First Cuts Vol. 1 is the result of the hard work, talent, creativity of over 50 young musicians, songwriters, bands and producers from across the city and region who participated in the SYNC Nerve Centre creative and performance mentoring programme.
SYNC Nerve Centre & SYNC Records youth label would like to thank the Derry City and Strabane District Council and Arts Council NI for their support in making First Cuts Vol. 1 a reality.


234 - The Docs

As part of his tenure as Musician-in-Residence at the Nerve Centre, award-winning musician and producer David Lyttle helmed an album of genre-spanning collaborations with a host of emerging and established artists from Northern Ireland.

Chris Madden - Just Drive

James Graham - Grounded

First Cuts Vol. 2 is the second release from SYNC Records youth label and is the result of hard work, talent and creativity of 20 young musicians, songwriters and bands from across the city and region who participated in the SYNC Create an Album initiative during Creativity Month 2016.

SYNC Nerve Centre and SYNC Records youth label would like to thank the Derry City & Strabane District Council and Arts Council NI for their support in making First Cuts Vol. 2 a reality.

Been Coy -Still Breathing

Rebecca Mulhern - Reflections

Stephen McKeever - Bad For My Health

The Docs - High As A Kite

In partnership with Interact Youth Arts Festival Nerve Centre handed over its studio keys to budding musicians last week as they spent two days writing and recording an original showcase compilation with the help of our in-house experts.

James Cooke  - These Nights Are Free

First Cuts Vol. 3 is the 3rd installment of music recorded and written by over 50 young musicians and songwriters from across the city and region that participated in Nerve Centre music creation and performance mentoring programmes over the past 12 months.

Nerve Centre would like to thank: Derry City & Strabane District Council, Arts Council NI, Children in Need, British Council & Princes Trust plus contributing organisations Tuned In, Holycross College, Knockavoe Special School and Jigsaw Project for their support in making First Cuts Vol. 3 a reality.

Dancing Too Close - Create a Track 17

Eliza - Get Started With Music 17

Light: - Get Started With Music 17

You Are Mine - Create a Track 17

Instrumental - Get Started With Music 17

Breakdown - Children in Need 17

Whole World Over - GSWM – Tuned In 17

Moroccan Vibe - British Council Morocco Artists 17

Gonna Stick Together - Jigsaw Project

Hugh Odling Smee and Sara Gunn Smith from Film Hub NI chat to Martin Bradley about everything there is to look forward to at this year's Foyle Film Festival, running from November 16th to 26th.

See the full programme and book tickets at http://foylefilmfestival.org.

For more great cinema experiences happening across Northern Ireland visit http://filmhubni.org.

Foyle Film Festival – Film Hub NI Podcast 6

The Nerve Centre is Northern Ireland’s leading creative media arts centre.

More than 120,000 people a year benefit from the Nerve Centre’s wide-ranging programme of arts events, cutting edge projects, creative learning centres, training opportunities, and state-of-the-art production facilities.

A successful social economy enterprise, the Nerve Centre employs more than 40 staff at sites in Derry~Londonderry and Belfast.

Nerve Centre

Popular tracks