Meeting Benga Adejumo is a glimpse of the point where innocence and experience intersect. This is someone who, from a teenager, has been there, seen it, done it, and changed the world. That's not even an exaggeration: he's changed the course of modern music more than once, written untold underground classics, had top ten hits, worked with some of the biggest artists on the planet, lived the global megastar DJ lifestyle and then some and – just – lived to tell the tale. Yet despite his now well-documented breakdown in 2013, there is still a part of him that seems untouched by it all. Wide-eyed, enthusiastic, often more interested in your stories than he is in talking about himself – “I've always tried to deal with people in an understanding way” as he puts it – this is still the same Beni you could have met a decade or two ago, back when he was one of the pioneers of the brand new sound: dubstep.

After a hiatus from music, Benga has stepped back into public life. Ready to change the world again.

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One of the most requested producers to emerge onto the scene within the last 12 months and UKF's ones to watch in 2022, Ghoulish is causing a ruckus within the UK club scene with his pristine productions and awe-inspiring sets.

Ghoulish stormed onto the UK music scene in 2021 with his intricate, unique and powerful dancefloor shaking productions. In less than a year of releasing new music, Ghoulish received widespread support from industry titans such as Skream, Seth Troxler, My Nu Leng, Dusky, Holy Goof, Jackmaster, Sammy Virji, Notion, Jaguar, Shosh, I. Jordan and DJ Q just to name a few within the long list of unbelievable talent.

His impressive production style caught the eyes of many in which he blurs the lines between genres, Ghoulish coins his own style as genreless as the young producer and DJ loves all spans of music, from euphoric dance all the way to the depths of dubstep. This outset allows Ghoulish to craft music and DJ sets that are an enigma to say the least, the young producer loves to show his creative prowess with his unique selection of sounds and track selections at any given time.

Further to his quick rise, the youngstar was asked to do official remixes for Skream, Jackmaster, Hamdi and Logan with many exciting tracks on the way with his track On Sight peaking at the Number 4th position in the Beatport bass music chart.

Playing back to back with Seth Troxler down the local pub issomething you might assume as fitting for a profile such as Jakkob’s, whosesocial media followings total well over one million. That recent endeavour,however, and those numbers, are merely a glimpse into the flourishingself-built career of the DJ and producer.

Whilst a decision to create content during the pandemic in2020 whipped the Welshman’s name into a rather afterparty-leaning viral spin,it is difficult to find someone who has embraced club culture more holisticallyand gratefully than Jakkob. What with him holding down the fort in the past asa promoter - booking acts in Cardiff and London - working at a record label asa curator and DJing to peers for over10 years, 2024 is the year that his sound engineering and music productiondegree is put to use as Jakkob prepares to officially release his own originalmaterial. We’ve already had a taste thanks to his November 2023 remix ofMarshall Jefferson and Yofi Tofi’s ‘Tic Tacs’ - think a hearty injection ofold-school rave - and now, Jakkob is here to truly cement his place as a toplevel producer in contemporary dance music.

He’s already known for his high energy, groove infused DJsets - Jakkob has graced many a club across the UK including London,Nottingham, Manchester and Bristol - perhaps best epitomised by his KitchenClub event series, its name a fine ode to his afterparty DJ days. It seemsfitting, then, that Jakkob’s debut release ‘Rhythm Section’ is what marks theevolution of Kitchen Club to a label, too.

Kitchen Club Records isa space set to embody Jakkob’s sonic identity that he has so carefully craftedthrough expansive work in club culture; it further reinforces his premise thatwhen you’re from the dancefloor, you will always be on the dancefloor. Lookingforward post ‘Rhythm Section’ release, his remix of Herd & Fitz’s ‘JustCan’t Get Enough’ - which has already landed over one million streams onSoundcloud with zero promotion - is primed for an official release on Ministry Of Sound.

On the DJ front, international demand for Jakkob isincreasingly rife. With a takeover of new territories via a packed Australiaand New Zealand tour looming large, he is also being welcomed by the White Islethis summer, namely at ABODE alongside Enzo Is Burning. Summertime festivalbookings include the immense Hideout in Croatia and firm industry favouriteSecret Garden Party. And beyond that? You’ll have to stick around and see wherethe genre fluid club kid-turned-connoisseur turns next.

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Route 94, real name Rowan Jones, represents the very best of British, London’s beat flows through his veins. The city’s rich musical history informs all of his work, giving him his unique fingerprint. Cultivating his sound for years, Rowan first got to grips with music production when he was 13 years of age. In the 13 years that have passed since, the Londoner has performed all over the world from Mexico to Miami, Amsterdam to Dubai, Sydney, Ibiza to name but a few.

Route 94’s sound is distinct, and evident in his diverse range of productions, moving from deep, emotive cuts to more dance floor-orientated material with ease. A whirlwind few years early on in his career has seen him go from hitting the No.1 spot in numerous countries around the world’s charts with “My Love”, to performing at the most-respected clubs on the planet, but he’s unaffected by the attention, keeping his head down in the studio and injecting his energy into a series of projects that allow him to maintain his creative flow with panache.

Naturally-gifted, musically astute and a total studio hound, Route 94 has already assured himself a place in the history books, where he goes from here is all in his own hands.

As one of the UK’s best-loved selectors, Skream has enjoyed the kind of consistency most DJs and producers can only dream of. His passion for collecting and playing music is unrelenting; disco, house, techno and everything in between - it runs deep into his core and he lives it every single day. Still only in his early thirties, Skream has achieved more in the last 16 years than most people do in a lifetime, yet his hunger and enthusiasm is akin to that of a man who is only just getting started.

Over the last few years, Skream has been showcasing the depth of his musical knowledge at his ‘Open To Close’ parties, playing all night long at venues around the world; every step of the way he played at sold-out clubs that were packed out with people who were there just for him. Skream’s name is now so synonymous with delivering quality in any genre he chooses that ravers will happily pay for a ticket to see him play all night simply because they trust his ability to entertain them for eight hours or more. For Skream, this is a dream come true, the epitome of success.

To achieve that kind of trust from the dancefloor is rare and to maintain it is even more extraordinary, but Skream is no ordinary artist and his commitment to music, and his fans, is unparalleled. “There was never any other option,” he says, and that is why he will continue to be one of the UK’s most treasured electronic music artists keeping the legacy of UK rave culture alive until the very end.

The rise of online radio stations with their unrestricted musical policies has been a perfect blessing for Tia Cousins. She is a collector with a passion for in-between sounds, for experimental genres and niches both old and new. Frankly, she has a collection that belies her young years, but one that has won her plenty of recognition in underground circles, from NTS to Balamii, the Tate Gallery to Brilliant Corners. 

Tia's extensive knowledge reaches well into jazz, synth-pop and post-punk. But she can just as easily join the dots between EBM and cold wave on the radio as she can lay down heavier techno, breaks and chugs in the club. So far her dizzyingly eclectic but well-sequenced selections have turned heads on radio stations across the country, most recently landing her on Bristol's Noods Radio for a new monthly residency.

The past year has seen her join Overmono on their UK & Ireland tour as the sole support, debut at festivals like Field Maneuvers and Love international, make appearances at prolific clubs such as fabric, Corsica Studios and The Beams alongside acts like Optimo (Espacio), Vladimir Ivkovic, Ruf Dug and Helena Hauff.