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StarRich:: Break down the name of your entity… Light Commissionerz:
Emily Ilet :: Light Commissionerz is an umbrella, which brings together music production/ artists/ management/ song writing/ video productions/ 3d animation to one source aka LC. We are a indie label, myself as Business manager and Lee is the creative manager. It serves as a creative outlet for us and other artists within Nottingham.
Lee Ramsey ::So how did the name come about?? Easy its really what we do, bring light to the music scene our videos are far from your typical music videos. We really want to take you into the songs and illuminate your minds to the unlimited possibilities of creation.
(SR) You can Follow on http://twitter.com/lightcommission
SR::What would you say your role in the music industry is?
LR::Our role in the music scene is to bring back a little diversity and creativity whilst making some great music. Everyone sounds so much the same these days not just vocally but production as well you look at most urban UK acts that reach number one their all basically rhyming over euro pop tracks! No disrespect to the artists doing their thing get that money!! We bring a 360 DIY music project from production/ writing / videos to management all created under one roof who else can say that?
SR:: how did you arrive at this point in your career and did you ever thing you would be a manager
EI ::No never, I stumbled into this, all thanks to Lee. I am a manager in my day job and enjoy it, running projects, managing people I guess I like being organized. I met Lee and liked his music, as I got to know him I acknowledged the talent he has. He needed help to get organized and get things started for real. I ‘m here because I believe in Lee not to take on a roster of bands. I’m enjoying it and it certainly isn’t a standard 9-5 same old same old. Bring it on.
LR :: I’ve been making music since the early 90s from being on the Tim Westwood radio 1 rap show the week after Biggie Smalls was on with Craig Mac. Over the years becoming well known on the UK Hip Hop scene I’ve done shows at the Subterrania with DJ 279 supporting Talib Kweli also supported DJ Premiere/Gangstar and many more so I feel its simple progression that I would delve deeper into the back garden of music being apart of the business side of things. I like the production side of music and work closely with Denzie better known for the garage anthem "I’m sorry". I produce and co write the material appearing on some of the tracks. Denzie will be dropping his new material in the year.
SR::what is your hood like? Do you love your hood or hate it?? Give me 1 thing you love about it, and 1 thing you hate.
EI :: Nottingham is a great place to live, I have lived here for 13yrs now. I have moved around Notts a lot, everywhere I have lived I have liked, each place having a different atmosphere and feel. The city always has lots happening, in the town centre or on Forest Park, it is diverse place and I like that. I have set up home on a good street, with good people around. I’m happy here.
LR ::I have lived in Notts all my life. It’s a good city, I live on a chilled street and my street has to live the sounds of heavy drums and melodic sounds. I love it when my neighbors turn their music up to drown mine out on their little tin box system and with a slight push of the fader on the mixing desk I make the walls shake lol
SR::what would you change bout it if you were in control?
(LC)::Light Commissionerz isn’t here to change our city we are here to add to it. People will always be people and do they own thing. We are here to do ours and that is to be creative. We look to move forward if people get inspired by what we do brilliant. It would be good to open some doors for Nottingham people. We want people to like what we’re about but we won’t wait for anyone we got to keep focused and moving forward.
SR:: apart from the politics whats the music industry like in Nottingham?
(LC)::We don’t really have an industry down here. We have a small scene building up again. It used to be great in the 90s Nottingham was on the map some how over the last 8 years we've gone off the radar. Light Commissionerz will bring that spark back there are allot of artists each doing their own thing. It may take LC to find away through then we can open the floodgates for all to come with.
SR::do you have any current releases?? You also manage some artists, please tell me more about them….
(LC) :: Yes we have the Lowstarr album coming real soon, it will be out mid summer time. It is sounding really good we have two singles ready for radio “orchestra minded” for the hiphop heads and then “rain dance” more radio friendly. Both will be on radio very soon over the next few weeks tune in to radio 1xtra Raskwame show, kiss fm Shorty Blitz show and choice fm DJ 279 show. We don’t manange any artists currently but we do work with Denzy and have some new material in the pipeline. Any info will be available on my website.
SR:: Any shout outs??
Shouts to everyone supporting our music and creative vision all the DJ’s, promoters big up Joe Buddah, Nick Stez, Andy Zouter & Elements studios, Big Trev- CRS, Courtney and Take1 studios, Arkeye hoods up ow ya mean Skinnyman oi oi we’re coming down soon!
LC :: Emily Ilett and Lee Ramsay
Want more info on Light Commissionerz email us at lightcommissionerz@googlemail.com
