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Join Suhaila & Samson on "Voices & Visions," where music meets creativity! Discover the heartbeat of our artistic community, explore vibrant ideas, and celebrate diverse voices. Tune in for inspiration—episode 1 is just the beginning!

Episode 1 - Welcome To The Podcast

A song about the realisation that life is short-lived and fleeting but that you can have a positive impact and make a difference

Produced by Sean Hargreaves (Sam Smith, Ella Eyre, Paloma Faith) at Tileyard Studios

Ephemeral

Hey It's Me

This is the 1st single from the bands forthcoming EP 'Could Be Worse'

Produced by - James Sanger - Vibey Studios 
Mastered - Metropolis studios

Hey It's Me

BLUE AMBER the Cardiff hip-hop/free jazz/art-punk collective announce their new single ‘Yr Man In The Music Scene’, set for self release with digital distribution via Distrokid.  Radio Impact/Focus Date for ‘Yr Man In The Music Scene’ is slated for 1st Aug 2025. 

BLUE AMBER fuse Lynchian soundscapes, Dadaist and political lyricism with art rock, hip-hop and free jazz.  Starting as an introverted bedroom project, BLUE AMBER blossomed into a supergroup of sorts, featuring members of Cardiff’s numerous jazz, indie and psych groups. Since their inception, the band have made a name for  themselves on the Welsh live circuit with their sonically diverse offerings and songs inspired by an equally divided world, featuring two drummers, samples, saxophone and frontman Drew Noel’s satirical poetic lyricism.    

Their first release, ‘The Blue Amber’ EP was released in 2018. Since their debut they have released a further 7 singles, including the fan favourite ‘Welsh Girl’ in 2021 and their debut LP track Rockland’s Workshop in 2022 and Rockland’s Workshopped remix EP, in 2023  

With an increasing number of Welsh acts gaining critical acclaim, 2025 seems like a good time to turn the satirical microscope/microphone back to their homeland. Says singer Drew, ‘Yr Man in the Music Scene’ is a pastiche of the Welsh music scene, and indeed, the British music scene as a whole. The song satirises competition between artists in a close knit environment, makes light of personal struggles, and brags about accomplishments that aren’t really a big deal. It’s an  exaggeration of how an artist feels when they’re on top of the world, with all the narcissistic qualities that come with it.  It is the audio equivalent of “look how big my *** is”. And as for the spelling on the song the title Drew adds, ‘“Yr” was just a homage to LCD Soundsystem - e.g. Yr City Is A Sucker, and not the Welsh word for ‘The’”. 

BLUE AMBER have played both SWN and Focus Music Wales Festivals. They have also supported Getdown Services, Maruja Deadletter, Italia 90, Stay in Nothing, Rubie, Knives and Diary Diary. 

‘Yr Man In The Music Scene’ was written by Drew Noel with James Minas on engineering, mixing, mastering and production duties.  BLUE AMBER have been through several line ups but are now settled as Drew Noel (vocals and sax), Hayden Lewis (guitar), Billy Stillman (bass), Cadi Thomas (keyboard), Alex Burch and Zach Breskal (both drums and percussion). 

BLUE AMBER - 'Yr Man in the Music Scene' (Radio Edit)

8 HOURS

Death she's stands before me, 
My last breath is taken from me,
I can rest and face the endless, blessed,
Night,
Death it won't ignore me,
Nothing left of my short story,
I confess I can't perform another,
Fight,
Death I used to fear thee,
My whole life I clung on dearly,
In the end I a merely wasted,
Life,
The graveside killers, the hot blood spillers,
The hoods in the back with the train track thrillers,
The cut throat givers, delivering the shivvers,
The rattling, cracking, no money back givvers,
DEATH
DEATH
DEATH
DEATH

Death you can't ignore me,
You can see there's nothing for me,
They don't hear the desperate calling from my,
Soul,
Death you must restore me,
To the place I was before I joined the,
Race to make my fortune and my,
Goal,
The graveside killers, the hot blood spillers,
The hoods in the back with the train track thrillers,
The cut throat givers, delivering the shivvers,
The rattling, cracking, no money back givvers,
DEATH
DEATH
DEATH
DEATH

Death she's stands before me, 
My last breath is taken from me,
I can rest and face the endless, blessed,
Night,
Death it won't ignore me,
Nothing left of my short story,
I confess I can't perform another,
Fight,
The graveside killers, the hot blood spillers,
The hoods in the back with the train track thrillers,
The cut throat givers, delivering the shivvers,
The rattling, cracking, no money back givvers,
DEATH
DEATH
DEATH
DEATH
You haven't thought about it?
Don't wanna talk about it?
You haven't thought about it?
Don't wanna talk about it?
You haven't thought about it?
Don't wanna talk about it?
You haven't thought about it?
Don't wanna talk about it?

Death

Doorman

YUBS' first experimental track of YUBSClubs. Breaking out of the humdrum of daily life to be late to work and get fired. Composed for The Surround's Christmas Album (3) and premiered on Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone.

Clubs

Every 5 Minutes

Lipservice

Aimless Thinking  (24barchallenge)

New Single High Speed, Produced by Gordon Raphael on Pedal Pusher Records. Get your copy to stream or download here:

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Lyrics:
High speed, it's got to be, nobody gonna get round me,
My chief philosophy, velocity,

Took a glimpse at this family tree, plenty people few like me,
Danced around the kitchen table vacant places, spirits free,
In a rush I love the breeze, acceleration’s boss for me,
And I'm a show-off, showboat, loudmouth, hope you disagree,
Different ages, different stages, leave for dust you baby faces,
Killers, killed with swift disdain, past deleted what remains?
Living life to just to clear the muddle, huddled in a bubble just causing all the trouble,
It's a puzzle and it's never explained, so I choose to play my own game,

High speed, it's got to be, nobody gonna get round me,
My chief philosophy, velocity,
High speed, it's got to be, nobody gonna get round me,
My chief philosophy, velocity,

I took a socking to expand my skills, I took a knocking to adapt my wheels,
I might fast to control my greed, I take a rest to extend my lead,
I'm just a friendly soul, just want to rock n roll,
I've changed the course of fate, and I sped right over the gate,
Distant faces, blurred shoe laces, planets spin at different paces,
It's a race, it's a race to the end, I just want my heart to mend,
Chase the Pacman, chase the Pacman, there's no place for me in the pack man,
I'm just hear to bring the noise, STOP.

If we went back to the tribe, what would be your vibe, what is your place in this?
If we went back to the source, there's no office of course, what is your place in this thing?

Girls, boys, bring the noise, break the bank like you have no choice,
It's time for moving speedy,
Girls, boys, make a little noise, back up all your files and smash your toys
It's time for moving speedy,

High speed, it's got to be, nobody gonna get round me,
My chief philosophy, velocity,
High speed, it's got to be, nobody gonna get round me,
My chief philosophy, velocity,

High Speed

Recorded as part of the Roundhouse/EMI 30/30 project. The whole 30/30 album can be found on itunes, or just this track can be bought from our bandcamp (seacoles.bandcamp.com)

Produced by Joe Fields, written and recorded by Seacoles (Saskia Longaretti and Freya Mitchison) featuring Penny Klein on violin and Simon Mossuto on drums

Heart

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Having been inspired by a diverse range artists including Beck, MF Doom, US garage-rock band The Sonics, LA doo-wop act The Cadets, beatboxer Reggie Watts & Apsáalooke rapper Supaman, Oscar Mic (real name Seamus Hayes) grew up in South London with his father, an Irish actor (National Theatre, RSC) & mixed race Jamaican mother (Indian, African, Jewish) who is a teacher. He was introduced to music at the age of six when he started learning trumpet, before turning to the guitar at the age of thirteen. Having grown through Punk, Goth, 60s Retro and the Ramones in his early teens, he later got into Hip Hop and soon formed The New Infection who were played on BBC Radio 1 and gigged regularly. The band then disintegrated and Oscar Mic found the confidence to step out as a solo artist after testing a loop pedal in Denmark Street, where the shop’s staff asked him when his next gig was and what his social media links were . . . that’s it he thought; “I could, I should and I NEED to go it alone

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Oscar Mic

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