As Warp Records longest serving signing N.O.W opened doors to new sonic landscapes for countless producers and musicians. Via his father and juxtaposed with soca from the islands, young George’s imagination was captured by the likes of Curtis Mayfield, Sarah Vaughan and Quincy Jones. In his early teens, inner city bass heavy reggae sound systems would also make their mark. But it was the arrival of hip-hop in the UK, complete with its loop, sample, cut ‘n’ paste aesthetic that would provide the icing on the cake and a way forward. here

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As the musical force behind Faithless, world-renowned DJ and record producer Sister Bliss needs no introduction. Following a 25 year career that took Sister Bliss from the underground UK club scene to selling out arena shows, she has deservedly established herself as Britain’s most iconic and long lasting female electronic artists in the world.ere

Crazy P, founded in Nottingham over 20 years ago by Jim Baron and Chris Todd continue their hold as some of UK dance music's most respected and revered producers, performers and song writers.

Now in their third decade together and more relevant than ever, Crazy P's experience extends creatively to include successful solo careers as producers and writers.

Fusing slinky underground disco, deep electronic throbs, shimmering pop moments; this is dance music with a voice, a heart, and soul.

Throughout his career, Gilles Peterson has promoted the new frontiers of jazz, hip-hop, and electronic music. Starting by installing illicit transmitters and hosting shows for pirate radio station Radio Invicta, he later joined the newly-founded Jazz FM and, after that, joined the pirate-turned-legal station Kiss FM. In 1998, he was hired by BBC Radio 1, where he hosted a weekly show until his move to his current slot on BBC Radio 6 Music.

@gillespeterson

Starting his career 3 decades ago at an age too young to mention, Fat Tony has had his say in paving the way for the UK’s current music scene. Early on he won residencies for Trade at Turnmills, Egg and Limelight while also making his mark in New York holding a weekly show at The Palladium for Steve Rubell during the height of Paradise Garage. He has also graced the main floor of Privilege Ibiza, Space, Amnesia and DC10. A regular at Ministry of Sound and Glitterbox, Tony has already in this short season of 2021 played Defected Festival in Croatia, One Out & Wilderness Festival and countless other venues with The Warehouse Project and so much more around the corner. As official DJ to the Beckhams and Versace, he is also one of the fashion scene’s go to performers.

Horse Meat Disco have evolved into a powerful force in queer and club culture as a whole, while staying local to its original home, each and every Sunday. Co-founded by James Hillard and Jim Stanton and encompassing residents Severino and Luke Howards, the crew continue to maintain not only the weekly Sunday party, but a number of residencies in cities across the world

@horse_meat_disco

From a global anthem with his debut 2003 release, Lola's Theme, through to his 2020showstopper Finally Ready featuring the incomparable Billy Porter and now the life-affirming dancefloor filler 'YOLO' with Aria Lyric in 2021 The Shapeshifters have long been in the vanguard of the house scene. With a brand new eagerly anticipated studio album due in 2022 on Glitterbox Recordings, The Shapeshifters continue to transcend the vagaries of the dance music world, always holding true to his musical beliefs and passions, remaining both relevant and in-demand.

@shapeshifters

Having crafted his own signature of sophisticated underground music, Laurence Guy has amassed a collection of loyal listeners and tastemakers, all of whom are united in an appreciation for his outstanding production abilities and talents as a DJ. Emerging, like many young UK artists, from the grassroots of genres such as D’n’B and Dubstep, he has always been keen to explore his own personal artistic vision. Delving into different musical routes and testing new sonic directions has kept Laurence at the forefront of a scene where trends can change quickly and leave others behind

Jazzie B is a DJ, music producer, entrepreneur and a founding member of Soul II Soul. Although he and Soul II Soul will always be connected, both spiritually and substantially, that has never been all Jazzie has been about. For years he has built a parallel career away from the collective, one that allows him to advance his own ideas and character

@jazziebobe

For over 40 years David Rodigan has been the KING of Britain’s reggae dance-halls. The key to his success has been an unsinkable passion for reggae music, which first took a hold of him as a schoolboy when he heard ska music in the early ’60s. He developed an obsession with the music of Jamaica that generated an encyclopaedic knowledge of the island’s every artist, every song and every rhythm track.

@davidramjamrodigan

As the French Ambassador of stylish club sounds, Dimitri from Paris is everything his nation could be proud of: a DJ, producer, and remixer of the highest standard, and a stylish snake hipped pin up with French reserve. In a nutshell, there are two distinct sides to Dimitri: a undeniable elegant and, a devoted dance music fanatic!

@dimitrifromparisofficial

Joe Goddard, member of Hot Chip and The 2 Bears, songwriter, producer, DJ, remixer and co founder of the Greco Roman label. Like Four Tet, Caribou and Jamie xx, Joe combines a thirst for experimentation, an instinctive understanding of the dancefloor and a love of left of centre pop music!

Norman Jay MBE, is unquestionably one of the most respected and popular DJs in the world today. Influenced by his father’s record collection of blue beat, ska and jazz, by the late 1970s he was considered an emerging authority on contemporary Afro-American music including funk, disco, soul and jazz fusion.

@normanjaymbe

Drum & bass icon and king of the dancefloor, Danny Byrd was one of the very first to sign to Hospital at the turn of the millennium. With his unique take on the genre with strong hip-hop and R&B influences ever present in his music, Danny Byrd’s signature mixing style and production flair render him one of the scene’s greats.

@Danny_byrd

Darren Joseph, aka DJ Target, has witnessed the birth, decline and re-birth of a genre of music comparable to punk in its cultural significance for the UK and the world. Not only has Target witnessed grime bloom into what it is, he has also been a part of it, producing early grime tracks and spinning tunes for the UK’s best MCs, in grime collective Roll Deep. Today, he hosts his own radio show on BBC 1Xtra and is able to give a platform to emerging artists that are doing new things in grime and beyond.

@djtarget

For many of you, he will need no introduction. One of the godfathers of garage, he's spent his career globetrotting across Europe, spinning discs at residencies in Cyprus, Ibiza, and many other places. He cut his teeth as a DJ on Kiss FM in the mid-90s before forming The Dreem Team, a musical trio which helped define the sound of UK garage. Many of you will know him for his slot on BBC Radio 1, where he helped bring UK garage to a nationwide audience from 2000. He was a resident DJ at Twice as Nice, the UK’s top garage club, for 7 years and more recently he’s been selling out the Albert Hall with his high-octane Garage Classical show.

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