Artists announced for commission with Daytimers

An open format DJ, Glasgow-based Hu-Sane takes you on a journey from Disco, House, Acid, Garage, and Jungle to Panjabi classics, Bhangra, Afrobeats and an excellent old pop edit. Being hard to define has ensured that every set is unique and maybe even a chaotic experience.

Raised close to Sunderland (Peterlee, to be exact), Hu-Sane struggled to find belonging in the nu-monkey rave culture of what was at the time a white area. Thanks to the internet, she found the UK Bhangra movement of the 2000s. She took to the decks and fell in love with UK Garage and Jungle. For years, she quietly played while watching her peers succeed and shine, she was inspired to put South Asian music back on the map in Glasgow clubs.

Incredibly proud of her Pakistani and North East English heritage, Hu-Sane has curated a project on Subcity Radio, Haram Haram/Forbidden Noble Woman, to empower female SWANA women to enjoy electronic music and club life and break taboos around enjoying nightlife. She can be found across the airways of Glasgow with a Radio Buena Vida residency and in Newcastle with Slack’s Radio. 

With some of her recent accolades being a Resident Advisor Mix of The Day and notable features of her productions on BBC Radio One and BBC Asian Network, rest assured Hu-Sane won’t be hiding in the background any longer.

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Astrolayb is a former champion beat battler turned producer and electronic musician. Having spent much of his life playing in bands and DJing, in 2022 he started releasing a series of singles with a breaks-heavy sound. The tracks were played on radio stations such as WorldWide FM, BBC Asian Network, 6Music and Amazing Radio.

In 2023 he took part in our Mentoring Programme. Paired with Mr. Scruff, he relaunched under the new name Astrolayb and played his debut under this alias in November.

In 2024 he became a resident DJ at nights for Manchester-based promoter Akoustik Anarkhy. He’s currently working on his debut long player release, which will take inspiration both from his Indian heritage and beat-making roots.

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m3UNTITLED (FKA as ZMARAKS) is an underground London based DIY audiovisual artist and DJ rinsing glitchy nostalgias and dark heavy bass sounds that are reminiscent to their dissociative ghostly take of living with the knot of their intersections and circumstance. The love child of an emo and chav, their practice was born out of solitude and question. Their sound aims to tribute their Bradford roots while embedding anarchic message amongst their subcultural influences.Their art on the other side is an excess of first time experiments and DIY wizardry within analogue and lofi visuals using their nanoo's camcorder to compose story and play. They believe in legacy and bringing people together in power.

In 2023 they created DIY grassroots club DISSENTIENTS to exploit capitalism, fund dissent and reclaim political autonomy on the dance floor.