Sam Lane

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:: Ainsley Farrell on Mornings with Sam Lane Dirt seemed to be a long time coming, with Ainsley’s last album having been released in 2017. A self professed “slow writer,”  Ainsley took her time with the record. We moved on to talk about the title track from the record – which to my ears seemed to be the deliberate centrepiece of the album. It’s a sprawling 7 minute track which places Ainsley’s vocals front and centre.

:: aya interview on Deep Web She joined Krishtie and Chuyi on Deep Web last week to chat about early musical memories, the making of im hole and 5-deck blending on YouTube. Asked about her early musical development, aya recalls being immersed into diverse types of music and technology from a young age: aya credits this early exposure to music to her dad, who beyond playing her everything from the aforementioned dnb and jungle to Led Zeppelin, also had an eye for early music software.