Jesse James Leija, also known as “The Texas Tornado”, is an American former professional boxer who has competed in featherweight, super featherweight, lightweight, and light welterweight divisions. He has previously held the WBC super featherweight title and has challenged twice each for the world titles at lightweight and light welterweight. Leija was born in San Antonio, Texas, and during his... read full bio
Carlette Ewell, also known as “The Truth”, is an American professional boxer from Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Ewell competes in the heavyweight division and she has won five professional boxing titles over the course of her career including the WIBA World light heavyweight title, WBE female light heavyweight title, UBC America’s female cruiserweight title, WIBC light heavyweight title, and UNBC female... read full bio
Viagra Boys are a Swedish post-punk band from Stockholm, Sweden, that consists of members Sebastian Murphy, Benjamin Valle, Oskar Carls, Henrik Hockert and Tor Sjoden. The band was formed after the members came together from previously bands such as Les Big Byrd, Pig Eyes and Nitad. From there, they went on to release their debut EP “Consistency of Energy” through... read full bio
Sampa Tembo, better known as her stage name Sampa the Great, is a Zambian singer-songwriter, poet and rapper who was raised in Botswana and is currently based in Melbourne, Australia. Sampa’s music is a mixture of hip-hop and pop and she began her musical career after being featured on Wallace’s single “Beauty”. Sampa originally moved to Australia to pursue a... read full bio
Skegss is an Australian surf and garage rock band from Byron Bay, New South Wales that consists of members Toby Cregan, Jonny Lani, and Ben Reed. The band was formed originally with four members after Lani and Reed reconnected since being childhood friends. From there, Skegss began and they started off playing local shows until released their debut single, “L.S.D.”... read full bio
Crumb is an American indie rock band from Boston, Massachusetts that consists of members Lila Ramani, Jesse Brotter, Brian Aronow, and Jonathan Gilad. The members of the band all met while studying at Tufts University. They came together to begin performing a collection of songs that Ramani had written over the years which resulted in their first two EPs, “Crumb”... read full bio
Sara Landry is an American techno producer, audio engineer, and DJ who is based out of Austin, Texas. Landry has always had a passion for music and is a self-taught producer, DJ and audio engineer. Landry moved around a lot during her childhood and it was when she was living in New York City that she found her passion for... read full bio
ONYVAA is an American DJ and producer from Los Angeles, California. She has gained fame throughout Europe and has risen to the top in the global techno music scene. ONYVAA has earned the award of Best Newcomer from the DJ awards in Ibiza and has been named “the future of techno” by Richie Hawtin. ONYVAA is currently based out of... read full bio
Ellen Allien is a German electronic musician, producer, remixer, and founder of the BPitch Control music label. Allien was born in West Berlin, West Germany, and she moved to London later in life, which is where she first grew a passion for electronic music. She later moved back to Berlin and began working as a resident DJ at the Bunker,... read full bio
Mannequin Pussy is an American punk-rock band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that consists of members Colins Rey Regisford, Kaleen Reading, Marisa Dabice, and Athanasios Paul. The band started together originally with just Dabice and Paul who had been friends since school. From there, they released two EPs, “Bonerjamz!” and “Meatslave”. After a few years, Mannequin Pussy added more members of the... read full bio
Natalie Laura Mering, better known as her stage name Weyes Blood, is an American singer-songwriter and musician from Santa Monica, California. While growing up, both of Mering’s parents were musicians so she was raised on music during her childhood. Mering began performing her own music at only 15 years old and after graduating from high school, she went to study... read full bio
VNSSA is an American DJ and producer from Los Angeles, California, who performs house, tech house, bass house, acid house, and techno music. VNSSA was raised in Newport Beach, California, and she began her musical career playing the drums in local indie and rock bands. This led to her beginning to DJ and perform at local clubs and parties. VNSSA... read full bio
The Chats is an Australian punk rock band from Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia, that consists of members Eamon Sandwith, Josh Price and Matt Boggis. The Chats all met while taking a music class at St. Teresa’s Catholic College in Noosa, Queensland. From there, they formed The Chats and went on to release their self-titled debut EP which was featured on... read full bio
Kyle Watson is a South African house and tech house DJ from Johannesburg, South Africa. Watson is known for being one of the biggest DJs to come out of South Africa. His music has become popular all over the United States and also in Brazil. He has released music through record labels such as Ultra, Atlantic, Dirtybird and This Ain’t... read full bio
Amyl and the Sniffers are an Australian pub rock and punk band from Melbourne, Australia, that consists of members Amy Taylor, Bryce Wilson, Dec Martens and Gus Romer. The band was formed by Taylor, Wilson, Martens and former member Calum Wilson where they first wrote, record, and released their debut EP, “Giddy Up”, which was all done within a span... read full bio
Beach Bunny is an indie-pop band from Chicago, Illinois, which is a project and stage name for Lili Trifilio and consists of members Trifilio, Matt Henkels, Jon Alvarado, and Anthony Vaccaro. The group formed when Trifilio recorded her first song, “6 Weeks”, which led to her recruiting members for the band and from there, she released her first EP, “Animalism”.... read full bio
Erick Morillo is a Colombian-American DJ, music producer, and record label owner who has performed under numerous names such as The Dronez, RAW, Ministers de la Funk, Deep Soul, and more. He is best known for his work in house music and for the hit “I Like to Move It” which he produced under the name Reel 2 Real. Morillo... read full bio
Frances West is the former Chief Accessibility Officer at IBM, is the Founder of FrancesWestCo, and is an author. West has been the first female technologist to speak on digital inclusion at the United Nations and even testified to the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee. She is the author of “Authentic Inclusion Drives Disruptive Innovation”, which was featured at SXSW... read full bio
Stewart Liff is an American author and management consultant who is best known for his work in Human Resources Management, Performance Management, Visual Management and team development. Liff was born in Rego Park, New York, and he began his career as a personnel specialist with the Department of Defense. This led to Liff working as a Chief of Employee and... read full bio
Mark Aesch is the author of “Driving Excellence” and is the former CEO of the Rochester Genesee Regional Transportation Authority. During his time with the RGRTA, deficits were replaced with surpluses, taxpayer subsidies were reduced, demand for service increased, and the fare was lowered. Since then, Aesch has gone on to be a thought leader for the Boston Consulting Group... read full bio
