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A new mobile recording studio project is helping people living at Direct Provision create their own music.
The initiative, from the charitable foundation SCOOP in collaboration with music educator CreativeSound, offers asylum seekers free one-on-one production workshops in a van.
Music producer Gavin Timlin presents the workshops to residents of six Direct Provision shelters.
He said: “The van allowed us to go straight to people and centers. Thanks to Covid, it is sometimes difficult to get to the centers, so we can stop and do private lessons and workshops. Guys are incredibly talented. “
Rap artist Benjamin Enow Oben, who lives at Direct Provision in Galway, attended the workshops.
He said: “It’s difficult in Direct Provision. We’re crammed into the same room. So when we try to record it’s like you’re bothering someone, and the same person is bothering you too. , it limits creativity. With this course, I learned to create my own rhythm. “
Benjamin moved to Ireland in 2018 due to civil war in the English-speaking regions of his native Cameroon.
He is a member of the four-man music group, CLAN.
The group will perform at the Dublin ALive! event this weekend.
“I’ve never played in Dublin and this particular gig seems to be one of the biggest gigs I’ve done. I’m excited because I have the chance to present my music to a different audience,” said said Benjamin.
The medical science student is also involved in Atmos Collective – a multicultural group based in Galway that offers free hip-hop workshops to young people.
He said: “I want to break down the stereotype that the people at Direct Provision are passive. There are different talents in Direct Provision but we have to have a chance.”
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