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Left-field hip-hop DJ/maker Kutmah (Justin McNulty) was created in Brighton, Britain, but at age 12, he moved — along with his Egyptian mom and Scottish dad — to Hollywood, California. In the first 2000s, he became area of the Los Angeles-based non-profit Internet radio collective Dublab. His abstract productions had …

Yuk. may be the saving alias of Los Angeles-based experimental hip-hop maker Chad Valencia, co-founder of DJ/designer collective My Hollow Drum. His abstract audio constructions feature hazy, smudgy atmospheres and splintered beats, frequently incorporating found noises and organic instrumentation. He includes a solid choice for analog gear and press over …

Although he was created in London, it wasn’t until he moved north to Manchester and founded the Hoya:Hoya club night in 2008 which the experimental digital music of Illum Sphere (Ryan Hunn) begun to reach a humble audience. After the evening — organized together with fellow Manchester-based DJ Jonny Dub …