F24 Podcast

Back again… and this week I had Mysdiggi and as some of you know him by Mystro, UK Hip Hop legend, he’s been in the game for years and surpassed the 10’000 hour rule years ago.. he’s a pro and I've been a fan but never had the chance to really chat to Mys before. We’ve crossed paths, seen each other about and when I saw him at Teach’s show in December I hollered straight away and we worked it out....

Hello and welcome back to the f24 podcast. my name is David and as often as possible I have a creative come over to my studio in north Acton to have a conversation about their lives and interactions with London culture and creativity. Well what a treat. this guy and his team have been a part of some of our last 5/6 years. some of you saw the birth of it, some of you are from the manor and know it...

Hello and welcome back to the F24 Podcast, my name is David and as often as possible I invite a creative around to my studio in North Acton to talk about their lives and interactions with London, culture and creativity. Sorry about the wait for the first of 2019, I have been incredibly busy on a couple projects, one of which will have me in Dublin for a few weeks split over two trips so I have bee...

This is the 39th recording, oh and I'll be 39 on New Year's Day. nice.. anyway the 39th recording is the last of the year and this week we have PIC WRH.. another London OG who has been styling on us since 84', I was 4 then but you know what I mean. P's a true soldier of the culture, relentless, aggressive with it at times through the last 35 years, never stopping.. I spotted some bits local after...

From London's most notorious graffiti crews along with many others. His impact on our culture has been felt for two decades, we've seen the amazing panels running through the city, one of the flyest tags hitting the streets in his distinct styles, character full throw ups and legendary stories about him and his crew… what a treat. I've known T for many years, we met through a shared acquaintance w...

Hello and welcome back to the F24 Podcast, my name is David and each week I have a creative come over to my studio in north Acton to talk about their lives and interactions with London, Culture and Creativity. I hope your all well and enjoyed the Candie Bandita episode.. I loved it.. This week we've got Skore GSD TRC.. A UK OG, he's pretty much been there from the beginning of the graffiti culture...

This week Candie Bandita from GOT came over and we had a great and funny chat. Candie has been involved with the culture since the nineties after coming across Southbank on a school trip. What she saw and the energy she felt there enamoured her and decided to follow it up by getting back there as soon as possible. Candie tells us about the first people she met in the graffiti and skating cultures...

This week.. a London OG, a London Legend, A Londoners Londoner, Jonzi D… It was so so good seeing Jonzi again, we hung for a straight month in summer some 14 years ago, we chatted in different instances over the years but having him come around, take a seat on the sofa and have a chat.. man.. I’ve been wanting to have this since the autumn after the hung out and especially now doing this podcast a...

Hello and welcome back to the F24 Podcast, this week I'm having a little break. There are 33 others on here to check. Jump on one of them and I'll catch you next week. Enoy!

Hello and welcome back to the f24 podcast I hope you are all well, my name is David and each week I have a creative come over to my studio in North Acton to talk about their lives and interactions with London, Culture and Creativity. I say London, but really as I'm sure listeners of the podcast know already, its doesn't all have to be about London. I love my city, but I'm sure I'd love any city I...

We’re going to have a bit of a different one this week, I started working on this podcast idea about 2 years ago, I love podcasts and I love my culture, I know most of you know that and we have so many people with the best of stories so I got it together and recorded some, Jack Murray, Will Robson Scott, Any Gillman, Done London and Jamal Peace, they are the early ones in the series but it took me...

This week, I can say I have one of my closet friends at the Studio. To me and many, he's an inspiration, a cultural icon, a style king and also a great dad. It's been a minute since we had our last weekly coffee on upper St. in Angel and actually our last one was in Kentish Town on the strip and it was times like those that really built our relationship it took our conversation to another level an...

This week’s chat is with Joe Holbrook a guy I’ve known for pretty much 15 years and I love it when I have a perception about someone, even after knowing them that long and finding out my perception means nada in their life, it wasn’t his reality. I presumed Joe was classically trained, I presumed he got to this stage of his art carrear through conventional ways. His paintings, his subjects, his in...

So each week, as I’m sure you know I chat to people about their lives and interactions with London, Culture and Creativity and this weeks chat is with Charlie Dark of London’s legendary movement, Run Dem Crew! Charlie has literally run through London’s hip hop scene.. all the way from a family friends Christmas in the New York in 81, though Soho in the early 90’s, TV shows, record labels, relased...

This week we've got the culture fuelled, creatively striving, spiritual hunting, hustler minded, dope lyricist label owner, Fliptrix. Watching this guy. He used to come down to the shop in Brighton and cop some records and paint every now and then, I also snapped him on polaroid for my collection of friends and visitors to the shop. What he's done since then, loving and respecting a culture, worki...

This week on F24 we have Sophynails aka So Fly. We had a great chat a couple weeks ago, just before she was off to Bristol. Soph’s got a great story and has been really productive in her culture since a teenager, from Soho records shops to record labels, Miami tracksides to Jams at Stockwell hall of fame and not forgetting her on-going nail career. We chat about her experiences over the years and...

This week I have a guy I've known for years and watched his rise, K or as some of you may know him as Kemo SMT and his also for the last couple years, The London Vagabond. He came round with his girlfriend Dana, a creative also and we had a great conversation about his introduction to the graffiti culture through his dad whilst he was in primary school and what life was like growing up in Ruislip...

This week on the F24 Podcast we’ve got Maddy or as some of you may know him, Amba SDF. Maddy’s had some adventures and we get into quite a few including his introduction to hip hop and graffiti culture, travelling and living in cities and also about his Syrian family and roots. We’re very close in age so it was amazing for me to hear about his side of London whilst I was exploring mine and also he...

Hello and welcome back to the F24 Podcast, my name is David and each week I invite a creative over to my studio to talk about their interactions and experiences with London culture and creativity. This week’s conversation is with Richard Wilson. You may have seen the worldwide press about Rich’s Will Smith painting that he did in West Philly, an amazing and extremely impressive full body 65ft pain...

So this week, a big treat for me.. A Kilburn Kid and legend out of the manor. London's very own, DJ MK. What a pleasure him coming over, the day before he was interviewing Rick Ross and the day after he was off to Europe to DJ. He's achieved loads and he gives us great insight into his experiences in reading north londons streets, finding graffiti and hip hop and what the city had on offer and how...

This weeks interview is with artist Bill Daggs. Bill has just finished his BA in fine art and had his first  show since graduation, I went.. It was dope and you’ll hear us talk about that. Really great having him coming over as we have been in the same circles for 20 odd years from Kilburn, graffiti and hip hop but never really got to meet properly. He went under the name Pryme / PrymeSource with...

This week’s interview is with Luis Lopez Smith, you may have heard about his company Tottenham Textiles an amazing walk in studio on Seven Sisters. I met Luis when I was visiting my mate Jonny Banger, his shop is next door to Luis’. Jonny being the gent he is and knowing how much I ‘d love to see the space, I met Luis. I was completely amazed! What a space, loads of machinery, screen beds, exposur...

So this week, another one from my extended cultural family is London’s one and only, Theo Keating otherwise known as the infamous Fake Blood and UK Graffiti’s very own Snatch CWS/ PFB/TO… This guy, since ive been in the culture, this guy’s pieces have been it for me.. I might be looking and reminiscing at the past with glazed eyes but I don’t think I’ve ever seen a bad piece by this guy.. All fire...

This weeks interview is with Britain's very own TY, a musician from Brixton. I found TY's music early on in moving to Brighton, I was in HMV on western rd. with my best mate Nick and we heard some amazing sounds over the stores speakers, I asked what it was and copped the vinyl straight away. It became one of the larger parts of the soundtrack for that time in my life and it was also one of the fi...

This weeks chat is with Jimi from GANG Studio. I’ve known Jimi for years, a lot of you have also. We met in the early 2000’s through our shared good friend and Brighton stalwart Jode. When I met him he was already thoroughly on his journey with creativity, I remember a time I was getting interviewed for a magazine, they were doing a piece on my shop, we’d just started working with Jimi and the int...