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Clogau Collections
In Wales, there are a lot of things we just get right. Our rugby team. Our accents. Oh, and our gold. Did you know that Welsh gold is one...
10 Years Of Little Mix
Ah, Twitter. That place on the internet where the veil between our ‘normie’ realm and the celebrity realm is at its thinnest. Where else can you have Nicki Minaj...
Outbase
By this point, there are more prospecting platforms than spinoffs of the Real Housewives franchise — for those that don’t know, that’s a lot. And with new competition springing...
O2 Social Assets
Back in 2018, we impressed the guys, gals (and non-binary pals) over at O2 by producing some kick-ass content for them. So much so, that we became an official...
Introducing Circuit Tracks
Say hello to the newest member of Novation‘s Circuit family: Circuit Tracks. Circuit Tracks is the perfect portable partner for producers on the go. With compact, hard-wearing, and high-quality...
Ampify Sounds: Lee Malcolm
When you think synthesisers, you’d be forgiven for jumping straight to dudes with perms, sunglasses and a keytar (you know, the keyboards that hang around your neck and make...
Ampify Sounds: James Orvis
When you get together with a group of like-minded people with a shared love of something, you’ll often find them come alive. When it’s a bunch of producers who...
Ampify Sounds: Neeta Sarl
Wait, why is that lady hitting ancient stones with a beater? That’s called Foley, dear friend. We’re back at it again with Ampify, continuing the exploration into the musical...
Ground your way
In the creative industries, baristas are classed as essential workers—good coffee is vital to our existence. Lockdown hit cafes hard, so when we learned that our favourite local source...
#DatingTwitter
A bloke on a badly-keyed green screen riding CGI horses whilst poorly delivering a swathe of dating faux-pas. Y’know, when briefs come along that allow us to spill out...
O2 Priority Winner
Who doesn’t love winning something? For one lucky O2 Priority customer, their Christmas was taken care of thanks to this rather generous gift from the telecom giant…lucky git. The...
The Yamaha THR30II Demo
Every so often, you meet someone so naturally talented that you internally seethe with jealousy. Part of you wishes that they have some kind of fatal character flaw, y’know,...
Building a track
Who doesn’t love some really satisfying 3D elements snapping together Tetris-style to some slick audio? Our long-standing client, Ampify, came to us with a brief to simply illustrate how...
Ampify Studio
London-based music software creators and self-confessed tech-nerds Ampify Music are on a mission. Their goal? To make music more accessible. Being part of the Focusrite group, they know a...
Launchkey Mini Promo
A series of short, portrait-style films that spotlight music makers from various backgrounds, uncovering their approaches to music and discussing the philosophy of music making, all with the aim...
The home of social betting
Who Knows Wins are the pioneers of social betting. Bet against friends and distribute the winnings how you wish between them. The more you know, the more you win—simple,...
The Adelaides Session
Here’s some loosely-related trivia for you. “Drunk on a Plane”, “Chattahoochee” and “Wagon Wheel” are just a few of our favourite country songs. Yep, we have favourite country songs....
Winners Calls
The lottery. The school raffle. That time you guessed how many jelly beans were in the jar at that village fete and never got a call back. These are...
O2 Social Content
When you’re a company like O2, who offer such a variety of outputs like O2 Music, O2 Priority and O2 Sport, you’ve gotta back it up with a buttload...
Huawei P20 Pro: Road Test
We’ve signed our fair share of NDAs over the years, but that’s not to say we weren’t surprised when our friend from O2 got off the Eurotunnel, gathered us...
Huawei P20 Pro: First Look
You often hear stories about shoots that overcome unlikely odds and challenging situations, but we’re pretty sure even the A-Team would’ve let this one go to voicemail. When our...
Ask Openreach
Life’s hard when you’re a superhero. Take Batman, for example. Gotham’s inhabitants know he exists, and they certainly complain when his escapades cause disruption in the city centre. But...
Musicians Roundtable
Here at S&S, we like doing our bit for a good cause, especially when we’re given total creative freedom. Mental health is something we take seriously; so much so...
Uncovering Musical Creativity
Ampify is a unique innovative team formed from Focusrite/Novation, the music instrument pioneers. They are responsible for some of the most popular music creation and remixing apps on Apple’s...
#ReachOut
Mental health has seen a massive rise in awareness over the past ten years, and Time To Change Wales is a campaign set up by Hafal and Mind Cymru...
British Corner Shop
Ever found yourself living in sub-equatorial Africa with a hankering for some Marmite on toast with your PG tips? Of course you have. Unfortunately, unless you’ve heard of British...