Low Island are instinctive shape-shifters, darting between uplifting electronica and intimate ballads. It was a step that was both deliberate and natural: ‘there was a euphoria we didn’t always get from indie gigs, but a connection to songs and musicians we felt was missing from club nights. This is a 16+ event.

Katie Gregson-MacLeods unique blend of deeply personal lyricism and folk-influenced sound have earned her a dedicated global audience.

Based in Dublin, Cork, Belfast, and London, the Irish intersectional feminist four-piece M(h)aol have gained a reputation for their engaging and invigorating live shows.

Stick in the Wheel are a multi-award winning young five-piece folk band from London.

Food house is a 2-person frenetic internet supergroup composed of Fraxiom and Gupi. The pair bonded while both living in (and despising) Fraxiom's home state of Massachusetts, one the many topics of 'Thos Moser', their first collaboration and smash hit first release on Dylan Brady's Dog Show Records. Their self-titled album is crammed full of pop culture references and obscure inside jokes but resonates much deeper than its surface-level silliness through Gupi's expansive, addictive instrumentals and Fraxiom's earnest and unapologetic lyrical perspective.

Pushing the boundaries of modern music with relentless energy and a distinctive sound, combining raw intensity with rich, playful soundscapes, Deki Alem seamlessly blends elements of drum and bass, dance, trip-hop, and rap into a genre uniquely their own.

The Rions are an Australian four-piece indie rock band from the Northern Beaches, New South Wales.

Few bands use their voice and platform quite as powerfully as Divide and Dissolve. Mirroring the brash, bone-crushing potency of their dynamic Drone music, the formidable Takiaya Reed (saxophone, guitar, live effects) and Sylvie Nehill (drums, live effects) carry their fight and ancestors fight forward each and every day, using the power of their performances to draw attention to the ongoing battle against systemic oppression.

Sitting somewhere between 00’s indie and 80’s hardcore, Bruise Control have carved themselves an unlikely name in DIY punk, thanks to their catalogue of self-produced releases and a notoriety for chaotic live shows. Guitarist Niall Griffin, bassist Ru Gilfillan and drummer Tommy Victor Morris focus on creating hook-filled, razor-sharp indie punk, grounded by lead singer Jim Taylor’s down to earth lyricism and ferocious delivery.

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Kassie Krut’s approach is deceptively simple. With a constrained palette and a penchant for repetition, they find a world of opposing textures and timbres: electric and acoustic, synthetic and organic, terrestrial and celestial. Their scratch-made sounds melodize the hard-edged noise of daily life - car alarms, notification chimes, dial tones, feedback- against stutter-step high hats, pots-and-pans percussion, and tensile bass tones that thrash around like a rubber ball.

Slater, an experimental alternative electronic and indie hip-hop artist from Orange County, California, has become a star of the new wave of alternative pop/hip-hop since his debut in 2013. Drawing inspiration from the laid-back, sunburnt vibe of his hometown and the raw energy of '90s and early 2000s rap and rock, Slater has crafted a sound that is both distinctly SoCal and refreshingly boundary-pushing. From seductive club bangers to therapeutic night-time cruising tunes, his music captivates listeners with smooth, groovy beats and infectious melodies that feel as nostalgic as they are innovative.

Bilk are three musicians creating a unique angsty blend of indie, rap and punk from the suburbs of Essex. The brainchild of frontman Sol Abrahams, completed by bassist Luke Hare and drummer Harry Gray, their honest social commentary is as real as it gets, reflecting on the highs and lows of British youth culture today.

Vlure is a Glasgow-based band known for their genre-bending sound, blending post-punk, techno, and other influences into a unique, high-energy experience. They are recognized for their intense live performances, which combine elements of live electronics, modern production techniques, and the raw energy of their post-punk contemporaries.

In the cobbled streets of Antwerp, where shadows play and the wind whistles through ancient walls, Milan W. (aka Milan Warmoeskerken) has become a cornerstone of the Flemish experimental scene. Whether as a member of semi-cult bands like Flying Horseman and Condor Gruppe, as an electronic composer on the late Ekster and JJ Funhouse labels, making synthpop with Mittland och Leo, and wading through playful Schlager with Gerard Herman. Under the Milan W. moniker, he crafts music that is intimate yet expansive. Traditionally electronic-oriented, his latest work meanders through guitars, saxophones, and heartbroken crooning. Milan W. is a testament to an artist who ceaselessly ventures beyond the horizon, pushing musical boundaries with a wink, a nod, and the quiet laughter of the uncharted.

Ellysse Mason, Manchester-born and raised, has built a reputation for heartfelt, nostalgic altpop infused with crunchy guitars and widescreen melodies. Often likened to Sam Fender, Wolf Alice, and Sharon Van Etten, her music blends the emotional heft and raw honesty of modern indiepop with the shimmering charm of '80s and '90s nostalgia.

Tom Aspaul is a singer/songwriter, DJ and producer, originally from Wolverhampton.

Acopia invites listeners to open their hearts and sink into their feelings, ushering them into a hazy dreamworld of sultry vocals, pensive synthesis, and smouldering basslines. The trio have crafted a collection of slow-burn anthems that rest in a fever dream between trip-hop, shoegaze, dream pop, and downtempo.

Bringing you the next edition of Afrofuturist themed Pitched Black party with a highly unique special DJ / music producer Boddhi Satva flying in from Portugal. Boddhi is one of the kings of Afro electronic spiritual dance music. He has spent the last two decades creating a vast catalogue of music, collaborating with classical African artists like Oumou Sangaré, Gnawa maestro Malem Hammam as well as crossover pop star Davido, R&B icon Raheem DeVaughn & many superstar DJs including Louie Vega & Osunlade. Boddhi has just released a new LP In Spite Of Everything and a new single African Renaissance. He has not performed at our party for almost a decade but will now make his third appearance alongside host DJs Irfan Rainy, LK & Kula Greene.