Creative sound branding agency, DLMDD, has launched a podcast series to showcase and celebrate London’s music venues.
Called ‘If These Walls Could Talk’, the podcast is hosted and created by DLMDD’s Head of Agency Business and music obsessive Jeremy Newton, who says: “Our goal is to showcase and celebrate London’s legendary spaces and places and bring to life the narrative, the personalities and the anecdotes that have contributed to a venue’s legend from those who have lived and breathed it.”
The first episode features Ronnie Scott’s, a venue steeped in prestige, history and legend. Jeremy is joined by Ronnie’s stalwarts Miles Ashton, James Pearson, and the incomparable Paul Pace.
From the vibrancy of post war Soho to encounters with the Krays, an impromptu Stevie Wonder performance, and a visit from Prince, the episode explores the Ronnie Scott’s mystique and brings its story up to date to the present day.
The second episode delves into the increasing popularity of ‘listening bars’, with Jeremy recording the episode at Spiritland in Kings Cross.
Inspired by the Japanese tradition of listening bars, which make use of high-quality sound systems where customers are given permission to listen more and talk less, Spiritland has been running since 2016. Following the popularity of the Kings Cross venue, it has since opened a second brand on the Southbank.
In the Spiritland episode Jeremy speaks with the venue’s founder Paul Noble and explores a range of topics inspired by DJ culture, sound systems of the highest spec and the musical legacy of Kings Cross.
If These Walls Could Talk is a joint project led by Newton alongside DLMDD production director, co-founder and podcast series producer Greg Moore, who is returning to his broadcasting roots.
The first episode is available now on all podcast platforms.
