Demerara Records

27/07/2024

7 years from when the band was formed to play the BBC Music Introducing stage at Latitude Festival in 2017, our debut album is released worldwide in CD, Download and Streaming formats across all digital platforms by the amazing today. You can buy the CD or download from https://themusicofsound1.bandcamp.com/album/eleven-short-stories-album, download from Amazon etc. or stream it on https://open.spotify.com/album/59kw8ol5IpiEui5GuAbYnb?si=OXuHpNfyTIOMR9bE9luC4Q or any of the streaming platforms. The album represents our post-classical and cinematic dreampop sound through a mix of songs and instrumentals featuring Florie Namir on Vocals & Piano; on Flute and Neil March on Synthesizer, Electronics & Backing Vocals. The new line-up featuring on vocals will be playing 2 album launch gigs in Croydon (8th August) and Hemel Hempstead (12th August) and tickets are on sale for £7 via demerararecods.com/linking-up. We are accompanied at both gigs by awesome artists with & on 8th; (acoustic set) and on 12th. We are very excited that the album is finally out there. You can check out some videos of tracks from it at youtube.com/

Art & Design by Paulfcook

15/07/2024

The first stage of the revamped Fresh On The Net Live Festival is a FREE ENTRY event on Sunday 8th September at in London's West End. Put it in your diaries. You will need to book tickets although they are free for venue capacity reasons. Line-up will be annunced soon.

12/07/2024

The Music of Sound (Sherry Sherry, Trust The Doc & ) official album launch gig is a night at the beautiful frontroomspace in East Croydon and we are joined by the amazing Croydon local hero Negative Response plus Portsmouth's amazing JeanieWhiteMusic for a cool night of synths, sounds and songs in a lovely theatre-style venue. Tickets are £7 advance (£10 on door). Come and help us make it a special night.
https://trust-the-doc-media.eventcube.io/events/61588/linking-up-at-the-front-room-croydon/
Art & Design by Paulfcook

10/07/2024

So grateful to Jim & the awesome team at for this wonderful article about Ed 1 of on tv on featuring ICMP alumni Sherry Sherry James Numbere Coming Up Roses + awesome artists Blokeacola Sansha The Music of Sound sky coloured & .
https://www.icmp.ac.uk/news/new-online-show-beneath-radar-champions-icmp-talent

30/06/2024

What does it say about the multi-billion dollar operation that is Facebook that its bots are trying to limit how many places I can share a FREE blog with reviews of well over 100 grassroots music artists? If their bots are so incompetent, don't use them to make decisions because it is a very poor look for a massive profit-making machine like Facebook to be deliberately preventing independent artists from having their reviews more widely disseminated. .

25/06/2024

Tagging this lot is going to be a challenge (!) but I have just written my 97th review of new releases for the 30th June edition (93) of in addition to 2 live reviews & an article about the election. 60 pages so far & still more cool tracks coming into the Fresh On The Net in-box and my Trust The Doc submissions box!!

15/06/2024

So following on from my post about the article I have written for the 30th June edition of Trust The Doc analysing the 9 main parties' manifesto pledges (or lack of them) in relation to grassroots music and the creative industries, here is a snippet from the article:

In summary then, the Tories offer soundbites but through the lens of a highly selective analysis of their performance after 14 years in power that have seen cuts outweighing investment in the arts and creative industries, contributing to a decline from the world-leading position our creative industries enjoyed in the previous decade. There is sadly nothing in the 2024 manifesto that can be presented as anything more than vaguely positive for our community. Given their track record, there seems to be little reason to believe that the situation would significantly improve if they were granted a fifth term.

The Liberal Democrats are a little vague on detail but the pledges they offer are encouraging and potentially progressive. It would be useful to know more about how their proposed creative enterprise zones would work and how they would support and grow cultural output. Certainly, securing more funding for creative and cultural projects through active membership of Creative Europe is a good idea and one that would suggest benefits for arts funding.

There are signs that this election might deliver the long-awaited resurgence of the Liberal Democrats in Westminster following their decimation at the 2015 election. If so, there remains the small possibility that they could be part of a coalition with Labour if the latter fail to win an outright majority and, in such an instance, these ideas would assume greater prominence.

The Greens are also quite vague on detail but we would obviously welcome a £5 billion investment in community sports, arts and culture. How much of this would be earmarked to support the funding of arts projects and small venues is not clear but, were they to find themselves playing a part in a coalition government, this would at least have the potential to precipitate a discussion about how best to support grassroots music, art and culture.

Unless all the pollsters have somehow got their statistics badly wrong though, with just a few days left, Labour still look likely to win with a substantial majority. If so, it is what they have to say on supporting grassroots music that is most important. So it is worrying that, despite what Keir Starmer was posting recently on Linked In, there is no tangible plan to boost arts funding or create more grants for the creative industries. There is, however, a reference in the manifesto to making more funds available to creative projects. So we will have to wait to find out what that will mean. Otherwise we have to hope that the pledges about boosting the creative industries and ‘accelerating growth’ will lead to notable change for the better.

13/06/2024

Today I went through all the manifestos of the main parties standing in the 2024 UK General Election and analysed what they had to say (or didn't say) on policies affecting grassroots music and the associated topics of arts fundng and the creative industries. That analysis is now in a 7-page article that will appear in the July edition of the blog (Ed. 93) on 31st July under the heading . Interesting, if a little frustrating, to have done this and it keeps a promise I made previously to readers.

12/06/2024

My review of the BBC Music Introducing gig at in Soho featuring Essence Martins Jacob Alon & is published on Fresh On The Net.
https://freshonthenet.co.uk/2024/06/live-review-daydreamers-jacob-alon-essence-martins/

It is good to be at The Lower Third, the venue we hope to use for Fresh on the Net Live. It is the Outernet’s ‘grassroots venue’ linked to the larger venue Here. It is, however, a little annoying that ticket holders have not been told earlier in the day that Girlband!, the main attraction from...

10/06/2024

It was me reviewing the Fresh On The Net faves as voted by our readers again this weekend just gone. You can read my reviews at https://freshonthenet.co.uk/2024/06/faves532/
Ft: Alexandra Leaving

B of Briz
BARSTAFF
Coming Up Roses
Dilettante
Justin Sconza

Sam Redmore ft Dele Sosimi
Thee Marloes

These Fresh Faves were picked by our readers over the weekend - and reviewed by Fresh On The Net's Neil March this week. You can hear all these tracks in a single Soundcloud playlist here. Sheesh not me again! Ha ha yeah sorry but hey, we have new mods on the team now so you are going to see mor

02/06/2024

Just published on Fresh On The Net my review of English Teacher and Mary In The Junkyard at Electric Brixton on Wednesday night.

Incredibly, this is my first time at Electric; the venue that resides where The Fridge once stood. I played The Fridge many moons ago but I have to admit Electric is an improvement. Airy, with several levels, my friend and I are able to grab a perfect spot on the upper balcony. It is sold out tonigh

27/05/2024

So proud of Sherry. And such a joy reviewing jointly with her. 😊

These Fresh Faves were picked by our readers over the weekend - and reviewed by Fresh On The Net's Neil March and new mod on the block Sherry Sahayaraj this week. You can hear all these tracks in a single Soundcloud playlist here. NEIL: Wow, are we really almost 5 months into the new year? I sti

17/05/2024

Hemel area friends, there are just a few days left to snap up those £7 tickets for our Monday Music Mayhem night at the beautiful little Oddfellows Arms in Apsley with hard rocking rebels Tempest Saint; intrepid indie-folk warriors The Hanging Bandits and the Odds' very own landlord, venue manager, sound engineer and singer-songwriter extraordinaire Brett Hulme playing a rare solo set of his original songs including tracks from his new album. We can't wait to come and put this amazing gig on.
https://trust-the-doc-media.eventcube.io/events/59842/linking-up-at-the-oddfellows-arms-apsley-hemel-hempstead/
Art & Design by Paulfcook

13/05/2024

Ooh so exciting!! Sherry explains about the newly open Trust The Doc media store which has been down to her patient hard work. Come and see what we have on sale. ☺️
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/SsrnRDXc02o

12/05/2024

Time to get those tickets for Thursday's Linking Up gig in Croydon at the beautiful frontroomspace folks. Line-ups like this don't grow on trees (and for just £7 a ticket). 😊

On Thursday 16th May Trust The Doc presents another stellar line-up at the beautiful frontroomspace in Croydon featuring 3 local heroes and a visiting one from Brighton with:
Rookery Ensemble
Gabrielle Sey
Negative Response

all for just £7 a ticket if you buy now. A thrilling evening of synth-electronic, experimental, Indie Soul and Alt Rock music from four contrasting and exciting acts. 3 minutes' walk from East Croydon Station and on the Tramlink.
https://demerararecords.com/linking-up
Art & Design by Paulfcook

10/05/2024

The New Music Playlist is back on Spotify kicking off with all the tracks we can find on there that have featured on the Trust The Doc Radio Show with Neil March on ExileFM in April and May 2024 so far incl:
Conscious Route Project Blackbird Neil March & The Music of Sound Paulfcook x Machina X Tobisonics The Happy Somethings Belgrave Road Records Blokeacola Shoun Shoun pMad Rick Treffers Yodashe Josephine Pascoe The Evolving 9th Hour BarrelHaus x + lots more.

09/05/2024

Sherry (my Trust The Doc Artists & Promotions Manager) and I had a wonderful day in Brighton today; firstly meeting with childhood friend and awesome not-for-profit entrepreneur Heather Armstrong about potential link-up with her amazing music social enterprise work and then hanging out with the awesome Andy Maclure which included getting to see WaterBear Venue and HQ and chilling on the beach. Two very special people that it was lovely to spend our time with. 😊❤

09/05/2024

On Thursday 16th May Trust The Doc presents another stellar line-up at the beautiful frontroomspace in Croydon featuring 3 local heroes and a visiting one from Brighton with:
Rookery Ensemble
Gabrielle Sey
Negative Response

all for just £7 a ticket if you buy now. A thrilling evening of synth-electronic, experimental, Indie Soul and Alt Rock music from four contrasting and exciting acts. 3 minutes' walk from East Croydon Station and on the Tramlink.
https://demerararecords.com/linking-up
Art & Design by Paulfcook

08/05/2024

My article on Fresh On The Net paying tribute to the legend
Tom Robinson but also to the amazing Steve Harris as we contemplate life at Fresh on the Net without either of them on the team.

There have been a few occasions when I have wondered when the day may come for Tom Robinson to step down from presenting the BBC Introducing Mixtape Show on BBC Radio 6 Music. He will, after all, be 74 this year. Likewise I have occasionally wondered what might one day happen were he to step down fr

29/04/2024

Stoked that the next Linking Up gig at the magical Oddfellows Arms in Apsley, Hemel Hempstead is on Monday 20th May and we have an amazing mix of Alt Rock; Indie Folk and Acoustic music including a rare acoustic solo set of original material by the Oddfellows' very own Brett Hulme. And with him on the bill are the awesome Tempest Saint and The Hanging Bandits. All for just £7 if you buy now from https://trust-the-doc-media.eventcube.io/events/59842/linking-up-at-the-oddfellows-arms-apsley-hemel-hempstead/

21/04/2024

Hey Hemel area peeps. Can anyone suggest any cool local bands/artists playing original material who might want to come and play our next Oddfellows Arms gig on Monday 20th May? I am trying to complete the line-up but getting lots of bands who have at least someone away and unable to do it!

09/04/2024

Cool Croydon Capers are happening on Thursday 16th May when this stellar line-up of three local heroes and one exciting visitor land at the beautiful frontroomspace bringing synth-electronic, alternative and indie soul vibes
Rookery Ensemble
Gabrielle Sey
Negative Response
Matt Finucane
All for just £7 if you buy now.
https://demerararecords.com/linking-up
Art & Design by Paulfcook

30/03/2024

What's on this weekend's show.

25/03/2024

TUESDAY 26TH MARCH: I WILL BE HAVING AN OPERATION TO REMOVE THE MIDDLE TOE ON MY RIGHT FOOT. PLEASE RESPECT THIS BY NOT CHASING ME ABOUT TRACK SUBMISSIONS OR GIGS. I WILL BE BACK IN ACTION NEXT WEEK. THE RADIO SHOW WILL GO AHEAD AS NORMAL ON SATURDAY.

24/03/2024

We are sorry to announce that this gig is cancelled due to a safety issue at that means it would not be right for the event to go ahead. I cannot say any more on the subject at this juncture due to the sensitivity around the reasons. I apologise to any ticket holders. You will be refunded in full with immediate effect.

21/03/2024

Another amazing line-up lands at the iconic theamershamarmsofficial in New Cross on Sunday 31st March with chilled synth-electronic and haunting minimalist pop courtesty of:
Rookery Ensemble

Negative Response

All for just £7 a ticket if you buy now.
Art & Design by Paulfcook
https://trust-the-doc-media.eventcube.io/events/57446/linking-up-at-the-amersham-arms-new-cross/

21/03/2024

17/03/2024

Hey Greater London area peeps. If you aren't sure whether to part with £4 for this incredible line-up coming to play at in Lewisham on Wednesday, check out this trailer.
https://trust-the-doc-media.eventcube.io/events/57446/linking-up-at-the-amersham-arms-new-cross/

17/05/2023

FOUR QUID FOLKS!!!! If there's a better value gig price anywhere else in London, it's news to me. 😊

A top-notch, cutting edge international line-up of upcoming live acts from New York, London and Italy in Lewisham's iconic Fox and Firkin for four quid!!!!! So don't be shy. Get yourselves some tickets before we change our minds!
Ft: Sam Huber LAMIA uk FHUR
https://demerararecords.com/south-east-central