Turno ft: Phizi, Mylee Dan + Too Lippy - What's On Your Mind (Single) (All Profits Going To MIND)
Esteemed D&B producer and DJ Turno is set to feature in the first episode of BBC One’s We Are England: Series 2 on men’s mental health awareness. It will feature his new single What’s On Your Mind? ft. SJ Loq, Myleedan, Phizi and Too Lippy out today whilst the D&B version will drop on 10th October for World Mental Health Day with all profits donated to Mind.
The documentary will follow Franko AKA Turno, as he undertakes mental health training after tragically losing his brother, Fabio, to suicide last year. The episode will air a year and a day to the date that Fabio took his own life. Extremely close to his brother, Fabio was a huge supporter of Turno’s music, and as a barber had played a massive part in creating Turno’s artist image and style.
As a well-established artist on the D&B scene, the episode sees how the Bedford based producer and fellow local artists and friends of Fabio, Shox, SJ Loq, Myleedan, Phizi and Too Lippy create a song about Fabio’s story, how it’s impacted them and also allowing them to talk about their own mental health issues.
With the original version of What’s On Your Mind? ft. SJ Loq, Myleedan, Phizi and Too Lippy featuring heavily throughout the BBC One We Are England documentary, the song aims to encourage other young men to open up and talk and has received a humbling and touching response from family, friends and beyond. The original version features lyrical flows on Turno’s rap infused production as the local rappers pour their emotion into the heartfelt song. Meanwhile, Turno’s D&B edit for World Mental Health Day has seen him pay tribute to Fabio at his shows, with packed crowds shining their torch lights and shouting ‘Fabio’ when prompted.
In September 2021 Bedford barber Fabio Moliterno took his own life after years of struggling with his mental health. In this deeply personal and powerful story, Fabio’s family and some of the staff from his barbershop, Escobarbers, have embarked on a campaign to raise mental health awareness. We follow them as they undertake suicide intervention training to help tackle the issue of male suicide.
According to the Office of National Statistics 75% of people who take their own lives in the UK are men, a consistent trend going back at least to the mid 1990s.
The Moliterno family’s training is organised by Samson's Academy, a Bedford based gym charity that is working to get mental health awareness into male dominated spaces such as sports clubs and barbershops. The project is close to gym owner Dorian’s heart as he was friends with Fabio.
For Fabio’s loved ones the training is a difficult and emotional journey. His older brother Franko, a DJ and music producer, has found solace channelling his grief into a song for Fabio. The track, featuring lyrics by some of Fabio’s friends, promotes mental health awareness and aims to spread a message to men that it’s OK to talk.