A Patois/Jamaican expression. English Translation: Everything is just great
Ripe. When a fruit is ripe, it is time to pick it and eat it. If you say the time is ripe, then now is the time for action. Ripe means ready.
A Patois/Jamaican expression. English Translation: Everything is just great
Ripe. When a fruit is ripe, it is time to pick it and eat it. If you say the time is ripe, then now is the time for action. Ripe means ready.
Latest episode:
Episode Eight – Dan Tsu
If lyrics are your thing and you’re a Londoner we can’t imagine you won’t have heard of the Lyrix Organix collective. Dan Tsu is an innovative curator and one of the hardest working event organiser’s in the scene. Lyrix has worked with so many, many talented artists from Ed Shearan to Kate Tempest, Rodney P to Anthony Anaxagorou, the list is expansive and highly impressive. We were super excited to welcome Dan to the ‘Lion Room’ at Unit 137 HQ for a deep and meaningful chat about trees, how much we all love them and how important it is to have a discussion about trees without sounding like a “hippy tree hugger”.
Of course we were three selectas sat around a sound system, so we also have a whole heap to say about music production, vinyl pressing and the energy zapping exercise of organising these events we all love so much…
Episode eight tracklist:
Dan’s track: Solid As A Rock – Sizzla
Adam’s track: Revolution – onlyjoe
Louis’s track: Honeycomb – Buju Banton & Beres Hammond
The remix track: Solid As A Rock Jungle Remix – Unknown (white label)
Find out more about Dan’s projects here…
https://www.lyrixorganixunfold.com
https://soundcloud.com/lyrixorganix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9n8zqCpim8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFWAmL7K7Fs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvZ2lf47BiQ
Previous episodes:
Episode one – Charlotte Webster
Charlotte Webster is an artist, a curator and most importantly a friend of the planet. By day she currently is the Communications Manager for international climate change charity CDP www.cdp.net. In this podcast we talk about deforestation, how she set up human nature and the importance of artists in the sustainable business sector.
Episode one tracklist:
Charlotte’s track: Timber – Coldcut
Louis’s track: We The People – A Tribe Called Quest
Adam’s track: Anansi – Hylu & Jago feat. Nãnci Correia
The remix track: Timber – Quant’s Shaggy Dog Story Remix
Find out more about Charlotte here…
http://humannatureshow.com/about-us/
www.charlottewebsterdesign.co.uk
http://goodshoutstudio.com/
Follow Charlotte on social media…
Twitter: @humannatureart
Facebook: @humannatureshow
Episode two – David Shillinglaw
David Shillinglaw – a visual artist, describes himself as a mind adventurer, where the left half of the brain explores the right one. Unanswered, impulsive, instinctive and restless – in this episode we talk about mental health, climate change, the end of the world and the need to remind the world that it’s good to be happy.
Episode two tracklist:
David’s track: Do Your Thing – C.Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band
Louis’s track: Love and Happiness – Al Green
Adam’s track: Rule Your Destiny – Sleepy Time Ghost feat. Ras Demo
The remix track: Do Your Thing – Leroy Sibbles
Find out more about David here…
davidshillinglaw.co.uk
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gP_RukR7x3s
Follow David on social media…
Twitter: @dodeshillinglaw
Instagram: @davidshillinglaw
Episode three – Bex Bohea
Bex Bohea, is a mega, huge animal lover. In this episode we discuss her expertise as a documentary maker and her focus on spreading an awareness of human and animal conflict around the world. Bex is excited to create, direct, film, edit and produce a whole documentary of her own one-day soon…stay tuned.
Episode three tracklist:
Bex’s track: You Got The Love – The XX
Louis’s track: One Day Revolution – Copia Doble Systema (Schlachthofbronx Remix)
Adam’s track: Babylon – Sleepy Time Ghost (Hylu & Jago Remix)
The remix track: You Got The Love – Florence and The Machine
Find out more about Bex here…
https://vimeo.com/203259109
https://www.durrell.org/wildlife/underhogs/
http://www.chesterzoo.org/conservation-and-science/where-we-work/south-asia/assam-haathi
http://www.chesterzoo.org/conservation-and-science/where-we-work/south-asia/assam-haathi
Episode four – Laura Miller
Laura at the time of recording this deep conversation was at the beginning of a new chapter in her environmentally conscious journey. Prior to which she had spent working with Synchronicity Earth, now a freelance activist and raring to create her own projects. In this podcast we discuss her interests in urban gardening, food habits, land grabs, and the impacts that the youth will have on future environmental justice.
Episode four tracklist:
Laura’s track: Young Gifted & Black – Bob Andy & Marcia Griffiths
Louis’s track: Blackbird – Fat Freddy’s Drop
Adam’s track: Uplifting – Hylu & Jago feat. Galak Spiritual
The remix track: Young Gifted & Black – Prince Buster
Find out more about Laura’s projects here…
Episode five – Emil Walker
Emil is a world traveling documentary maker, self-taught and constantly finding new ways to explore his creative direction. Over the past couple of years Emil has become particular interested in creating environmental thinking footage, unfortunately when you travel as much as he does, you burn a lot of carbon emissions. He worked out that a vegan diet burns on average – 1.5 tones a year, a vegetarian – 1.7 tones a year, and a meat eater 3.5 tones a year and then a return flight to San Francisco is 3.2 tones. This led us to discuss lots about carbon emissions in this episode.
Episode Six – Charlotte Adjchavanich
Charlotte Adjchavanich has worked for The Body Shop in the UK for the last four years, at the time of our discussion The Body Shop had just merged with Natura, a Brazilian ethical and sustainable natural products company. We talk about Anita Roddick the founder of The Body Shop who started the ‘no animal testing’ campaign in the UK and EU – The Body Shop is now fighting to make a worldwide ban. Louis first met Charlotte working on a ‘Bio Bridges’ project painting a Red Shanked Douc mural in Walthamstow as part of The Body shop outreach program. We touch on Chemical vs. Natural compounds in cosmetics and micro beads too.
Episode Seven – Greta Francesca Iori
In this episode we learn what it means to be on the frontline of an environmental war. Greta is a freelance consultant for the illegal trafficking & poaching of wildlife; she specializes in African and particularly Ethiopian wildlife. We discuss her experiences with meeting rhino & elephant poachers and find out why there is no such thing as a quick fix to the illegal wildlife trade. We talk a lot about Ethiopia and the efforts that Greta focuses on with regards to protecting the elephant population they have. We salute Greta & her colleagues for upholding their integrity & force for good.
Episode seven tracklist:
Greta’s track: Emnete – Mulatu Astatke
Adam’s track: Play With Fire Remix by Dubkasm – onlyjoe
Louis’s track: As We Enter – Damian Marley & Nas
The remix track: Sound Of The Police Mixtape – Cut Chemist
Find out more about Greta’s projects here…
Instagram – @theitaliopian
Twitter – @theitaliopian
http://www.chroniclesofanitaliopian.com
LinkedIn: http://tiny.cc/ea0qqx
Podcast manifesto…
Via open discussions and exploration into environmental issues with experts in their given field, we aim to unearth the ways that many inspiring individuals are picking their own ripened fruits.
Discussions will be across the board, including; artists, musicians, poets, scientists, chefs, curators, environmentalists, and many more.
The common thread will be one of love for the natural environment and their concerns of climate change. Each podcast features four records played in stereo format on a record player, powered by Unit 137 sound system.
One track will be selected by our guest, one by Hylu, one by Masai and then a remix or similar of our guests track.
A bit about Hylu and Masai
Hylu and Masai met over 7 years ago in London – a shared love for sound system culture and vinyl has repeatedly found the two wrestling for a way to merge their artistic talents. Sometimes to make that work you have to look outside the box. Both vegan and highly concerned about the effects of climate change and global warming, conversation often returned to discoveries of; superfoods, environmental policies and political negligence. It has been realized that the conversations had, could be of interest to others and that guests could in turn broaden their own knowledge, and so born was “All Fruits Ripe”
HYLU:
An innovative DJ/producer/engineer and founding director of Unit 137, a collective of progressive musicians, vocalists, producers, sound engineers, DJs, VJs, videographers and photographers drawn together by a shared passion for conscious, forward thinking bass music. Unit 137 are based in SE London (Lewisham), where their recording studio, record label and sound system are all located.
LOUIS MASAI:
A visual artist based in London that uses his research of endangered species as a topic of discussion to heighten the general public’s awareness of the ‘sixth mass extinction’. When not working in the studio Masai travels around the world painting murals in cities, towns and villages, these are often of locally endangered species. It has been documented that his paintings have reached out to people in ways that environmentalists and activists find hard to capture. To this effect he often works alongside scientists, and conservationists as well as environmentally thinking companies.
Unit 137 Sound System
Unit 137 sound system is a powerful hand built wooden system. The full sound system consists of eight 18” super scoops, four HD 215 kick bins and four DMT 210 tops. Powersoft & Matrix amplification is used to provide the perfect balance of warm, deep bass, and clear and crisp top end, with a well defined mid-range. The complete system has a peak output in excess of 20k watts.
