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Artist Talk | E.M.M.A.
This Artist Talk sees London-based electronic artist, DJ and composer for film, tv and the visual arts, E.M.M.A. aka Emma Davies delve into her production journey.
Her album Indigo Dream, achieved no. 2 album of the year by Crack Magazine in 2020 and her score work includes The Fortune Teller by Gucci ft. Tippi Hedren. In addition to her artistry and score work, E.M.M.A runs Pastel Prism Records and has released music on Local Action Records and Deutsche Grammophon amongst other labels over the past decade. Emma's latest release is the Miami Vice-inspired Change My Mind on Pastel Prism Records.
In 2016 E.M.M.A. founded passion project Producergirls - the first free-to-attend UK-based beginners' electronic music production workshops for women with Ikonika, P Jam, Dexplicit and Nightwave. As part of the Producergirls instagram community, Emma has written extensively on music production topics for beginners to help break down barriers to entry. She has also shared her own experience and hacks via a regular column in DJ Magazine which ran over 12 months.
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