Episode Summary

What happens when you lose your voice, not just creatively but literally?

In this episode of How You Find Your Voice, host Jessie Huth speaks with singer, songwriter, DJ and producer Ngaio Anyia about the journey of losing and reclaiming voice over time.

Ngaio shares how childhood bullying once led her to stop speaking altogether, and how years later a physical vocal crisis forced her into silence again. Both moments became turning points that reshaped her relationship with music, identity and creative power.

Together they explore women in music production, creative confidence, rave culture, as well as the work of growing into your voice and finding your joy. This is a conversation about creative identity, rest, resilience and what it really means to find your voice in different seasons of life.

Topics Covered

Losing your voice both literally and metaphorically
Childhood bullying and early silence
Music as ritual, connection and community
Women in music production and representation
Creative control and stepping into production
Voice texture and how it changes over time
Rave culture and safer dancefloors
Building Booty Bass in Bristol
Creative burnout and recovery
Why rest matters for creative longevity

About Ngaio Anyia

Ngaio Anyia is a multi-hyphenate creative: a singer, songwriter, DJ, producer, community creator and inclusion and diversity consultant.
Ngaio is a versatile artist, known for her bass-heavy DJ sets, as well as her powerhouse vocal range. Her music oozes with intricate jazz harmonies, African percussion and truth-laden spoken word. Ngaio confronts the politics of black bodies, whilst poetically unravelling her mixed-race identity. You can read more about Ngaio and her work here.

About the Podcast

How You Find Your Voice is the podcast that asks brilliant guests (mostly women) how they found or reclaimed their voices, on every level.

Through intimate conversations with writers, activists, artists, thinkers and entrepreneurs, we explore the work they've made, the lives they've lived and the inner transformations that made it all possible. We talk about turning points and resistance, doubt and silence, creative risk and process, as well as the messy business of becoming.

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Keywords

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