Wilderness Festival

Groove Armada

Groove Armada are established as one of the planet's best-loved and biggest selling dance acts. As comfortable on the big stages as they are in sweat soaked basements.

Scissor Sisters

After more than a decade away, Jake Shears, Babydaddy and Del Marquis reunited in 2025, reigniting that unmistakable spark with a sold-out UK arena tour, a legendary Saturday night Glastonbury set, and a co-headline U.S. tour with Kesha.

Now heading into Summer 2026, Scissor Sisters remain an unstoppable force of chaos, glam, grit and queer joy — still boundary-breaking, still beloved, and forever Filthy/Gorgeous.

The Last Dinner Party

You are cordially invited

Soulwax

SOULWAX - ALL SYSTEMS ARE LYING

2025 and what's an album to do?

Stephen and David Dewaele, being the brothers from Belgium who are the permanent, fixed members of the group Soulwax, and both of them being in the room for the making of this press release about their new album All Systems Are Lying. This is, after all, how they made the record, the pair of them together in their DEEWEE studio in Gent... a supergroup of two.

Then, of course, as has been widely experienced around the world, there is Soulwax live, the full band of Stefaan Van Leuven, Laima Leyton, and the three (yes, three) drummers: Iggor Cavalera, Blake Davies and Aurora Bennett. And when theatres, festivals and whole audiences are reverberating to the rhythm, Soulwax is truly a supergroup of you.

Stephen: "Supergroup of you is great."

David: "Yeah. One thing I think we're fortunate to have, when fans come up and speak to us, they say, that to them, whatever journey we're on, they're on as well."

Stephen: "But isn't the purpose of this interview to say something to people who don't even know we exist, or who have no idea what we did the last 20 years. Just to... fuck with them a little bit?"

Indeed, because perhaps we do know that they have made five previous Soulwax albums, enjoyed Grammy nominations for the world famous remixes of everyone from The Rolling Stones to Wet Leg, co-created the Despacio Sound System with James Murphy, produced and mixed every release on their own DEEWEE label... that we should be concentrating on All Systems Are Lying, and the question of what does it mean?

Stephen: "The recurring theme is: Is it real? Is it not real? All Systems Are Lying is a phrase we were using while making the record. Whenever the computer crashed, whenever there was fake news, this was our phrase. Eventually, we were like, okay, this is the record."

David: "It felt like the studio was an antenna."

Stephen: "Is it real what I see? Is it true what they say on the news?

David: Is this really real money? Do I have a tangible thing?"

The conversation replays like lyrics from a lost Laurie Anderson record and you you get some idea of what All Systems Are Lying feels like. It feels, and sounds, like the time we are in right now, as experienced by two people who have made records before and know that now is not then. So it is knowing, yes. But also knowing when to let go and let the music make the moment.

Stephen: "It wasn't like we set out to be like, okay, let's make an album about how the world feels right now. It's kind of the reverse, at the end of the process, we were like..."

David: "...oh, all this stuff… all the stuff that was around us… reached the surface."

How do they think the record will be received?

David: "It's making it and achieving it that is the thing for us. Anything else, once it goes out into the world, we have no… it's like winning the lottery, like, great if you do, but you have no control over it. The only thing that we can control is making something that we get goosebumps off."

There are highly dynamic goosebump songs on the record. Run Free, Gimme A Reason, Idiots In Love stand out as genre-defying electronic rock songs - the new ERS acronym has been chosen carefully as, when asked what is different about this album from any previous Soulwax record, the short answer was...

Stephen: "It's made without any electric guitars."

The songs are already live crowd favourites.

Stephen: "Gimme A Reason. Yeah, that's a big one. Gimme A Reason just kills."

David: "And also, even on the record, we don't… It's really hard to capture the feeling of three drummers going for it at the end part."

Stephen: "But when we do it live, it just totally makes sense."

David: "It's like ABBA."

Yes, it is true that if you love Soulwax, you'll love this record. And not because it sounds like Soulwax, but because sometimes it doesn't. And the best thing about following the Dewaeles, whether through Soulwax or their world class remixes, or via 2manydjs, Despacio or their DEEWEE studio and label, is knowing not what to expect. They do things differently - different to everybody but themselves that is.

So when you are banging your head to the very rock-guitar-sounding synths on Idiots In Love, and forgetting for a few minutes how crazy the world has got, remember that only one thing is known to be true: All Systems Are Lying.

And if you have never bought a Soulwax record before this moment in 2025,

be safe in the knowledge that you have picked one hell of a time to start.

Good Neighbours

A band born out of small towns and spare time. Scott and Oli have neighbouring studios at their building in East London and first began making music for the project together out of the desire to make something positive and unpolished in a scene where most music felt quite mellow and intimate. Throughout 2023, they consistently began making music for the love of making music, and only midway through the year decided to create the band to release under. With an urge to rekindle the early 2000s scene of Passion Pit / MGMT etc, Good Neighbours nod to classic songwriting and raucous production, inspired by A24, friendship, and a cinematic approach to music.

Baxter Dury

Son of legendary vocalist, Ian Dury, Baxter Dury (born November 8th, 1972) has crafted a career of his own, offering psychedelia-infused indie rock that has found a strong cult following and critical praise.

Carl Cox

www.carlcox.com

Delilah

Eats Everything

A contemporary UK electronic music institution, Eats Everything (AKA Daniel Pearce) has a global reputation built on versatility, superlative skills and a positive outlook - core fundamentals that have made him one of the most in-demand artists around.

Hot 8 Brass Band

Hot 8 Brass Band are a Grammy-nominated New Orleans based brass band, whose sound draws on the traditional jazz heritage of New Orleans, alongside more modern styles including elements of funk, hip hop,rap, and its local variation, “bounce.”

Transcending genres and trends, Hot 8 have performed and collaborated with artists from Lauryn Hill, Alice Russell, Mos Def to the Blind Boys of Alabama and George Ezra and have decade long affiliations with actor/BBC 6Music DJ Craig Charles, among others. They were nominatedfor a Grammy in2013for their second album ‘The Life and Times Of…’. and, with acclaimed releases such as ‘Vicennial...’, ‘On The Spot’ and “Take Cover”, continue to exemplify their ability to honour their city’s musical traditions while forging their own powerful legacy. Hot 8’s incredible tale, which comes across in their life-affirming music, has also previously featured in Spike Lee’s two New Orleans documentaries, When The Levees Broke and The Creek Don’t Rise,and David Simon’s HBO series Treme (in which the band played themselves), to add to extensive features across the world’s media.

Mixing an old school street brass approach with funkier currents and hip hop vocals, Hot 8’s magnificent originals are juxtaposed with fresh versions of Snoop Dogg, Stevie Wonder,The Specials, Basement Jaxx and of course their anthemic take on Marvin Gaye’s “Sexual Healing”.

Hot 8 Brass Band’s rhythms are loose-limbed and hard-hitting, with most tracks featuring a sousaphone prominently. The legendary group have established themselves as a dominant force on New Orleans streets—the band you want to dance behind during a Sundaysecond-line parade or witness jazz funeral.

Brass band-related activities have been a vital part of New Orleans’ African American community life for over a century, serving as an important source of celebration, bonding, strength, pride, and both individualand collective expression. Jazz funerals are among the most curious and well-known New Orleans brass band customs. As an exercise of the belief in “rejoicing at death,” the jazz funeral juxtaposes grief and joy. Slow, sad hymns and dirges are played en route to the cemetery, followed by up-tempo songs and joyous second line dancing in a final procession away fromthe grave.

The city’s traditional obsession with music, parades, dancing, and the rise of black benevolent organizations, has helped to maintain and support brass band activities and culture. Dozens of benevolent societiesand groups known as “social aid & pleasure clubs” sponsor weekly Sunday parades. Very different from New Orleans’ better known Eurocentric Mardi Gras parades, the black social club events consist of three main parts: divisions of colorfully dressed socialclub members, one or more brass bands and the second line—a crowd of up to several thousand people who follow and dance alongside the parade throughout its several-hour duration. The free-form second line dance performed by club members and the crowd, bothof whom dance with umbrellas and handkerchiefs, is derived from West African processions. The intensity that builds from the constant creative interaction between hot music and improvised dancing often erupts into a euphoric dimension in which a sense of totalfreedom, equality, limitless power, and a spiritual redefining of earthly reality seem to overtake all of the participants. Many legendary and influential musicians who would migrate from New Orleans by the1920s and influence the direction of American music—amongthem King Oliver, Louis Armstrong, and Sidney Bechet—got some of their early training and experience in street parades and funerals.

The story of the Hot 8 Brass Band has been one of tragedy and triumph. Over the years the Hot 8’s ranks have been decimated by the deaths of four original members due to street violence and illness. The devastationof Hurricane Katrina in2005was a life-altering turning point; during which 80% of New Orleans flooded, untold numbers of inhabitants died, and long-term displacement and misery affected hundreds of thousands—raised real concerns about the survival of thecity and its indigenous cultural traditions. After being evacuated, displaced, and scattered across the country, the band regrouped and began touring the United States to encourage and support other displaced Katrina victims and promote New Orleans’ recovery.

Hot 8 Brass Band are signed to Tru Thoughts, based in Brighton, UK.

Luke Howard

Saint Etienne

Nic Fanciulli

International DJ, Grammy-nominated producer, and owner of Saved Records.

King No One

Janet Kay

Horse Meat Disco

Horse Meat Disco - The four-strong DJ collective of Luke Howard, Severino Panzetta, James Hillard and Jim Stanton bringing Love and Dancing to the World.

Rossi

Rossi. is an exiting young producer, who is making a name for himself with his new fresh cut sounds.

Basht.

Stepping up to the scene as ‘One of the most exciting young rock bands to emerge’ (HotPress), Basht. have quickly impressed crowds across Europe, and now look forward to the release of their sophomore EP ‘Bitter & Twisted’ – produced by Richard McNamara of Embrace.

Following on from a year supporting Wunderhorse, Been Stellar & Goo Goo Dolls, as well as festival slots including Electric Picnic and All Together Now, the Dublin-based band sold out 2 consecutive tours of the UK & Ireland in 2024, in the light of their debut EP ‘Dirty White Lies’ produced by Thom Lewis (Sam Fender), which set the scene for an already-rampant year in 2025.

Basht. now take on their largest headline tour to date the Spring, including shows in Dublin, London, Manchester & Paris, as well as appearances at tastemaker festivals, Liverpool Sound City, The Great Escape and Dot To Dot.

The Breath

Meditation Doom from Portland OR taking you to secluded caves and totemic visions

Dan Shake

If you’re going to pick a DJ name like Dan Shake, you better have the goods to back it up.

Demi Riquísimo

Raised in Detroit, London-based Demi Riquísimo is gaining worldwide recognition for his standout acid, italo house inspired sonic palette with support from the likes of Seth Troxler, Eris Drew, TEED, The Chemical Brothers, Moxie , Optimo, CC:Disco, The Blessed Madonna, Shanti Celeste and many more. Demi is label boss for his imprint ‘Semi Delicious’ boasts 12 releases including 10 sold-out vinyl-only EPs to date. These releases are a collection of Demi only EPs and VAs which platform a family of Semi Delicious artists. Demi strides along with a collection of original releases for 10Questions, Ninja Tune, Wolf Tone, Homage and remixes for the likes of TEED, UNKLE, Elder Island, TSHA, Rosie Lowe, Chromeo, Talk Show, tastemakers and fans alike wait eagerly for the next sure fire Demi addition to their record box arsenal. Over the past few years, festival slots have been rolling in with regular appearances at a combination of some of the world’s most renowned and underground events including Glastonbury, Homoelectric, Gottwood, Secret Garden Party, Lost Village, Alfresco Festival, Flamingo Pier (New Zealand) to name a few. 2022 sees the bar being raised considerably with a tour of Spain including first time plays in Seville, Madrid, Barcelona and continued shows in Ibiza. Demi also prepares for a debut N. America run which will see him play the iconic House Of Yes (New York), Midnight Lovers (Los Angeles), Eagle Room (Miami - Art Basil) plus more