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Ryan Nile

@ryannile_

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Co-Founder & Director @gabblemedia
🎬 Award Winning Producer - Murder They Wrote + more
🎶 creative partner/mgmt: @iamshylo

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Building a company wasn't the plan. But sometimes the best decisions start with a door closing!

Kit Milsom and I have worked together closely since my early days as a freelance podcast editor, growing side by side across every show we've produced, including BBC's Hometown Boring? and the creation of Murder They Wrote. When we learned of our redundancies late last year, we felt there was an opportunity to start something new and continue on from the brilliant work we'd started with the BBC. So we set about to do exactly that.

Today marks the first episode of Murder They Wrote with Laura Whitmore and Iain Stirling produced by Gabble Media. It's the culmination of four rollercoaster months and we're so proud. Catch the show every Monday and Thursday on BBC Sounds!

We're also delighted to be doing this alongside Laura Williams, Rowena Henley, Alice Homewood, and Christy Callaway-Gale, who continue to work with Gabble in various capacities. Laura joins us as Editorial Producer and we couldn't be more pleased to have the team around us (and shout out for the photo, Laura! 📸)

Enormous thanks to Laura Whitmore, Iain Stirling ( @thewhitmore @iaindoesjokes ), their teams, and the BBC for backing us on this.

We'll have more exciting shows soon. Head to gabblemedia.com and follow Gabble Media here on LinkedIn. If you have a project or anything you'd like to discuss with us then please get in touch! by @ryannile_

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Carnival Post # 3.

Duke Vin is the Jamaican sound system operator & entreprenuer widely credited with bringing Jamaican sound system culture to Britain.

He was captured (Slide 2) by @charlierootsfoto in 2002 in an image that is part of the V&A's permanent collection. The legacy of Vin's visionary cultural transplantation permeates Notting Hill Carnival - Europe's largest carnival - as it does carnivals in Leeds, Birmingham, Manchester, Bristol, Butetown & across the UK.

Vin is celebrated in V&A East Museum's The Music is Black: A British Story exhibition with a novel object: a customised pizza box which, during his dotage, he decorated like a teenager's bedroom wall, a badge-laden jacket or a record box. It protected his 7" records & paid tribute to him, the legacy he knew he created and reflected the competitive spirit that drives DJs to erase record titles from rivals' eyes in order to remain supreme within the cottage industry sound system culture went on to birth.

Calypso & soca preceded sound system culture in the UK. Onboard HMT Empire Windrush there were three lords & a lady who propelled Calypso nationwide (Slide 4). When calypso was melded with the slower production throes of soul music to create Soca, the rivalrous, wit of Calypso holding-power-to-account remained. It travelled further. Trinidad's Soca Monarch competition, as vibrant & as passionately fought as Tamboo Bamboo band, masquerader contests & steel pan panoramas, injected rivalry & professional opportunities into annual activities tied to African cultural traditions & events & the resistance & rebellion of the enslaved.

Geography diasporically determines the carnival you see.

I was determined there would be no sound system speaker box in the exhibition. I wanted visitors to see what was INSIDE. The engineering within. The vision of the sound. The family of the late & revered Percy 'Metro Downbeat' Miller have donated one of his final pre-amplifier's to the V&A's permanent collection (Slide 6).

#Notting Hill Carnival is 60 y/o this year. For six decades organisers have incubated tradition and change; the mas & music traditions of millions laid out against cross-continental histories. by @ryannile_

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Legacy. When you contribute to culture, you never know how much lives you touch, glad that Grandad Metro’s contribution continues to reverberate, as Derrick Johnson of the British funk band 52nd Street testifies - thanks to @bbcmorninglive for covering this today with @vam_east! ♥️ #blackbritish #soundsystem #themusicisblack by @ryannile_

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It was a movie 😁🏆 taken in The Emirates, Arsenal by @ryannile_

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CHAMPIONS!!! 🏆🔴⚪️ by @ryannile_

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Only started an Arsenal podcast at @podcastshowldn courtesy of @canonuk #canonpodcast 😏🤩🤭 feat @ali_gul1 🔴⚪️ by @ryannile_

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Gabble Media is the proud production partner for Murder They Wrote with Laura Whitmore and Iain Stirling.

Today marks the first episode released by Gabble Media so go check it out wherever you get your podcasts.

Murder They Wrote is available every Monday and Thursday on BBC Sounds! by @ryannile_

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Today marks the end of my chapter with Mags Creative as the business officially closes its doors today.

It’s been a wonderful 4 years, where I started out as a freelancer before moving into a the business full time - working across a variety of podcasts such as Murder They Wrote with Laura Whitmore and Iain Stirling, BBC Audio Labs Hometown Boring?, DofE’s Navigating Now, Today with Tonies, Blended + more.

I’ve grown enormously alongside a team of brilliant people - It’s been an amazing journey and a time I’ve cherished a lot.

Big shout out to everyone behind the scenes who I’ve had the pleasure of working with across these shows every host, agent, commissioner, project manager - you know who you are!

And, I’d like to thank Hannah & Faith Russell for your continued belief from Day 1, and for fostering such a kind, empathetic culture over the years. It’s something I’ll be taking with me.

Now, a new chapter begins.

More on that soon.. 👀 by @ryannile_

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6 months ago

A very proud moment standing in front of our late grandfather, Percival ‘Metro’ Miller’s work in progress pre-amp, selected by V&A to be exhibited as part of the incredible The Music is Black exhibition.

2 years ago, sharing a post of his passing - @emmagemmaamy let me know that Jacqueline Springer cbmc_uk posted a tribute to him. I was so grateful to see his legacy acknowledged and celebrated and shared our thanks.

That interaction sparked a two year journey working with Jacqueline and her brilliant team who were in the planning stages of an exhibition, and wanted to explore including him in it - V&A went on to acquire an unfinished pre-amp, to mark his contribution to Jamaican Sound System culture and its impact on music as a whole - marking the influence of Jamaican immigrants’ on the UK (more on that in the comments)

Seeing his item exhibited was a genuinely goosebump-inducing moment. To be able to tell people around us that they were looking at his handiwork was really special, and seeing it in all its glory, steeped in the history around it

We can’t express our gratitude enough to Jacqueline, Josephine @josephine_bsmall and the rest of the V&A team. If awards are handed out for exhibitions, you all deserve the top prize! 🏆 It’s a sensational immersive and impactful experience. It has been so well thought out, designed and you delivered something truly exceptional - it’s hard to put into words, but even the chronological journey and spacing in between items gives viewers the time and space to take it all in and feel the influence from the 1600s to modern day life in the UK.

I wanted to acknowledge the time and care Jacqueline, Josephine and the V&A took with us as a family throughout this two year journey - everything was very respectful and thoughtful at every stage. I can only imagine you did the same for every single item in the exhibition, which makes me even more grateful for what you and your team have done for Black British culture.

We thank you! We are very lucky to have you 💜🇯🇲

NOW EVERYONE BOOK YOUR TICKETS AND GO!!! It’s on until January 2027 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾 taken in V&A East by @ryannile_

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Over 20 years ago while doing Landmark Education, this man picked me to be in his group, to coach for 3 months. We couldn’t have been more different, a young man from east London and an ex-marine from Kansas… I didn’t know at the time, but we’d become life long friends, and he would become a spiritual life guide for me. We’ve experienced so much together (including building a startup!) - but most special of all, Ralph took us up on the invitation to fly over from Kansas with his amazing family to lead our ceremonies and Marry us. The above photos are a few from that time. It was the most special, considerate and loving ceremony, completely made for us by Ralph. The energy in the air was palpable - you see, Ralph poured love, light and deep consideration into everything he did, and left everything better than when he found it. He was a man of God and was truly an Angel walking on this earth. I highlighted this day, but there were many more ‘smaller’ moments which meant just as much.. a phone call, a text. Always with a call to remind us we are loved unconditionally and to remind me of who I am, who we are.

We got news that we lost Ralph a week today, due to an aggressive form of brain cancer he’s been navigating since 2021. Even hearing news of that diagnosis, he saw as a gift to live his life like never before. He is truly a remarkable being that didn’t let anything external or anyone define him. He remained absolutely positive throughout

Our deepest prayers and love are with his wife Carol, and children Shannon & Mac, daughter-in-law Hannah, the grandchildren and his whole family & friend group during this difficult time.

I am one of many people whose life changed for the better because of Ralph so I’m sure he has many people that are equally mourning his loss, who are indebted to his love and kindness

We will miss you dearly Ralph! We will do our best to be examples of kindness, love and light - and always, be the grandest versions of the grandest visions of ourselves 🤍 Thank you Master 🙏🏾

Until we meet again your words will live in my heart, and I’ll always ask ‘what would Ralph do?’

Love
Ry 💜 by @ryannile_

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8 months ago

Jamaica 25’ - a spiritual homecoming. (Part 1).

36 years since my dad had been home, and getting to return with him, my mum, my brother and cousin was one of the most special experiences of my life. I don’t take it lightly. So many people never get these moments with their loved ones, and I’m deeply grateful for the memories we made - the endless laughter, the good food, multi generational reasonings, stargazing, vibesing, cosmic guidance, and everything in between.

Every day felt like four… We could’ve stayed four months and still not felt ready to leave. Jamaica gives me everything I could want.

Travelling just after Hurricane Melissa had ravaged the island was conflicting. However, we went with open hearts and were met with open arms, grace and gratitude everywhere we turned. Jamaicans are an incredibly resilient and gracious people, and you could see evidence of that strength all around.

Of course, we helped and contributed where we could along the way. Special shout out to a group of ladies from Baltimore who channelled money directly into the local economy to build food parcels for those in need.

But anything we gave absolutely pales in comparison to what Jamaica gave me and my family. A spiritual homecoming. A puzzle piece finding the rest of the puzzle after 40 years. Our ancestral home.

Jamaica, we love unnuh! 🇯🇲 taken in Jamaica by @ryannile_

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Jan 1st isn’t the New Year imo.. #fyp #NewYear #NewYearNewMe by @ryannile_

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