A brand new reside podcast collection specializing in psychological well being in music is launching in London.
Untangling Mental Health in Music can be hosted by DJ, producer and comic High Rankin at Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen in East London.
With three occasions scheduled all through January, February and March, he can be joined by a string of friends comparable to TV presenter, DJ and CALM board member Eddy Temple Morris, legendary beatboxer and hip hop artist Killa Kela and performance-led musician Tim Exile.
Untangling Mental Health in Music kinds a part of Shoreditch occasion collective SuperCulture’s season on MENtal well being. The collection will cowl a spread of psychological well being and music associated subjects comparable to easy methods to outline success in your work and business and easy methods to construct supportive micro-communities.
First up on the podcast is Warp and Planet Mu affiliate Tim Exile. He’ll be part of High Rankin on January 15, with Killa Kela and Eddy Temple Morris following swimsuit on February 12 and March 12 respectively.
“This residency quarter will acknowledge is that as a lot area as males are given to speak; it appears the dialog in regards to the devastating results of poor psychological well being is isn’t being had,” explains SuperCulture occasion organiser Jenna AL-Ansari a press launch. “Toxic masculinity nonetheless pervades all walks of life, and the Me Too motion demonstrated how devastating the results of this tradition is for girls and non-binary folks.”
Meanwhile High Rankin stated, "In the center of 2018 I had a extreme burnout that had been on the boil for a lot of years. I used to be prepared to show my again on the final 20 or so years of labor after feeling a stress from the business that I felt I may not bear.”
Adding, “I started to talk to folks within the business and was shocked, however in a approach not stunned, to search out out that what i used to be feeling was removed from the minority of circumstances however was taking place to nearly everybody I knew in within the business.”
The reside podcast occasions are scheduled to happen on January 15, February 12 and March 12 at Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen. Tickets are on sale now.
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