Folded Wing
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| Founded 📆 | 2006 |
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| Headquarters 🏙️ | , London, United Kingdom , UK |
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| Products 📟 | Radio Programmes, Podcasts, Events, Radio Stations, Radio Ads, Commercial Audio, Sound Design |
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| 🌐 Website | www.foldedwing.co.uk |
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Folded Wing is an independent radio and audio production company. They produce radio shows, podcasts and multi-platform music events.
Their work includes traditional, online and digital audio production, building new radio stations, syndication of branded content globally, radio ads & commercial audio production, sound design and assisting publicly funded community projects.
They are based in Clerkenwell, London.
Karen Pearson (Karen P), founder and director of the company, was a former producer of Gilles Peterson's Worldwide show on BBC Radio 1.
Work[edit]
Folded Wing's regular shows include Jamie Cullum on BBC Radio 2, The Selector for the British Council (presented by Goldierocks), Monki on BBC Radio 1 and 1Xtra and weekly shows on Red Bull Music Academy Radio.
As of 2014, Folded Wing have produced 23 BBC documentaries across Radio 1, 1Xtra, Radio 2 and BBC Radio 4.
The Jamie Cullum show is on BBC Radio 2 every Tuesday from 7-8pm, and showcases all forms of jazz music, both old and new. The show features artist interviews, live sessions recorded at the BBC's Maida Vale studios, BBC archive recordings, and is sometimes recorded from jazz festivals around the world, such as the Cheltenham Jazz Festival in the UK and the Newport Jazz Festival in the USA.
The Selector for the British Council, presented by Goldierocks, is a showcase for new British music and is broadcast on 39 stations in 29 countries around the world. The weekly two hour programme features music, interviews, DJ mixes and live sessions. The show is sometimes recorded overseas at partner radio stations around the world and in 2010 was recorded at Energy FM in Kazakhstan.
Folded Wing also produce Monki's weekly Radio 1 & 1Xtra show. Monki plays tracks from all corners of club culture, showcasing a wide range of new electronic music. Catch her show (Mondays 0200-0400) for the Simmer Down Selection, a collection of classic and new down-tempo tracks to wind you down into the new week, and the Lights On Mix – music from that moment when the club is closing but no-one wants to leave.
Red Bull Music Academy Radio is an internet radio station that features artist-focused radio programmes, including interviews, DJ mixes and live club and concert recordings. The shows can only be streamed and not downloaded.
Other Folded Wing clients include ASOS.com, Book Slam, Fabric London, J-Wave Japan, Nike, and The Roundhouse in Camden.
Folded Wing produce a monthly audio blog called Tuned Into The Future, which documents new developments in the audio and media industries, as well as 'behind-the-scenes' focuses on Folded Wing programmes.
Karen P and Folded WIng also curate a live music night called Broad Casting. In April 2008 Ethiopian Jazz Musician, Mulatu Astatke, performed his first UK performance for 20 years, at Broad Casting, with a collaboration with The Heliocentrics. This performance led to a new album by the musicians, entitled 'Inspiration Information', released on Strut in April 2009.
Other performers at Broad Casting have included Joe Bataan, Build an Ark, IG Culture, Tony Allen, Baaba Maal, The Invisible, Micachu And The Shapes and Jimi Tenor.
In 2010 Folded Wing curated the TEDx Soho LDN event with Fallon London, called 'How Women Are Using Media To Change The World'.
Awards[edit]
In 2008 Folded Wing won a Sony Radio Academy Gold award for the Book Slam Podcast.
In 2011 they have won:
'Indie of the Year' at the Radio Production Awards
'International Radio Show of the Year' for The Selector for the British Council at the International Radio Festival in Zurich
'Best Jazz Format' Bronze Medal for Jamie Cullum on BBC Radio 2 at the New York Festivals Awards
'Best Regularly Scheduled Music Program' Bronze Medal for Jamie Cullum on BBC Radio 2 at the New York Festivals Awards
'Best Regularly Scheduled Music Program' Bronze Medal for The Selector for the British Council at the New York Festivals Awards
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