One of the most distinctive and influential characters in electronic music, multi-Grammy Award winning Sonny Moore remains the most discussed and in-demand artists in electronic music since emerging as Skrillex in 2010. From his hardcore roots to his weighty drop science, Sonny has gone on to develop bass music in countless creative directions as an artist and as the OWSLA label founder. Regarded as one of the most exciting, daring labels in electronic music, under Sonny’s captaincy OWSLA have been responsible for breaking the careers of M-Machine, Zedd and Porter Robinson. Whether he’s smashing it with Boys Noize as Dogblood or dazzling crowds of over 100,000 with his technically complex live performances, Skrillex continues to operate at the very forefront of the game.

Talk about high expectations. When London drum’n'bass duo, Chase & Status aka Saul Milton (Chase) and Will Kennard (Status) first laid down the tracks that would make up their third studio album, they were faced with a weighty dilemma: how to follow the sizeable footprint left by 2011’s multi platinum selling No More Idols, not to mention their hefty rep as festival headliners? The answer was found with Brand New Machine, an album that brims with surging, dancefloor anthems, dusty trip hop grooves as championed by the likes of Massive Attack and Portishead, and a collection of jungle and garage breakbeats that increase with substance over repeated plays. Meanwhile, brooding ragga harmonies and hip hop samples deliver an updated take on No More Idols’ anthemic, catch-all appeal. The overall vibe? An instantly memorable collection of swaggering cuts tuned to a club setting, hyped summer festivals and arenas alike.

From a rural German town to playing stages around the world, Michael Schlechtinger – also known as Blooom, has had a meteoric rise. His journey began at an incredibly formative age: from fifteen, he immersed himself in electronic music, despite not even being allowed to enter club spaces yet. And whilst many of his counterparts have stories of finding a love for dance music through family ties, it was his own interests that drove him headfirst into the intricacies of music production.