Episode 68 - Love Ssega - Finding Another Way
Love Ssega is a musician, songwriter and performing artist . He is weaving a beautifully diverse path collaborating across different art forms, whilst also speaking up for complex environmental, social and educational issues.
The original frontman-songwriter of Grammy-winning Clean Bandit, he is currently Artist In Residence for Royal Festival Hall’s Philharmonia Orchestra.
London-born, his music blends a mix of New Wave, 80s Hip-Hop, African polyrhythms and NYC Disco into smart, modern Pop and has been played all over the world.
His recent work has been performed at London’s National Gallery and Serpentine Pavillion, with visual art exhibited at New York’s MoMA PS1.
His use of art and culture to promote climate awareness saw him invited to host at United Nations COP26 and feature at The New York Times Climate Forward.
He is a Trustee of Brian Eno-led climate charity EarthPercent and Arts Foundation Music For Change Fellow 2022.
In this conversation Dan invites Ssega to explore the question ‘What does it mean to be a music artist in a time of climate, ecological and social crisis’ ?
And they journey through some of his amazing projects riffing on many threads.
Ssega is weaving extraordinary magic through his actions and artistry - exploring climate justice, social and racial justice, air pollution, social housing issues and so much more through music , performance, collaboration and co-creation with communities, galleries, poets, orchestras, and more.
He is bringing new voices into the mix, often those who have been most marginalisded and suffering the most from the structures and systems of modernity.
Ssega is an inspiring human, his energy, creativity and humility is awesome.
We’re left imagining a world where community participation, co-creation, performance, art and music is central to how we co-create new common knowledge and how we make the difficult collective decisions on the biggest issues of our time.
Please do check out Ssega’s abundant music and projects, you won’t be disappointed.
And please comment and share if this episode speaks to you
Links
https://philharmonia.co.uk/whats-on/artist-in-residence-love-ssega/
https://weliveandbreathe.co.uk/
https://lovessega.com/home-zero/
Tracks featured
Our world fight for our air
Music from ‘Where are we now? film ( Home Zero)
Find Another Way
Stop Making Sense
Capes for Blue skies