UK composer and recording artist Neil March has been chosen to play the BBC Introducing Stage @ Latitude on Sunday 16th July 2017. Neil and his Quintet will be on stage at 4PM. This is an amazing achievement and follows the release of his ground-breaking Music To Plan Towns By (EP) on Demerara Records.

Neil will be joined by four amazing musicians: Matthew Saxon (Flute & Keyboards) James Saxon (Keyboards) Mark Saxon (Cello) and John Molloy (Keyboards & Live Electronics). More news to follow soon.

To read Neil March’s article on the prospects of and potential for a second EU Referendum within the two year deadline from triggering Article 50, click this link:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BFpG8XoFBZjqsGifP6-OJZ3Vu6_GuXI9mN-8hLR7ZgA/pub

A new EP by UK composer Neil March will be Demerara Records‘ first new release of 2017. Music to plan towns by continues on his unique theme of using actual recordings of noises and sounds from his living and working environment not merely as effects but as instruments of melody and harmony alongside and sometimes trading blows with notated [programmed] music.

You can hear a first taster from the EP here

More news to follow soon.

Demerara Records are in talks with our good friends Promote Classical about them placing all our releases in their online shop. This will be particularly useful for albums that are not going to be renewed for another year with their original distributors but can still be available to download via Promote Classical.

There will be more news on this subject as soon as the next meeting takes place.

Demerara Records and our Pop music sister label DPT Records are looking for your ideas and opinions. We (i.e. DPT Music Digital inc. Demerara & DPT Records) are considering putting on a one or two day Conference at a venue in Lewisham Borough (due to our relationship with SCS Ltd & Lewisham Borough Council) around the theme of A Digital Future for Independent Music with topics that may include variations on themes such as:

– How Streaming has forced artists & entrepreneurs to refocus their income sources
– Is there a long-term future for paid downloads?
– The Growing Importance of online media in representing new music
– The influence and impact of Social Media on independent music
– Digital Distribution: Diversification & Expansion
– The roles of membership organisations in supporting artists and entrepreneurs
– Digital Innovation: What changes should we be preparing for?
– Radio: How will national & local radio maintain their influence on the music we listen to?

Of course the Conference would be open to other relevant topics that people might suggest they present papers about. We already have confirmation from PRS that they would be happy to send a guest speaker along.

The Conference needs to be financially viable but we want it to be affordable and to not people off attending due to cost; not least since the project we are involved in with SCS & Lewisham is partly social enterprise-driven so we are thinking of something like charging £40 for those proposing to present on their chosen topics and then £20 per ticket for everyone else (with the caveat that there will be a few guest speakers invited who will not be charged). We would ideally want guest speakers to waive any fee though it is possible we can pay some expenses.

We are particularly keen to hear what others think about:

– the subject matter
– the potential prices for presenters and attendees
– the likelihood of people being prepared to come to S.E. London
– when it should take place in order to give sufficient time to organise the event and                confirm presenters

Feel free to email your thoughts queries or proposals to dptmusicdigital@gmail.com or post on our Facebook page here.

As promised here is the podcast for Moda Trio‘s appearance on last night’s Nadia Ali Show on BBC Asian Network. Listen from around 1 hour 17 minutes to hear tracks and interview.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07tmmjj

Moda Trio will be playing tracks from and discussing their new Demerara Records released album Bricks and Mortar on Nadia Ali‘s flagship Sunday evening show on the BBC Asian Network this weekend. Tracks from the London-based trio’s album continue to be played on radio stations across the globe as people latch onto their ethereal original new Jazz.

The programme makers were drawn to Moda Trio‘s unique Post-Jazz music initially because of Josh Mahmud‘s background as a British Bangladeshi but the whole trio will be involved in the broadcast and it will be a fantastic showcase for the impressive Bricks and Mortar. See the below link for details about the show. Once it has been broadcast we will also be able to publish the podcast.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07tmmjj