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Celebrating 30 Years of Inspiring Creative Minds
London, 19th February 2025
The Midi Music Company (MMC) celebrates three decades of music, empowerment and impact, with investment from Sony Music UK’s Social Justice Fund.
MMC has achieved so much over the past 30 years, and they are looking forward to their bright future in partnership with Sony Music UK’s Social Justice Fund, as both entities remain committed to its core values of anti-racism and tackling injustices.
Read the full press release here.
The Breakout Club Returns!
The Midi Music Company is proud to present The Breakout Club, featuring headliners Avenue, with performances from Rebekah Reid x Täpp Collective, Arinola and Lesley’s Sunset.
For the final event of 2022, the pioneering music education and talent development charity The Midi Music Company is thrilled to be presenting The Breakout Club at the New Cross Inn on 5th December 2022.
This event, hosted by Ola Torch, will showcase the extraordinary talent of artists who are a part of our CICAS® and CAPs Talent Development programme.
Breaking the Silence
“At 11.02am the silence will be broken at IWM London and IWM North. Working with The Midi Music Company at IWM London and ThickSkin at IWM North, Breaking the Silence will see groups of young people, aged 11 to 18, premiere brand-new performances exploring what contemporary Remembrance means to them.At 11.02am the silence will be broken at IWM London and IWM North. Working with The Midi Music Company at IWM London and ThickSkin at IWM North, Breaking the Silence will see groups of young people, aged 11 to 18, premiere brand-new performances exploring what contemporary Remembrance means to them.”
Meet the 2021 Women In Music Roll of Honour: Indy Vidyalankara
“Music Week has announced this year’s Roll Of Honour, in association with TikTok, for our Women In Music Awards 2021. Indy is an accomplished communications professional with a diverse career spanning over two decades across music, media, and third sector. She has worked in high profile organisations such as Sony Music UK, Saatchi & Saatchi, and the BBC where she spent 11 years in publicity across Radio 1, Radio 1Xtra, and BBC TV.”
Clash Magazine: Dips and Lo-Wu
“Dips and Lo-Wu are the enigmatic duo distilling the South London experience with debut project ‘Idle Hands’; over ten tracks they unravel the cross-pollination of sound system culture and the grimy, gritty underbelly of life in the ends.
As part of our digital #PLTFRM series spotlighting new and nascent talent breaking down barriers, CLASH spoke to Dips and Lo-Wu about their wide-ranging influences, their unique producer-rapper synergy, the potent power of generational wisdom and why ‘Idle Hands’ is both a party starter and a cautionary tale.”
UK Music and MPA launch diversity initiatives
“Music industry leaders have joined forces with a host of organisations to boost the sector’s work on equality, diversity and inclusion. UK Music and its members are spearheading the move following the call from the UK Music’s Diversity Taskforce. The initiative is a key piece of the Ten-Point Plan published last October.”
Brixton is my barometer
”I feel very fortunate that one of the last gigs I attended before the March lockdown was a benefit for Deptford’s excellent Midi Music Company, held at the legendary 100 Club on Oxford Street.Various students, alumni and other associates of the organisation took to the stage throughout the evening. A succession of talented MCs and singers got the party started before the excellent Barbarella’s Bang Bang switched things up several gears.”
The Lewisham Ledger: In Good Company
“In February MMC celebrated their 25th anniversary with a big party at the 100 Club sponsored by music industry lawyers Lee & Thompson who have chosen The Midi Music Company as their Charity of the Year for 2019-20. There were over 200 guests including managers and producers, with performances by numerous patrons and alumni including an acoustic set by Skin, a DJ set by DJ Ng and a set by Oggie. ‘It was such a great night and feels all the more special given what has happened since’ says Wozzy.”
Read article on pages 10-11.
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