, Gavsborg, Lord Spike Heart, RP Boo, YPY, Beatrice Dillon, Elvin Brandhi, Bianca Scout, Will Guthrie, Jan Hendrickse, Cara Tolmie & DJ Sprinkles.
Electronic Music Club is run as a non-profit project, with all proceeds being used by the kids to go on a trip together.
Action Potential
Rian Treanor with Rotherham Sight & Sound
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In 2022, as part of a two-year residency with Site Gallery and Bloc Projects in Sheffield, Rian started working with Rotherham Sight & Sound (RSS) — a service for Blind and Visually Impaired people — where he was introduced to Kate, Anne and Mick. Over the following two years the group met regularly, where they would experiment and explore bespoke music systems.
Alongside technical systems, different group actions and behaviours were explored, leading to performances at Site gallery (Sheffield) and Cafe Oto (London) in 2024. This record contains excerpts of the development sessions and the systems used in the performances.
Performed by Kathleen Allott, Anne Goss and Mick Gladwin Rotherham Sight & Sound. more info here