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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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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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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Soul for golden hour, made for forest hearts There’s a special kind of artist who can hush a crowd without asking — the kind who makes you lean in, breathe out, and feel everything a little more clearly. Nectar Woode is that kind of presence. A British-Ghanaian singer-songwriter and producer raised in Milton Keynes and shaped by London’s jazz-and-soul…
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Bass, brass, and pure good-time pressure Good Vibrations Society is about moving together, and Gentleman’s Dub Club are basically the house band for that very thing. Born in Leeds in 2006 — famously starting out in the basement of 44 Headingley Lane — GDC grew from late-night roots into one of the UK’s most loved live dub outfits:…
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Rollermania comes to the forest Get ready for the kind of set that turns a field of strangers into one big, laughing, singing, arm-in-arm crowd. Bay City Rollers weren’t just a band — they were a phenomenon. Bursting out of Edinburgh in the early ’70s, they became the tartan-clad heartbeat of pop culture, sparking full-blown “Rollermania” with huge hooks,…
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UK garage royalty, bassweight pressure, and champagne vocals When people talk about the DNA of UK garage — the swing, the bass, the late-night shimmer — Zed Bias is one of the names that actually built it. Emerging from the North West and rising through the UKG explosion, he helped define the sound at its most forward-thinking: warm…
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A voice that stops you in your tracks Some performances don’t ask for your attention — they simply take it. Olympia Vitalis is that kind of artist: a West London soul singer-songwriter with a rich, fluid vocal and an improvisational edge that feels both timeless and completely of-the-moment. Her story starts in gospel choirs, where she honed that full-bodied…
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Cosmic jazz-funk for the movers, the dreamers, and the late-night wanderers Formed in Brighton by a group of friends who bonded over jazz, funk, rave culture and the DIY spirit, they’ve built a sound that’s proudly hard to pin down — part jazz ensemble, part dance act, part psychedelic groove experiment. There are nods to…
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