Born and raised in New York City, Monét X Change is a star in the entertainment industry. She is the first Rupaul's Drag Race victor to win both the Miss Congeniality and All-Stars crowns, making her the first queen of color to be admitted into the hall of fame. With a reputation for putting on spirited and jaw-dropping performances, Monét has... read full bio
Tynomi Banks is a renowned drag performer that performs internationally. Banks, who is most known for her full production performances, commands the stage while exuding a strong but jovial spirit. She worked hard and eventually became the first drag performer to take the stage in Toronto's Dundas Square for World Pride. She made history during Pride in only one month by... read full bio
The northern soul group Smoove and Turrell, who were supported by DJs Gilles Peterson, Chris Evans, Graham Norton and Craig Charles, rose to the top of the iTunes Soul Chart thanks to their fusion of soul, jazz, disco and hip-hop. They have "one of the most devoted followings in the business" due to to their live performances and they have performed everywhere from... read full bio
The top live 90s dance anthem band in the UK is Rhythm of the 90's! Rhythm of the 90's have discovered the sweet spot of fusing the finest electronic dance music of the 90's with all the advantages of a live band and performance experience. They do this with their contagious enthusiasm, superb musicianship, and nostalgia-filled show. Their popularity continues to soar... read full bio
Armand Hammer, a fiery rap group, and the living icon The Alchemist collaborated on the erratic song "Haram." ELUCID and Billy Woods have created an album with a single producer for the first time, and the end product is spectacular. The two rappers plunge into an ocean of Alchemist's invention with their unrivaled talent for moving visuals and insightful narrative.... read full bio
The Brighton-based duet Anushka was created by producer Max Wheeler and singer-songwriter Victoria Port. Their hybrid sound, which draws inspiration from Detroit Hip Hop, Chicago House, and 2000s R&B, is difficult to categorize yet equally suited for the sound system and the contemplative post-rave consolation. The last few years have taken the duo all over the world, from Siberia to Vietnam,... read full bio
The immersive and transformational registers of recorded music serve as Andrew Ashong's guidance as a sound scientist, music archivist and singer-songwriter. The free-spirited Ashong, a Ghanaian-born Londoner, spent years making mixtapes, exploring albums and expanding his musical encyclopaedia. By the time he was in his early teens, he was DJing and developing his grasp of music. He finally built a large home... read full bio
Amahla's voice is distinctive in British soul. Amahla was raised in a Caribbean family in Hackney and her love of reading and activism is evident in her music. The legendary Nile Rodgers, who supported Amahla's nomination for the first-ever Ivor Novello Rising Star award and has since become her musical mentor, has acknowledged Amahla's ability to speak on sociopolitical topics in... read full bio
The powerful Parisian electronic music group ACID ARAB has been hypnotizing festival and clubgoers in Europe for the past few years with their seductive fusion of cutting-edge Western electronic music with Eastern sounds and voices. Acid Arab was founded by Parisian DJs Guido Minisky and Hervé Carvalho, who gradually developed their sound by interacting with several musicians from the Middle... read full bio
Vahagni, a guitarist and composer, and Ryan Merchant (of Capital Cities), a songwriter and producer, joined together to create Paco Versailles.Their music, which they refer to as Dancemenco, combines flamenco guitar rhythms with electronic production that leans toward disco and seductive vocals. Imagining a collaboration between their three main influences—the renowned Spanish guitarist Paco De Lucia, the French electronic musicians... read full bio
As the musical duet Campbell/Jensen, Ashley Campbell and Thor Jensen create a singular fusion of musical styles. Together, Ashley and Thor have a unique sound because to their backgrounds in rock and gypsy jazz as well as country and Americana. The daughter of country music superstar Glen Campbell, Ashley Campbell, started her career playing in her father's band on multiple... read full bio
AJ Smith is a Denver native who moved to Nashville from New York City. His atypical road to become a pop singer is evident in all of his songs, which have the peculiar ability to provoke a longing for the dramatic pop of bygone decades while feeling contemporary, new and emotionally in-the-moment. His great great uncle was renowned Cuban pianist Ernesto... read full bio
Welcome to the glittering, constantly surprising world of COUCOU CHLOE, where slinky, supine beats sit side by side with wedding dresses and floral bouquets and forbidding, new sounds are thrown off-kilter by instances of shocking lyrical magnitude. Here, you will find dark elegance and twisted feelings, high fashion and emotional surveillance. A Sphinx-like game of sonic hide and seek that hides as... read full bio
According to Okay Africa, "the hardest hustling DJ," is experienced worldwide DJ, Coco Em, who has entertained crowds at events including Trans Musicales in Rennes, France and Nuits d'Afrique in Montreal. However, she used that energy to inspire her subsequent creative leap. The Santuri East Africa studios handled her record's final production. Through their mentoring, a Nairobi-based non-profit organization that supports East African musicians,... read full bio
You may have already come into contact with Branko without realizing it, either through the music he created with the adored group Buraka Som Sistema, through his record label Enchufada, or through his work creating, producing and presenting the travel program Club Atlas for Portuguese national television, his production work for MIA, or from listening to the monthly NTS radio show... read full bio
The finest music transports you. It renews and re-connects. It exudes an atmosphere rooted in the ancient tradition of instantaneous creativity, a heightened condition evoked by psychedelic forms and Jamaican dub echos, by electronic music's cyclical trance and jazz's alterations. By the hypnotic beat of North African tradition known as Moroccan Gnawa music, which has roots that go deeper into the... read full bio
There aren't many bands that can perform at full strength for 25 years in a row. The Dub Pistols, meanwhile, continue to roll like a freight train, stomping into their Silver Jubilee like there's no end. If The Dubs had been a cartoon band like Gorillaz, things could have gone more smoothly for them. For one, the several band members that... read full bio
The newest album from Oliver Johnson alias Dorian Concept, "What We Do For Others," is available on Brainfeeder Records. The Austrian producer and synthesizer master, known for his distinctive, exquisitely detailed sound tapestries and chaotic, immensely happy live keyboard jam films, has released his third studio album. Founded on deliciously open compositions, feedbacked soundscapes and gifted with snippets of his own... read full bio
Their debut record had achieved success. These two youngsters in the wind asked, "T'es qui" as they swung with smiles while listening to synthesizer music and rowing afro-style boats on which their French sun poetry was written. Already, the appropriately called DjeuhDjoah and Lieutenant Nicholson charmed listeners with their clever jokes, out-of-the-ordinary voices and contagious pleasure. The second opus strengthens their linguistic... read full bio
Karaba's entire existence has been characterized by music and movement (literally). Karaba was born in Grenoble, France and relocated to Montreal when he was seven years old. Karaba was engaged in dance as a youngster and it would later become both her first love and a crucial milestone in her creative development. Karaba, who has always identified as an immigrant, moved to... read full bio
