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Kings on Parade

Kings on Parade

Following Pecs’ Manformation workshop, the new royalty will have a chance to throw some shapes alongside a delicious array of kings, seasoned & new, who’ll be serving up a slice of smouldering queer joy just for you. Introducing… Mr Wesley Dykes, your favourite rapper, your favourite RnB singer and your friendly neighbourhood fxckboi. He was born…

Moses Boyd

Needing little to no introduction, Moses Boyd joins us as our Saturday night headliner. A double MOBO and Jazz FM Award winner, Moses’s live and studio collaborations have been as varied as they have been prolific, from touring with Sampha and Kelsey Lu, to drumming on Sons of Kemet’s Mercury-nominated album, to his recent collaboration…

Alex Rita presents Calm Roots

Designed to sooth, this session is all about Alex Rita (Touching Bass) playing some of her hypnotic and melodic records aloud, a sonic cloud to drift away on. For those of you who were there for Alex’s Calm Roots set in 2019 will know how vital and reenergizing this session will be. You can listen…

Maxwell Owin

Max is a DJ you’ll never forget and a friend you will treasure forever. 1/2 of Sîbin, a party (remember those?), collective and where Max released his most recent works – Come with The Ragga (Max & Phoebs) and Pastor, (Anja Ngozi & Max) As a producer, his credits are seemingly endless. He’s at the…

Ben Hauke

Longstanding Brainchild family, Ben is a South London-based producer, DJ and sonic experimenter. In his words, Ben believes music is more about attitude than it is about mixdowns. Hands on and haphazard, Ben hits the mark every time. Whilst we’ve loved Ben for a long long time, it feels like he is really coming into…

Loucin

Loucin is a London-based vocalist and songwriter with her influences rooted in jazz, neo-soul and RnB. Loucin was first able to express her love for jazz and swing when vocalist for Leeds University Union Big Band for three years. As part of several projects including lead vocalist for Tomorrow’s Warriors Female Frontline, backing vocalist for Poppy Adjuda and as part of The…

LOLA

A brand new group that we’re very excited to see live for the pure ENERGY! Longstanding members of the Brainchild and OG Steez community, this is tom theythem (rhymes/vocals), Cieran Corr (guitar), James Wilson (bass) & Sam Jones (guitar). In Winter 2020, they got together for long improvised session and produced some striking material engaging…

Touching Bass DJ Takeover

Touching Bass family are on the decks in the forest this year, at The Shack on Sunday from 6pm – 10pm, taking you right through evening to sunset to the night-time hours. From their dances to their NTS show, or their releases as a label, this is an organisation that is pushing forward soulful and…

Tomorrow’s Warriors Jam

You’ve probably read lots about this organisation, and if you have, you will understand why we find it hard to communicate quite how significant and inspirational they are. We’re very excited to be handing over to young folks from Tomorrows Warriors for the Saturday night in our new space, the Minty Cabin, where they’ll be…

Parasang

Parasang started as an exploration of London’s diverse musical communities. The series invites guest musicians to improvise and interact with electronics. Parasang is led by Pouya Ehsaei on with an all hardware setup. Pouya’s musicianship is generous and flexible, making space for and responding to the musicians who accompany him. The series is co-curated by…

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