Artists announced for commission with Daytimers

Meet the three artists selected for Here to Remember, a commission for South Asian and South Asian mixed heritage artists:

DJ Hu-Sane makes a “multi-genre ball of chaos” that's built on the foundations of sounds from Southern Asia
Producer and electronic musician Astrolayb makes breaks-heavy, sample-based electronica
DIY audiovisual artist and DJ m3UNTITLED makes glitchy nostalgias and dark heavy bass sounds

Curated by Daytimers, a collective championing the sounds, stories and voices of South Asian creative communities, the three artists will be spending the summer and early autumn working on new music exploring their heritage and relationship to archives and memory.

They’ll also take part in guest workshops, archival research at the Ahmed Iqbal Ullah RACE Centre and a visit to the Beacon Valley to help inspire them along the way.

Keep your eyes peeled to find out when you can catch the premiere of their work. Till then, read on to find out more about the three…

Hu-Sane
Astrolayb
m3UNTITLED

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.
Give Hu-Sane a listen
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.
Give Astrolayb a listen
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.

Credits

Thank you to Daytimers, Balraj Samrai, Raheel Khan, DJ Ritu, Rizmi, the Beacon Valley, and the Ahmed Iqbal Ullah RACE Centre at Manchester Central Library for their involvement in this commission.

Here to Remember is supported by Arts Council England, Manchester City Council, GMCA, The Granada Foundation, and PRS Foundation as a Talent Development Partner (supported by PPL). Part of WE, THE LEADERS, the WOMEX 24 wraparound and legacy programme.