DJ and Music Producer, Plantainchipps is all about upbeat and fast-paced sounds, music that uplifts and excites. She keeps it energetic, multidimensional, and firmly rooted on the dancefloor with selections including Afrobeats, R’n’B, house and dancehall. Plantainchipps has played a variety of gigs around Glasgow including The Berkley Suite, The Art School and Stereo, and […]
Gaïa (she/they) is a jazz and rnb singer based in Glasgow. Their practice revolves around several collaborative projects within the Neo-jazz scene in Glasgow ranging from rnb to spiritual jazz projects. Their practice has evolved over the past year – now working amongst different scenes and working collaboratively with different musicians, poets, and more.
Shohret Nur is a rawap and dutar player, originally from Xinjiang and currently based in London. An award-winning performer, Shohret specialises in the Uyghur stringed instruments, rawap and dutar. Shohret’s great grandfather was a musician and dutar player from kasghar, Xinjiang, while his grandmother was a dutar player and a professional dancer. Continuing this rich musical lineage and supported by his grandmother […]
Ossi Raippalinna is a Finland-based percussionist, producer, researcher, educator, and drum-maker. As part of his recent master’s studies at Sibelus Academy, field trips to Senegal, Mali, Scotland, and Cuba have enriched his understanding of the interplay between rhythm and melody in percussion traditions – particularly within West African drum traditions. Ossi’s repertoire includes the drum […]