Jonny Dub, head honcho of both the Sketch City and Hoya:Hoya imprints, as well as the founder of Manchester’s 1st dedicated street art gallery “Upper Space”, A prolific North West Dj, he has played alongside some of the biggest names in the Underground Club scene and has enjoyed performing at clubs around the world including Low End Theory in LA.

Droppin’ Science are London’s freshest new hip hop collective.

In less than a year they have established a successful East London club night, a popular blog, a monthly radio show for Sensei.fm, & launched their more eclectic sister nights Funkorama & Dip-Dab. They have also done live guest mixes for Skanks Radio and Diesel UMusic.

DJs Matman (DMC Champ) & Nickname (55DSL’s official DJ) are 2 thirds of the Droppin’ Science crew (alongside producer/turntablist DJ Daredevil) and will be bringing the Droppin’ Science sound to Soundwave. Expect to hear a hefty dose of fresh Hip Hop, Funk and more.

LOVE TO FLY is a club-night / DJ team with bases in both London and ‘Das World Party Kapital’, Berlin. Co-piloted by Dave Tinning and Neil Alford, Love To Fly previously touched down at both Outlook and the Garden Festival in beautiful Petracane, including a riotous Argonaut voyage and a marathon main stage warm up slot in 2009. This year they’ll be bringing their vibed-up balearic/boogie/afro/bruk/sunshinesoul/discoid/electrofunk to Soundwave’s shores. Check out more info/mixes here:

Paper Tiger began life many years ago as a bedroom experiment: produced future hip-hop, broken beat and dub incorporating live instruments and musicians. Since then the project has gone from strength to strength, gaining support from Radio 1, 1xtra, Charlie Dark, Daedelus and 6Music, and forthcoming releases include tracks with Foreign Beggars, Juice Aleem (Big Dada), Sabira Jade (DJ Vadim, Hextatic) and Dudley Perkins (Stones Throw).

Over the past 18 months, an 8-piece live band has been performing these productions and more to audiences across Europe. The shows are a fully live, uninterrupted mix of downtempo hip-hop, broken beat, dubstep and more: no sequencers or backing tracks, just furious pushing of buttons and flailing of limbs. The band has shared stages with the likes of Jaga Jazzist, The Bug and Warrior Queen, Rustie, The Herbaliser, Mary-Anne Hobbs, Benji B, Daedelus, Gaslamp Killer, Benga and more.

The Join The Dots Collective have been throwing parties, although under various guises, across there current home of Edinburgh since 2008. The crew made up of 3 Scotts and an Englishman are dedicated music scavengers, hunting down beats, from glistening hand picked freshness, to dusty musical obscurities. Being unafraid to mix genre and tempo in there often mammoth sets, sets them apart from the sub-standard mediocrity of other genre purists. Expect House, Disco, Glitch, Hip Hop, Dub, Re-Edits and everything in between, including some of their own productions and edits, in their dance floor wobbling, hip gyrating sets.

In eight of hosting Edinburgh’s Radio 1 award-nominated Trouble club night (originally Trouble At The Bluenote) and holding down spots all over Scotland (Cabaret Voltaire, Bongo Club, The Voodoo Rooms and the Jazz Bar/Blue Note in Edinburgh; Slabs Of The Tabernacle/Glasgow; Snafu/Aberdeen; The Reading Rooms/Dundee), Hobbes has also toured the globe, from tiny sweat-boxes and after-hours affairs in London to super-clubs in Shanghai and Beijing, Rob Da Bank’s massive Big Top tent at Bestival to wee hot-spots in Warsaw, Sardinia, Vienna, Paris, Berlin, Derry, Ghent, Zadar and Belgrade, not to mention other UK festivals such as the Big Chill, T in The Park, Knockengorroch and Secret Garden Party.

Hobbes has worked with myriad names from across the soul/dance spectrum. See the full list here: www.getintotrouble.com/acts_staged.php

Espousing a broad music policy at Trouble, that’s simply ‘future-retro’, Hobbes knows exactly how to rock the party and always recognises a good groove when he hears one, no matter what musical pigeon-hole people are stuffing it into this week. He is also one half of the brains behind Limbo (and the Limbo Live compilations), which was recently described as ‘a barometer of pop’ by the press and is widely recognised as THE place to see the most exciting new bands in Scotland right now. Hobbes also somehow manages to find time for the studio and is currently completing work on a series of upcoming releases, the demos of which can be heard on his Soundcloud…

Drawing influence from a record bag filled with the sounds of House and Garage to Funk and Afro-Beat, Fife’s approach to electronic music is somewhat eclectic. Forthcoming collaborations with Randomer due for release in 2010 can boast support on radio from Gilles Peterson & Mary Anne-Hobbs, and on dancefloors from forward thinking DJ’s such as Untold, Pangaea and Ben UFO.

Danny Drive Thru has been a fixture of Manchester’s music scene for nearly 10 years. Affiliated with such past great nights as Sub Tub and Spellbound, through to new breed nights like Hoya:Hoya and Mind On Fire, he’s taken in theatre, jam nights, and multiple Groovement radio shows along the way. Danny appeared on Ninja Tune (with latin jazz superband RSL) and Fat City Records’ Producer 2 Compilation, and has several imminent releases in the pipeline

You may know dãm-funk from his remix of Baron Zen’s “Burn Rubber” & his debut solo joint “Sidewayz” both out now on Stones Throw yet, he also throw’s one of the freshest Monday nite parties in L.A. called FUNKMOSPHERE which focues on rare joints via ‘original wax’ from the early 80’s based Boogie/Funk, Modern-Soul, & ‘current’ Modern-Funk sub genres respectfully. An L.A. native, raised in Pasadena, CA & now based in the Leimert Park section of Los Angeles, dãm is now currently recording his debut ‘EP’ for Stones Throw Records with full support from label president & friend Peanut Butter Wolf which promises to be the ‘Modern-Funk’ project everyones been waiting for to emerge from the left coast. “dãm-funk is a man that’s almost single-handedly brought the ‘Boogie’ scene to life here in LA.” – Ty G ~ HVW8.com

Oh my days! Very possibly our favourite band in the world! A band we have had the pleasure of presenting in the north & south of the UK on a number of occasions and one that we can only dream about having play on a beautiful peninsular in Croatia to an intimate crowd. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Now, about the band.

The aptly-named Cinematic Orchestra (TCO) were formed by J. Swinscoe back in 1999. At the time Jay was still an employee at Ninja Tune in South London, and while he knocked out Mr. Scruff and Coldcut records to Spain and Scandinavia by day, he began putting together the TCO album in his downtime.

Its now 2010 and a total of 8 studio, live and remix albums has shown TCO to be one of the greatest acts on earth. They are simply amazing.

Zero 7 are a Grammy Award-nominated, downtempo styled musical duo comprising of Henry Binns and Sam Hardaker from the United Kingdom. Contributing artists include vocals from Mozez, Sia Furler, Tina Dico, Sophie Barker, and José González. The guest vocalist lineup for the duo has subsequently included Eska Mtungwazi, Martha Tilston, and Rowdy Superstar for their fourth studio album. Their ‘Another Late Night’ compilation featured the likes of Sylvia Striplin, Slum Village and Leroy Hudson. Expect them to be digging deep into their inspirations old and new for some pure sunshine music.

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the bPm (Hold Box Flat / Soul Jazz) :: Schooled between Soul Jazz Records, Brownswood Recordings and Gilles Peterson, the bPm brings a dark interpretation to the worldwide sound. Throwing together non-genre specific beats from across the experimental underground. bPm has been found in basements, clubs, dancehalls, beaches spinning records alongside Ramadanman, Charlie Dark, Theo Parrish, Moodymann, Gilles Peterson, Laurent Garnier….

Since their maiden voyage in Manchester 2008, the 15-piece Riot Jazz Brass Band has been the bare-breasted galleon figure of the Riot Jazz flotilla.

Captained by Nick Walters (soon to complete a Masters of Jazz Trumpet) and fronted by the prodigious MC CHUNKY, these brass-wielding sentinels of live music and good times have infected ear-holes far and wide with their twisted mix of funk, soul, hip-hop and aggressive jazz.

Often seen alongside Manchester compatriots Broke n’English, this motley crew of trumpets, trombones, drums and sousaphones have also worked with the Foreign Beggars, Jenna G and Skinnyman and hyped crowds for the likes of Dizzee Rascal, The Wailers and The Streets.

Anchored in the same New Orleans swamplands as the Hot 8 Brass Band and Youngblood Brass Band, the Riot Jazz Brass Band navigate a minefield of original aggressive jazz, hiphop samples, funked-up favourites and re-interpreted dubstep, drum’n'bass and dancefloor bangers that never fails to send limbs flying!

When it comes Croatian hip-hop, there’s only one name and one crew you need to remember…

Phat Phillie (Blackout crew) is a resident DJ (and promoter) of Blackout Lounge, Zagreb’s sexiest monthly event. Held at the city’s coolest urban nightspot Club Aquarius, it has hosted sold-out shows by artists such as Redman, DJ Premier, Jazzy Jeff, De La Soul,Royce Da 5’9”, Masta Ace, Raekwon, OC and Big L (rip), Das EFX, Tha Alkaholiks, Jeru The Damaja, Dilated Peoples, Naughty By Nature, The Brand New Heavies…

Phillie has DJ-ed not only in Croatia, but also in New York, Germany, Austria, France, Switzerland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Holland and Macedonia. A regular guest on numerous Croatian television shows, he has appeared on Germany’s leading music television station VIVA TV (Mixery Raw Deluxe) and MTV Europe (MTV Mash). Phillie has also penned articles for a number of the world’s leading hip-hop magazines including Backspin (Germany) and The Source (US) and interviewed artists such as 50 Cent, N.O.R.E., Wu-Tang Clan, Ice-T, DJ Premier… He can even be heard in a skit on the Dilated Peoples LP ‘The Platform’.

Most recently, Phillie started executive producing a second installment of the classic “Heavy Rhyme Experience” album for a UK acid-jazz band The Brand New Heavies as well as debut album “The Makings” for his producer Koolade. He also started a soundsystem called Likwit Bumz with MC J-RO from a legendary hip-hop group THA ALKAHOLIKS. The guys have been rocking clubs and festivals in Europe hard as they performed in Chemnitz, Rome, Luzern, Hamburg, Sofia, Skopje, Zagreb, Sarajevo to name a few..
He remains committed to raising the profile of his team of producers and to securing Croatian hip-hop’s rightful place at the forefront of the global hip-hop evolution.

Alex host’s weekly radio show (Saturdays 1-3 pm) on London’s finest Underground radio station Rinse Fm. Playing the freshest sounds in Hip Hop, Dubstep, House, Soul and beyond. Podcasts can be found at WWW.RINSE.FM. Guests to the show have included Harmonic 313, Hudson Mohawke, Ras G, Morgan Zarate, Kyle Hall, Jose James, Stacy Epps etc

The show has been championed by the likes of the Wire magazine, Fact, ATM and the Observer and is considered one of he the most important, progressive and forward thinking shows on the airwaves.

He released Rinse CD 08 in March 2009, following in the footsteps of Skream, Geeneus, Supa D, Crazy Cousins and Plastician. The CD was an instant sell out and received raved reviews from the likes of XLR8R, The Fader, The Guardian, Pitchforck etc and is considered by some the best in the series. It was recently ranked No.5 in Phonica’s best albums of 2009!

In 2009 set up Eglo records with friend Floating Points. Which is now celebrating its 1st Birthday. Label signings include Fatima, Funkineven, Shuanise and Floating Points. Fans include Kode 9, Mary Anne Hobbes, Gilles Peterson, Benji B.

Regularly plays at FWD, Benji B’s Deviation, Fabric, Matter, Plastic People, Ballers/LuckyMe etc & is currently in the studio putting together finishing touches to his own productions.

Almost certainly one of the 3 most talented men in all of Stockport. Jon is a man on a musical mission. What the end result may be remains a bit of a mystery, not least to the man himself but rest assured it includes an enormous bag of breath-takingly beautiful tunes, copious rump-shakingly fine dancefloor corkers and a hatful of innovative ideas bordering on musical genius.
He’s certainly a talented chap.
Autumn 2002 Jon joined the Grand Central family. Bred a stone’s throw from GCHQ, his childhood in Stockport was characterized by exposure to new and interesting music, as a function of his parents’ enthusiasm for the pioneering artists of their day. Jon cites Peter Frampton, Electric Light Orchestra, David Essex and Geoff Wayne’s “War of the Worlds” (check out the H.G. Wells classic !) as early influences. His taste would in part be shaped also by his brother’s musical excavations, which brought him into contact with more guitar-centric bands like KISS and AC/DC.

UK’s Blue Daisy was just another unsigned beatmaker, studying for his law exams and shopping tracks to DJs and label heads last year. He dropped a few in the inbox of Mary Anne Hobbs, who spun them on her influential Radio 1 Experimental program, where Ian Merchant, founder of the Black Acre imprint, heard the songs and immediately scooped up Blue Daisy to release his lurching debut single, “Space Ex”. Such lightning-paced development is more often than not a detriment– artists are pushed into the spotlight before they’re ready– but when the music’s this accomplished, everyone wins.

SOUNDWAVE CROATIA
The Garden, Petrcane 23-25th July 2010

“Perhaps the summer’s most beautiful site” Time Out

“all the quirks of a Bestival but in a far more beautiful, and sunny setting” The Guardian

“Basically The Big Chill on sea” London Lite

Following last years amazing festival featuring the likes of DJ Yoda, Tom Middleton, The Bays, Alice Russell and many more we are extremely pleased to announce that Soundwave Croatia is back once again with the ill behaviour, can you feel it…

And we promise that this year will be even better than the last, even more great music in the glorious sunshine next to a clear blue sea, spread over 3 days, 3 arena’s and a boat. All for less than the price of a return train ticket to Glastonbury!

The festival site, known as The Garden, Petrcane, is in a beautiful region of Croatia close to Zadar, Petrcane is fishing village on a peninsular where the Dalmation Coast meets the Adriatic Sea. It has an outside Amphitheatre for live acts, a Beach Side Terrace for day & night time dancing and a 600 capacity nightclub for the beats to go on right through the night.

At this beautiful site you can swim in the glistening Adriatic, dance on the beach under the stars, join us aboard a swashbuckling Boat Party, get your groove on to a Funktion 1 Soundsystem in a retro Studio 54 styled nightclub or relax beneath the pines along the forested coastline.
You can come and stay for a week or just a long weekend, there’s plenty to see and do and there will be entertainment and shenanigans provided for the duration. Musical entertainment will take place on a terraced bar on by the sea for day and night-time dancing, an outside amphitheatre overlooking the ocean for live acts, the nightclub and of course not forgetting the Boat Party.

The surrounding area is equally beautiful and there is loads to do such as island hopping, exploring the national parks and nearby mountains, enjoying the culinary delights of the local farming and fishing villages, relaxing on any of the various beaches or maybe you’ll just wave the flag for brits abroad and get sun-burnt, obnoxiously drunk and locked up (Joke – please dont wave that flag).
for more info please visit the local tourist board – www.croatia.hr

The confusion (cfsn) association was formed eight years ago when a couple of loyal friends with a clear vision, some money and a bunch of motivation went off to promote breakbeat and drum&bass music along with visual arts in Zagreb, Croatia. Soon enough, all their effort brought about a happy audience and their most popular event Illectric funk became the biggest party of the sort in Croatia, attracting as much as 1200 people to the venues. Illectric funk club nights hosted Optical, Klute, the EZ Rollers, Peshay, Calibre, Marcus Intalex, Rascal&Klone, Storm, BLIM, Chris Carter, Paul B, Chris Su, SKC, Calyx, Black Sun Empire, Teebee and many more.  With the foundations for serious partying set firm, the collective decided to venture in a different direction and starts organizing the first Croatian snowboarding and music festival – SCORE* in association with the friendly diskonnection crew. The rest of their energy was put into the three years of Illectric Funk festival which also presented the rarely heard types of electronic music, and introduced the globally popular dubstep to the Croatian clubbers for the first time (LTJ Bukem & MC Conrad, DJ Krush, Dub Pistols, Mala – Digital Mystikz, The Bug, SKC, TM Juke live, Molara etc.)

However, the biggest and sweetest project was revealed to clubbers in early December in the form of Illectricity, the fourth and the fifth Illectric Funk festival (www.illectricity.com).

Illectricity overcame Zagreb like a true storm this fall, bringing ten days of music and visual arts with some of the most creative and fresh artists today such as Rustie, Deadbeat, Jon Hopkins, D-bridge, Cooly G, Peverelist, Various Production, Jahcoozi, CLP, Al Haca, Jackmaster, Boom Monk Ben, along with the famous Mary Anne Hobbs, Klute and Panacea. The festival parties took place in a old deserted factory. Along with all night dancing frenzies and amazing visual creations, the festival offered a number of workshops and lectures where those interested had the chance to communicate and discuss with the festival guests.

White is one of the UK’s most hyped young producers right now, with a string of 7″s for One-Handed music getting tastemakers like Mary Anne Hobbs and Benji B very excited; and while he’s undeniably part of the post-Flying Lotus instrumental hip-hop renaissance, his music stands alone, and speaks for itself.

The creative force behind the long running NICE UP! night, and more recently record label, as well as A&R consultant for countless other labels, Shepdog is a regular face on the London DJ circuit as well as festivals and clubs across the globe. Having promoted parties and DJed for the best part of 20 years, he has played alongside many of the greats, be it dropping classic reggae, hip hop, soul and funk or spinning breaks, disco, drum & bass and dubstep. His motto of “Righteous Party Vibes” when DJing is sure to move any dancefloor.

Recently making the move into production, Shep’s mash-ups have been a massive hit with DJs accross the board, with his skanking version of The Gossip’s “Standing In The Way Of Control” picking up plays on national radio and support from DJs such as Annie Mac, Rob Da Bank, DJ Yoda, Don Letts, Steve Lamacq and A Skillz. Now upto it’s 10th release, as well as a hugely popular compilation CD alongside fellow mash-up don Jstar “Cut Ups, Muck Ups & Bruck Ups”, NICE UP! has established itself as the number one reggae/hip hop label in the UK and is set for bigger things in 2010!

DJ Suhaid / Radio Tilos, Budapest HU

Suhaid is a DJ / promoter badassss from Budapest who collects and plays records from creepy transylvanian psych to early acid and beyond. His weekly radioshow on legendary ex-pirate station Tilos is praised by stoner hippiess, hip hop heads and the jazz crowd. Suhaid’s BombTheJazz clubnight has grown from baby gator to Godzilla in the course of the last ten years: a true monster of eclectic parties donning line-ups of top international guests and local oddballs. His weekly night is more of a laidback affair as the name Sunday Session suggests.

Suhaid has already invaded Paris, London, Manchester, Dublin, Ljubljana, Vienna, Graz, Innsbruck, Poznan, Novi Sad, Bratislava, Timisoara and Petrcane. The rest, he can’t remember… but nevertheless he keeps expansion steady with DJ bags full of heavy bangers, unheard of rarities, and music that is yet to be made. He has already shared stage with the likes of Carl Craig, DJ Format, Todd Terje, Henrik Schwarz, David Holmes, Pepe Bradock, Keb Darge, Kenny Dope, Steinski etc.

For a taste of what he might have in his bag, look out for Andy Votel’s upcoming Finders Keepers release of rare Hungarian psych-beat tunes, compiled partly by Suhaid – watch out!

DJ Vadim is a prolific DJ and Producer. His music combines elements from hiphop, soul, reggae and electronica. He has been described as “one of the few artists creating genuinely new work in the Hip-Hop field and an artist who “cannot be ignored”. Throughout his career he has worked with a variety of musicians, singers and groups,these include DJ Krush, Stevie Wonder, The Roots, Prince, Public Enemy, Dilated Peaople, Kraftwerk, Sly and the family stone, Fat Freddys Drop, Super Furry Animal and Paul Weller.

The Boat parties are going to be hosted by some of your favourite dj’s, clubnights and record labels. Line-ups to be announced soon.

Boat Party tickets are not included in the festival ticket price due to the limited number of places on each boat. Further info can be found on the Shop Section of our website.

Designed in the early ’70s, this fabulous circular nightclub had fallen into a state of disrepair and was crying out for a classic refit. Many of the original design features were recreated including the giant light feature over the sunken circular dance floor and the upholstered booths that surround it.

With the vital additions of a world class sound system and full air-conditioning, Barbarella’s Discothèque is the venue for all of the festivals after-parties to be curated by your favourite clubnights and records labels – WATCH THIS SPACE.

Following some feedback from last years festival this years clubnights will be FREE ENTRY, although due to capacity the nights will be ticketed and limited in numbers, see site box office on arrival for details.

Positioned at the end of the peninsular and surrounded by the crystal clear Adriatic, the panoramic views extend from Petrcane village round to the islands opposite and beyond. Complete with its own lighthouse, the terrace is the perfect place to sit and sip cocktails on the seafront, dance in the warm waves, watch the glorious sunset and take a night-time dip or just dance under the stars.

Absolute paradise.

Bespoke Funktion 1 sound systems have been installed throughout the site making the quality of sound excellent.

No better way to enjoy the live delights that Soundwave has brought together.

Yarah Bravo will be performing alongside DJ Vadim. The pint sized vixen that fronted his Oneself project alongside Blu Rum 13 has a youthful energy and exhuberance that captivates. Recently appearing on The Soundcatcher album she is a force to be reckoned with onstage and in the studio. This will be a truly lively show.

Bristol’s Bedmo Disco Soundsystem have recently made a name for themselves as fearless party-starters, and who are we to argue. Comprising of DJ/production duo Thumbs Aloft (AKA Sell By Dave and Five-Stylez) and mic man Coherent, the trio’s energetic DJ-meets-live performance shows are rapidly becoming the stuff of legend. Initially coming together in 2007 for the release of their debut 12″ ‘Bedmo Disco Vol 1′  – whose fans included such luminaries as Annic Mac, The Idjut Boys, The Unabombers and Tom Middleton – the Bedmo Disco crew have since rocked festivals and club nights up and down the land with their eclectic, party-friendly blend of disco, funk, soul, hip-hop, breaks, house, electrofunk, boogie, dubstep, Balearica, rock, Latin, Afrobeat and everything in between. Renowned for their sneaky, dancefloor-friendly re-edits and wicked sense of fun – they once hosted the world’s largest ever game of musical statues at the 2007 Bloom festival – the trio live by a simple mantra: there aint no party like a Bedmo Disco party!

Stuart McCallum is the guitarist for The Cinematic Orchestra and is regularly on tour with the band worldwide. He has played on their Ma Fleur and Live at The Albert Hall recordings and along with the Cinematic’s creative director was heavily involved in the writing and recording of the score to the Disney film, The Crimson Wing. Stuart participated in the arrangement and recording of Radiohead’s Exit Music For A Film for their compilation album Exit Music: Songs With Radio Heads. He has also performed and recorded with some of the most prominent international jazz musicians of today, including Kenny Wheeler, John Surman, Mike Gibbs, Gilad Atzmon, Ari Hoenig and Tim Garland.
His solo music is soon to be released on an offshoot of ninja tunes and is stunning, Stuart is a wonder to watch live.

The original dub masters & originators of the “Bristol Sound”.
Regardless of what you may or may not have heard about the infamous ‘Bristol Sound’ over the years, either in the press, from friends or on vinyl, one thing is certain, that sound did not originally come from the likes of Massive Attack, Portishead or Roni Size. While the Wild Bunch (a loose outfit of Bristol based MCs, graffiti artists and DJ’s) can claim credit for breaking the sound to a wider national/global audience, it is Smith & Mighty who can rightly pronounce this throne as their own. They have always commanded significant respect amongst the more discerning music aficionados, and Rob Smith is still very much at the forefront of the new Bristol Sound, nowadays under the moniker RSD. It will be an honour to have them play at this years festival.

IT’S HIP HOP…BUT NOT AS WE KNOW IT !

With his trademark live FLUTEBOXING [beatboxing and playing the flute at the same time] Nathan ‘Flutebox’ Lee’s explosive blend unites Hip Hop, Drum ‘n’ bass and Ragga beats with Indian classical, Jazz and Funk melodies.

NATHAN LEE is a true 21st Century musical pioneer, taking live acoustic performance to the next level and urban music into uncharted waters. His hi-octane, hyper-percussive show combines the raw energy and attitude of Hip Hop and Jazz beats with the intricacies and musicianship of classical Indian music.

He has collaborated live and in the studio with, among others, Nitin Sawhney, The Prodigy, The Roots,Beardyman, Plan B, Asian Dub Foundation, Foreign Beggars and has just finished his spell as an EMERGING ARTIST IN RESIDENCE at London’s prestigious SOUTH BANK CENTRE.

His live show explodes with energy and alongside Beat-boxer Wandan he is most definitely going to cause a tidal wave on the Dalmatian coast.

Mr Thing has honed his turntable technique to that of a fine art and know he has done the same with his production. The former Scratch Pervert is THE party DJ, with a residency at London superclub Fabric, Thing knows the tracks that truly rock a crowd. To see the effect this inside knowledge has on his own production you only need to witness what happens when needle hits the groove on one of his own tracks. Besides skills and experience, Thing has dedication like no other when it come to digging for those untouched and unrivalled samples and breaks. Not many people would dare step to him. That is why last year BBE records got him to team up the legendary DJ Premier to do a joint compilation called The Kings Of Hip-Hop. Say no more.

From guesting for Basement Jaxx to touring with Motown legends her collaborations have never been dull and her solo material will not disappoint.
Commended for having a “Dreamy Romanticism” to her voice, her lyrical tales of love and loss accompanied by ukulele will bring a smile whilst (maybe) provoking a tear….

Lone blends Boards Of Canada styled ‘lectronic nostalgia and Flying Lotus style funk-impressions, causing folks like Warp’s Bibio to swoon “…he has a personality in his music that’s vivid”, with many favourable comparisons to everyone from Dilla to Madlib in respected corners of the music press 2010 is set to be his year as he toys with the 4/4, curious new poly-rhythms and his own take on new haus!!

Laura J Martin hails from the suburbs of Liverpool with influences that ricochet between Serge Gainsbourg, Wu Tang Clan, David Bowie and Herbie Mann. Armed with flute, mandolin and loop station, she sings over her loops and beats, songs inspired by Japanese folkore to real life sentiments and characters.

Whilst living in Japan in 2006, she was invited to take part in the Brownswood artists ‘Soil & Pimp’ sessions in Tokyo. On return to Britain, Laura joined Kidkanevil’s show performing at venues across Britain and Europe. She also appeared in several of his recordings including Kranium Rock.

Laura’s first single Dokidoki was released with First Word Records in 2009 on download and 7” vinyl with a remix by Kidkanevil on the B side. 2009 also saw Laura’s remix of Alice Russell’s Lights Went Out feature on Russell’s remix album and on the 7” single alongside DJ Vadim’s remix. She also joined Russell on her British tour and has warmed up the stage for artists Little Dragon and Portico Quartet.

Throughout the summer period, Laura played The Big Chill, Greenman and Soundwave festivals. Dokidoki received airplays on Radio 6’s Tom Robinson show and her track What If King was featured in the London Collective ‘One Taste’ compilation. Laura’s music has been featured in adverts for Tang and Vodafone.

Most recently, Laura has collaborated with Buck 65 to produce a track which will be out later this year and will be releasing her new single The Hangman Tree in early 2010.

kidkanevil’s 3rd album Basho Basho was released this January on First Word Records. Since his debut ‘Problems & Solutions’ in 2007, the beanie-hatted beatmaker has become one of the most in-demand producers in the UK, working with a host of top artists including Andreya Triana, Bonobo, DJ Vadim, Homecut, Laura J Martin and more. He’s also part of hotly tipped band Stateless who bring our their second album later this year.

Look out for more from him in 2010 – after taking part in London’s Red Bull Music Academy he has plenty more in the pipeline including a series of tracks with Foreign Beggars as well as more of his legendary DJ / MPC sets.

Illum Sphere is regarded as one of the most exciting young producers in the UK right now. It’s been a busy time since his debut ‘The Incoming EP’ landed in April 2009. Shows around Europe followed up dates at Low End Theory and Dam-Funk’s Funkmosphere party in LA. His Hoya:Hoya night saw one of the most talked about lineups ever at the Warehouse Project, with Daedelus, Gaslamp Killer, Rustie, Dam Funk, Mary Anne Hobbs and Nosaj Thing all playing alongside himself and co-head honcho, Jonny Dub. Add to that an invite to 2010’s Red Bull Music Academy, a remix dropping for Martyn soon and a BBC 1xtra Music Award, all in the space of 7 months.

With a production style that takes as much from techno, garage and psych as much as it does from hip-hop, dubstep and abstract electronics, he has attracted high praise from LA’s elite Gaslamp Killer and Ras G, Dutch maestro Martyn and Radio 1’s leading lady Mary Anne Hobbs as well as Radiohead main man Thom Yorke and a wave of UK producers, such as Blue Daisy, Paul White, Ikonika, Brackles and Kidkanevil. People in the know are tipping him for big things.

dEbruit has recently relocated to London with Civil Music and the sonically flamboyant Frenchman has become synonymous with high-calibre, genre-defying synthetic music crowned with a certain ‘je ne sais quoi’. As a producer, remixer and DJ, he successfully straddles hip-hop, dubstep, electro and beyond, His Music is a no holds barred assault through dark Congolese sound systems, downtown L.A. block parties gone wrong and haze filled Kingston recording studios and freaky Tunisian backstreet souks; all powered by a fat hip hop engine. Konono#1 meets J Dilla

Homecut is the brainchild of emcee / vocalist / producer Testament, who has spent five years crafting his debut album for First Word. With lead single ‘I Don’t Even Know’ picking up praise from the likes of Gilles Peterson, Hip Hop Connection, DJ Vadim, The Nextmen, Q Magazine and more, the album ‘No Freedom Without Sacrifice’ is  now cementing Homecut’s position as one of the essenntial bands of the year. Deep Hip Hop with a souful edge, the album also features guests including Soweto Kinch, Corinne Bailey Rae, Andreya Triana, J-Live and Ty.

Check out the seismic Homecut live show – a 6-peice explosion of soulful live hip hop at a venue near you soon.

“I really love this” – The Nextmen

“Inspired” – iDJ Magazine

“Unique & refreshing” – Hip Hop Connection

“The laidback cool of Guru, the boundary-pushing of Roots Manuva and the conscious lyricism of Common” – YEP

“This is the kind of music the world could do with more of” – Blues & Soul Magazine

Gentleman’s Dub Club is a nine-piece band that formed in Leeds in early 2006.  With a style based in dub, ska and roots reggae, GDC have burst onto the UK circuit, rocking gigs and festivals up and down the country with their super high energy show.  Combining tight grooves and a heavyweight sound, Gentleman’s Dub Club bring the party to crowds of all ages hungry for a dance floor workout, with their gigs often ending in a frenzied mosh pit reminiscent of a mid 80’s ska night. Live effects and mixing make for a crystal clear sound, and the band’s larger than life stage presence makes for a mesmerising experience.