ARTIST COMMUNITY

“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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Mr. Guy Kelton Jones I… Long name and not one word wasted. Born in New York but growing up all around the southern United States, this artist has used his passions, his ever changing environment and beliefs to forge a career for himself that is like no other. He is ART.

Mr. Jones began performing poetry at the age of 4 and writing it soon thereafter. He then began in musical theater at the age of eight and it was with these skills, mixed with his love for singing, that he would then travel around the world performing, writing and collaborating with different artists.

Working with the likes of The Floacist (Floetry), Fantastic Negrito, Talib Kweli, Saul Williams and many others, Mr. Jones has will continue to leave his mark on the music industry for a very long time to come.

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Named after the Japanese word for wolf, Ōkami is the side project of artist Kamī; a space where she channels her fundamental belief that sound is a sacred vessel through which communities of colour can connect in solidarity and find true liberation.

Having begun her journey as a DJ through Voices Radio, her mixes have been featured on the likes of NTS and Radio 1001. She has found her footing playing at London’s Pxssy Palace, Body Movements and with the fast-rising Half East Records collective.

While Ōkami has a deep affinity for the atmospheric and sub-heavy frequencies of 140, dnb, dubstep, grime and drill, you can often find her playfully switching gear into rich global club sounds such as dancehall, bhangra, gqom, Asian dance sub-genres, baile and ballroom with plenty of attitude.