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In this day and age of music cross-pollination, Claude VonStroke sits at the forefront of all that is good, proper and most importantly, fun. He is just the same at home remixing Kenny Larkin or London Grammar as he is dropping multiple underground hits. DJ wise, his relentless touring of every major city, festival and basement after-party around the world has only enriched th
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Sibling production and DJ duo Star.One have built a reputation as purveyors of UK underground music. Soundsystem-like in nature, they refuse to stick to one genre, instead mixing and blending between the Garage, Grime and Jungle sounds of their youth. Their 2014 'Elements' mixtape was a perfect display of this featuring the likes of P Money, D Double E, G Frsh, Doctor and Cree
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From an Irish pub to an Academy Award winning movie: The Mahones have come a long way in 25 years! Heralded as pioneers of the Irish punk scene, and internationally recognized as one of the best and hardest working punk outfits around, The Mahones formed on St. Patrick's Day in 1990, and have been working on their own brand of Irish punk ever since. With a working class ethic a
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Hailing from South East London and comprised of brothers Tee and Rocket, SPLURGEBOYS are one of the hottest artist and production teams in the UK right now. Since their debut in 2013 they have had credits on records by Skepta, Tinie Tempah, Ghetts, Giggs, G FrSH, Frisco and Jammer, not to mention their remix of Dizzee Rascal's 'Sittin' Here' featuring Fekky, which has clocked up m
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Drones Club are a London electronic collective, lining up live as a five-piece.
They played a series of raucous, transcendental shows in unusual locations over the summer of 2015 causing a whirlwind of hype.
Their two EPs to date fuse the urgent rumble and slinking grooves of techno and disco to a melodic, gospel sense of spirituality.
They've been described by DIY as "wildly
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Banners’ songs have an anthemic, ecclesiastical quality. They’re haunting and inspiring, effervescent, and relatable. In the space between piano chords, sweeping beats, and orchestral guitar, an awakening happens. As if stirring to life, the music of BANNERS ascends towards steeple-size heights lifted by front-man Michael Nelson’s dynamic delivery and exquisite songcraft
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Willie J Healey grew up just outside Oxford, and writes with dreamy wit and self-aware humour about the romance, the fun and mundanity of life.The lyrics to his surf-indie-rock songs are evocative, dreamy and very often very funny. Willie recently turned 20.
His music comes straight out of English suburbia, but gives a fuzzy passing glance to American small-town living, and a
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