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Artists, Events, Featured, IT2024, Talent House, What's On | 10 October 2024

#IT2024 POWER UP Presents… Get Up, Stand Up!

This thought leadership panel was programmed to investigate the progress – or lack of – on race accountability in the music industry since the 2020 BLM protest movement. We also wanted to explore what it means to be ethical, how to take a stand and the greater challenges facing Black artists in 2024. Kat Friar reports…

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Artists, Events, Featured, IT2024, Talent House | 8 October 2024

#IT2024 Unlocking Revenue Streams in Music – powered by PRS for Music

From securing lucrative brand partnerships to making bank from your merch sales, Kenny Barber (Relationship Manager, Black Music at PRS) and an expert panel dig deep into how we can make good money from making good music. Elsa Monteith reports…

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Artists, Events, Featured, Talent House, What's On | 7 October 2024

What’s On… Open Mic Soul + R&B Special, October 17th @ Talent House

Following a hiatus, Open Mic returns to UD’s Talent House on Thursday October 17th with a Soul + R&B Special. Sign up for a free ticket via UDtickets.com and drop us a line if you’d like to sing…

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Artists, Events, Featured, IT2024, Talent House, What's On | 19 September 2024

What’s On: #IT2024 INDUSTRY TAKEOVER 2024 FULL PROGRAMME ANNOUNCED!

#IT2024 is back from Wednesday 25th September – Saturday 28th September. 1 House. 4 Days. 20 events. And they’re all free! Join BBC Music, Universal Music UK, PRS for Music, PPL, High Roller, Finesse Foreva, TRENCH and many more at our east London Talent House…

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Artists, Featured, Music | 2 September 2024

UD Selects… August Mixtape

Bringing you a pick of the month’s best releases, Maria Hanlon presents 10 tunes that have hit her decks – and got a reload – in August. Starring Louis Culture, Tora-i, Richie, Lynda Dawn, Kofi Stone, Surya Sen, Mysie, £MONZO, nikhil, BINA., Tara Lily, LEMZI, Ferrenzo, Irini Mando & Yiigaa….

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Artists, Events, Featured, Music, What's On | 29 August 2024

What’s On… UD Music: DJ Collective x Emerge East, Sept 7th, Barking Riverside

UD Music: DJ Collective returns to Barking Riverside for another edition of Emerge East. Join Katalyssst, Mimi Rich & Saadiq T on the decks with free DJ workshops on the day courtesy of RXWNTREE…

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Artists, Events, Featured, Music | 19 August 2024

UD Low Down: Yussef Dayes Presents: Summer Dayes @ Crystal Palace Bowl

Nayana.AB headed to Yussef Dayes Presents: Summer Dayes on Sunday, August 4th, at South London’s Crystal Palace Bowl. She reports back on a day of incredible live music, West Indian food offerings, jelly coconuts, yoga classes with Dave Dayes (Yussef’s dad) and more…

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Artists, Featured, Interviews, Talent House | 12 August 2024

Members Club: Katalyssst

With our Elevator Membership Programme underway, it’s time to meet the community. In our new Members Club series, UD gets to know KATALYSSST, DJ, photographer and social media assistant…

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Artists, Events, Featured, Music, Talent House, What's On | 7 August 2024

What’s On… CDR launches second instalment of ‘Out The Box’

Applications are now open for CDR’s ‘Out The Box’ programme, which aims to demystify analogue mixing in professional studios…

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Artists, Featured, Flames Collective, Music | 6 August 2024

UD Selects: Flames Collective x Red Box Sessions

Continuing our partnership with Chopstix, Flames Collective were super excited to be invited to deliver the first Red Box Sessions, performing ‘Unfold’, taken from their new EP, ‘Worth It’ by RAYE and an original cut, ‘Flava’, a song Flames wrote all about Chopstix…

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Artists, Events, Featured, Talent House | 5 August 2024

UD Low Down: Industry Takeover Series: Legal 101, July 31st @ Talent House

As part of the Industry Takeover Series, this panel about music law was hosted by UD’s very own NAYANA.AB. Titled ‘Legal 101: Know Your Rights’, the panel featured music lawyers Michael Lucas from Lee & Thompson, Olivia Aikins from Empire and Ben Foulston from Clintons…

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Artists, Featured, Guide | 1 August 2024

UD X MARIA HANLON… GUIDE TO STRUCTURING A RADIO SHOW

Maria Hanlon hosts The Voices Breakfast Show on Voices Radio and also works at BBC Introducing in London. She’s interviewed the likes of Jamz Supernova, Melle Brown and Martha and has put together a guide of tips and tricks she’s learnt along the way on how to structure a radio show…

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Artists, Featured, Music | 30 July 2024

UD Selects… July Mixtape

Bringing you a pick of the month’s best releases, Maria Hanlon presents 10 tunes that have hit her decks – and got a reload – in July. Starring PRVNA, Tasty Lopez, Zoka The Author, Nectar Woode, Casnova, Essence Martins, Sakawah Boys, Neumonic, Ella More, edbl, Jelani Blackman, IYAMAH, Jaz Karis & Mysie…

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Artists, Featured, Flames Collective, Music, Talent House | 26 July 2024

UD Selects… Flames Collective ‘FaceTime EP’ out now

Flames Collective have dropped their 5-track EP for your listening pleasure. Original works by the group, it’s time to run it up…

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Artists, Featured, Flames Collective, Music, Talent House | 26 July 2024

UD Selects… Flames Collective ‘FaceTime’ video out now!

Flames Collective have dropped their new video for ‘FaceTime’. Taken from their FaceTime EP out July 26th, the video was shot by Black Cloud Visuals around UD’s Talent House location…

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Artists, Featured, Interviews, Music, Talent House | 23 July 2024

Introducing… Skye

The Skye is the limit for this artist, a young and remarkably talented singer-songwriter hailing from east London by way of sunny St Lucia. With a vocal as assertive and defined as it is gentle and unassuming, Skye has a natural star quality, shaping a spotlight that feels right for them on stages that showcase the full scope of their talent, community, and identity…

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