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The Ball, 19:00 - 02:00 | The Afterparty, 01:30 - 06:00
Before 2012 Duke Dumont was known as a ‘producer’s producer’. He was the name on a 12” record the DJ knew to reach for when he wanted to please the crowd, without them knowing who had constructed the mesmerising sonic confection they were dancing to.
In 2012, all of that changed. ‘For Club Play Vol. 1 & 2’ offered up sweet ecstatic deep house & UK bass cuts that have united people across the spectrum of music, from early club adopters like Annie Mac, Erol Alkan, Diplo, Martyn and Jackmaster to Fearne Cotton on daytime Radio 1, Trevor Nelson on 1xtra and even podcasts by Tiesto and Avicci. ‘The producer’s producer’ had become the ‘people’s producer’.
In 2013 Dumont topped the UK charts with the now Grammy nominated ‘Need U (100%)’ featuring A*M*E* on singing duties & co-written by teenage wonder-kid MNEK. The most played song on Radio 1 / 1Xtra in the UK, #1 on Billboard's National Club Chart, had Duke performing at over 200 live shows around the world and the official video has now surpassed 15 million views on YouTube.
Having ended last year signing an album deal with Virgin Records, Duke’s been in the studio nailing his debut offering. His new single ‘I Got U’ has shaken up the dance floor with 8 million views on the official YouTube video and becoming Duke's second UK number one.
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Huw Stephens presents the BBC Introducing shows on Radio 1 on Wednesday nights, In New Music We Trust, at 21:00 - 22:00. He also presents BBC Introducing with Huw Stephens, 00:00 - -02:00. Huw's passion for discovering and championing new music was spotted when at 17 he joined Radio 1 for its Nations output to reflect the music scene in Wales.
Huw ran his own record label and writes regularly for various publications. He became a national presenter on Radio 1 as frontman of the OneMusic show in 2005. Huw has presented several documentaries for Radio 1, as well as regularly standing in for Zane Lowe, Rob da Bank, Colin Murray and Jo Whiley for a bank holiday special. Huw also runs his own live music nights in London as well as hosting his weekly BBC Introducing Radio 1 podcast; more outlets for the new music he champions. His shows have been broadcast from South by South West in Texas, Sonar in Barcelona and Green Man in Crickhowell. Huw has travelled to Reykjavik, New Zealand, Nashville, Los Angeles and Manchester to seek out and reflect the new music in these places.
Huw has been nominated twice for a Bafta Cymru award in the Best On Screen Presenter category for S4C music programme Bandit. He also regularly presents a twice weekly show on BBC Radio Cymru and presents television programmes for BBC Wales. Huw also has his own festival, the Swn festival in Cardiff that happens in venues across the city with local promoters and the best new bands playing.
Huw maintains a busy diary DJing and compering at gigs, clubs and festivals, including hosting the Radio 1 and Main stage at the Reading Festival, as well as curating his own stage for BBC Introducing at the Latitude Festival. In summer 2008, Huw can be seen on the BBC Introducing Stage at Radio 1's Big Weekend, Glastonbury, Bestival, and Reading and Leeds.
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Founded in 2008, the group has gone from strength to strength and is now well established in the London, UK and global A Cappella music scenes. They love to travel, having completed tours around the UK, to Croatia and most recently to the USA. The group also released it’s debut album ‘Groundbreaker’ in 2012, which was extremely well received, gaining international acclaim and awards. Select performances in the last few years include competing live on Croatian TV as part of the ‘Vocal Marathon’ festival, performing live on set for the new series of an upcoming Sky 1 comedy and being talent scouted by EMI whilst busking at Waterloo station. More regularly, the group can be found busking on Portabello Road on Saturday mornings, and they also hold regular concerts and social events at Imperial College.
IC Big Band is made up of students at Imperial College, and they have gained an excellent reputation that is growing year on year. Over the last few years they have played gigs with the Cambridge University Jazz Orchestra, the Royal College of Music Big Band, the University of Bristol Big Band and the University of Aachen Big Band from Germany, in addition to playing at some of the top jazz clubs in London and jazz festivals around the country. This year, they've played several shows on campus, incuding a show at the top of the Queen's Tower!
The Scopes are Imperial’s mixed a cappella group. They will be performing alongside their a capella group mates, the Techtonics. Get ready for a show to wow you at this year's ball!
DJ Sue is one of the busiest female DJs in London. She rocked our Afterparty last year and is back to do the same again! She has had a weekly residency at The Enterprise in Camden for over five years, along with regular slots at various other venues in the UK and Europe. She now has a fortnightly show on Shoreditch Radio, where she plays an even wider range of music than the stuff she DJs with! Sue has been DJing for over 20 years.
DJ Sue plays a mix of rock and roll, 60s pop/beat/psych/soul, Motown, Northern Soul, ska, reggae, Led Zep/Doors/Hendrix/Creedence etc, 70s punk, some indie and sometimes even dance, disco and beyond.
Jeff Automatic DJs in the UK & across Europe. "Yes, he really is excellent" said London listings bible Time Out - and no, he didn't ask them to say that!
As well as DJing Reading Festival's Dance Stage since 2006, Jeff was resident DJ for Club NME at Koko for more than five years until 2010, a launch DJ at their international nights including Berlin, Rome and Hamburg, former resident of Kill All Hippies with Eddy Temple-Morris and, since 2003, has been resident at his own Transmission night in London (Barfly, 333, 93 Feet East), several times a year in Barcelona (Razzmatazz), FIB warm-up parties in Benicassim and various venues in Germany, Italy and Belgium and now new night We Are Your Amigos at London's Lexington, not to mention being co-resident afterparty DJ after Alexandra Palace's gigs.
With sets including electro/remix, indie, house/techno & more, he's played venues in New York and across Europe, including Ibiza's Privilege (Manumission, Rock Nights) and Space, regular sessions in Bilbao (Fever, Guggenheim Museum), Madrid (Low), Munich (Atomic Café), Perugia, Bratislava, Wolverhampton, Amsterdam, Cadiz, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Alicante, Aranda, Huesca, Hamburg, Brighton, Seville, Innsbruck, Belfast, Pontevedra, Vigo, Castellon, Ghent… and on a Jack Daniels-sponsored Spanish tour with Lori Meyers; not to mention official after-parties for the NME Awards several years running and the Red Stripe Award.
Adi Leff DJing for over 15 years, holding residencies and guest spots at venues such as Attica, Bar Solo, Bedroom Bar, The Jazz Cafe, Light Bar, Lucky Voice and the Vibe Bar. He has played alongside top DJs such as Norman Jay, Aitch B (Soul II Soul) Bombay Bicycle Club, Eliza Doolittle and Carl Barat (The Libertines).
He has been producing house music under the name of DJ Kaya for over 12 years, releasing tracks with renowned vocalists such as Kathy Brown, Michelle Weeks and Linda Muriel (Brand New Heavies). His productions have received support from big names in the world of house music, and his EPs have received support from among others Brandon Block, Jesse Garcia, Jim 'Shaft' Ryan and DJs representing Hen Kandi, Gallery, Ministry of Sound and Cream.
James & the Rabbit Hole rocked the Summer Ball last year, and are back to do the same at the Afterparty! Moulding their own version of rock and roll out of solid funk beats and a classic gritty tone, James and The Rabbit Hole have barrelled their way through this competition in a way that only a true rock and roll band can; through roaring guitar driven tunes that have moved crowds across the capital. Their truly original sound, despite their short time together, has been ever so finely crafted, taking influences spanning the decades and paying homage to the true greats of bands and artists of all genres creating an, "accomplished old-school sound, with lyrics akin to country story-telling" (University Music League).
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Jeff Automatic DJs in the UK & across Europe. "Yes, he really is excellent" said London listings bible Time Out - and no, he didn't ask them to say that!
As well as DJing Reading Festival's Dance Stage since 2006, Jeff was resident DJ for Club NME at Koko for more than five years until 2010, a launch DJ at their international nights including Berlin, Rome and Hamburg, former resident of Kill All Hippies with Eddy Temple-Morris and, since 2003, has been resident at his own Transmission night in London (Barfly, 333, 93 Feet East), several times a year in Barcelona (Razzmatazz), FIB warm-up parties in Benicassim and various venues in Germany, Italy and Belgium and now new night We Are Your Amigos at London's Lexington, not to mention being co-resident afterparty DJ after Alexandra Palace's gigs.
With sets including electro/remix, indie, house/techno & more, he's played venues in New York and across Europe, including Ibiza's Privilege (Manumission, Rock Nights) and Space, regular sessions in Bilbao (Fever, Guggenheim Museum), Madrid (Low), Munich (Atomic Café), Perugia, Bratislava, Wolverhampton, Amsterdam, Cadiz, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Alicante, Aranda, Huesca, Hamburg, Brighton, Seville, Innsbruck, Belfast, Pontevedra, Vigo, Castellon, Ghent… and on a Jack Daniels-sponsored Spanish tour with Lori Meyers; not to mention official after-parties for the NME Awards several years running and the Red Stripe Award.