Doughnut Music Lab is a collective that welcomes artists , businesses, charities, and researchers to work together to imagine what shape musical life will take in a post fossil fuel future.
Artists
Diljeet Kaur Bhachu
Diljeet Kaur Bhachu is a musician from Glasgow. She released her debut album Double Lives through Doughnut Music Lab. The album brings together Diljeet’s ambient, improvisational flute practice with more recent studies in Hindustani classical music to explore themes of self, ancestry, migration and identity through poetry and sound.
Beautiful Cosmos
Beautiful Cosmos is wife-and-husband duo Anna Miles (formerly of Maple Leaves) and Matt Brennan (of Citizen Bravo and formerly Zoey Van Goey). Their debut album ‘Dance Of The Atoms’ was produced by Mercury Prize-nominated Field Music.
Businesses
Mixed Up Records
Mixed Up Records can be found in Otago Lane in the heart of Glasgow’s West End. Established in 1997, our solid reputation for great records and customer service has put our shop firmly on the map for record enthusiasts worldwide.
Some Great Reward
Some Great Reward is an independent online record store, takeaway café and shop, based in the Southside of Glasgow, Scotland. We love music and we are very passionate about physical formats, particularly vinyl, and our aim is to source some of the very best new and rare music around.
Charities
Culture for Climate Scotland
Culture for Climate Scotland believes in the essential role of the arts, screen, cultural and creative industries in contributing to the transformational change to a more environmentally sustainable Scotland. We work directly with individuals, organisations and strategic bodies engaged across cultural and sustainability sectors to harness the role of culture in achieving this change.
Beatroute Arts
Beatroute Arts is a music and arts charity based in Balornock, Glasgow. From its community-owned premises, ‘The Beatroute Arts Centre’, the organisation offers free, high-quality creative and holistic activities for local community with a particular emphasis upon young people and vulnerable community groups.
Researchers
Victor Camilo
Victor Camilo is a researcher, musician, and audio producer with an MRes in Creativity, Inclusivity and the Virtual from the University of Glasgow. Their work explores inclusive music practices in digital spaces, and they actively contribute to Glasgow’s music scene as a performer, educator, and public engagement assistant for the Dear Green Music Scene project.
Keira Thomson
Keira Thomson is a Music graduate from the University of Glasgow with a research focus on pop culture, online fandom, and celebrity influence. Her dissertation explored Taylor Swift’s re-recordings as a case study in celebrity power. She plans to pursue a master’s degree this year while continuing independent pop culture research.
Dr Mark Wong
Mark Wong is Senior Lecturer and Head of Social and Urban Policy, University of Glasgow. He is an expert in racial justice, responsible AI/data, and use of co-creation methods to amplify the voice of racialised people in innovation. He has co-led mulitiple projects related to sustainability and music, games, and screens with his expertise in […]
Prof Matt Brennan
Matt Brennan is Professor of Popular Music and Director of the Interdisciplinary Music Industries Research Group (IMIRGe) at the University of Glasgow. He is currently researching environmental sustainability strategies for music cities, using Glasgow as a case study.
Dr Graeme Hunt
Graeme Hunt is an energy researcher with an interest in portable renewable power and its application in decarbonising the outdoor events sector. Graeme is interested in reduction of waste especially plastic waste. He is a music lover who helped found a music society while studying for his undergraduate degree.
Dr Inge Ejbye Sørensen
Inge Ejbye Sørensen is a Senior Lecturer in Screen Industries and Media Policy at the Centre for Cultural Policy Research, University of Glasgow and an award-winning TV documentary producer with credits from BBC and Channel4. She runs the Sustainable Screen Scottland network and database with Dr Mark Wong and the Screen Carbon Test with screenwriter […]