Mostly Jazz Funk & Soul Festival 2026

Nightmares on Wax

Hot Chip

There's something odd about Hot Chip. Some fracture between conception and actuality that makes them all the more intriguing. Ostensibly Hot Chip sign up to the HipHop dream as espoused by MTV Cribs and presumably as lived by, ooh, Pharrell Williams?..

Goldie

I've been in this game for as long as I can remember, seeking out bits of punk rock, pop and reggae when I was still a kid in Walsall. When slap bass days arrived in the mid eighties I started to get into Loose Ends, Change and Maze travelling for funk..

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.

Grooverider

Ask anyone in drum'n'bass what first inspired them to make music and Grooverider's name is sure to crop up. Not only has he notched up an incredible twelve years behind the decks, DJing everywhere from dingy illegal warehouse parties to huge outdoor fe..

Fabio

There’s different aspects to me being a DJ. It came about through different things I was doing, I used to go out a lot, I mean I was THE original party man. Tuesday, Monday, we’d just find places to go.

Jordan Rakei

New Zealand born multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and producer is a rare talent, whose distinct take on soul captures a sonic and emotional awareness many artists spend their entire careers chasing.

Soul II Soul

Sampa The Great

Sampa the Great (Sampa Tembo) is a poet and singer-songwriter.

Emma-Jean Thackray