Press Record

Today I am blessed to share connection with Jp Cooper a singer songwriter who always gives us everything in his heart, but only on the understanding it may hurt...just a little.We meet as Jp's Album "A few Folk" offers the audience the most truthful and heart felt collection of songs to date. Songs that get his dopamine firing on all emotional cylinders. The result is a gift to our ears.In this episode I learn that JP, is the friend my soul never knew it needed and I am grateful to have met him. Without doubt, this is an artist for the ages, a unique human whose ability to understand the "beauty of tragedy" allows him to touch us with compassion from the moment his un-parralleled voice soars into our hearts.Enjoy x

Today we talk. What it takes to turn resilience and chaos into purpose and potential.Today we are joined by music industry, Titan, darkest Beese, OBE, the man who brought us. Amy Winehouse, Jesse J Taio Cruz, Florence & the machine Mumfords and Sons, and so many more.We explore a past where volatility was a state of being for Darcus where race wars, class wars, and culture wars shaped and tuned him into both an artist and businessman where failure was simply not an option.From early struggles, finding his blackness to understanding his own mental landscape.From the pressure cookers of West London to the skyscrapers of New York for Darcus, being ready to run, ready to move, ready for anything has not only been a passport to success, but also due to his un-diagnosed A-D-H-D - ticket to humility.This is what Happens When We Press Record

The Incredible Celeste and I sat down a couple of years ago now and I was lucky to meet her just as she was creating phenomenal new album. Woman Of FacesCeleste's energy and honesty reveals not only a determination to be vulnerable and a true artist but also a quiet power.A power that takes loneliness and makes communion , takes otherness and offers togetherness and provides a space for art where it becomes not just sanctuary but also solace.

Rachel Chinourri is a restless revoultionarty. Her Curiosity and Thirst to be heard is matched only by her compassion for those who have the courage to listenCaught beteween the cultures of her Zimbabwe roots & her British upbringing Rachel sits down with us willing to share the confusion & pain her story reveals.Rachel is rare, truth is her currency, fear shame & self pity & just not part of the plan.This is what happens when we Press Record

In this episode we dive further intoinspiration, motivation and what he calls a lack representation as a kid Raised in the main by women, Craigs, gentle approach to love is also boundaries by an intense fear of being hurt. I challenge him on that locked heartand the continued absence of a significant otherIn this episode Craig pushes back!He takes me out of my comfort zone & we both learn a little more than weexpected.From  Southampton to London to Miami and back, with all the giant leaps and many massive missteps, Craig has sustained and is man who just won’t give up on his dreamsSo, say what you will, for my money Craig David was undoubtedly Born to do itenjoy episode 2 

Today, in this our first ever full episode of Press Record, we talk people pleasing, imposter syndrome, chocolate addiction & positivity with the bona-fide legend that is Craig David I have known Craig since he was a 15 year old awkward but focused teenagerwith a hit making ability and hopes for a career in music. There is no question that Craig has delivered on tat focus, every one from Drake to Bieber to Stormy respect and are influenced by his voice & talent, he is not only divinely gifted but his humility and vulnerability are worn like badges of honor in a career that spans decades and whilst stellar, has not always felt stable. In today’s Conversation we go in. we dig deeper than Craig has ever been willing to go before. We uncover some difficult truths but also celebrate not only the undisclosed suffering of a genius but also the incredible success of the gentle kind & caring human that he has become .Craig is an artist who has always felt the need to take control of his world, so when I ask ask who is Craig david when no one is looking, the answer might suprise you.Enjoy.PG x

In a world full of noise. Talk is cheap. Truth, expensive.The WHY of Press Record is to offer artists a safe place to be curious. To have an honest curated conversation that we sculpt and caress into life. Their story in their words.Press Record is not just promo or another artistically cloaked sales mechanism, its a place to explore, to figure our who we are, why we do what we do and what we can learn in the mirror of another artists words.Enjoy

Welcome to Press Records and our first Trailer. My Name is Phil Griffin, an artist photographer & film director, your guide in these new conversations.My life as an artist has blessed me with collaborations with some incredible artists from many disciplines & somehow the work we make has always led to deep & meaningful conversations.After 2 years with Audible making Award wining Podcast Origins I felt it would be a wonderful next step to take the chats I had at work while photographing & filming my friends one step further & let the world in. I wanted to let the conversations that so often moved me deeply become shared with the world in the hope they may move others.These Press Record Conversations are designed to open a new space for artists to talk candidly about their life & work. Its about getting to the heart of the artists path, the heart of how they life & art have unfolded. Our collaborators are diverse. Celeste, Craig David, Loreen, Gareth Gates, Amverick Sabre & Many more . Beginning with my friends and heroes from music but we will develop into art, fashion & sport. This will be a show about extra-ordinary stories. On Press Record, I hope to explore those moments in our lives that change & shape us forever. Every Step in My Life Has Led me Here. That simple idea is how we begin our exploration. Then. We press record & see what happens Enjoy