Tru Thoughts isn’t just a name on a poster — it’s a British independent institution. Born in Brighton in the late ’90s, Tru Thoughts built a reputation for championing the sounds that sit between the cracks: broken beat, funk, soul, jazz, hip-hop, Afro-inspired rhythms and leftfield electronic music. It’s a label and a community that has always…
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Prince Fatty is one of the UK’s great modern dub characters: a producer, engineer and musician who’s built a cult following by doing things the proper way — tape warmth, spring reverb, deep bass, and mixes that feel like they’re physically moving the air around you. Based in Brighton, he’s made his name by channeling the spirit…
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Doc Scott is a cornerstone of UK bass culture — a DJ and producer who’s been shaping jungle and drum & bass since the music was raw, rebellious, and still finding its name. Coming up through the early ’90s London underground, he quickly became known for a sound that was darker, deeper and more forward-thinking than the…
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Ellis Dee is a name that instantly rings bells if you know your UK rave lineage. A key figure in the early-’90s explosion, he helped shape the sound of hardcore and breakbeat rave when the whole culture was being invented in real time — big piano stabs, hoover rush, chopped breaks and pure, unapologetic euphoria. Alongside his…
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If you like your vibes warm but heavyweight, Josh Skints is one to catch. Best known as a core member of The Skints — one of the UK’s most vital modern reggae bands, celebrated for fusing reggae, dub, dancehall, punk and soul into a sound that’s unmistakably London — Josh has spent years immersed in bass culture the…
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Ibibio Sound Machine are one of the most compelling and forward-thinking bands emerging from the UK scene – a genre-defying afro-futurist collective blending West African rhythms, electronic textures, disco, post-punk and global club energy into a sound that’s as powerful on record as it is explosive live. Formed in London in 2013 around the magnetic…
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Formed in London, UK, Heatwave are a funk/disco group who came into international success in the mid-70s and 80s, known for the hits, “Boogie Nights,” “Always and Forever” and “The Groove Line.” The band came together initially when Germany based active serving American serviceman, Johnnie Wilder, formed his band ‘Johnnie Wilder’s Chicago Heatwave’. Rod Temperton…
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In September 2002 the 21-year-old UK garage star Ms Dynamite became the first solo black female artist to win the prestigious £20,000 Mercury Music Award with her debut album A Little Deeper, which beat an impressive shortlist of artists including David Bowie. Within months she had also notched up a record-breaking six nominations for the…
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The UK Drum n Bass originals, bringing full-spectrum energy to Good Vibrations Society Fabio and Grooverider are true architects of UK dance music: two DJs who helped shape the sound and culture of the rave era, and then steered it into the rise of jungle and drum & bass. Long before D&B was a global force, they…
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Lovers rock glow, tropical pop lift-off Hollie Cook brings a very particular kind of magic: sun-kissed reggae warmth with a punk-rock sparkle — music that makes you sway, smile, and suddenly feel like everything’s going to be alright. London-born and raised in West London, Hollie first stepped into the spotlight as part of the final line-up of The…
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