In a world obsessed with stereotypes and genre pigeonholing, house & techno DJ, D&B DJ, broadcaster, presenter, writer and label head Charlie Tee’s no nonsense approach to music is that of any true aficionado; playing tracks that make her feel viscerally. From high energy house to gritty peak-time techno, or her more unhinged side rinsing some D&B and jungle, you’re always in for a ride.

If you haven’t come across Hen Ogledd yet but love the sound of wonky, folkloric, political, fluoro-pagan electro-pop you’re just going to love them, believe us. Following their latest release No Wood Accepted and their tour in December culture editor Kerry Mead caught up with them to talk about how they make music together, reclaiming the vocoder, and aural time-travelling.

Soulful and intricate, yet aggressive and pulsating, Rarelyalways is an artist whose genre-straddling has seen him embark on a meteoric rise from the streets of Hackney to collaborating with renowned fusion musician Hanni El-Khatib. Music editor Emma Doyle was caught up to speed on most-recently released ‘Manic’ EP, and what’s in store for the future.

Concocting a delicious mixture of sunshine pop, psychedelia and self-confessed sarcastic lyricism, Greatest Hits are the newest Anglo-Australian music talent you’ve been missing out on up until now.

Bristol-based DJ and producer Sean McCabe has had plenty of time to develop his own sound within the house music scene. Famously, he released his first tracks in 2003 at the tender age of 17 and has spent the last two decades fine-tuning a trademark sound that is effortlessly soulful. As a DJ, he forged a reputation at the legendary Southport Weekender, playing as far afield as Asia and South Africa, as well as regular appearances across Europe and the UK.

One half of the duo Try Me, Miles is a singer, songwriter and producer based in Bristol. With time to slow down and reevaluate in lockdown, Miles decided to turn to solo work while him and Bendy Wendy were unable to create music together. From this, Hector Who Lived was born!

The bisexual vegan shitpunks, Joe & The Shitboys, formed with the intention of ‘calling out shitty behaviour in the conservative Faroe Islands’, where, they say, the rock scene is filled with ‘boneless homophobes and meat-eating misogynists’. After seeing them perform one of the best live sets we’ve seen in a long time, and then spending some time chatting with them back in September at Dot to Dot festival in Bristol, we basically fell hard for the lot of them.

The Italian producer, DJ and stalwart of Ransom Note Records Bawrut is a central part of European club culture. His debut album In The Middle is released on 11th November. Bawrut delves deeper with us into how the album came to be, the political issues it explores, the important role art plays in society, and why its time for club culture to reclaim it’s conscious and political roots.

Kay Young is one of the most exciting new Black British female artists on the scene at the moment. Gaining the attention of Jay Electronica and signed to Roc Nation in 2019 by Jay Z, Kay is brimming with talent and surety in her chosen path, whilst remaining refreshingly genuine and true to her South London roots. We caught up with her recently and talked about her journey so far, the importance of keeping creative control and learning your craft inside out, especially as a Black female in the music industry, and why Adele would be her dream collaborator.

For a band that have only released two singles so far Bristol’s purveyors of dream-pop/Trip-hop Oslo Twins have already racked up an impressive roster of live performances in 2021 and are working with some of the most vital names on the current UK alternative music scene. Vocalist Claudia receiving the stamp of approval from songwriter and multi-instrumentalist BC Camplight. We spoke to Claudia and Eric recently about their vision, their influences and what is coming next.

Estonia-born and classically-trained musician Maarja Nuut is not afraid to delve into a number of disparate genres when making music, including Hindustani classical music while studying in New Delhi, Estonian archive sounds and most recently, the outer limits of looping and electronic sounds. Her solo work has garnered attention from 6 Music’s Mary Anne Hobbs , The Guardian and The Quietus, amongst others.

At first glance and listen Fake Turins are one of the many exciting bands to come out of the London electronic, post-punk music scene recently. But they are more than just a band.

Aibai’s tracks, talking of late nights, queer love, clubs and daydreams are filled with ambient, cinematic soundscapes reminiscent of electronic greats such as Odesza and Flume.

Zouj, aka Adam Abdelkader Lenox, a French/Moroccan/American musician and producer, brought up in Paris, now based in Leipzig, has been making leftfield, playful waves on the European noise DIY scene

While taking much influence from contemporary pop music and deconstructed club, her music remains uncompromisingly fantastical and folkloric, aspiring to envelope the listener in story-telling and world-building musical drama.

Ben Cura is a man of many talents. After spending many years in his youth travelling, he attended the New York Film Academy in Paris before graduating from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. His back catalogue includes theatre work, director, producer, actor and, most recently, musician.

Having made their base in Berlin in 2020, via Boston and New York, False Witness is taking the techno world by storm. The quality of their dark and empowering musical output is evident within seconds of hitting play and is backed up by their impressive CV of big-name collaborators and sets at some of the most iconic techno venues out there.

Berlin-based, Argentinian born composer and musician Sebastian Plano started playing the cello at seven and began writing his own music at the age of eleven. A few years later he turned his back on the traditional music doctrines of his childhood, deciding he didn’t just want to play other people’s music and followed a more contemporary journey, forging his own path