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Anna Meredith is a composer and performer of electronic and acoustic music. She has been composer in residence with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and the PRS/RPS Composer in the House with Sinfonia ViVA. She came to public attention through her 2008 work froms for the BBC Last Night of the Proms which was broadcast to 40 million people and has since written another BBC Prom commission, her first opera (Tarantula in Petrol Blue - with libretto Read more on Last.fm

RÓIS is a composer, vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, and electronic artist from Fermanagh. Read more on Last.fm

Hamish Hawk is a Scottish singer-songwriter based in Edinburgh. Hawk self-released his debut album, "Aznavour", in 2014 as Hamish James Hawk. He then recorded as a band as Hamish Hawk & The New Outfit, releasing the album From Zero to One in 2018. His album "Heavy Elevator" was released on Assai Recordings in 2021. His album "Angel Numbers" was released in 2023. Read more on Last.fm

CVC, an acronym for Church Village Collective, are a six-piece psych-rock group, named after their hometown near Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom. Their début EP, Real to Reel, came out in 2022, followed by their début full-length, Get Real, in 2023. Read more on Last.fm

Knats is a British jazz quintet led by two lifelong best mates from Newcastle Upon Tyne, Stan Woodward (bass) and King David-Ike Elechi (drums), alongside trumpeter, Ferg Kilsby, They are joined by George Johnson (saxophone) and Sandro Shar (piano). King David-Ike Elechi (drums) and Stan Woodward (bass) met as teenagers at school in Newcastle and started playing rock covers together before eventually starting to play reggae and jazz. They moved to London around 2022 to study jazz at Trinity Laban and online met Ferg Kilsby (trumpet) Read more on Last.fm

Basht. is a five-piece rock band from Dublin, Ireland. The band comprises frontman Jack Leavey (vocals), Sam Duffy (guitar), Rossa Healy (guitar), Louis Christle (bass), and Luke O'Neill (drums). Read more on Last.fm

Nubiyan Twist play an upbeat blend of groove driven music with a powerful horn section, soulful female vocals/mc'ing, live dubs/ electronics, turntablism and an explosive rhythm section stretching from Brazil to the UK. Nubiyan Twist are a Leeds born, London based musical collective. Orchestrated by guitarist/producer Tom Excell, they create a unique, infectious sound in an eclectic mix of styles, drawing on jazz, hip-hop, afrobeat, latin, soul, reggae and dance music. Read more on Last.fm

Dafydd Owain is a musician and composer from North Wales. Known for his work with bands such as Palenco and Omaloma, his first solo album Uwch Dros y Pysgod (Welsh for Up Above The Fish) was released in 2023 and nominated for both the Welsh Music Prize and the Albwm Cymraeg y Flwyddyn award. Owain's sophomore album, Ymarfer Byw (Practising Living) won Albwm Cymraeg y Flwyddyn and the Welsh Music Prize for 2026. Read more on Last.fm

Fronted by British / Nigerian vocalist Eno Williams, London based Ibibio Sound Machine combine elements of West African highlife, disco, post-punk & psychedelic electro soul. Folk stories, recounted to Eno by her family as a child in her mother's South-Eastern Nigerian Ibibio language form the creative lyrical fabric of their debut album that is due for release on Soundway Records late February 2014. A unique sound born out of the mixed up nature of London today Read more on Last.fm

Numerous artists have used the name Life, including: 1. LIFE (life) - emotive hardcore/blackened screamo solo project of Damián Ojeda (see also Sadness) https://life9.bandcamp.com/ 2. LIFE - British Post-Punk band formally known as The Neat. Their debut single "I Wanna Forget" was released on 21st October 2013 via Birthday Records. LIFE are anchored by their hometown, Hull, UK; the geography, history and community has always been the inspiration behind their creativity and on their third LP Read more on Last.fm