10 Questions with... Bubbler B
Welcome to '10 Questions with...' where we asking people 10 questions about the cool stuff they are doing. For the first edition, we are asking the guy behind this series Bubbler B. Now I can't interview myself so I've asked Jamsport writer Sakithya to provide some questions.
1. Who is Bubbler B?
Bubbler B: I’m a music fan trying to do things within the music industry. So far, those things have included making playlists, radio plugging, radio hosting of EuroTrippin on SIBLING RADIO, A&R work, event organisation, writing and you know, moshing at grime sets.
2. What is EuroTrippin?
A multi-genre radio show about showcasing music from across the continent.
3. What inspired you to pursue your interest in music and your work at SIBLING RADIO?
Bubbler B: In lockdown, I was thinking about my life and feeling like it was being shaped and guided by my employer. I felt like I jumped on a train going to a destination that I didn’t want to go to nor did I care for. From then, I thought about what I actually like doing, what do I do in my spare time? I was already going to shows, festivals, making playlists, listening to music and radio and buying music, so it became clear to me that I needed to pursue this. Also, conversations with friends and family really drove me to make a change in my life. In terms of Sibling, it really came from me following one of the founders on Instagram as I was trying to plug music to him when he had a show on a different station. One day, I saw he was starting his own radio station and was open for submissions. I had the idea for EuroTrippin from a few years back, so I was like “bun it, let me apply” and here we are. When it comes to writing for Sibling, I’m always trying to do things to add to my CV. When the days comes that I am sitting in front of an employer for a job interview, I don’t want them to look at my CV and say, “well you did Future Bubblers back in 2024 and you’ve done nothing since”. Siblings are always open to volunteers so I just asked and as I already have the Bubbler B Instagram, which kind of works as a blog, they wanted to start a newsletter and asked if could write and I gave it a try. Still am.
4. As we all know, finding new music can be an overwhelming process in terms of purely keeping up with the amount of new releases. What is your process on filtering through so much material and curating your taste?
Bubbler B: On the weekends, I’ll go through my release radar and plan out what projects I’ll listen to in the week. While working at home I listen to albums and playlists then section them into my own playlists, which I pick through to curate the setlists of my radio shows. When it comes to the sync playlists, I go through my playlists again with a mix of songs I’ve discover by researching specific genres. In terms of curating a taste, really its just about what music resonates with me. If it makes me feel something or makes me think then it goes in. That’s why it becomes so board because it isn’t about a genre, it’s about a connection.
5. What are some of the challenges you face as a host of EuroTrippin? 2026 culture and media predictions forecast a return from digital to analog - do you feel this will hopefully remedy some of those challenges?
Ensuring that I feature music from across Europe and not just play all the UK music I like I’d say that is the biggest challenge. Also, saying away from the biggest baitest artists because I want to be putting people on and helping people discover new music. That being said, I do include one or two classics for each show, but it is mostly new music from emerging artists. With every show there’s a few songs I would have played but I can’t because either the artist is too big or I have too many songs from that country in the show already. Umm, buying music equipment, and learning how to use it was challenging. And actually, having a quiet house to record the show in. Sometimes I’ll wake up early to record it while my mum and sister are asleep or I’ll do it in the middle of my working day, when everyone else is out at work. When it comes to digital and analog forecasts, as a person and this is beyond music or Bubbler B or anything, I don’t really pay attention to how the world moves or what trends are going on in wider society. I just try to focus on my own progression and things I have in my control and circles of influence, so I don’t care about those forecasts really. I’m not trying to be rude, that is just how I think.
6. As a lover of Hip-Hop and Rap, as evidenced in your selection of best albums of 2025, what are some projects or endeavours happening within the scene you’re most excited about for this upcoming year?
The stuff the 10+13 guys have been pulling out is cold. They got artists in one collective dropping top rap in all forms. Any time one of their artists drops it always seem to gain deserved plaudits. I think that the stuff Natoflorine and Trem have been dropping is honestly, like music the UK hasn’t heard before. Their smooth and cinematic approach to music is really more like the US and particularly, New York underground scene and they’ve just dropped their first EP South London Therapy, every track a cold one. They got bangers in different styles coming up this year, so they are one to watch. Afrosurrealist, I’ll keep shouting about him because I don’t think he gets enough love for how cold he is, production, styles, flows everything is cold from him. There is this supergroup from West London called Big Buddies that have been building up to their next project possibly next year so I’ve got my eye on them too.
7. I’m curious to know as someone who works behind the scenes in platforming music by making it accessible to local and digital communities, what are some of your thoughts on the differentiating factors that separate a ‘good’ independent artist to a ‘great’ one just in terms of their approach to the music industry?
For me, good independent artists drop cold music. Great independent artists bring you into their world. They use all forms of media and go beyond even that. Their merch, their appearance, even down to the font they use or the colours they use, the content they create, their performances and the events they put on. That’s what helps you really connect with people, and the people will make you great. When it comes to how they deal with the music industry, that is exactly what they are trying to be independent of. In the end, we all have to work with the industry somehow, but the great independents keep the industry at an arm’s length and don’t let them shape or own the music.
8. If you could encourage the listener today to leave with one message about their relationship to discovering and engaging with new music – what would that?
Don’t follow the Spotify playlist. Follow the artists you like, see who they are featuring on their songs and follow them. See who they are featuring for and follow them. See who else is part of their collective, group, label. See what other projects they are working on. Go see them at a show, and see who opens for them and follow them. The human curation behind your favourite artist is better than any algorithm in the world.
9. What did a normal weekend look like for you 10 years ago?
Back in 2016, it would have defo been playing my AFC Wimbledon Career mode on FIFA 16 on Xbox One. Then later playing GTAV Online with NABG. Watching Pogba gallop around the pitch for United. Playing football in King George’s park, doing some A-Level homework apparently.
10. What do you hope to be doing 10 years from now?
I hope to be working in sync as a music supervisor or sync agent, curating the best soundtracks keeping the focus on musically discovery. I hope EuroTrippin will be on multiple radio stations throughout Europe with different DJs bring in us their perspective of Eurotrippin. Also, doing shows around the continent connecting scenes of different countries together.
We would like to thanks Sakithya for providing some thought provoking questions and hope to see more brillant writing from her. You can follow the Bubbler B, EuroTrippin and Sakithya journey here: