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Vane MG is a Colombian artist and designer based in London, working across painting, street art, and digital illustration.

Her practice blends Colombian heritage, toy-design influences, and her signature Heart Eyes motif to create vibrant, emotionally charged worlds rooted in colour and imagination.

She has collaborated with major UK institutions including Kew Gardens, where she became the first artist to paint inside its historic walls, and has also produced work for Tate Modern and the Wellcome Collection.

In 2024 she was awarded Best Latin American Visual Artist in the UK by LA United, and in 2025 she is a Dubel Prize finalist, with the final taking place on 10 February.

A guy with magic in his hands and mind. The engineer in me understand logic but the magician shatters all of it to evoke the lost feeling of wonder.

Based in London, Flávia has a background in Theatre Arts and production. She is an experimental performer, director and model. Her main work focuses on the relationship between artist and audience, finding herself conducting immersive theatre. At Farrago Festival she is choreographing the performative runaway collaborating once again with House of Donyi to the underground fashion designers: Marian de Lima, Charlie McMahom, Blythe Brunt and Viliana Korueva.

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“We’ve never liked the idea of being ‘just another indie band’,” say King Kuda. The Brighton-based four-piece, whose sound has evolved from classic indie numbers to incorporating “creamy guitars, big hooks, and hypnotic grooves”, first met at university and started jamming in the living room of their shared house. Their 2018 debut single Wildflower’ was packed with spangly guitars and wistful vocals, and now boasts almost half a million streams. New banger, ‘Bloodstream’, however, is reminiscent of electronic artists Dusky and Bonobo, who the band count as recent influences on their sound as well as indie gods, Foals.

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Lauren Zara is a Brazilian samba, latin, freestyle and belly dancer, who brings a special array of hip movements and body isolations to her dancing. She has performed on invitation as a highlight dancer in Rio Carnival, where she was featured on Brazil's Globo TV. She has also performed in high profile events across the world including the London 2012 Olympics, Glastonbury Festival, Latitude Festival, Boomtown Festival, Brazil vs UK (Wembley Stadium), Hyatt Regency New Delhi, Panache Global Entertainment Awards, Brazil Day (Trafalgar Square), Jazz Cafe, Guanabara Nightclub, Floripa bar, Clapham Grand, Her Majesty's Theatre, corporate events for ITV and Asda, music videos, Notting Hill Carnival, Brighton Pride, Megasamba Portugal, Thames Festival and Coburg International Samba Festival.

Vish has been surrounded by a diverse range of music throughout his life, but dance
music has remained a constant. Expect timeless classics blended with fresh, cutting
edge sounds across the spectrum of house and techno - ranging from the deep and
funky to the more percussive and groove-driven. From community radio residencies with Brixton Radio, to becoming a DJ resident with the Let’s Start Here club night,
he has slowly built a reputation across the London Underground with bookings at
venues such as The Greyhound & Planet Wax, to one of the capital’s defining dance
music clubbing experiences at The Cause.

VIRTUO is an East London–based multidisciplinary artist blending soulful production with honest UK hip-hop lyricism he takes his name as a play on the term 'Virtuoso' as of his many creative disciplines. Born in South London to an English-Irish mother and Ugandan father, his work explores identity, love, personal struggles and creative freedom. Often self-produced, his music fuses introspection with rich sound design, shaped by a background in fine art and animation. Beyond music, he is Head of Music for Bread & Butter Collection and founder of Shutter Sessions Festival, championing grassroots creativity. VIRTUO has headlined iconic London venues including XOYO, Brixton Jamm, and O2 Islington, building a reputation as a powerful live performer and emerging voice in the underground scene.

Hailing from South London, IXYALA is a dynamic Afrohouse and Afrotech music producer and DJ redefining the underground soundscape. Formerly known as DJ Dris, IXYALA has evolved into a sonic force, blending pulsating tribal rhythms, futuristic synths, and deep basslines into a powerful Afro-electronic experience.

With roots deeply embedded in both African musical heritage and London’s diverse club culture, IXYALA’s sets are an electrifying journey through ancestral energy and modern innovation. His sound is bold, immersive, and unapologetically rhythmic — designed to move bodies and awaken spirits on dancefloors worldwide.

IXYALA is more than a name change; it’s a rebirth. A new era of sound, soul, and sonic storytelling. AfroTech is just the beginning.

Kincaid moniker of Joe Arthur is an artist based between London and Berlin, who focuses his production and DJing style on the overlapping fringes of multiple genres.

From groove laden percussion to sound design infused textural detail, Arthur’s sounds and sets are not to be missed.

He has released records with Well Street, Grid, Accidental Meetings, Redstone Press, Control Freaks and more to wide ranging acclaim.

His unique approach to production and sound design has also sent him on a string of multidisciplinary collaborations. Most recently collaborating with Mercury Nominated composer and artist Hannah Peel, as well as Visual specialists Uncharted Limbo collective on the sound track for Alexander Whitley’s contemporary ballet ‘Anti Body’

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