Black British artist, multi-instrumentalist, composer and community builder

Arowah seeks to embody the role of the artist as philosopher, community builder & collective healer. A multi-hyphenate artist, working as a composer, producer and musician across multiple genres, they have always remained uncategorizable. They bring music into their activism and activism into their music, performing their politically charged songs at protests and fundraisers, and using music as a means to found community and fight for greater inclusivity in the music industry. They co-founded the organisation ‘Queer Jazz’ to platform LGBTQI+ artists, and have also worked to highlight issues for FLINTA and Black musicians, especially with their projects ‘All Day Breakfast Cafe’ and B.H.A.M. As a composer they’ve been commissioned by activist groups including Global Justice Now & Debit Justice, been a resident musician at a Hospital & South America’s largest festival of black culture, & had their work premiered across Europe and the Americas.

Palestinian pop singer

Bashar is openly gay and uses his music to blur gender lines and challenge stereotypes. He is extremely outspoken about LGBTQ rights as well as the conflict in Palestine.

British-Bengali artist, composer, producer, performer and technologist

BISHI works at the intersection of sound, heritage and innovation. She has released three albums and several EP’s via her label Gryphon Records, as well as collaborating with the likes of Tony Visconti, Sean Ono Lennon, Jarvis Cocker, Daphne Guinness, The London Symphony Orchestra, The Kronos Quartet, Trans Voices, fashion designer Manish Arora and as a soloist on Jonny Greenwood’s ‘Water‘.

A vocalist and multi-instrumentalist, she was trained in Western and Hindustani classical music. BISHI composes and produces original scores for TV and film. BISHI’s music AV installation ‘Reflektions,‘ was commissioned for Coventry City of Culture and was exhibited at Body and Soul Festival, Ireland and Mack Sennett Studios, LA. BISHI was the first ever artist to have her work projected onto Greenwich UNESCO World Heritage Site.

BISHI is the founder of WITCiH (Women in Tech Creative Industries Hub), a platform elevating women, trans and non-binary creative practitioners in tech, is on the board of directors for Featured Artists Coalition and a member of Brian Eno’s ‘Hard Art Collective.’ In 2025, She was Artist in Residence at The Pete Townshend Studio at University of West London, and is now module leader at City St George’s University in Global Popular Music.

Artist and journalist

Chloe Lula is a Berlin-based artist and journalist who examines politics and the cultural zeitgeist through the lens of music and art. She is the senior producer at Resident Advisor, where she hosts and produces the weekly RA Exchange video interview series, and curates panels, talks and workshops for festivals like Dekmantel, Nuits Sonores, Rewire, Unsound, IMS, ADE and more. Chloe received her master’s degree from Columbia Journalism School, which was shortly followed by a year-long fellowship with the Pulitzer Center. Her writing has appeared in the Washington Post, the New York Times, Politico, The Quietus, Esquire, The Guardian and The Wire, where she writes a regular column on dance music. In addition to her career as a journalist, she is also a touring DJ and musician, having released full-length albums and scored for theater and TV shows. She is a resident and releasing artist on Tresor.

Musician, writer and educator

Dave Randall is a musician, writer and educator. He has toured the world playing guitar for Faithless, Sinead O’Connor, Dido and many others. He is the author of Sound System: The Political Power of Music (Pluto Press 2025) and lectures at BIMM University Bristol.

One half of DJ and production duo Soul Clap

With a career spanning over 20 years, Eli has recently focussed on how he can positively impact climate change with his work and has contributed to the DJs for Climate Action project.

American Bassist

Eva Gardner is a Los Angeles-born bassist and songwriter. She studied Ethnomusicology at UCLA and began her professional career as the original bassist for The Mars Volta. She has since toured and recorded internationally with artists including Cher, P!nk, Gwen Stefani, Tegan & Sara, Moby and Veruca Salt.

UK-based street artist

Foka Wolf is a UK-based street artist working somewhere between satire, vandalism and advertising.

Best known for hijacking public space with fake adverts, signs and messages, the work sits in that grey area where people aren’t sure if it’s real, a joke, or a problem.

Using the language of branding, corporate messaging and public information, Foka Wolf twists familiar formats into something slightly off—sometimes funny, sometimes uncomfortable, usually both.

The work has appeared on streets, walls and public spaces across the UK, often without permission and occasionally without explanation.

Over time, these pieces have built a following both on the street and online, leading to a growing audience of collectors and supporters.

Alongside street work, Foka Wolf produces limited-edition prints, objects and collectables, often based on or inspired by pieces originally placed in the wild.

Curator, broadcaster and creative education specialist

Gaby D'Annunzio is a London-based curator, broadcaster and creative education specialist. Previously based in Berlin, she co-founded Open Music Lab, a free music production school for marginalised communities, and was the Head of Community Development at Refuge Worldwide, a community radio station. Through this community centred work, and her practice as a broadcaster and lifelong record collector, she has built a perspective rooted in exploring music scenes and the cultural narratives behind them.

Since returning to London, she has developed music strategy, programming and creative projects for organisations including Sister Midnight, Counterpoints Arts and Oxfam. She also specialises in creative education, designing and running music programmes for the Roundhouse, Tomorrow's Warriors and Compass Collective among others, creating spaces for young people and emerging artists to shape their creative practice and engage with music.

Brazilian musician best known as the drummer for heavy metal band Sepultura

Having toured heavily around the globe, winning several ’Best Drummer’ accolades and selling over 10 million records.

Textile artist, participatory practitioner, art-ivist

India Rafiqi is a Birmingham-based multidisciplinary artist whose practice explores sustainability, consumer culture, memory and human connection. Working across textiles, wearable art, performance and scenography, she transforms reclaimed materials and biomaterials into tactile, interactive experiences that challenge our relationship with consumption and the natural world.

Rooted in ideas of regeneration, collective joy and creative resistance, her work uses sensory engagement to spark curiosity, encourage connection and inspire new ways of thinking about our relationship with each other and the environment.

Electronic artist of Pakistani, Lithuanian, and German heritage of dance duo Krewella

Her experience creating music that transcends borders & boundaries inspires her to foster community & make meaningful impact in underserved populations. Involved in charity work in her father's homeland, Pakistan, she supports a non-profit health clinic that provides free basic healthcare to the rural region of Lower Chitral. Jahan is based in Los Angeles, CA.

Electronic music producer and immersive AV artist

Natural Symphony is an electronic music producer and immersive AV artist known for pioneering bio-interactive performances where nature itself composes the experience. By translating living frequencies from plants and trees, cosmic phenomena (including the northern lights and stars), and environmental forces into sound and light, he creates living artworks that evolve moment by moment. Presented worldwide from festivals to city centers, his work bridges art, science, and ecology, supporting reforestation efforts with Yakum and his own Amazon-based initiative Seeds only Sound, nurturing Indigenous creativity, cultural preservation, and environmental protection.

British-Lebanese rapper

Lebanese rapper Laughta, born in Nigeria and raised in London, is reshaping UK-Arabic fusion rap with her unique multicultural style. Awarded BBC Introducing's 'One to Watch' at the 2023 AIM Independent Music Awards, her star power and diverse influences make her a standout force in the industry.

American electronic music producer, drummer, artist and activist

Madame Gandhi is an award-winning artist and activist, known for her uplifting, percussive electronic music and positive message about gender liberation and personal power. She composed the original score for the MSNBC documentary “Periodical” about menstrual equity and was also the touring drummer for artists M.I.A. and Thievery Corporation. Gandhi’s mission is to use her music and voice as a medium for a message about positivity, personal expression and human thriving.

Electronic Producer, DJ, label head and musical polymath

Australian-born Vietnamese/Cambodian artist Tra brings finesse and flair to the dance-floor by embracing the culture of the land she's in with wholeness and conviction. A weaver of musical fibres, her creations as a music producer entwine melody, genres and tempos to create her own tapestries coupled with Asian influences.

Tra made her debut as a producer with her EP U.L.A (U Look Asian) in 2021, followed by albums Kingdom of Her (2022), Very Vui (2023) and Dancing Untethered (2024). She has been supported on Triple J, Bandcamp, NTS, Mixmag Asia, Bandcamp & Worldwide FM. She has also released music with labels Shika Shika Collective & FuFu Records. Recent highlights include showcasing as an official artist at SXSW Sydney and working with Sony Music Japan.

Grounded and hopeful for greater diversity in music, Tra founded Pho The Girls, a label and collective supporting women and non-binary people, now connecting over 100 DJs across London, Vietnam, Thailand and Australia. More recently she founded Hà Nội Community Radio.

As a DJ, Tra has graced decks across Europe, India, Asia and Australia, interweaving genres and styles while bringing Asian music to the forefront. Her work has garnered support from Resident Advisor, DJ Mag and Mixmag Asia.

Musician, producer, and multidisciplinary artist

Matthew Dear’s work spans electronic music, sound design, and visual art. Over the past two decades, he has released a wide body of critically acclaimed music under his own name and various aliases, performing and collaborating internationally while exploring the emotional and narrative potential of sound.

Alongside his artistic practice, Matthew has worked across education, technology, and community-based creative initiatives, with a focus on supporting emerging artists and fostering inclusive, sustainable creative ecosystems. He has collaborated with institutions, brands, and cultural organizations at the intersection of art, science, and social impact.

Matthew is particularly interested in how artists adapt, survive, and continue to create under constraint, whether political, economic, or environmental, and in building platforms that honor lived experience while encouraging experimentation, resilience, and shared humanity.

Mozambican Afrofusio multidisciplinary artist, educator and community organiser

Working across Afrofusion HipHop, music, theatre, community engagement and cultural organising, his practice sits at the intersection of migration, colonialism, spirituality, social justice and community building.

American electronic music producer, drummer, artist and activist

Ne Myo Aung is a Sandaya player from Tamu in Myanmar, and a Fulbright recipient with a Masters in Ethnomusicology from the University of Washington. He is Dean of the Gitameit Music Institute in Yangon. He began his piano studies with U Moe Naing, U Thet Oo and Kit Young in 2003, and has been the coordinator for digitizing Burmese ‘78 rpm records on a grant from the American Embassy. In 2020, he and his mentor Kit Young, led a collaborative project between Gitameit, Myanmar and SUNY New Paltz, USA, exploring the Nat, spirit worship and the practice of tolerance project on a grant from Asian Cultural Council.

British-Iranian artist and producer

TĀLĀ has collaborated with artists from across the world, from Cairo to Seoul on collaborative projects. She mixes found sounds and Persian drum patterns with Western electronic music genres. She recently executively produced US artist BANKS ‘Serpentina’ album as well as producing commissioned work for Adidas’ Women’s World Cup campaign.