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Thomas Ades

Thomas Adès (born in London, 1 March 1971) is a British composer, pianist and conductor. Adès studied piano with Paul Berkowitz and later composition with Robert Saxton at Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London. After attending University College School, he graduated in 1992 from King's College, Cambridge, studying with Alexander Goehr and Robin Holloway. His degree was classified as "double starred first", indicating outstanding academic distinction.

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Kato

1) Danish DJ from Aalborg, Denmark playing , and music. Kato released his debut album Discolized in 2010 featuring collaborations with artists such as Dr. Alban, Outlandish, U$O and Johnson of which lead single Turn The Lights Off (feat. Jon) was a major club hit. 2) / band formed in 2000 in Montevideo, Uruguay. They released self-titled debut LP in 2003 (Bizarro Records) and are still musically active. The band includes L.

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Search and Destroy

Search & Destroy aka Prior & Lohan hooked up about 6 years ago, both met working in a music shop in the West End. Although both artists were heavily into different styles of music, it was when they started producing together that the S&D sound was born, taking influences from across the board, Jungle, Funk, Garage, Dub, Electro and more. After releasing material on Fragile Beats, Hotflush, Texture, Soulja, Halo, Virgin and Storming Productions, the lads decided to take the next step and start their own labels in the form of Destructive Recordings and Pitch Black...

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Rhydian

Rhydian (born 14 February 1983) is a singer from Wales best known for his appearance on the fourth series of the British talent show The X Factor in which he came second. He was praised by all four judges throughout the series for his impressive performances, and he was the favourite to win the competition with the bookmakers. Rhydian released his self-titled debut album, 'Rhydian', on the 24th of November 2008.

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Honeyz

The Honeyz were a London-based R&B girl group formed in 1997 that originally consisted of bandmembers Heavenli Abdi, Naima Belkhiati and Célena Cherry. In 1999 Heavenli Abdi left the group and was replaced by Mariama Goodman before returning to the band in 2000 after Mariama left. Before their split in 2002 the Honeyz released seven singles, 5 of which were Top 10. In 2005 they band reformed but member Naima Belkhiati left shortly after and was replaced by Célena's cousin Candace Cherry. Mariama Goodman briefly returned to the band after Heavenli Abdi (now Roberts) left due to pregnancy.

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Twisted Wheel

Twisted Wheel was formed in February 2007 by two former members of The Children, guitarist and singer Jonny Brown and bassist Rick Lees. Brown and Lees were joined by drummer Adam Clarke. The band took their name from Manchester's northern soul nightclub, the Twisted Wheel, having been inspired by Oasis naming themselves after a Swindon music venue. A week later, they played their first gig at Manchester's Late Rooms.

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