December 22, 2025 • 13 mins
Interview with music producer RON TOM - The Culture News
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Ladies and gentlemen, Good afternoon, Welcome on the Culture News.
My name is David so we wrote and I have
the pleasure to have today All night Heartwadio on the
Culture News. A wonderful, wonderful music artist. His name is
Ron Tom. He is from the UK. Run Tom from
the UK is a wonderful, wonderful artist. Is going to
(00:20):
talk to us about his new collaborative project called One
Hundo Project. It's a beautiful thing. We're so glad to
have him today over the phone, Run Tom, how are you.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
Today, Very very very well. Merry Christmas to you and
to all your listeners from across the pond from London,
how are you doing amazing?
Speaker 1 (00:44):
Thank you for your wishes and same to you of course,
thank you so much for being with us. So first
question I have for you is who are you, how
did you start music? And where are you from?
Speaker 2 (00:55):
Okay, Originally I was born in the UK and my
parents of Jamaican, so you know I was educated here
and in Jamaica. I'm actually a sixties child, but I
started my career in the eighties with my own radio
station network in London. We I don't know if anyone
has ever heard of guys like Tim Westwood, Pete Tong,
(01:16):
you know, salta Soul was like the nineties era. I
sort of got into the music industry. I wrote and
produced you at the Connors albums. I sort of worked
with everyone from the Marley's. I had my own label
which is called Metamorphosis. And you know, so I've jumped
about both sides of the ponds with dance, ed M,
you know, as well as you know pop music, rock music.
(01:37):
You know, I sort of work in all genres, let's
put it that way. In the UK, I invented and
founded two pop groups that are called All Things. In
the Sugar Babes. I also found a guy called Morrison.
We had a return of the Mac Gabrielle Dreams Will
Come True. I produced for many, many different artists, including
Terrence strength Derby. You know a lot of the Jamaican
(01:58):
artists also so ambidextrous when it comes to production. The
One Hunter project is with a you know, with a
collaboration something you know, which I've developed over you know
a number of years. It's it's basically sort of this
project is an EDM project, I would say based on
sort of like Gared House, ed m mixed with hip
hop and soul, so it's a hybrid. You know, London
(02:20):
has been notorious of being a hybrid, you know, reinventing stuff,
you know, of course, from the Beatles right up to
where we're at now. You know, Drummer, bass, jungle, you know,
all sorts of things, from David Bowie to be York.
You know, a lot of stuff has come from the UK.
So basically the One Hunter project is you know, it's
a fun project, and No Missile Toe is based on
(02:42):
basically like, look, we don't need a missile toe to
be in love, we don't need a missile toe to kiss,
you know. It's it's like a funk, you know, fun
song which you can play, you know, at Christmas party.
And and the video is set in London in the
year three thousands, so it's a bit futureistic. And the
one Hund though, is sort of this character that comes
(03:03):
from the future, from you know, the year three thousand basically,
and it's very nonchalant, so he's just basically an observer.
I know it might sound a little bit crazy, but
I think with music and art and creativity, I think
you have to build attle bit, you know, on the
edge and crazy. So you know, basically the music is
what for me, it's really fundamentally about and the response
(03:26):
I'm getting from this song, even though it's very seasonal,
it's been fantastic and I thank you for your support.
Speaker 1 (03:35):
Now, of course, thank you to you. So you also
helped to create a lot of music bands. Can you
tell us about it?
Speaker 2 (03:44):
Yeah, well, the All Saints. I had a studio on
All Saints Road, on the All Saints Road, and of
course I put the All Saints together, which of course
some people may know across the Pond and across the world,
and you know, the Sugar Babes I mean basically, or
peer euro pop three piece you know, and four piece
girl bands definitely, But I'm very interested in all these
(04:08):
genres of music and all stars of music. And you know,
I've been fortunate enough to work in Hit Factory in
New York as well as the you know, Lara Bi
and the Villages and you know, and you know, various
different studios in LA and places like that. So I've
got a flavor and a taste of sort of you know,
tastes on a global level. I've been able to travel
and see what people like and also to see how
(04:30):
our music has traveled with us. So, you know, it's
a big world and the industry has changed, and you know,
I used to DJ a lot. I used to DJ
and the radio every day for six years. So my
experience basically comes from listening and from loving music. And
today I'm still the same person. You know, I'm seeing
as being very successful, but in a sense, I think
(04:52):
I'm still hungry for my next hit record, or for
a record that makes people happy, you know. And basically
this is what the one hundred projects about. You know.
It's really about bringing music back rather than sort of
just making music for money. It's just making music for
people to really enjoy and engage. And I somehow feel
that a lot of the songs that have been out,
(05:13):
you know, over the last few years have been sort
of very you know, depressive, you know, not very happy songs.
You know, you know, like the market seems to be flat,
you know, saturated with a lot of unhappy songs. So
we thought that we would bring something joyful but in
an alternative way with the no mistletoe, you know. So
(05:37):
I hope that that explains.
Speaker 1 (05:38):
That absolutely, and I want to personally thank you for
putting together the Old Saints because I remember back in
the days, man, I was like all over this album.
You know, the debut album was, like I remember, one
of the biggest hit records, maybe not of all time,
but like probably one of the top top ever because
(06:02):
it was so well produced, so well put together, and
the four female artists were absolutely amazing. So thank you
for doing that, and thank you for all the great
things that you you have done. So that tell us
how that new project of yours was brought together. One
undo project I want to spell it's the number one,
(06:24):
the number.
Speaker 2 (06:25):
One, yes, one, yeah, Yeah, It's like it's the UK slang,
you know, the guys that speak really lot, the street kids.
They kind of like go one Undernate, you know. I
mean it's like one hundred you know, I mean like
one hundred percent. So you know, the project is done
with with my friend who wants to remain anonymous. Basically
we've developed it, like the project over six years. You know,
(06:47):
a lot of amazing, amazing cutting edge dance music idiom
you know, you know, big beats and vocals, and you know,
we're very much influenced by R and B. My collaborately.
He loves the eighties genre, and I kind of like
think almost like this is called like a UK garage.
(07:08):
Mariah Carey is kind of like vibe. You know, it's
a bit authentic of course, but you know, I love
the Mariah Carey Christmas album there I say, you know,
I mean, I have been a big fan of Mariah
from day one, you know, because obviously she's a great singer.
And I was also a big fan of Whitney Houston.
So I grew up with, you know, with Mariah and Whitney,
(07:28):
and I think her Christmas album is probably one of
the greatest you know, sort of Christmas records there is.
Funny enough, ironically, Elvis President wils He presented some really
great Christmas albums and the likes of many of the greats,
you know, through the years. I've always you know, so
I kind of like the Christmas idea and Sugar Bears
have the top twenty UK all time Christmas song, you
(07:50):
know that that's sort of like on Wikipedia. I didn't
know that actually, but when I've done my research, I'm like, wow,
every Christmas Day will play and we all love George
Michael of course, you know. Last Christpas, I mean, you know,
we have our favorites in the UK, so I just
felt it was a time to do something a little
bit different the All Saints. You know, there are a
few documentaries. There's one of the BBC I play at
(08:12):
the moment. It's called Girl Bands Forever, of which I'm
presenting you know, myself and some rare footage from the
era with the All Saints and the Sugar Babes. The
All Saints is, you know, honestly will always be a
part of my life. They're very much my girls to
this day. We're still very close friends, and you know,
so I'm very fortunate that you know, we were trying
(08:32):
to create music, and we created music and and it
managed to you know, to travel you know, the world basically,
you know. So I'm really really really proud to have
been part of that part of it, you know, and
and and to continue to make music. This is the
thing and to touch people with music, you know. So
thank you very much for your time and for this
(08:54):
opportunity to to share my music once against with you,
with you and I have a lot of news coming
in a new year, and I certainly would like to
say well please do you know, try to follow me
on Instagram. If anyone can. It's just simple, run time,
run time music and let me you know, and also
connect with you so that then I can share some
of the stuff that I think is very much cutting edge.
(09:15):
And you know, I still make music in the same
old fashioned way, so you know what it is and
what it is, and I appreciate the response that people
get with the music because as a producer, that's all
we want basically, you know, it is for people to
interject and to enjoy the music and to relate. If
I don't like it, fine, if you don't like it,
(09:36):
I totally understand. It's not for everyone, but for those
that really enjoy it, they really enjoy it. And that's
the same attitude I had when I created All Saints.
It's not for everybody, but for those who can appreciate it,
then here you go.
Speaker 1 (09:49):
Is setting served absolutely, And thank you for all these
great words and for being so generous with us by
telling us a little bit of the story. And again,
you're wonderful, wonderful kind of a person who can bring
people together, because imagine just with the Old Saints Alon,
(10:10):
what you have created and how many people you brought
together so that we can really, really thank you for that,
and you keep doing it with this great new project
called One Handdo Project. Let me spell it for you.
It's the number one h u n d oh one
hundo project. And of course you have a YouTube account
(10:34):
called run Tom Verious the run n Tom t M
and please wonderful artist to follow into stream and to listen.
Before we say goodbye to each other, what are your
next projects?
Speaker 2 (10:51):
Well, I just wanted to say this, so I'm also
a singer songwriter myself, so I'll spend all these years
producing other people. I have my own person more music
which is really more acoustic, more organic, more ergonomic, which
I will definitely be introduced into the public. I also
have a label called Metamorphosis Records, Inc. Where all the
(11:11):
traditional jungle drummer based on the nineties also available. You know,
it's not available on Spotify because I've never released it
in international Spotify. I'm about to do that. The reason
why is that I had a habit of, you know,
producing X amount of records. When it was a hit,
I deleted the whole catalog. Now on discog some of
those records are selling from between fifty to two hundred pounds,
(11:33):
which is really great. You know, and I was going
to make this very clear, is that you know, I
am a totally independent record producer. I'm not part of
the system. So I really really need and I really
appreciate the support I can get from the people that
really love music. It's not about money, it's not about culture,
class color. Music is very international. It's a transparent thing
(11:55):
and it brings us all together. I'm totally, absolutely independent,
and regardless of the greatest hits I could have created,
I still need the support and love of people today.
So that's why I'm coming onto your stage hoping that,
you know, I can connect people. It's not just necessarily
about the No Missile Could track, because I think it's
really brilliant, or the one hundred projects, or about run Tom.
(12:15):
It's about all of us and about connecting and and
enjoying music, you know, real music. And that is the
point I really want to be, you know, known for
creating and keeping that whole vibe of real music, you know, alive,
because I think that a lot of the stuff that
people listen to aren't, you know, it is not really
(12:36):
touching emotionally the past of way it should be. And
I've chosen I've chosen not to be part of the system.
I've worked for the system for decades, you know, and
you know, bringing artists to the mainstream and all the
rest of it. But I've always remained independent. No one
owns me. I don't own anybody and anybody.
Speaker 1 (12:55):
Absolutely, Ron, And we're so glad again, yeah, to have
you today own the showing for all the great music
and the great enterprises that you have, Brothers, and again
thank you for bringing together so many people and so
many genres and artists. Were so grateful to you, ladies
and gentlemen. My name is David Cerebro and I have
(13:18):
the pleasure to have to tell on I how to
with you the culture news. A wonderful, wonderful music producer.
His name is Ron Tom from the UK. Wonderful artist.
You can follow him on several social media but also
he has released a new project called the One Hand
Drew Project. You can stream it. You can listen to
(13:38):
him right now. More music to follow up on. I
heart Reduce Statune with us. It's a beautiful day.
Ladies and gentlemen, Good afternoon, Welcome on the Culture News.
My name is David so we wrote and I have
the pleasure to have today All night Heartwadio on the
Culture News. A wonderful, wonderful music artist. His name is
Ron Tom. He is from the UK. Run Tom from
the UK is a wonderful, wonderful artist. Is going to
(00:20):
talk to us about his new collaborative project called One
Hundo Project. It's a beautiful thing. We're so glad to
have him today over the phone, Run Tom, how are you.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
Today, Very very very well. Merry Christmas to you and
to all your listeners from across the pond from London,
how are you doing amazing?
Speaker 1 (00:44):
Thank you for your wishes and same to you of course,
thank you so much for being with us. So first
question I have for you is who are you, how
did you start music? And where are you from?
Speaker 2 (00:55):
Okay, Originally I was born in the UK and my
parents of Jamaican, so you know I was educated here
and in Jamaica. I'm actually a sixties child, but I
started my career in the eighties with my own radio
station network in London. We I don't know if anyone
has ever heard of guys like Tim Westwood, Pete Tong,
(01:16):
you know, salta Soul was like the nineties era. I
sort of got into the music industry. I wrote and
produced you at the Connors albums. I sort of worked
with everyone from the Marley's. I had my own label
which is called Metamorphosis. And you know, so I've jumped
about both sides of the ponds with dance, ed M,
you know, as well as you know pop music, rock music.
(01:37):
You know, I sort of work in all genres, let's
put it that way. In the UK, I invented and
founded two pop groups that are called All Things. In
the Sugar Babes. I also found a guy called Morrison.
We had a return of the Mac Gabrielle Dreams Will
Come True. I produced for many, many different artists, including
Terrence strength Derby. You know a lot of the Jamaican
(01:58):
artists also so ambidextrous when it comes to production. The
One Hunter project is with a you know, with a
collaboration something you know, which I've developed over you know
a number of years. It's it's basically sort of this
project is an EDM project, I would say based on
sort of like Gared House, ed m mixed with hip
hop and soul, so it's a hybrid. You know, London
(02:20):
has been notorious of being a hybrid, you know, reinventing stuff,
you know, of course, from the Beatles right up to
where we're at now. You know, Drummer, bass, jungle, you know,
all sorts of things, from David Bowie to be York.
You know, a lot of stuff has come from the UK.
So basically the One Hunter project is you know, it's
a fun project, and No Missile Toe is based on
(02:42):
basically like, look, we don't need a missile toe to
be in love, we don't need a missile toe to kiss,
you know. It's it's like a funk, you know, fun
song which you can play, you know, at Christmas party.
And and the video is set in London in the
year three thousands, so it's a bit futureistic. And the
one Hund though, is sort of this character that comes
(03:03):
from the future, from you know, the year three thousand basically,
and it's very nonchalant, so he's just basically an observer.
I know it might sound a little bit crazy, but
I think with music and art and creativity, I think
you have to build attle bit, you know, on the
edge and crazy. So you know, basically the music is
what for me, it's really fundamentally about and the response
(03:26):
I'm getting from this song, even though it's very seasonal,
it's been fantastic and I thank you for your support.
Speaker 1 (03:35):
Now, of course, thank you to you. So you also
helped to create a lot of music bands. Can you
tell us about it?
Speaker 2 (03:44):
Yeah, well, the All Saints. I had a studio on
All Saints Road, on the All Saints Road, and of
course I put the All Saints together, which of course
some people may know across the Pond and across the world,
and you know, the Sugar Babes I mean basically, or
peer euro pop three piece you know, and four piece
girl bands definitely, But I'm very interested in all these
(04:08):
genres of music and all stars of music. And you know,
I've been fortunate enough to work in Hit Factory in
New York as well as the you know, Lara Bi
and the Villages and you know, and you know, various
different studios in LA and places like that. So I've
got a flavor and a taste of sort of you know,
tastes on a global level. I've been able to travel
and see what people like and also to see how
(04:30):
our music has traveled with us. So, you know, it's
a big world and the industry has changed, and you know,
I used to DJ a lot. I used to DJ
and the radio every day for six years. So my
experience basically comes from listening and from loving music. And
today I'm still the same person. You know, I'm seeing
as being very successful, but in a sense, I think
(04:52):
I'm still hungry for my next hit record, or for
a record that makes people happy, you know. And basically
this is what the one hundred projects about. You know.
It's really about bringing music back rather than sort of
just making music for money. It's just making music for
people to really enjoy and engage. And I somehow feel
that a lot of the songs that have been out,
(05:13):
you know, over the last few years have been sort
of very you know, depressive, you know, not very happy songs.
You know, you know, like the market seems to be flat,
you know, saturated with a lot of unhappy songs. So
we thought that we would bring something joyful but in
an alternative way with the no mistletoe, you know. So
(05:37):
I hope that that explains.
Speaker 1 (05:38):
That absolutely, and I want to personally thank you for
putting together the Old Saints because I remember back in
the days, man, I was like all over this album.
You know, the debut album was, like I remember, one
of the biggest hit records, maybe not of all time,
but like probably one of the top top ever because
(06:02):
it was so well produced, so well put together, and
the four female artists were absolutely amazing. So thank you
for doing that, and thank you for all the great
things that you you have done. So that tell us
how that new project of yours was brought together. One
undo project I want to spell it's the number one,
(06:24):
the number.
Speaker 2 (06:25):
One, yes, one, yeah, Yeah, It's like it's the UK slang,
you know, the guys that speak really lot, the street kids.
They kind of like go one Undernate, you know. I
mean it's like one hundred you know, I mean like
one hundred percent. So you know, the project is done
with with my friend who wants to remain anonymous. Basically
we've developed it, like the project over six years. You know,
(06:47):
a lot of amazing, amazing cutting edge dance music idiom
you know, you know, big beats and vocals, and you know,
we're very much influenced by R and B. My collaborately.
He loves the eighties genre, and I kind of like
think almost like this is called like a UK garage.
(07:08):
Mariah Carey is kind of like vibe. You know, it's
a bit authentic of course, but you know, I love
the Mariah Carey Christmas album there I say, you know,
I mean, I have been a big fan of Mariah
from day one, you know, because obviously she's a great singer.
And I was also a big fan of Whitney Houston.
So I grew up with, you know, with Mariah and Whitney,
(07:28):
and I think her Christmas album is probably one of
the greatest you know, sort of Christmas records there is.
Funny enough, ironically, Elvis President wils He presented some really
great Christmas albums and the likes of many of the greats,
you know, through the years. I've always you know, so
I kind of like the Christmas idea and Sugar Bears
have the top twenty UK all time Christmas song, you
(07:50):
know that that's sort of like on Wikipedia. I didn't
know that actually, but when I've done my research, I'm like, wow,
every Christmas Day will play and we all love George
Michael of course, you know. Last Christpas, I mean, you know,
we have our favorites in the UK, so I just
felt it was a time to do something a little
bit different the All Saints. You know, there are a
few documentaries. There's one of the BBC I play at
(08:12):
the moment. It's called Girl Bands Forever, of which I'm
presenting you know, myself and some rare footage from the
era with the All Saints and the Sugar Babes. The
All Saints is, you know, honestly will always be a
part of my life. They're very much my girls to
this day. We're still very close friends, and you know,
so I'm very fortunate that you know, we were trying
(08:32):
to create music, and we created music and and it
managed to you know, to travel you know, the world basically,
you know. So I'm really really really proud to have
been part of that part of it, you know, and
and and to continue to make music. This is the
thing and to touch people with music, you know. So
thank you very much for your time and for this
(08:54):
opportunity to to share my music once against with you,
with you and I have a lot of news coming
in a new year, and I certainly would like to
say well please do you know, try to follow me
on Instagram. If anyone can. It's just simple, run time,
run time music and let me you know, and also
connect with you so that then I can share some
of the stuff that I think is very much cutting edge.
(09:15):
And you know, I still make music in the same
old fashioned way, so you know what it is and
what it is, and I appreciate the response that people
get with the music because as a producer, that's all
we want basically, you know, it is for people to
interject and to enjoy the music and to relate. If
I don't like it, fine, if you don't like it,
(09:36):
I totally understand. It's not for everyone, but for those
that really enjoy it, they really enjoy it. And that's
the same attitude I had when I created All Saints.
It's not for everybody, but for those who can appreciate it,
then here you go.
Speaker 1 (09:49):
Is setting served absolutely, And thank you for all these
great words and for being so generous with us by
telling us a little bit of the story. And again,
you're wonderful, wonderful kind of a person who can bring
people together, because imagine just with the Old Saints Alon,
(10:10):
what you have created and how many people you brought
together so that we can really, really thank you for that,
and you keep doing it with this great new project
called One Handdo Project. Let me spell it for you.
It's the number one h u n d oh one
hundo project. And of course you have a YouTube account
(10:34):
called run Tom Verious the run n Tom t M
and please wonderful artist to follow into stream and to listen.
Before we say goodbye to each other, what are your
next projects?
Speaker 2 (10:51):
Well, I just wanted to say this, so I'm also
a singer songwriter myself, so I'll spend all these years
producing other people. I have my own person more music
which is really more acoustic, more organic, more ergonomic, which
I will definitely be introduced into the public. I also
have a label called Metamorphosis Records, Inc. Where all the
(11:11):
traditional jungle drummer based on the nineties also available. You know,
it's not available on Spotify because I've never released it
in international Spotify. I'm about to do that. The reason
why is that I had a habit of, you know,
producing X amount of records. When it was a hit,
I deleted the whole catalog. Now on discog some of
those records are selling from between fifty to two hundred pounds,
(11:33):
which is really great. You know, and I was going
to make this very clear, is that you know, I
am a totally independent record producer. I'm not part of
the system. So I really really need and I really
appreciate the support I can get from the people that
really love music. It's not about money, it's not about culture,
class color. Music is very international. It's a transparent thing
(11:55):
and it brings us all together. I'm totally, absolutely independent,
and regardless of the greatest hits I could have created,
I still need the support and love of people today.
So that's why I'm coming onto your stage hoping that,
you know, I can connect people. It's not just necessarily
about the No Missile Could track, because I think it's
really brilliant, or the one hundred projects, or about run Tom.
(12:15):
It's about all of us and about connecting and and
enjoying music, you know, real music. And that is the
point I really want to be, you know, known for
creating and keeping that whole vibe of real music, you know, alive,
because I think that a lot of the stuff that
people listen to aren't, you know, it is not really
(12:36):
touching emotionally the past of way it should be. And
I've chosen I've chosen not to be part of the system.
I've worked for the system for decades, you know, and
you know, bringing artists to the mainstream and all the
rest of it. But I've always remained independent. No one
owns me. I don't own anybody and anybody.
Speaker 1 (12:55):
Absolutely, Ron, And we're so glad again, yeah, to have
you today own the showing for all the great music
and the great enterprises that you have, Brothers, and again
thank you for bringing together so many people and so
many genres and artists. Were so grateful to you, ladies
and gentlemen. My name is David Cerebro and I have
(13:18):
the pleasure to have to tell on I how to
with you the culture news. A wonderful, wonderful music producer.
His name is Ron Tom from the UK. Wonderful artist.
You can follow him on several social media but also
he has released a new project called the One Hand
Drew Project. You can stream it. You can listen to
(13:38):
him right now. More music to follow up on. I
heart Reduce Statune with us. It's a beautiful day.
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Two Guys (Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers). Five Rings (you know, from the Olympics logo). One essential podcast for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics. Bowen Yang (SNL, Wicked) and Matt Rogers (Palm Royale, No Good Deed) of Las Culturistas are back for a second season of Two Guys, Five Rings, a collaboration with NBC Sports and iHeartRadio. In this 15-episode event, Bowen and Matt discuss the top storylines, obsess over Italian culture, and find out what really goes on in the Olympic Village.