Episode #46 with Solareye from Stanley Odd

In Episode 46 Derek is joined by Dave Hook better known as Solareye from the Scottish hip hop group Stanley Odd. Dave talks about the democratisation of music production, the roots of hip-hop and it's links to community, Stanley Odd's writing process and how Covid-19 has changed their ways of working. We discuss Stanley Odd going stateside, playing at Scotland week in Central Park New York before playing alongside The View in Brooklyn, Boston + more. Dave reflects on 2014 which was a rollercoaster year for the group. They were touring a lot, released the Chase Yirself EP in April and the album A Thing Brand New in November. In the September of 2014 the band got behind the Scottish independence campaign releasing the track Son I Voted Yes and playing live at the Usher Hall in Edinburgh at the campaign concert A Night for Scotland. Derek and Dave look forward to Stanley Odd's forthcoming album Stay Odd which Dave believes sums up "staying true to being weird, wonderful & awkward outcasts", a 14 track record featuring the most recent single KILLSWITCH.