Afro Energy residency artists announced

Calaida weaves between multiple genres, drawing influences from hip hop, jazz, house, afro and latin sounds. Her music includes soulful chords, rhythmic, percussive grooves, and deep bass lines. 

Jebonair’s sound is a unique blend of various genres, including R&B, Afrobeat, Jazz, and Hip Hop. She draws from her jazz roots to conjure elegant contemporary R&B sketches that often have dreamlike qualities, touching on our innermost feelings. Every so often, she comes up for air to create dance-worthy tracks.

Artist Lebo describes her music as ethereal, atmospheric, Afro, soulful. Lebo makes music that she hopes is healing for people who feel like they don’t fit in and also feel like they constantly get overlooked.

is33n is a new and innovative electronic artist residing in the UK blending elements of glitch-hop, drum and bass, and experimental electronica to create a fresh, adventurous sonic experience. Their tracks feature soaring synths, distorted sub frequencies and the ancient textures of traditional instruments, evoking a sound that is both electrifying and mysterious.

GAROËSS is fuelled by multi-genre passions and percussive driven Afro-diasporic beats! Her love for Afro-diasporic percussive heavy music was shaped by the energetic sounds of garage, bassline, niche, UK funky, dancehall, and bashment.

CHARMS describes her music as high energy rhythms from across the black diaspora. She likes percussive sounds with lots of flavour like UK Funky, Afro House and Amapiano.

VRSYJNES describes his music in three words: “Chilled out rawness”. He uses smooth samples and melodies that are woven into hard-hitting drums, resulting in an undeniable groove, impossible to resist.

The genesis of Hur̃guf’s sound comes from the North West of England to the horn of Africa. Sets are sometimes obscure, but they can always be characterised by the infectious rhythm and energy of the 'oonts oonts oonts'. Tunes can go from percussive club sounds to feel-good classics. From Afro House to Tech House with a bit of Scouse House thrown in.

Electronic music producer and composer SCAPA’s career highlights include working directly with Ableton to curate and facilitate music production workshops for women and non-binary people throughout the pandemic, and featuring on DJ SHERELLE's first compilation.