- Area:
- UK-wide
- Programme:
- Peace Mix
- Release date:
- 21 9 2012
Today Peace Mix will release the ‘Peace Mix’ single that brings to an end a three-month journey promoting peace through music up and down the UK. Taking its title from the Peace Mix campaign the single is the culmination in what has become a truly unique experience for the young people who wanted to push the message of peace to the masses. The track features a mixture of six vocalists and four musicians and is officially available to download on International Peace Day, 21st September.
‘Peace Mix’ was curated by SBTV and inspired by the New Day Foundation (NDF), an aspiring conflict resolution social enterprise founded by former gang members in Birmingham, and produced by SBTV’s resident producer BoyChick. The track travels through genres of grime, hip-hop, world music and drum n' bass. It effortlessly switches between tempos and key signatures and is made up of music from singers, rappers, producers and live musicians who came together on the same track. Their individual messages of peace have been brought together, intertwined and side-by-side on this special single.
Peace Mix was created when Big Lottery Fund and NDF joined forces to give young people across the UK a voice and the opportunity to be part of a campaign that promotes peace. The single is one element of a wider campaign which also saw the Peace Mix “Mic Relay” take over 11 cities in the UK with the semi-final
taking place at The Eden Project. The grand final took place on August 28th at the Roundhouse where Tinchy Stryder and Maximo Park took to the stage to celebrate the end of the tour.
Tinchy said, “It’s important for me to be involved in projects such as Peace Mix, we need as many positive voices out there”.
Maximo Park added, “For us to be involved in Peace Mix was positive as our music tries to be positive and is about overcoming the negative issues in everyday life”.
Catch a glimpse of what happened on the night:
BIG’s Director of Communications, Linda Quinn, said: “The Peace Mix anthem represents a lot of hard work from the young people we have met over the summer. For BIG the ability to identify music spaces for young people to use, which help them to showcase their extraordinary talents and heartfelt messages of peace has been hugely impactful.Young people have taken part in Peace Mix determined to change their lives for the better and we are hugely proud to have been part of that.”
Peace Mix has brought together a broad range of partners including urban youth charity XLP, social enterprise education through music education charity Blastbeat, youth engagement agency Livity plus community groups, the voluntary sector, youth organisations and regional charities. Together they hope to offer young people the encouragement and resources they need to improve their life-chances and realise their full potential.
For more information please visit www.peacemix.co.uk or follow us on @PeaceMixUK.
Download the track here.
Notes to editors
Vocalists:
- Narjes Fawaz, aged 22 (added a hip hop verse):soundcloud.com/laughta/laughta-verse-2-peace-mix
- Phil Fairhead, aged 21 (added a hip hop verse): soundcloud.com/prince_phillip/prince-phillip-peace-mix
- Joseph James, aged 16 (added his vocals): soundcloud.com/joejasmusic/hip-hop-verse-joejas-entry
- Keir Dickson, aged 15 (added a grime verse): soundcloud.com/whispersartist/whispers-peacemix-grime-verse
Instrumentals
- Sunni Gill, aged 20 (added beat to grime section): soundcloud.com/sgmusicofficial
Big Lottery Fund (www.biglotteryfund.org.uk)
The Big Lottery Fund, the largest of the National Lottery good cause distributors, has been rolling out grants to health, education, environment and charitable causes across the UK since its inception in June 2004. It was established by Parliament on 1 December 2006. As part of the campaign BIG has awarded a grant of £250,000 to Blastbeat to support the regional events, work with the regional studios to provide free workshops and mentor NDF to become a social enterprise.
For Big Lottery Fund press office: 020 7211 1888 Out of hours: 07867 500 572
Public enquiries line: 08454 102030 Textphone: 08456 021 659
Full details of the work of the Big Lottery Fund, its programmes and awards are available on the website.
New Day Foundation (NDF)
The ethos of New Day Foundation is to save lives. If NDF can deter a person from taking the life of another, then they have saved not one, but two lives.
SBTV
SBTV is the UK’s largest online music and lifestyle broadcaster and channel. With over 200,000 YouTube subscribers and receiving over 5 million views a month, SBTV have been labelled as the most influential channel for youth today from corporations including the BBC and Channel 4. Its A64, F64 and Warm Up Session series' are internationally recognised by industry experts as the place to spot carefully selected upcoming musical acts.
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