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DAY ONE

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Break is one of DnB’s most prolific producers, having released music on many of scene stop labels. From his first release in 2003 with A Sides’s Eastside Records he went on to sign tracks to Commercial Suicide, Metalheadz, Soul:r, Subtitles, Shogun Audio and Exit records.

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Clara Cuvé does not relinquish pace nor energy. Her roots go back to classical piano in which she was trained since the age of four. Claras deep love of music naturally lead her to begin accumulating a record collection throughout the years, which she deploys during her energetic sets ranging from fast and groovy Techno to Breakbeat, Jungle and Hardcore, always focusing on groove and dynamics.

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From Brazil to the world, Marky has changed the landscape of drum & bass with his energetic repertoire and tight blends.

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Armand Jakobsson is the artist known as DJ Seinfeld, Rimbaudian and Birds of Sweden. Under these aliases you'll find sweeping emotive cuts, verdant dancefloor workouts and discerning dips into jungle and breaks. Releases have come on respected labels including Meda Fury, Ectotherm, UN.T.O and Lobster Fury: the collaborative label from Lobster Theremin and Meda Fury begun for the explicit purpose of releasing his tracks.

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Sherard Ingram is a menacing node in the vast tangle of electronic music's history, present, and future. As DJ Stingray 313 he propagates a seer-like, totalising concept of what it is to be engaged in thinking ahead by making people move.

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Hailing from Surrey, MC and vocalist Duskee is going from strength to strength on his musical journey. Collaborating with the likes of K Motionz, Bru-C, Annix, Waeys and Disrupta on record labels such as UKF, Hospital Records, Shogun Audio and Critical Music, Duskee has proven time again why he is one of the most exciting lyricists in drum & bass. His unique flows intertwined with emotive lyrics have undoubtedly been a key attribute to his success. With so much in the pipeline, Duskee is definitely not slowing down anytime soon.

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Dusky are London production duo Nick Harriman and Alfie Granger-Howell. In just three years, the fast-rising duo have asserted themselves as leaders of the UK underground. BBC Essential Mix of the Year contenders, DJ Magazine cover stars, headliners everywhere from Berlin's Panorama Bar to London's Fabric, Dusky's story so far is one of constant forward motion and a uniquely universal appeal.

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Interplanetary Criminal is a pioneering DJ, producer and co-head of the independent label ATW Records. The Manchester-born producer first debuted in 2016 and since then has released a string of rave-ready singles and EPs on up-and-coming labels like E-Beamz and Kalahari Oyster Cult. Over time he's cultivated his UKG sound, turning heads in even the furthest corners of the globe. Last year, Interplanetary Criminal scored a UK number-one with one of the year's most inescapable tunes B.O.T.A. in collaboration with Eliza Rose and this year, he will go on to release his first longer-form project All Thru The Night via legendary UK Garage label Locked On Records. The compilation comes 25 years after Todd Edwards' own-comp and will feature all new, original music from the very best in UK Garage at moment, including Main Phase, Ell Murphy, Ollie Rant and more.

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Joy Orbison’s brand of garage-house has been celebrated for finding a sound that marries elements of house, two-step, jungle, techno and dubstep. Alongside the release of the gargantuan “Hyph Mngo” (released on Hot Flush in late 2009) and material on his own imprint, Hinge Finger, notorious mixes for Radio 1 and Ministry have only served to cement Joy Orbison’s renown.

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Kobosil is considered one of techno’s fastest rising DJs and producers, having helped pioneer a sound that is at once deep, fast and aggressive. Born and raised in the working class district of Berlin Neukölln, his musical aesthetic is shaped not only by his upbringing but also the cathartic energy of EBM, noise and industrial.

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Lenzman is a music producer, unorthodox A&R and soulful Drum & Bass ambassador, championing a sound which rises above trends and pushes the genre to new depths. The Amsterdam-based artist also owns and masterminds his boutique label The North Quarter which has been causing a stir with its multi-genre releases in unconventional formats.

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Exploding out of 80s Hip Hop and Electro and immersing himself in the early 90s Rave scene, Conrad was one of the first truly great British MCs to emerge from this young and chaotic culture. A regular fixture in warehouses, fields and clubs across all corners of the UK, Conrad grew with the music and, as Hardcore Rave mutated into what is now known as Drum & Bass, his musical journey led him to cross paths with an ambitious young DJ known as LTJ Bukem.

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Born in Manchester, bred in Jamaica, Fox is an MC that operates at the top level of the UK Bass Music scene as a recording artist, as part of LEVELZ and as a host at Swing Ting and The North Quarter events.

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With support from artists such as Etherwood, S.P.Y, Maduk, LSB and Hybrid Minds, Monrroe has been making an impact with his instantly recognisable atmospheric, deeply euphoric sound. Through his unique production techniques he manages to capture a truly organic and human feel that stands out within the heavily electronic genre of Drum and Bass.

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Undoubtedly two of the most exciting next-gen producers making moves in drum and bass, Pola & Bryson exploded onto the scene with their own carefully-sculpted brand of melodic, electronic music that centres around a stripped-back, organic sound palette.

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Rebekah Teasdale is Birmingham-born and Berlin-based started performing in 2012. Growing up in Birmingham, Rebekah found an instant connection with techno music when she accidentally stumbled upon the local live music venue, the Que Club. She then pursued her calling by studying production and moved to Berlin after releasing her first charmer in 2012, the remix of Matador’s ‘Blonde Slackers’. Heavily influenced by UK DJ and techno veteran Dave Clarke, the now techno stalwart DJ Rebekah aims to tear the club apart just like her inspiration did.

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Making waves now for over 2 decades, SP:MC has cemented himself as one of the most respected & busiest MCs on the circuit. He burst onto the scene in 2001 after the legendary MC GQ heard one of his early mixtapes [with Jubei] & made them residents at his Emcee Sessions event at Digwalls in Camden. SP went on to cement his status after touring extensively with Friction and later becoming dBridge’s MC of choice. He has hosted events for a wide array of respected imprints including Exit Records, Shogun Audio, 1985 Music, Metalheadz, Soul:R, Digital Soundboy, Hospital Records, Symmetry, Sofa Sound, Critical, Commercial Suicide, Prototype, Bassbin, Good Looking, Innerground, DNAudio, Renegade Hardware, Valve, Quarantine, Rinse, Tempa, System, Tectonic, Hessle Audio & 3024.

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It’s kind of a no-brainer. U.R. Trax is one of those rare artists who go straight for the jugular upon their first attempt. A burst of energy, youth in its most innocent and furious form.

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DAY TWO

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One of the last drum & bass DJs to graduate from the schools of dubplate culture and vinyl science, A.M.C rose through the ranks the classical way: as a DJ. Growing up studying the game's grandmasters, he's honed his own bewilderingly tight technical mixing skill that's creative, energetic, rife in references, drenched in dubs and inherently in demand: From his global DJ schedule of headline bookings to high profile live streams and mixes with UKF, Radio1, 1Xtra, Drum&BassArena, US outposts Bassrush & Insomnia and more, A.M.C's signature strong-arm selector style proceeds him and has led to multiple awards. Picking up Best Newcomer trophies within years of making himself known, his four-deck sets are regarded and respected as some of the very best... Literally: he's won Best DJ titles in both the Czech and Portuguese Drum & Bass Awards (beating both Andy C and Friction) and most recently he came third place behind Camo & Krooked and Andy C in the 2017 Drum&BassArena Awards, the scene's most authoritative and longstanding outpost. Recognition doesn't come any higher.

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Aida Arko is an electronic music producer and DJ based in Vienna, Austria, specializing in Techno. She established her sound signature as a new wave of hard edge driving techno with a seemingly unusual drone attraction, leaning on a dark percussive industrial tribalesque groove that grinds its way through the airiness of experimental soundscapes.

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DJ Aphrodite has been a mainstay of the Worldwide Rave Scene since the early nineties. For each country around the world with a Drum & Bass scenes, DJ Aphrodite has produced anthems. 'Ganja Man', 'King Of The Beats', 'Style From The Darkside', 'All Over Me', 'Summer Breeze', 'Dub Moods' and 'Stalker' from the infamous record shop scene in movie 'Human Traffic', ' Mash Up You Know', 'Booyaa' and 'We Enter', to name just a few solo compositions have all graced Junglist and DnB playlists everywhere.

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If you know jungle, then you’ll be all too familiar with Aries and the roads he’s travelled. With a career spanning more than 30 years, Aries has cemented his place as a much-loved pillar of the scene during his rise. From being a globally renowned DJ who has performed in over 35 countries, to sitting proudly at the helm of one drum and bass’ most exciting new wave D&B labels in Born On Road, it’s fair to say Aries has earned his reputation as an artist at the forefront of the scene.

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Bladerunner’s new school, forward thinking take on the classic jungle sound has won him legions of fans from heads to producers alike with tracks such as Back To The Jungle, Feel For You, Sound Control by Randall and Andy C and his massive rework of DJ SS’s classic Black. Including regular airplay on BBC Radio 1, 1 Xtra and appearances on Kiss100 and D&B Arena TV, Bladerunner has featured in Knowledge magazine and ATM with cover mixed CD's. Recent hits Snake Fist and Back to the Jungle also topped the BBC Radio 1 Drum & Bass charts.

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Straight out of the UK dance music melting pot comes the ineffable Brighton and Manchester based duo Cortese. A charming blend of garage, breaks and house make up their core musical DNA, often switching between pumping four-to-the-floor beats and steppier rhythms with a sharp ear for rave-ready yet soul-soothing melodies. It’s the sum of all their influences combined that make their music so special, and it’s quickly being noticed.

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Dave Clarke is a DJ with an anarchist streak a mile wide and punk in his soul. Nothing says this as potently as his new album, 'The Desecration of Desire'. Electronic to the hilt yet full of rich, dark songwriting, it's been almost two years in the making and comes 14 years after his last full-length outing.

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dBridge, aka Darren White, has been traversing the drum and bass scene since the early ’90s, perhaps most memorably spearheading the group Bad Company alongside Dj Maldini, Fresh and Vegas. But Darren’s musical interest is far more unconventional and far-reaching than we might expect. Since founding Exit Records in 2003, Darren has demonstrated a clear desire to move away from typical club style drum and bass sounds to more ambient and experimental soundscapes, turning away from the contemporary technology that dominates production today and returning to old school techniques, equipment and production styles.

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DJ SS (born Leroy Small, 27 August 1970, Leicester, England) is an English drum and bass DJ and record producer. SS is short for Scratchenstein, which is a name he used when he was a hip hop scratch DJ, and a part of the hip hop act, The Formation Five, whose name inspired the name of his record label. Has two children, Parris and Jordan and is married to wife, Tania who runs the artist management agency, UMC (Underground Music Collective). His siblings include Pam, Melanie and Fitzroy.

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DVS1’s status as one of the world’s most revered DJs and prominent voices in the preservation of true club culture is built upon an all-encompassing love of music, deep respect for his craft, and experiences in the ‘90s midwest rave scene. His sets, powerful and high-energy affairs, honor these roots while evidencing a versatility, sensitivity, and understanding for making people dance that comes only with years of commitment in pushing the boundaries of sound at the most renowned clubbing institutions, among them Berghain/Panorama Bar, where he’s one of few residents capable of working both floors. Whether he’s spinning a rare house set or racing, straight techno to pitch black rooms, the DVS1 experience is unforgettable.

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An artist synonymous with Drum and Bass, Ed Rush has become a byword for cutting edge, forward thinking beats. One of the pioneers of Techstep, alongside Optical he created an album universally recognized as changing the landscape of Drum and Bass forever with the legendary ‘Wormhole’ on Virus Recordings. Still regarded as one of the main catalysts for the Neuro and Techstep sound, ‘Wormhole’ paved the way for household names such as Noisia, Black Sun Empire, Bad Company and many more.

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Freddy K: techno activist. Since the ‘90s Alessio Armeni has been tireless campaigning from the dancefloor, defending vinyl, championing young talents and reinforcing the scene from the shadows. You will know him best for his marathon DJ sets and deviant selections. You might recognise him as the head of KEY Vinyl, or for the backstage role he played at M_Rec, the label he helped run with best friend Max_M. You should definitely know about Virus, the thing that started it all off for him back in Rome.

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“Leader of the new school Junglist’s” A phrase coined by Rinse FM’s Uncle Dugs as a nod to how Kelvin 373 has inspired a generation of ravers through his love for Jungle Drum & Bass and his dedication to building a unified scene with his label Born on Road. His achievements in sound system culture stem from roots on the underground rave circuit and have seen him storming the UK festival circuit but when we turn our attention to the present day it’s evident that Kelvin has entered the mainstream Drum & Bass circuit where he’s playing at the heavy hitters such as Printworks, Motion and The Warehouse Project.

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Kyrist is a Bristol based DJ and producer, revered for dark, bass driven vibes delivered with soul and panache. Her swift rise to eminence reflects superb quality control, with a handful of outstanding releases on premier drum & bass labels such as Dispatch, Critical and Hospital, plus a successful 140 foray with Uprise Audio.

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Setting standards in the industry ever since they first collaborated in 2005, Matrix & Futurebound aka Brendan Collins and Jamie Quinn possess one of the most impressive track records in Drum and Bass history. The duo can boast over 30 Million combined Spotify Streams, one critically acclaimed album, ‘Universal Truth’, and multiple consecutive Top 40 UK tracks & Radio 1 Playlisted records with a back catalogue including hits such as ‘All I Know’, ‘Magnetic Eyes’, ‘Don’t Look Back’ and the legendary Silver certified ‘Control’ – which reached #7 on the UK’s Top 40 singles chart.

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MEL is a three times Drum & Bass Arena award nominee and the first-ever female to break into the best track category. She cut into the scene as a producer with her debut track ‘Protagonist’ on the renowned UKF last year, which received backing from the likes of Andy C, A.M.C and Koven to name a few and destroyed dancefloors across the world. MEL went into 2022 with her release ‘Live Wire’ on one of the biggest dancefloor Drum & Bass labels, Viper and received support from Bass Rush, Pendulum and also Kiss FM on Fred V’s show. More recently she made her return to UKF with her hard hitting Neurofunk number ‘Telekinesis’, which has been aired on Radio 1’s Drum & Bass Show with Charlie Tee and backing from the likes of A.M.C and Ed Rush as well as racking up 60k Spotify streams in a month of being released.

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Thin geezer, fat tunes: Micky’s a proud entertainer. No chin scratching, no anoraks, no mean n’ moody bullshit; just proper, wholesome fun. Revisit any of his mixes or releases from the last 25 years – especially the hugely influential bassline-heavy Urban Shakedown material with Aphrodite – and you’ll hear his sense of musical mischief instantly. That intoxicating party spirit that brought us to drum & bass in the first place; Micky’s never lost focus of the free-for-all creativity, the audacious low-end cheekiness, the unashamed vibes.

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Natty Lou is an international Drum and Bass DJ & Producer from the U.K. Natty has played at major festivals such as; Glastonbury, Boomtown, Love Saves The Day, On the Pier, Dreamland, Electric Woodlands, RUN All Day, Hospitality in the Woods, One In The Woods, Titan and many more. She has played internationally for events such as Snowboxx in France, NOX on the Beach in Eindhoven, ADE in Amsterdam and The Secret Project in Portugal.

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Oden & Fatzo is a French electronic music trio performing only live. With a very rich sound palette, their universe is distinguished by a mixture of uptempo House beat, minimal Solar, Electro breakbeat and UK garage. Mainly inspired by funk, jazz and hip-hop, their project is rich in various influences which allowed them to sign on labels such as Ministry of Sound, Salty Nuts, Locus, Hoarder or Hedzup. Performance will be followed by Georgian artist SUMO

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Optical is the pseudonym of Matt Quinn, a renowned drum and bass producer and DJ from England. He is best known for his work with Ed Rush, and as the head of the Virus Recordings label, and as a pioneer of the techstep and neurofunk sound. His first single for Metalheadz, 'To Shape the Future'/'Raging Calm' (1997) and his collaborative material with Ed Rush, such as the Wormhole album (1998), were archetypal developments in the style.

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One of the most impressive MCs on the circuit, MC Phantom has been performing at the some of the biggest drum and bass venues for quite sometime. Renowned for his stage presence and high energy sets. Inspired by the jungle mix tapes he used to listen to as a kid, Phantom threw himself into the drum and bass scene from an early age

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Rødhåd has been socialized by Berlin’s looptechno nights and always finds the perfect balance of timeless techno to lift the dancefloor higher and higher. His style is always deep, powerful and melancholic – from dub to techno and back to house. Now an established force in contemporary Techno, Mike Bierbach, better known under his stage name Rødhåd is someone who has seriously put in the work. Having cut his teeth Djing as a relatively unnoted (but well loved by those in the know) local in Berlin for 10 years, one could argue that by the time success knocked on his door, he was more than ready for playing the international stage.

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The Born On Road family grow stronger and stronger by the day and Selecta J-Man is integral to the development of their sound. BoR HQ is a busy hub of producers and DJs pushing to further the modern Drum & Bass Jungle sound and J-Man ties this all together with his team: Aries, Kelvin 373, Gold Dubs and Stivs. When Drum & Bass met Reggae it spawned a whole new field of interest for the new school of producers who were addicted to taking foundation Reggae music and marrying it with rolling Drum & Bass. It’s un-pretentious approach to reinventing the ideals of Reggae into something that the UK ravers could hold as theirs has shown once again that Drum & Bass will never die and Selecta J-Man is one of these producers who is working with the Reggae greats.

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Special Request is the new rugged alias for house and techno stalwart Paul Woolford. Inspired by the unruly conventions of UK pirate radio stations, this project captures the raw energy and diversity of the illegal airwaves and uses this as a springboard of inspiration for a series of heavyweight productions that span from murky house through darkside techno to chaotic eye-of-the-storm hardcore/jungle tear-outs. The end results are incendiary.

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DAY THREE

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Alley Cat's current passion is her record label Kokeshi. Focusing on deep bass music across various BPMs, the label has gone from strength to strength since its inception. With label nights across Europe and several events at London’s Fabric under her belt, Alley Cat and the Kokeshi label continue in this vein with releases receiving various accolades including Best Remix from Dubtepforum. Larger labels, such as Ministry of Sound and Get Darker, have also taken notice featuring several Kokeshi tracks on their compilations. Alley Cat has introduced the label's own emotively dreamy, yet bass heavy sound through her Kokeshi ((pod)) kasts, and DJ sets at festivals and clubs worldwide, including over 20 countries in Europe, and as far afield as South Africa, Iceland, Israel and all over the USA.

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Anz is a DJ and Producer based in Manchester. Renowned for genre-spanning productions and mixes, she unearths the links between Electro, UK Garage, Jungle and more, underpinning a versatile take on contemporary UK club music that is as bright as it is unpredictable. Her debut EP, released in Summer 2017, was championed for its playful high energy sound. Since then, Anz has earned critical acclaim with her up-tempo releases on 2 B Real and Hessle Audio, celebrated annual production mixes and her award-winning NTS Radio residency. Expect wide-pitch adventures, nods to seminal scenes and plenty of vibes.

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Ben Sims is one of techno’s most exciting talents - a DJ who has stayed true to the genre’s funk, groove and electronic fused origins whilst continuing to embrace and nurture its development over the past 25 odd years. Schooled on a diet of Hip Hop, Reggae, Soul, House and Rave in the 80’s, he played a huge part in defining British dance music in the 90s and continues to be an ardent champion of new music, producers and DJs via his many nights, record labels, radio shows, podcasts and relentless touring endeavours. As a DJ, Sims commands your attention, both visually and musically with anything from 3 to 5 decks running near constantly and hands, faders, effects and EQs a blur as tunes overlap to create a dense and quickly evolving collage of sound. Whether playing to 50, 500 or 5000 this unbridled energy and commitment to the art of mixing never falters and shows why Sims is regarded as one of the true masters on the circuit, both a DJ’s DJ and a straight up party rocker in equal measures.

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Here is a tinfoil garden. The music written by Joseph Richmond Seaton is a place of its own, a place you can fall and dissolve into. A twilight place where night meets day and the patterns of machines submit to the mucky honesty of life. This somewhere is built from music released under the names Call Super and Ondo Fudd, released on Incienso, The Trilogy Tapes, Hessle Audio, Houndstooth and increasingly the label he co-founded with Parris, can you feel the sun.

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Raised in Tunisia & currently based in Berlin, Cera plays "Whatever The Fuck She Wants" from industrial hardcore techno, mind bending acid, fast hard trance and even gabber. Her sets release a transcendental energy that makes everyone desire more right after.

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Cleveland Watkiss burst onto the Drum & Bass scene in 1995 as resident MC for the near mythical Metalheadz Blue Note Sunday Sessions. From Fabio & Grooverider to Kemistry & Storm to Goldie, hosting the finest artists at this apex moment cemented Cleveland in the hearts and ears of a generation of D&B ravers. Showing no signs of letting up, Cleveland continues to host events and create music with new waves of creators including: Mark System, calibre, Paul T & Edward Oberon, Break, OmUnit, Halogenix, Makoto and many more.

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A true veteran and leading tastemaker in D&B, Doc Scott has been an essential and pivotal figure in the scene since before its inception and continues to push things forward. Founding member of ‘A Bunch Of Cuts’, his DJ sets in the mid-90s became legendary, notably at the Metalheadz Blue Note sessions and ‘Speed’. Although primarily a DJ, his productions are definitive classics within the scene, such as ‘Here Comes The Drumz’ on Reinforced, the first ever Metalheadz release ‘VIP Drumz’, to the more mellow sounds of ‘Tokyo Dawn’ on Good Looking Records.

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Fabio and Grooverider, the Godfathers of Drum & Bass and legends of modern music who are idolised worldwide.

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German electronic duo FJAAK produce driving, energetic dance tracks which range from reflective power house to storming warehouse techno, with occasional U.K. garage dub, and breakbeat hardcore influences. Gritty yet sensual, most of their tracks are composed entirely on analog equipment. Based in Berlin, Felix Wagner and Aaron Röbig had been making music together since childhood before they began producing techno as FJAAK during the late 2000s, while they were still teenagers. In 2021 they began to focus on their own labels: „FJAAK“ and „SPANDAU20“ which release schedules are tightly packed already!

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The first superstar produced by the breakbeat jungle movement, Goldie popularized drum’n’bass as a form of musical expression just as relevant for living-room contemplation as techno had become by the early ’90s. Though he hardly developed the style, and his later reliance on engineers like Rob Playford and Optical to capture his sound puts into question his true musical importance, Goldie became one of the first personalities in British dance music, his gold teeth and b-boy attitude placing him leagues away from the faceless bedroom boffins who had become the norm in intelligent dance music. For the first time, England had a beat maestro and tough-guy head who could match the scores of larger-than-life hip-hop stars America had produced, and the high profile of drum’n’bass as the first indigenously British dance music made Goldie a figure of prime importance.

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With a career that dates back to early UK hip-hop culture and late 80s chart exposure in Bristol crew Fresh 4, Full Cycle co-founder and all-round pioneer Krust takes us back to the foundations of hip-hop and b-boyism: Originality, creativity, authenticity, discipline and the art of being able to create something out of thin air. Whether that’s a dance move, a painting, a track or a lyric, you never re-tread old ground and always aim to set new benchmarks.

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Berlin based DJ, producer and label owner Len Faki is one of the most outstanding and in-demand artists in techno's present age. Being a resident at Berlin’s prime techno club Berghain since its opening in 2004 keeps him open-minded as both, dj and producer. His sound is constantly evolving without ever losing its vibrant, unique energy and the passion and heart he puts into his sets. His gigs are an audio-visual adventure where he is not only playing for the crowd but rather performing for and with them.

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They call him the Grim Reaper… Emerging through pirate stations such as Eruption FM and Underground FM, resident at seminal London raves such as Desire and Thunder & Joy, Loxy has been a formidable force in jungle drum & bass since the very beginning. The north London DJ’s reputation was galvanised in the mid 90s as he became an integral part of two UK D&B institutions; Metalheadz and Renegade Hardware. Resident at both label’s events – at cult venues such as Blue Note and The End – his ability to draw for darker, heavier dubplates than any of his peers was at the heart of the genre and culture’s acceleration. Stepping on after Loxy and 2Shy at The End was one of the gravest challenges any DJ could face during that time.

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Just who is LTJ Bukem? Ground breaking DJ? Inspirational musician? Record label entrepreneur? Club visionary, perhaps? The man who took the drum and bass concept from a small venue off London's Charing Cross Road to the nation's superclubs and then onto the international stage….The geezer whose records launched breakbeat into a brand new galaxy of sound…. In truth, he is all of the above: a Renaissance man for a digital age. Although he wouldn't like to admit it, LTJ Bukem is the living embodiment of the post-acid house entrepreneurial creative spirit. He is a mild mannered energy flash whose panoramic musical vision has found success in every area he has explored. From running sound systems to cutting up breaks at raves, from relocating the heart of breakbeat culture to redefining the spirit of drum and bass, the man known to his friends as Danny has sat at the forefront of breakbeat evolution, lighting the way with little more than a zest for life and a love of the music.

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Many musicians are genre-hoppers these days, but few have an inventive take on every style they touch. Objekt could be an exception to the rule. Born in Tokyo to British-American and Filipino parents, TJ Hertz grew up in Belgium and the UK before settling in Berlin in 2009, where he released his first record, the white-label Objekt #1, in 2011. Across his subsequent club output (on labels such as Hessle Audio, Leisure System, Power Vacuum and his own imprint) audacious sound design and meticulous arrangements have served to buckle and twist dancefloor conventions across a range of genres.

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For over 15 years Paula Temple has been pursuing her own unique musical path. As a self-confessed noisician she specialises in a noisy, phantasmagoric techno sound, where the dial is rarely turned below 200% and every moment of silence seems deafening. Such refreshing high voltage music has placed Paula at the forefront of today's techno scene.

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Roni Size’s whole life has been about building something new from whatever was around him. From Bristol youthclub parties, through the white heat of rave and the founding moments of jungle and drum’n’bass, to transforming underground electronic music into something that could be played by a live band on the biggest arena and festival stages, he has at each stage created completely afresh - not just a sound or style but an entire methodology of how music can be made. And each time, that new creation has reflected his heritage, his surroundings and the precise moment in which he’s operating.

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There is something vivacious at the heart of Shanti Celeste's work, a bounce, a swing, an uplifting lilt. Her career to date has been characterised by a contemporary, U.K. take on the classic Motor City sound. The expansive, emotional visions of the early Techno pioneers are reflected in Celeste's open take to her craft. Her approach to production has leant her DJing a breath that has earned her a distinct enthusiasm amongst today's electronic music base. This freedom is reflected on the platforms she shares her craft through - her regular NTS Radio show, and more recently, her label Peach Discs. These outlets provide Shanti with a place to amplify talent she meets, hears and wants to help along the way. ​Dancing, and the music that gets us there, exists to uplift, and in her life and work, Shanti is the embodiment of an elevated state.

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