What is ‘Songs. Chat. London.’
‘Songs. Chat. London.’ is a 3-day songwriting camp at the prestigious 'RAK Studios’ in London, focusing on collaboration, cultural exchange, creation of IP, and international pathway building. 6 Australian and 6 UK Artist/Producers will be given the opportunity to meet and collaborate over three days to create a potential 24 new songs. At the conclusion of the camp we will host an industry social event where attendees will be able to share their music with the London/Australian music community and industry in attendance. The sessions and the Industry event will be professionally photographed and filmed, creating content for the arists and collaborators.
The dates have been selected to run after The Great Escape Music Festival, which we encourage participants to attend.
Who will be attending?
(Alphabetically listed Australian Creatives)
Anna Laverty
Award-winning producer Anna Laverty has built an exceptional and ever-growing show reel of credits, which has solidified her reputation as one of Australia’s finest creative talents. With an impressive catalogue of releases across multiple genres.
Credits: Florence and The Machine, Bloc Party, Depeche Mode, Pete Doherty, Camp Cope, Stella Donnelly, Pinch Points, Screamfeeder and Courtney Barnett (live album).
Didirri
Didirri sits at the heart of a wave of indie singer-songwriters, creating timeless, moving compositions. With a focus on strong lyrical content and ambient, cinematic soundscapes, Didirri’s music is one for the ages. Didirri has played festivals such as the UK’s The Great Escape and Latitude Festival, Australia’s Splendour In The Grass and Barcelona’s Primavera Sound. He’s toured the US and UK twice and shared the stage with well-known acts Vance Joy, Hozier, Tash Sultana, The Temper Trap and more.
Elsy Wameyo
ELSY, is a Kenyan-born Australian Artist. Based in Adelaide, South Australia, Wameyo was awarded Young Kenyan of the Year in 2018 and won the People's Choice Best Hip Hop Award at the annual South Australian Music Awards in 2019.Her first EP, Nilotic, was released on 1 April 2022, featuring the singles "River Nile" and "Nilotic". Its name is a nod to her Nilotic roots,[1] and the title track is more overtly political, addressing issues of culture, race and police brutality
Gretta Ray
From a Triple J Unearthed win in 2016, to the Vanda and Young Global Songwriting Prize, it’s hard to imagine a more impressive start for Gretta Ray. Her 2021 debut album Begin to Look Around was nominated for both an ARIA Music Award (Breakthrough Artist – Release) and a J Award (Australian Album of the Year). Add to that a sold-out headliner tour in 2022, an Australian arena tour supporting Gang of Youths and a viral – moment – with her poignant and entirely breathtaking cover of Billy Joel’s Vienna on TikTok (a dazzling high that has so far hit over 20 million streams, 350 million views, 35 million likes and half a million creates across socials, globally).
JOY
JOY.’s sophomore EP ‘Six’ racked up more than 50 million streams and added collaborations with the likes of What So Not, Ganz, 360 and Zhu under her belt. Behind the scenes, JOY. continued to work as a producer and songwriter for other artists - producing for Teo, Phora, BLESSED, Manu Crooks, Anfa Rose and writing with Daheala (XO crew), DJ Khalil (Eminem, Kanye) Om’mas Keith (Frank Ocean, Anderson Paak), Vory, Jessie Reyez, Jess Jackson among others. Most notably working with The Kid Laroi in his early days, for which she can now claim a role in his Billboard No.1 Album ‘F*CK Love’ where she is credited as a writer, producer and performer on.
Kiah Gossner
5x Nominated and Winner of Best Producer at the South Australian Music Awards. Credits Include: Odette, Didirri, Iluka x Lime Cordial, Timberwolf amongst many others.
As a Producer/Writer he works for two of Australia's most prestigious studios (Studios 301 and mixmaster's studios). As a Musical Director/Session player Kiah has worked globally working with many touring artists as well as The Australian Chamber Orchestra.
Rowena Wise
“Every now and again we come across a musician who is the true definition of 'artist'... Ro crafts songs with heart, puts them out into the world with love and captures her audience for life. Songwriter, performer, musician – all these things can be said of Ro, but 'artist' describes it best" - themusic.com
The Studio
RAK STUDIOS
In 1976, RAK Studios was opened in a converted Victorian schoolhouse in St John's Wood, London. Since then, it has hosted some of the best-loved names in music, including David Bowie, Al Green, Michael Jackson and Pink Floyd - and more recently, Adele, Plan B, Arctic Monkeys and Shakira.
Structure
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Accomodation
The Columbia
Check in: 20th May 2024
Check out: 23rd May 2024
Accomodation: Private Double Room
A creative house hosting London’s emerging artists and city explorers since 1975. From Iggy Pop to The Gallagher brothers, Amy Winehouse to Stereophonics, we’ve been home to artists on the road for four decades. Known for our relaxed attitude to the kind of after-show antics of our former guests, we’ve even had songs written about us. Today we’re no different to when we started out. We’re a family-run business – no corporate blueprint or outside investors. Which means we can focus on what we do best: fairly-priced rooms alongside relaxed and generous hospitality in the heart of central London.
Travel
Travel Beyond Live
“TB Live is part of the Travel Beyond Group of companies. Founded in 2001, we are an independently owned Australian and New Zealand travel consulting company known for our service-oriented and partnership-driven ethos. We’re recognised for our knowledge and expertise in providing specialised travel and logistic solutions for the sports, entertainment and creative industries.
We began our journey in production and media travel, from working on logistics for small television advertisements through to large movie productions. An evolving footprint through organic growth and company expansion now sees us providing travel solutions for customers of all sizes within the music, film, television, advertising and media, fashion and sporting industries.”
Code of Conduct
Songs Chat is committed to providing a safe, respectful, inclusive, and flexible environment free from discrimination, harassment, sexual harassment and bullying. We do not tolerate or condone discrimination, harassment, sexual harassment or bullying. For more information or to read our Code of Conduct, please contact Kiah Gossner - ‘hello (at) kiah gossner (dot) com’
Previous Songwriting Camps
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This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its arts funding and advisory body.
