She’s Got Brass is the all-female brass band bringing big energy to their second ever festival run. Mixing jungle, funk, and fierce originals with bold brass takes on artists like Pendulum and Jorja Smith, their sets are guaranteed to get the crowd moving. This London-based crew delivers dancefloor heat with serious style.

RWKUS are an electronic jazz trio hailing from Bristol. Their sound is influenced by Jungle and Broken-Beat, approached with a “jazz” sensibility: improvisation weaves their songs together, and spontaneous musical adventures are performed ‘on the fly’- much like a great DJ set. Most recently the band have been playing live interpretations of classic ‘90s Jungle and Hardcore music to packed out nightclubs in Bristol, whilst their original music has been compared to Yussef Kamaal, Richard Spaven and Kaidi Tatham.

Silva Snipa, hailing from Croydon on the outskirts of London, is revitalizing the UK drum and bass scene with her vinyl-only sets, featuring deep cuts from the late '90s and early '00s. Her sound is deeply rooted in the foundational energy of pirate radio.

She has a monthly residency on Kool FM and played at Glastonbury and Outlook festival last year.

Garvin Dan is a multi genre DJ with a deep love for all types of music and a passion for sharing it. After an unexpected start into the world of DJing he progressed to become resident DJ with Oxford’s best Roots Reggae promotor Natty Hi Fi, formed a group called Positive Vibes Crew and hosted a weekly show for three years on a local FM radio station. His journey has taken him to many festivals and top venues, Garvin Dan is now a regular on the Oxford DJ circuit, a co-founder and resident DJ of Reggae On Tap, a very successful monthly session that was held at one of Oxford’s best community spaces, Tap Social Movement, the journey continues.

"The former singer with C86 indie stars The Wolfhounds and post-rock originators Moonshake, DLC now plays a unique amalgam of folk, world, blues and post-rock that has received numerous critical plaudits."

Kat Five creates glitched-up art pop anthems, danceable and experimental, with bite. A glittering performer, featured on BBC 6 Music and Radio X, she’s also celebrated for the ‘Truth Is The New Gold’ album with her band Feral Five.

Renowned french electronic music producer, founder of Fantastic Recordings. Writes, sings and performs her own material but also handles all the gadgetry in the studio plus the full production. An analog synthesizer collector, she’s also an animal welfare activist, a keen nature observer and a world peace defender. Firmly believing in the unlimited healing power of music.

‘Her textured atmospherica and lush cinematica recalls Aphex Twin circa the historic Selected Ambient Works, layers of synthesized vocals and sounds billowing across the stereo range’ The Guardian 

‘A unique talent in the ascendant. Fly by night.’ The Big Chill 

File next to: Aphex Twin, Mira Calix, Air, Delia Derbyshire.

The Living Room Collective W12, offspring of jazz-hed and multi-instrumentalist Steve Maud with bassist Stephan Chandler, and Bekka Blake on sweet vocals, is a driving blend of deep beats, dub bass ukulele, nujazz funk, and improvised electronica. Think Herbie Hancock meets Jon Hopkins meets Erykah Badu—groove, adapt, and take you on a journey. #NuJazz #DubFunk #ImprovElectronica

Papa Nui is the ultimate festival band. Oxford-based, their genre-fluid grooves of funk, ska, reggae, blues, Balkan, & Afrobeat always set the dance floor on fire.

 With their pumping horns, searing harmonica, and ferocious rhythm section, they’ll have you smiling, singing, dancing and diving, leaving completely soul-satisfied!

Born Trippy Collective inhabits the intersection of music and visuals. Their hybrid DJ sets blend live music elements with psychedelic imagery, creating an immersive sensory experience and, most importantly, an irresistible soundtrack to keep you moving.  Papadamour, Orpheus & Templehead united through their shared love of UK club culture, live electronic music, and visuals that transcend the ordinary. Armed with their favourite tunes, they're ready to create something special with you.

Percussion-led electronica influenced by deep house, broken beat and classical music. Dismantling the patriarchy on weekends. echojuliet.co.uk

Hollow Bones is a country-tinged five-piece rock band from South London, formed in 2024. We write and perform songs about heartbreak and tragedy with a streak of dark humour, loosely following the storytelling traditions of country music in frenetic songs such as Nitrogen Shakes."

Tom and Vannie hope to delight, enchant and entertain you with their eclectic selections. Perfectly pitched for whatever you might be doing.

"The children of  Awamu are invited to the birthday of Zeus, King of the Gods! He's two billion years old, but he only looks one billion... (he has a great skincare regime!) But what promises to be a great celebration is tragically cut short, when it turns out the evil Medusa has stolen all the birthday treats! Now, our fearless young warriors must navigate a chaotic world of mischievous Gods, wise Goddesses, and fearsome monsters, to retrieve the treasure, defeat Medusa, and restore order to ancient Greece! An interactive, anarchic production that teaches kids all about the ancient Greeks, in a super fun way!"

Free Thinking British Born, London Based, Irish/Ugandan.. Poet, Rapper, Singer Songwriter who creates Universal Hip Hop, Soul & Jazz. She has supported acts such as Public Enemy, Mos Def, Immortal Technique to name a few & collaborated on Albums with the likes of Akala, Benjamin Zephaniah & Asian Dub Foundation. Her 2nd solo album ‘Stay True’ is out later this year.

BustMasta BarryDark has earned his keeps as a resident of venues that bring spice to London. The

Groucho Club, Book Club, Shoreditch House, The Shard, Big Chill House, Corsica Studios, Old Queens

Head, Brixton Jamm and many other underground, Members, and private Floors see BD on a musically

rich, and dancefloor-attuned rotation of the most respected clubs and bars in the capital.

BarryDark tailors his sound to each event and venue to ensure that the sets he plays remain exclusive

to that place only. This approach has seen him invited to play on the Red Bull Music Academy Stage at

Bestival, and throughout the course of his career alongside the musically diverse, and respectable

Seniors of contemporary music, including DJ Yoda, Jon Hopkins, Roni Size, Trojan Soundsystem, Fuck

Buttons, A Guy Called Gerald, Tom Middleton, Max Cooper, Coldcut, Dub Pistols, A Skillz, DJ Semtex,

Luke Slater, Plaid, Ragga Twins, Radioactive Man and many more underground artists.

As a founder of the long-established Digital City warehouse parties, and resident DJ for the Disco Shed

festival collective, BustMasta BarryDark has also developed a two fold speciality in promoting highly

clandestine electronic music showcases in extraordinary locations throughout the big smoke, while also

taking a live re-edit party sound to national and international festivals including We Out Here, Secret

Garden Party, Bestival, Dimensions & Unknown (Croatia), All Together Now (Ireland), Bogotrax

(Columbia), Shambala and Latitude. It is under these guises that his mixes have featured on both Radio

1 and XFM.

Outside of the UK, BustMasta BarryDark has played globally, including throughout Europe, Latin

America and Australasia. His international reputation has been picked up by EPM who distribute

prereleased, and essential European catalogues to BarryDark before they have crossed the channel.

Bruce Bickerton produces and releases his own music as alucidnation.

He plays a diverse selection of other music on his radio show 'Eclectronica'.

Ray Keith is a British drum and bass DJ and record producer. He is one of the genre's most well known producers and DJs and is regarded as one of the pivotal figures in the early rave, jungle/drum and bass scene. He’s going to play us a late 80s / early 90s party set.

In 2016 I trained to become a Gong practitioner after falling in love with their phenomenal sound, and have been holding sound baths in Italy and Switzerland. In 2013 I discovered Laughter Yoga and became a Laughter yoga teacher in 2014. 

I’m looking forward in spreading the Gong and Laughter Love at Awamu 25.

Clone (Joss) and Cord (elia) met in 2019 and went on to write remotely over lockdown. Since emerging from their prospective hideouts, they have played several gigs and recorded all of their songs, which can be found on Bandcamp. Their songs have been described as ‘electronic soul you can dance to’, ‘techno with several hearts’ and ‘really good’. 

Joss resides in Brighton, where he is currently making a dark, murky techno-electro album in his man loft, and Cord is collaborating with The Secret Garden and growing a human child. 

The opportunity to come Together again and play at Together again, has put huge smiles on each of their faces. Make sure you hassle them for some free downloads and sweaty hugs. 

Radio Waves Goodbye is the resurgent live act of artist and composer Jonny Case. Songs written on the gameboy since 2006 are brought alive with an array of hardware synths and drum machines with ascerbic lyrics expressed in true post-punk fashion.