You aren’t ready for Dreya! West London Native Dreya Mac caused a stir with her debut single “Skippin” which hit over 600K streams across DSPs, while her Colors session received over 340K views / streams in just the first three weeks. Dreya has garnered support from tastemakers including Annie Mac, Toddla T, DJ Target, Sian…
Raised in London, 21-year-old Sarah Meth has never been shy of expressing her opinions in song. With the release of her debut EP ‘Dead End World’ in 2020, her music illustrates being a firm subscriber to Nina Simone’s famous quote: “An artist’s duty is to reflect the times”. Taking influence from Radiohead, Nina Simone and…
From the glitzy gold sequinned jackets they sport onstage to the surreal, noodling, apocalyptic jazz they tout, Horsey are both Brainchild royalty…and intoxicatingly odd. Their tracks meander through chintzy piano, to shouty call and response heckles to – on occasion – something resembling a rock opera. The group have built up a firm cult following…
bb sway is the solo project of Ashley Grace, a 22-year old artist originally from Hong Kong. Currently producing all of their own music in a tiny bedroom somewhere in South London, much of bb’s currently released music can be associated with the sounds of Dream Pop, Lo-Fi and Psychedelia, with influences including Men I…
Goya Gumbani moved with his family from New York to London when he was a teenager, but he still sounds like an MC straight out of Brooklyn. His lax rap flows will win over any East Coast boom-bap fan, oozing a serene calm rather than adhering to toxic macho stereotypes. A decade of collaborations in…
West Londoners Babeheaven were born out of a shared sonic dream between singer Nancy Andersen and keys player Jamie Travis. When they first met, the pair enjoyed mutual love for trip-hop, soul and electronics and we working day jobs – Nancy in her grandmother’s antique shop, Jamie in an organic farm store – meaning it…
Born and raised in London – via Stockholm, Spain and (briefly) New York – to a mixed musical family, singer TYSON had an unusual upbringing on the road. Her music draws from these experiences, the outcome a celestial, interplanetary R&B that is both reflective and soulful, yet futuristic. Formerly one half of band Panes, whose self-titled…
First up as part of Daytimers’ takeover in the Kite Bar is Vindya! Vindya is a Sri Lankan-British composer, producer and DJ; her mixes incorporate multiple underground dance music genres such as techno, break-beat, deep house and jungle, but also integrate sounds from her South Asian heritage with the Asian Underground scene. Her charming and…
Founded in East London by Sofia Grant, Higher Ground is a cosmic jam session and a safe space for performers to improvise, experiment and connect through music. From instrumentalists to poets, movers to singers, Higher Ground aims to be a nurturing environment for all performers to express themselves freely. Higher Ground also aims to address…
Ask Lava La Rue about her influences today, and she’ll reel off a catalogue of reference points while scarcely drawing breath, from psychedelic, punk and Britpop, to the vibrant Soundsystem culture and banging rave music she was regularly exposed to throughout her youth. But for Lava, the real beauty lies in the blurring of these…