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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
Modern soul with a heartbeat, built for forest evenings A UK soul singer, songwriter and producer with serious pedigree, Sam has spent the last few years becoming one of the most talked-about voices in contemporary British soul. His debut album Breathe (2021) introduced a sound that’s smooth, intimate and emotionally direct — and when “Traingazing” took off, it confirmed…
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…
