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Henrie Kwushue

Presenter, DJ and more

Radio & TV Presenter, Host, Voice Over Artist, DJ Presents on Reprezent, SpotifyUK and KissFM,

Best known for: Reprezent Radio Drivetime presenter

Latest work: Kiss FM Presenter

Paul Yates

Global Film Sales Agent

Global Film Sales Agent at The Mis En Scéne Company. A world sales agency dedicated to bringing highbrow yet mass appeal content to the international market.

Latest work: Secured UK distribution deal for “The True Don Quixote.”

Cobalt Chapel

Band

Yorkshire-based psychedelic band featuring Cecilia Fage (Matt Berry & The Maypoles) and Jarrod Gosling (I Monster, Regal Worm).

Best known for: We Come Willingly - single

Latest work: Orange Synthetic - album

Working Men's Club

Band

Named in tribute to the working men’s clubs in West Yorkshire, Working Men's Club make angular, '80s-style post-punk influenced by bands like Gang of Four and Devo. NME says the band are: "the Yorkshire group reviving killer new-wave power pop".

Best known for: Bad Blood - Single

Latest work: Working Men's Club - upcoming album

Abisha

Singer-Songwriter, Model

Alt-R&B singer- songwriter who is becoming known for moody melodies and a distinctive vocal style. Abisha also has a successful modelling career, and has just completed a recent campaign for Footlocker.

Best known for: Scorpio - EP

Latest work: One Night - Single

Birmingham Promoters

Concert Promotions Company

Combining the skillset of a big company with the personal approach of a small independent company, Birmingham Promoters is the longest-running concert promotions company based in Birmingham.

Best known for: Work with artists such as Metronomy, Bastille, Ed Sheeran, Skepta

Latest work: 2020 launch of Discover Birmingham

The Goa Express

Band

A love for alternative music united the band since teenage years. Their latest single “Be My Friend”, is their second since being taken under the wing of Rough Trade Management.

Best known for: The Day - single

Latest work: Be My Friend - single

Bradford

Band

English Indie band who Morrissey proclaimed heirs to The Smiths' throne and later covered their single Skin Storm.

Best known for: Skin Storm - single

Latest work: Bright Hours - Album coming in 2021

Tion Wayne

Rapper, Songwriter & DJ

British rapper, songwriter and DJ from North London. He appeared on 3 top 10 singles in the UK Singles Chart as a guest, before getting his first top 10 hit as lead artist with I Dunno feat. Dutchavelli and Stormzy.

Best known for: Waynes World - mixtape

Latest work: I Dunno (feat. Dutchavelli and Stormzy) Single

Amar Latif

Television presenter, actor, speaker, world traveller

Blind traveller, entrepreneur and TV personality with an astonishing track record. Due to an incurable eye condition, Amar lost 95% of his sight by 18. Through sheer determination, he has made a series of truly inspirational achievements.

Best known for: Became known to millions through BBC2 series, Beyond Boundaries

Latest work: Celebrity Masterchef 2020

Lafawndah

Musician

Lafawndah's music has been described as 'Globally minded experimental pop and R&B that resists easy categorisation'. Her music is inflected with varied rhythms and R&B-adjacent vocals in English, French, Farsi and Swahili.

Best known for: Daddy - single

Latest work: Deep See - single

Studio Electrophonique

Musician

Studio Electrophonique, aka James Leesley, conjure a cinematic, melodic, warm sound. The songs are simple, beautiful, evoking feelings of calm reflection. Richard Hawley invited Studio Electrophonique to open for his band in 2019.

Best known for: I Don't Think I Love You Anymore - single

Latest work: Buxton Palace Hotel - album

Rough Trade Records

Record label

Independent London-based record label established 1978. Home to iconic acts such as The Strokes, Jarvis Cocker, Scritti Politti, Sufjan Stevens, Antony and The Johnsons.

Best known for: Meat Is Murder...and many other iconic albums

Latest work: Beyond The Pale - Jarv Is

The Sherlocks

Band

Alternative rock band from Bolton upon Dearne, Barnsley, South Yorkshire. Consisting of two sets of brothers: Kiaran and Brandon Crook, Andy and Josh Davidson.

Best known for: Chasing Shadows - album

Latest work: Under Your Sky - album

Katherine Kelly

Actor

Katherine Kelly portrayed Becky McDonald in the ITV soap 'Coronation Street' from 2006-12. Since leaving the Street, she has played Lady Mae in ITV drama series 'Mr Selfridge' and starred in ITV drama 'Cheat '. She trained at London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), and performed on several occasions with the Royal Shakespeare Company before landing the role of Becky Granger in Coronation Street (1960).

Best known for: Playing Becky McDonald in 'Coronation Street'.

Latest work: Starring as Leah in ITV drama 'The Cheat'.

Jude Goldrei

Filmmaker

Jude Goldrei is Film Producer at Lunar Lander Films and a winning filmmaker from this year's Female Film Force.

Tommy Ashby

Singer and Songwriter

Tommy blends technical understanding of how the brain processes sound with the creativity of someone who grew up writing and playing music in the wilds of Scotland. He has toured UK & Europe supporting Rhodes, Tom Speight and Nina Nesbitt.

Best known for: Restless Love - EP

Latest work: Golden Arrow - EP

Barry Adamson

Musician & Composer

Musician, composer, writer, photographer and filmmaker Barry Adamson is not a man to take it easy. He rose to prominence as bass in Magazine, and became a solo artist after 3 years with Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds In 2019, Adamson continues to push himself and blur the lines of film, music and art.

Best known for: Moss Side Story - Album

Latest work: Live at the Union Chapel - upcoming Album

Kindness | Adam Bainbridge

Producer, DJ, Radio Host & Musician

Kindness is the solo project of singer Adam Bainbridge who is also a Grammy winning producer, DJ and radio host.

Best known for: World, You Need A Change Of Mind - album

Average Joe

Band

Average Joe are from Stoke on Trent, they match gritty songwriting with a soulful voice. "Stunning" says NME.

Best known for: Cross My Heart - single

Latest work: XJAZZ Festival Berlin May 2019

Victoria Ekanoye

Actor

Victoria Ekanoye is an actress, known for Coronation Street, The Royals and Last Laugh

Best known for: Playing Rachel in 'The Royals'

Latest work: Coronation Street, playing Angie

Deaf Havana

Band

Alt rock band from Norfolk, formed in 2005. One of a handful of British guitar bands to achieve a top 10 album in 2018 with their fifth studio album Rituals.

Best known for: Sinner: single

Latest work: European Tour: 2019

TOY

Band

Indie rock band from Brighton. They have released 3 albums. Picked as one of NME's "100 New Bands You Have to Hear" in 2012. The band's sound has been described as a combination of psychedelic rock, krautrock, shoegaze and post-punk.

Best known for: Lose my Way: single

Latest work: Happy In The Hollows: album

Sleeper

Band

English Britpop band, fronted by Louise Wener. Sleeper had 8 UK Top 40 singles and 3 UK Top 10 albums in the 1990s, splitting in 1998 then reuniting in 2017.

Best known for: Appearing in the soundtrack of movie 'Trainspotting'

Latest work: The Modern Age - album due early 2019

Hamzaa

Singer-Songwriter

R&B/Soul singer/songwriter and producer. Appeared on BBC's Later with Jools Holland, gaining new fans, including the Evening Standard who say: "inhabits the soulful jazzy space left by Amy Winehouse. A star is born." In just a few months, Hamzaa has over 1.4 million Spotify & Apple streams.

Best known for: You: Single

Latest work: First Signs of Me: EP

Stormzy

Grime Artist

Stormzy won Best Grime Act 2014 & 2015 MOBO Awards. Debut album, Gang Signs & Prayer, was the first grime album to reach number 1 on the UK Albums Chart. BRIT Awards 2018 Winner for MasterCard British Album of the Year and British Male Solo Artist

Best known for: 2018 Double BRIT Award Winner

Latest work: Gang Signs & Prayer: Album

Young Fathers

Band

Hip hop / Pop band from Edinburgh. In 2014, they won a Mercury Prize for their debut album Dead.

Best known for: Won a Mercury Prize for their debut album Dead in 2014.

Latest work: Coco Sugar: Album

Maya Jama

Presenter & DJ

Hosted MTVbase show ‘TheWrapUp’, MTV News, and Drive with Maya on Rinse FM. Worked with various brands such as ASOS, H&M, Sony, Adidas and a recent collab with clothing brand Pretty Little Thing.

Best known for: 4Music

Latest work: Joining BBC R1 to host new shows.

Black Midi

Band

London's Black Midi currently have no tracks online, but are being heralded as one of the country's best new bands. “Best band in London.” according to another Brown McLeod client, Shame. From a group who’ve been lauded as one of the best in the country – it’s high praise.

Best known for: Maintaining a low internet profile

Latest work: Playing Great Escape Festival, Brighton

International Teachers of Pop

Band

Nerd Disco project from Founders/Producers & co-writers of The Moonlandingz, Adrian Flanagan & Dean Honer in cahoots with vocalist Leonore Wheatley.

Latest work: Age of the Train - Single

The Damned

Band

Punk pioneers, The Damned, formed in 1976 and were the first UK punk band to release a single ‘New Rose’, album, and tour the US. Millions of albums and four decades later, their 2018 UK tour sees the band revisit their classics, electrifying venues across the UK.

Best known for: New Rose

Latest work: Evil Spirits Tour 2018

Shame

Band

Five-piece band Shame are building their reputation as one of the best new live bands in London.

Best known for: The Lick: single

Latest work: Tasteless: single

Universal Tree

Band

Psychedelic, funk, groove-based band from Sheffield. Universal Tree started in 2016 as a studio project fronted by Steve Edwards in collaboration with DJ Parrot aka Crooked Man and Michael Somerset Ward.

Akua Agyemfra

Brand Consultant

From personal branding to managing the outlook of global powerhouses, Akua turns ideas into reality, with a particular love for the crossover between music and sport. Brown McLeod clients Stormzy and Wretch 32 are two of Agyemfra's clients.

Best known for: Working with Stormzy and Wretch 32

Field Music

Band

Sunderland-based indie band, formed in 2004. Over the years, Field Music have become the world's leading ambassadors of the distinctly British musical style.

Best known for: A New Town: single

Latest work: Open Here: album

Kamaal Williams

Musician

Londoner Kamaal Williams (aka Henry Wu), is a gifted keyboardist, producer and DJ.

Best known for: Black Focus, 2016 album as Yussef Kamaal

Latest work: The Return: Album released May 2018

Ed Harcourt

Singer Songwriter

Singer songwriter, who has released 6 studio albums, 2 EPs, and 13singles. Ed also writes for other artists, including Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Paloma Faith and has performed with Marianne Faithfull and the Libertines.

Best known for: Here Be Monsters - album

Latest work: Furnaces - album

Chris Ryman

Actor

Trained at London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Chris is a versatile actor who has played a range of dramatic, comedy and character roles.

Best known for: 28 Weeks Later

Latest work: Bulent - in BBC1 sitcom Count Arthur Strong

Solardo

DJs

Solardo production duo Mark Richards and James Eliot, from Manchester, are continuing the city’s rich heritage in house music.

Best known for: Crowned DJ Mag Best Duo of 2017

Latest work: Solardo Sessions Tour 2018

Manny Norte

DJ

Manny Norte is a Capital Xtra DJ, presenter and music producer and a respected, enduring figure on the UK hip hop and R&B scene.

Best known for: 2 time MOBO Award winner: DJ

Latest work: DJ on Capital Xtra

Gomez

Band

English Platinum selling, Mercury Prize Winning, Oscar nominated indie, alternative rock band.

Best known for: Bring It On: album

Latest work: ‘Bring It On’ 2018 20th Anniversary Tour

Ramz

Rap Artist

South London rapper, whose track Barking exploded to become 2018’s first breakout hit.

Best known for: Barking: single

Latest work: Power: single

Bootleggers Party Band

Band

The Bootleggers band is an experienced, professional, high energy, self-contained party band based in Sheffield.

Best known for: Rocking out at Parties and Events

Tall Children

Musician

Tall Children is a guitarist from Liverpool - Ben Hughes.

Best known for: More Than This - single

Latest work: Be With Me - single

Kojo Funds

Singer Songwriter

Redefining music genre lines with a sound that can be described as AfroSwing. Can go from Grime to R&B in a beat.

Best known for: Dun Talkin (feat. Abra Cadabra): single

Latest work: Calling (feat. Kojo Funds & Chip): single

Gilmours

Coffee Shop

Coffee shop in Sheffield, also selling artisan breads and cakes.

Kyle Falconer

Singer Songwriter

Best known as the songwriter, guitarist and frontman of band The View, Kyle Falconer is stepping out on his own with a debut solo album, due out Spring 2018. Kyle follows his first solo live performances with a tour support with Liam Gallagher at the end of 2017.

Best known for: Singer Songwriter with The View

Latest work: Touring with Liam Gallagher

The Moonlandingz

Band

Collaboration between The Eccentronic Research Council and The Fat White Family.

Best known for: Blak Hanz: single

Latest work: Interplanetary Class Classics: album

Richard Hawley

Singer Songwriter

Guitarist, singer-songwriter, producer. Member of the Longpigs in the 1990s. Joined Pulp in 2000. As a solo musician, has released 7 studio albums and has been shortlisted for a Mercury prize in 2006 and 2012. His latest album: "Hollow Meadows...finds the crooner at his most affecting and fragile." The Guardian

Best known for: Tonight The Streets Are Ours

Latest work: Hollow Meadows: Album

Tom Hickox

Singer-Songwriter

The Daily Telegraph hailed Tom Hickox's “depth and intensity” calling him “a true original”. The Sunday Times described Tom arriving on the music scene “as if from a different planet, and certainly from a different age.”

Best known for: Out of The War Zone: single

Latest work: Monsters in the Deep: album

Ginger Café

Coffee shop

Ginger is a coffee shop, deli and wine bar in Broomhill, Sheffield.

Best known for: Great coffee

Tom Zanetti

Vocalist, record producer, model

Began his music career as a club promoter at Leeds nightclub Mission. He went on to set-up events company, Sleepin Is Cheatin, before releasing singles under his own name.

Best known for: You Want Me (feat Sadie Ama): single

Latest work: More & More (feat Karen Harding): single

Nick Miles

Actor

Known for his role in ITV's Emmerdale as businessman Jimmy King. He also appeared in TV series Soldier Soldier, The Bill, Peak Practice, Silent Witness, Brookside and US film Gangs of New York.

Best known for: Playing Jimmy King in Emmerdale

James Ford

Musician, composer, record producer.

Member of Simian Mobile Disco and producer working with the Arctic Monkeys, Klaxons, Florence and the Machine, Beth Ditto, Depeche Mode. In 2008, formed The Last Shadow Puppets with Miles Kane and Alex Turner. Their debut album, 'The Age of the Understatement', earned a Mercury Prize nomination and reached No.1 in the UK charts.

Best known for: Producer Arctic Monkey's 'AM' Album

Latest work: Depeche Mode 'Spirit': album

George the Poet

Spoken Word Performer

London-born spoken word performer of Ugandan heritage. His innovative brand of musical poetry has won him critical acclaim both as a recording artist and a social commentator.

Best known for: Shortlisted, Critics' Choice category, 2015 BRIT Awards.

Latest work: Opening BBC's Royal Wedding coverage with poem 'The Beauty of Union'

NVOY

Dance/Electro Duo

London-based duo James and Conner are NVOY. They produce dance music, fusing elements of future RnB, UK bass, and house.

Best known for: You Are: single

Latest work: Aurum: EP

Spinning Discs

Record Shop

Independent record shop in Sheffield. A place to meet, relax, drink coffee and browse new, re-issue and select secondhand vinyl.

Tusks

Singer-Songwriter & Producer

Tusks, aka Emily Underhill, is a songwriter with a strong sense of melody and a producer who blends different genres and approaches.

Best known for: False: EP

Latest work: Toronto: single

Fat White Family

Band

5 piece South London band, started in Peckham in 2011. Voted one of Rolling Stone Magazine’s 20 new British Artists to watch.

Best known for: Champagne Holocaust, album

Latest work: Songs for our Mothers, album

Tom Speight

Musician

London-based singer-songwriter. His music takes the best elements of folk and pop music and puts them together to create a raw and infectious sound.

Best known for: Love: single

Latest work: Willow Tree: EP

Michael Parr

Actor

Currently plays Ross Barton in ITV soap Emmerdale. TV appearances in Hollyoaks, Casualty, Good Cop, Inside Men & BBC soap Doctors. Film roles include Queesnbury Rules & No Way Through.

Best known for: Ross Barton, Emmerdale.

Latest work: Best Actor, Best Bad Boy & Sexiest Male, 2015 Inside Soap Awards

C Duncan

Composer & Musician

His compositions have been featured on television, including Waterloo Road. Signed to Fat Cat Records. Debut album Architect nominated for the 2015 Mercury Music Prize and earned him praise from BBC6 Music and The Guardian.

Best known for: Say: single

Latest work: Architect: album

Sticky Blood

Band

Andy Nicholson and Jamie Shield, aka 'Sticky Blood'. A production outfit dedicated to creating fresh, original and innovative music.

Best known for: Valium

Latest work: Hop In The Place (feat. LDizz)

Baba Naga

Band

Three piece band from Sheffield. Have sold out shows in Sheffield and co-headlined with Bo Ningen.

Best known for: Co-headlined with Bo Ningen

Latest work: Somos Lobos/Odmience, double A side

Roxy Shahidi

Actor

Actor, best known for playing Leyla Harding in ITV soap Emmerdale.

Best known for: Emmerdale

Latest work: YogaRox

RÄTHEL & WOLF

Jewellery Designers

RÄTHEL & WOLF is interested in new ways of wearing jewellery, exploring gender roles and adorning unusual body parts.

Best known for: Best known for: Distal rings.

Latest work: Latest work: Jewellery collection for fashion designer Paula Knorr.

London Bike Kitchen

DIY Bike Workshop

An open DIY workshop where you can work on your own bike instead of giving it to someone else. A Do-It-Together education space.

Wizzy Wow

Songwriter, musician and producer

Twice Grammy nominated urban music writer/producer covering Rap, Hip-hop and bespoke music. Also productions for Film/TV and Adverts.

Best known for: Chipmunk's "Role Model"

Latest work: Abel Miller, Whatever The Cost (Prod by Wizzy Wow)

Bentley Hagen Hall

Interior Designers

Architectural and interior design practice based in London and Sheffield, established in 2015 by Catherine Verna Bentley and Louis Hagen Hall.

Latest work: Wilton Way

XBlades Racing Team

Drone Racing Team

British Drone racing team, who won the Dubai Grand Prix, collecting a £174,000 prize.

Best known for: Won 1st World Drone Grand Prix: Dubai 2016

Pulp

Band

Sheffield born alternative rock band formed in 1978. Winners of Mercury Music Prize 1996 and two time headliners at Glastonbury festival.

Best known for: Common People: single

Latest work: Ivor Novello Award: Outstanding Song Collection

Homemade by Thelma's

Café

Cafe and Bistro Restaurant and a bespoke catering service for everything from a Victoria sandwich to a full wedding breakfast.

Joni Bakermade

Handcrafted Yorkshire Macarons & Coffee Shop

Joni Bakery have developed a range of macarons with a twist.

Drew McConnell

Musician

Bassist in Babyshambles and musical collective 'Helsinki' is his side project. Also fronted the musical collective Mongrel with Jon McClure Arctic Monkeys members.

Best known for: Coast of Silence: album

Latest work: A Guide For The Perplexed: album

Seven Hills Bakery

Artisan Bakers, Greengrocers & Cafe

Artisan bakery, greengrocers and cafe.

Stoney

Songwriter/producer

British transplant in Austin, Texas. Songwriter / producer / multi-instrumentalist. Former Bobby Jealousy singer/guitarist.

Best known for: The Seen and the Unseen: album

Latest work: Nothing to Lose: album

Sebastian's Kitchen & Cakery

Restaurant

Independent cafe, kitchen and cakery

The Wave Pictures

Band

London based rock trio, consisting of David Tattersall, Franic Rozycki and Johnny ‘Huddersfield’ Helm.

Best known for: I Love You Like a Madman: single

Latest work: A Season in Hull: album

Porter Pizza

Pizza with integrity

Handmade pizzas using dough made on-site with fresh, high quality ingredients, cooked in a wood-fired oven.

Barra Organics

Organic Grocery

Purveyors of the finest local organic and Biodynamic fruit and vegetables. Milk, eggs,wholefoods and other great finds.

Latest work: Nominated for Soil Assocation, Best of Organic Market Award 2016

Arsher Ali

Actor

Winner of the Laurence Olivier Student Award in 2005, Outstanding Actor in a TV Movie at the Monte Carlo TV Festival. In 2007 named as one of Screen International’s Stars of Tomorrow.

Best known for: Four Lions: Warp Films

Latest work: Ackley Bridge: Channel 4 drama

Jacob Banks

Singer Songwriter

Acclaimed singer-songwriter from Birmingham who became the first unsigned act to appear on BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge. Embarking on a 2018 World Tour.

Best known for: Unknown (To You): single

Latest work: The Village: album

Lusts

Band

Duo that sound like a classic four-piece. Classic/classicist music combining early-‘90s indie and dark, goth-y majestic rock from the early-‘80s.

Best known for: Waves: single

Latest work: Sometimes: single

Martin Rossiter

Singer (and a songwriter)

Singer and a songwriter but not a singer/songwriter. First came to public attention as the front man of Gene, who sold a million records worldwide. A flamboyant, irreverent performer, he combines the bleak and the beautiful with wit, tenderness and heart stealing melodies.

Best known for: The Defenestration of St Martin’: album

Latest work: Drop Anchor: single

Jim Jones and the Righteous Mind

Band

New band from former Jim Jones Revue / Black Moses / Thee Hypnotics front man. Bluesy garage rock guitars and honky-tonk style piano and reflective, experimental sound.

Latest work: Boil Yer Blood: single

Ellen and the Escapades

Band

Acoustic/pop/rock band. In 2009, chosen by BBC Introducing to perform at Reading Festival & Leeds Festival. 2010 won the Q Magazine/Glastonbury Emerging Talent Competition. Regularly played on BBC6 Music, BBC Radio 1 & BBC Radio 2.

Best known for: This Ace I've Burned: single

Latest work: Lost Cause: single

Golden Harvest

Independent coffee shop, recording studio and record label.

Independent coffee shop, recording studio and record label in Sheffield.

Natalie McCool

Singer/Songwriter

First recognised when she won a Yamaha-sponsored national songwriting competition judged by Coldplay frontman Chris Martin. Voted One To Watch for 2016 on BBC Radio 5 Live.

Best known for: Pins

Latest work: Cardiac Arrest: single

Kiran Leonard

Musician

Multi-instrumentalist and prolific creator of music. Wrote, played and produced Bowler Hat Soup between the ages of 14-16, playing over 20 instruments on it, including a radiator!

Best known for: Bowler Hat Soup: album

Latest work: Pink Fruit: album

Matic Mouth

MC/Rapper/Artist

MC/Rapper/Artist from Sheffield. Currently in a group called 'Clubs & Spades' and 'H.M.P.'

Henry Wu

Musician/DJ

One of the most exciting emerging producers this year. Henry’s diversity is also apparent in his DJ sets. He deftly speeds up and down to deliver his sound knowledge of funk and jazz, to more contemporary house stylings.

Best known for: Good Morning Peckham

Latest work: Negotiate: EP

Azekel

Singer/Songwriter

British singer-songwriter, musician and producer from East London.

Best known for: Raw: album

Latest work: Ritual Spirit: Massive Attack feat. Azekel

Full+Bless

Record Label/Music Management

Music management company representing (amongst others) Know brown, Ritual, Jordan Max, O’Flynn and Popcaan.

Barnaby J Watson

Backline Technician/Musician/Songwriter

Works with some of the most prestigious artists in music, including The Rolling Stones, The Killers, Kaiser Chiefs, Mumford & Sons.

Knox Brown

Music Producer

Jamaican-born producer from Birmingham. Has worked with pop legends Beyonce, Jay Z, Wretch 32, Aloe Blacc and Mary J Blige.

Best known for: Reignite (Knox Brown x Gallant) - Bridget Jones Baby Soundtrack

Latest work: Always - Single

Marc Riley

BBC6 Music DJ

Manchester-born Marc Riley is a musician, rock critic and BBC 6 radio Music DJ. Formerly a member of The Fall, he had his own record label, In-Tape.

Best known for: One half of the duo Mark & Lard with fellow DJ Mark Radcliffe

Latest work: All Shook Up live music series from BBC Music

Photo Democracy

Art Gallery

Helping talented photographers circumnavigate the traditional art world, introducing them to collectors and getting their work onto walls.

Frida Sundemo

Musician

Swedish artist Frida Sundemo received a lot of interest with her acclaimed debut EP Indigo, and went on to release more music and appear in the film adaptation of John Niven's Kill Your Friends, alongside Nicholas Hoult and Rosanna Arquette.

Best known for: Indigo: debut EP

Latest work: Heroes: single

PB Creative

Brand Design Agency

PB Creative is a brand design agency based in central London. Creating beautiful packaging for an enviable list of global brands.

Stevie Parker

Musician

Stevie Parker has been called 'a new powerhouse in the making'. Ambient electro pop with uncanny spine shivering qualities.

Latest work: The Cure: single

Bongo Bert and the Soul Jar

Band

Sheffield Funk-Soul group of talented and experienced musicians.

Best known for: Performing at Y Not Festival

Latest work: Debut album due 2016

British Sea Power

Band

Indie rock band from Brighton, compared often to The Cure, Arcade Fire and Joy Division.

Best known for: Waving Flags

Latest work: Sea of Brass: album

Kagoule

Band

Nottingham’s Kagoule have previously released a wealth of singles and are ready to unleash a debut that not only belies their years, but proves they are one of the most exciting young bands in the UK. The band have formed a sound that is truly their own – dark, melodic, heavy and constantly evolving.

Best known for: Urth

Latest work: Urth: debut album

Wretch 32

Hip hop/Grime Rapper

Jermaine Scott Sinclair, better known by his stage name Wretch 32, is an English rapper and former Grime MC from Tottenham.

Best known for: Traktor - Single 2011

Latest work: Alright With Me - single

Ben Palmer

Film & TV Director

Film & TV director, well known for being the director of Bo' Selecta and The Inbetweeners.

Best known for: The Invetweeners

Latest work: Man Up

The Clear

Band

The Clear are a 3 piece band from Sheffield playing classic West Coast pop.

Best known for: America

Latest work: Love Internationale / The Cashier (Double A-Side Single)

Eva Simons

Singer Songwriter

Eva Simons is a Dutch singer-songwriter and is known for her vocals in collaboration with many artists, such as Afrojack, LMFAO, Sidney Samson and will.i.am.

Best known for: This Is Love, UK No 1 single, with will.i.am

Latest work: Policeman - single

Fierce Panda Records

Record label

Independent record label, with its first release in February 1994. Credited with releases by Coldplay, Astronaut, Air Traffic, Art Brut, Embrace, Keane, Death Cab for Cutie, Boy Kill Boy, Placebo, Shitdisco, Goldheart Assembly, and Acres of Lions.

Best known for: Their "Wibbling Rivalry" single, an interview with Oasis' Liam and Noel Gallagher, holds the record for the highest-charting interview single in the UK Singles Chart

Latest work: In 2012 Fierce Panda set up a publishing arm, named Fierce Panda Songs.

Max Keiser

Broadcaster

CEO, co-founder StartJOIN.com and producer/presenter of Keiser Report on RT. A virtual currency and crowdfunding inventor. Creator of HSX.com.

Best known for: Keiser Report, a financial program broadcast on Russian state media channel RT

Latest work: StartJOIN; the world's first crowdfunding platform for projects and crypo currencies

Vessels

Band

Leeds electronic post-rock band, formed in 2005. Released three studio albums.

Best known for: Yuki - single

Latest work: Dilate - 2015 album

Chicane

Musician

Nick Chicane is the purveyor of a plethora of dance anthems over 15 years. Producer, band leader, DJ, and award nominated radio show host.

Best known for: Offshore: single

Latest work: The Sum of its Parts: album

To Kill a King

Band

British folk rock band formed in 2009, and compared to others such as The National, and Mumford & Sons. Played at the Reading and Leeds Festivals in August 2013.

Best known for: My Crooked Saint

Latest work: Album: To Kill A King

Duane Eddy

Guitarist

Grammy Award-winning American guitarist. In the late 50s-early 60s had a string of hit records including "Rebel Rouser", "Peter Gunn", and "Because They're Young". Sold 12 million records by 1963. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994, and the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum in 2008.

Best known for: Peter Gunn

Latest work: Stagecoach Festival 2014

Pete McKee

Artist

Sheffield and music are inspirations for much of Pete’s artwork. ‘McKee London’ is Pete McKee's first London pop-up store. It features new collaborations, alongside a collection of classic McKee works.

Best known for: Designer of Oasis posters & Clarks limited edition desert boots

Latest work: 'This Class Works' Exhibition, July 2018

Revolver AV

Computer & Video playback for Films & TV

Computer and video playback for film and TV. Tech equipment rental, stock footage for the back of your scene, animations, bespoke actor friendly software & on screen graphics.

Best known for: You, Me and The End of The World. Sci Fi

Latest work: Sci-Fi feature “Morgan” ifor Fox. Ridley Scott producer.

Childhood Music

Band

4 piece Brit Indie pop group Childhood often compared to the Palma Violets.

Best known for: Blue Velvet

Latest work: Lacuna: debut album

Mike Hughes

Singer Songwriter

Mike Hughes; known for his brooding vocals; has toured with Miles Kane and shares the same producer as the Artic Monkeys

Best known for: That Girl Is Misery

Latest work: Temple Blues: single

Louise Dearman

Actress & Singer

Actress and singer. Professional stage and television credits include Eva Perón in Evita. Solo albums, You and I, Here Comes the Sun and It's Time.

Best known for: Played Glinda & Elphaba in Wicked in the West End

Latest work: It's Time: album

Olof Arnalds

Singer Songwriter

Ólöf Arnalds is an Icelandic singer and multi-instrumentalist born in 1980. Her debut album was included in both eMusic and Paste Magazine’s 100 Best Albums of the Decade lists.

Best known for: Innundir Skinni

Latest work: Palme: album

In The Nursery

Band

In The Nursery (twin brothers Klive & Nigel Humberstone) are the Sheffield-based band renowned for their cinematic soundtrack and TV work as well as re-scores for classic silent films.

Best known for: Game of Thrones 'The Game Begins' Trailer.

Latest work: The Calling: album

Gang of Four

Band

English post-punk group from Leeds. Play a stripped-down mix of punk rock, funk and dub, with an emphasis on the social and political ills of society. Gang of Four are widely considered one of the leading bands of the late 1970s/early 1980s post-punk movement.

Best known for: Damaged Goods

Latest work: What Happens Next: album

Jamie Hince

Singer Songwriter

English guitarist, singer, songwriter, the guitarist with indie rock duo The Kills. He co-founded The Kills with American singer Alison Mosshart in 2000.

Best known for: Blood Pressures (The Kills)

Latest work: Live at Third Man Records

Darren Hayman

Singer Songwriter

Singer-songwriter and guitarist. Best known as writer, lead singer and guitarist in Hefner. Has released 12 albums during his solo career.

Best known for: The Fidelity Wars

Latest work: Florence: album

Alex Gaumond

Actor, Singer, Songwriter

Canadian actor and singer, made his professional debut in the ensemble of 'Miss Saigon'.

Best known for: Lead role of Galileo in 'We Will Rock You' musical in the West End

Latest work: Freddy Benson in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Savoy Theatre

Clock Opera

Band

Clock Opera's debut single "White Noise" was released in 2009. Their 2012 album Ways to Forget was No 7 on The Sunday Times list of best debuts.

Best known for: The Lost Buoys: background music for BBC 2012 Summer Olympics coverage.

Latest work: Changeling: single

Everly Pregnant Brothers

Ukelele Band

Sheffield based Ukulele band Everly Pregnant Brothers are a band on the pun.

Best known for: No Oven, No Pie.

Latest work: Best: album

Steve 'Papa' Edwards

Songwriter

Solo House songwriter/singer collaborater from Sheffield.

Best known for: World, Hold On

Latest work: Shapeshifters 'Shake Shake'

Ladytron

Band

Electronic band formed in Liverpool. Their sound blends electropop with new wave and shoegazing elements. Ladytron described their sound as "electronic pop".

Best known for: Ghosts

Latest work: Gravity the Seducer: album

The Gentlemen

Band

The Gentlemen are a disco-pop band from Sheffield who create delectable sounds for discerning ears.

Best known for: Departures: album

Latest work: This is Where: single

Zoe Rahman

Jazz Composer and Pianist

Zoe Rahman has firmly established herself as one of the brightest stars on the contemporary jazz scene. "A musician of powerful technique, group sympathy and compositional skill" John Fordham, Guardian

Best known for: Muchhe Jaoa Dinguli

Latest work: Kindred Spirits

White Whale

Band

Indie rock band signed to Merge records. White Whale are made up from former members of Butterglory, The Get Up Kids, and Thee Higher Burning Fire.

Best known for: WW1

Latest work: WW1

Fiction

Band

London based 5 piece band under the record label Moshi Moshi.

Best known for: The Big Other: album

Latest work: Instant Memories: EP

Acoustic Angels

Band

4-piece under the Art Music limited label. Cover a wide genre of Classic Covers, Dance, Soul, Rock, Pop, Funk, Americana, Jazz, Indie and Lounge.

Best known for: Acoustic Angels Live

Latest work: Acoustic Angels Live

Cymbals

Band

London based four piece championing downhome disco

Best known for: The Natural World

Latest work: The Age of Fracture: album

Jim Jones Revue

Band

Garage rock and roll band formed by band members Jim Jones and Rupert Orton, Henri Herbert, Gavin Jay and Nick Jones.

Best known for: Princess & the Frog

Latest work: 'Last Hurrah' tour

Jarvis Cocker

Musician

Musician, singer-songwriter, radio presenter and editor. Best known as frontman for the band Pulp. Presents a BBC Radio 6 Music show called Jarvis Cocker's Sunday Service.

Best known for: Common People: Pulp single

Latest work: Pulp Documentary A Film About Life, Death & Supermarkets

Bibio

Music Producer

Bibio (aka Stephen Wilkinson) is an English music producer. His music is primarily electronic and experimental in nature. He currently releases music on the Warp Records label.

Best known for: Lovers' Carvings: single

Latest work: Petals: single

Cold Specks

Musician

Cold Specks is the stage name of singer/songwriter Ladan Hussein, her music has been described as doom-soul.

Best known for: A Case For Shame

Latest work: Neuroplasticity: album

Philippa Hanna

Singer Songwriter

Since the independent release of debut album Watching Me in 2007, Philippa Hanna has grown from her roots in the Gospel scene to be one of the most engaging and inspiring songwriters in the UK.

Best known for: Through The Woods: album

Latest work: Flagship artist for Rocket Fuel, a new crowd-sourcing initiative

George Morgan

Singer Songwriter

21 year old singer/songwriter from London. George's influences are Ben Howard and Jason Mraz. George gigs most nights around Camden.

Latest work: You Say

Bromheads

Band

2 piece English garage rock band from Sheffield. Originally Bromheads Jacket, formed in 2005.

Best known for: Turn Me On

Latest work: Kerosene

Ultrasound

Band

Indie band, active during the late 1990s then reunited in 2010.

Best known for: Stay Young

Latest work: Play For Today album

The Pigeon Detectives

Band

Indie Rock band from Leeds formed in 2004. Performed at Reading and Leeds Festivals in 2006, where they were tagged "the band most likely to leap to the main stage in 2007".

Best known for: Take Her Back

Latest work: We Met at Sea: album

The Crookes

Band

Sheffield Indie band formed in 2008. Signed to London independent record label Fierce Panda Records, they have subsequently released three albums.

Best known for: Afterglow

Latest work: Soapbox: album

I Monster

Band

Electronic music group, composed of the Sheffield based record producers Dean Honer and Jarrod Gosling.

Best known for: Daydream in Blue: single

Latest work: A Dense Storm of Ancient Stars: album

John Parish

Musician

Songwriter, producer and musician. Starting his career as a drummer in 1980 Parish has since collaborated with several other artists and producers. musician, songwriter, composer and record producer.

Best known for: Work with singer and songwriter PJ Harvey

Latest work: Screenplay

The Hosts

Band

Five piece indie rock band from Sheffield who wear suits and number their gigs.

Best known for: September Song

Latest work: Moon: album

Cabaret Voltaire

Band

Cabaret Voltaire were at the forefront of the UK Electronic Movement of the late '70s and are one of the most influential, innovative acts of the last 25 years.

Best known for: Mix Up

Latest work: Eddie's Back: single

Captain Sensible

Musician

Singer, songwriter and guitarist who co-founded punk rock band The Damned,.

Best known for: Happy Talk: single

Latest work: Wot – I Say Captain: single

Billy Childish

Painter Author Poet Photographer Film-maker Singer Guitarist

Extraordinary, prolific artist. His paintings, woodcuts, poetry, writing and music share a common acerbic honesty that, rather than being nombrilistic, is deeply compelling and idiosyncratic.

Best known for: Length of Pipe

Latest work: 36 Years Later: album

Werkha

Musician

Werkha is the project of musician and producer Tom A. Leah.

Best known for: Sidesteppin: single

Latest work: Colours of a Red Brick Raft: album

Letherette

Music Production

Wolverhampton-based production duo, Letherette is the project of Andy Harber and Richard Roberts, who form and fuse house, electro, and hip-hop into a stylish whole.

Best known for: After Dawn

Latest work: Rayon: EP

Nervo

DJs

Australian musicians and songwriters. Signed with Sony/ATV Music Publishing at 18 years of age, the twins pursued careers as songwriting partners, co-writing the Grammy Award-winning single, "When Love Takes Over", performed by David Guetta and Kelly Rowland.

Best known for: Revolution (ft others)

Latest work: The Other Boys ft. Kylie Minogue, Nile Rodgers & Jake Shears

Huw Stephens

DJ

BBC Radio 1 DJ. He plays new music of all genres.

Best known for: Radio 1 show

Latest work: Swn Festival

Les Lovers

Band

Torch songs to comedy via techno, trash pastiche and all points in between, Marion Benoist and Fred de Fred have created something strange and rather wonderful. Massaging your ears with their cheeky bossa-nova grooves and sultry Gainsbourg-and-Bardot-esque vocals are French duo The Lovers.

Best known for: Striptease For Beginners

Latest work: Pardon My French: album

Steve Lamacq

DJ

Sometimes known by nicknames Lammo (given to him by John Peel) or The Cat. DJ, currently working with the BBC radio stations Radio 1, BBC 6 Music

Best known for: BBC Radio 6 Music

Latest work: BBC Radio 6 Music

Bird on the Wire

Arts Entertainment

Discovering the best in new music since 2009. London and beyond.

Club Fandango

Concert Venue

Club Fandango company has been at the forefront of unsigned music in London, promoting up-and-coming new bands across virtually every notable small venue in London.

Best known for: Arctic Monkeys, Kaiser Chiefs, Bloc party gigs

Result Consultancy

Marketing, Design and Branding consultancy

Result is a niche marketing, design and branding consultancy working for clients across a range of industry sectors. Joanna Applegate, Result's owner, has won national awards for design and innovation.

Best known for: Half Pint: Winner Homes & Gardens Best New Product Award

Latest work: Seaside Lodge

"Brown McLeod have been my accountants almost for ever. From sole trader, to limited company, to managing worldwide licensing revenues and all points in between. They are a wonderful team, and great fun to work with. Yes, I just used the word fun about accountants."

Caroline Devine

Sound Artist/Composer

Investigates the boundaries between sound and music, encompassing electroacoustic composition, sound installation and theatre.

Best known for: Nominated for BASCA 2014 Sonic Arts category

Latest work: Poetics of (Outer) Space

Miracle Art Exhibit

Exhibition

Life size trick art museum based in Manila.

Kid Acne

Artist Illustrator Printmaker

Artist, illustrator, print-maker and sometimes, MC. His formative years were spent painting graffiti, making fanzines and releasing DIY punk/hip-hop records.

Best known for: South South Yorkshire

Latest work: Burgundy Blood Meets Mongrels

Otolith Group

Creative

Founded 2002, consists of Anjalika Sagar and Kodwo Eshun who live and work in London. They explore the moving image, the archive, the sonic and the aural within the gallery context.

Best known for: Nominated for the Turner Prize, 2010

Latest work: In The Year of The Quiet Sun: exhibition, Bergen, Norway

Jon Mawson

Irrigation Consultant

Irrigation Consultant specialising in large private landscape, golf, equestrian and bowls green irrigation scheme design and installation.

George Law

Illustrator

Creative artwork for digital production, print and interior decor with mural works.

Best known for: Facebook/Microsoft designs

Bolthole Properties

Luxury holiday hideaways

Uniquely English holiday hideaways. Creative retreats.

Best known for: Seaside Lodge, Anderby Creek.

Gramafilm

Branded Content Agency & Production Company

London-based branded content agency and production company, working with brands and broadcasters to produce entertainment, films and documentaries.

Latest work: Nokie Xtreme

Stephen Street

Music Producer

Legendary producer who has contributed to some of the most iconic records by UK artists in the last 3 decades, including The Smiths, Blur, New Order, Kaiser Chiefs and The Pretenders.

Best known for: Morrissey’s debut solo album ‘Viva Hate’

Latest work: Babyshambles recordings 2013

The Brand New Idea

Creative Agency

Results-focused, ideas-led marketing agency.

Paul Staveley O'Duffy

Music Producer

Nominee for BMI's 'Producer of the Year' in 1987. British record producer, composer and mixer Paul worked with Amy Winehouse on her single Back to Black.

Best known for: Swing Out Sisters album

Latest work: Talk no more

Alan Smyth

Music Producer

Sheffield based producer working at 2fly studios. Worked with the likes of Pulp and Arctic Monkeys.

Best known for: Age of Chance - Kisspower Remix

The Wire Magazine

Magazine

The Wire is an independent, monthly music magazine covering a wide range of alternative, underground and non-mainstream musics.

The Literary Review

Publication

Literary Review covers all the latest books each month, ranging from history and biography to memoir and fiction. Each issue contains reviews from leading authors, journalists, academics and thinkers.

Best known for: Literary Review’s Bad Sex in Fiction Award

Marina Lewycka

Writer

Born in a refugee camp in Germany, Marina spent her whole life trying to be a writer. She succeeded in 2005 with the publication of A Short History of tractors in Ukrainian.

Best known for: A Short History of tractors in Ukrainian

Latest work: The Lubetkin Legacy: Novel 2016

Pop Magazine

Magazine

Pop covers the worlds of fashion, art, culture and more. Not simply a fashion-photo mag, it features pieces on contemporary culture – music, urban scenes, art and more.

Arena Homme+

Magazine

Launched in 1993, Arena HOMME+ is the world’s leading men’s fashion magazine, and the original men’s bi-annual title. Published twice yearly, AH+ leads this market sector with a clear editorial aesthetic.

Angular Recording Company

Record Label

Angular Recording Corporation was conceived in the June 2003 by two men both called Joe. It is a recording corporation releasing 'finest pop music we can find; the weird, the audacious and the remarkable music which can revolutionize your everyday life.'

Latest work: Society-14 Hours

Sick Life Music

Record Label

Sick Life Music Independent Music Label Out Of New York.

Latest work: DVD-How High

Shabby Doll Records

Record Label

Purveyors of quality, bespoke, underground house music.

RedFaces

Band

Post-Britpop/Indie Rock n Roll quartet from Sheffield, who have found themselves on at major festivals such as T in the Park and Y-Not Festival.

Best known for: Katie Come Home

Latest work: We Ain't Going Down

No Pain in Pop

Record Label

Initially a live music and blogging vehicle, the respect No Pain In Pop garnered quickly led to the desire to fold out into a record label who are well known for their arty record releases.

Latest work: Throwing Shade‘s ’19 Jewels’ EP

Funnyman Films

Film Production

London based production company specialising in factual television and DVD special features.

Latest work: "THE REEDS" a film by Chris Baker

Rupert Vansittart

Actor

Rupert Vansittart was born on February 10, 1958 in Cranleigh, Surrey, England. He is an actor, known for Braveheart (1995), Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) and Heartbeat (1992).

Best known for: Braveheart

Latest work: Game of Thrones

Pemberton Associates

Actors Agency

Pemberton Associates is an actors’ agency with more than twenty years experience in the entertainment business.

Peter McDonald

Actor

Peter McDonald was born on January 28, 1972 in Dublin, Ireland. He is an actor and writer, known for I Went Down (1997), When Brendan Met Trudy (2000) and Felicia's Journey (1999).

Latest work: Thirteen: TV series 2016

Brigit Forsyth

Actor

Actor, known for Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?, The Likely Lads and Sharon and Elsie.

Best known for: What Happened to the Likely Lads?

Latest work: Still Open All Hours: TV Series

Nigel Barker

Photographer

Sheffield based photographer

Kingfisher Fine Art

Gallery

Sheffield based gallery

Derwent-Wye Fine Art

Gallery

Derwent-Wye Fine Art Auctions holds auctions and selling exhibitions throughout the year and administers the estate of Harry Epworth Allen.

Factory Studios

Recording Studio

Award-winning sound design and audio facility based in London. Specialising in the art of sound design and has created some of the most revered commercial work of recent years.

Latest work: Award-winning work on Honda 'Ignition'

Holliday Grainger

Actor

Holliday Grainger was born in 1988 in Didsbury, Manchester, England as Holliday Clark Grainger. She is an actress, known for Jane Eyre (2011), The Borgias (2011) and Anna Karenina (2012).

Best known for: Cinderella: 2015

Latest work: Tulip Fever: 2016

Alice Coulthard

Actor

Alice Coulthard was born in 1983 in London, England. She is an actress, known for Emmerdale (1972), The Cement Garden (1993) and Goodbye, Hello (2008).

Best known for: Emmerdale: TV Soap

Latest work: The Last Ship: TV Series

Edward Hogg

Actor

Actor, known for Anonymous (2011), Bunny and the Bull (2009) and White Lightnin' (2009).

Best known for: Jupiter Ascending: film, 2015

Latest work: Adult Life Skills: film, 2016

Man & The Echo

Band

New wave outfit from Warrington, who combine post-punk pop with glam, northern soul and 60’s inspired psychedelica to create a uniquely bruising and moving sound.

Best known for: Honeysucker

Latest work: Vile As You Want

Johnny Nelson

Sportsman

Professional boxer and 7 year WBO cruiser weight champion based in Sheffield

The Brothers Arms

Pub

Pub and venue celebrating Sheffield’s proud brewing culture past and present.

Best known for: This is Heeley 2015

Latest work: This is Heeley 2016

House of Hackney

Design Retail

The maximalist luxury British interiors, fashion and lifestyle brand that reworks tradition for a new generation.

Best known for: Maximalist luxe

Latest work: Palmeral

Diagrams

Band

Part solo project, part musical collective led by Sam Genders, founder member of Tunng and The Accidental.

Best known for: Black Light

Latest work: Chromatics: album

World Courier

Specialist Courier

The most trusted specialty logistics company in the world.

IcelandAir

Airline

Leading airline offering flights to and from Iceland, and an attractive option for cross-Atlantic flights.

Eccentronic Research Council

Experimental Arts

Practical Electronics enthusiasts from Sheffield, make spooked out spoken word LPs with Actor Maxine Peake.

Vitamin

Band

Music evoking a bohemian aura and inspired by the beauty of nature and the darkness that can exist beneath.

Best known for: Dancing on the Sun

Latest work: Waterfall: single

Sara Bitlloch

Musician

Founding member of the Mediterraneo Piano Trio, prizewinner at the 1999 Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition, and performed in Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall, the Louvre Series in Paris, the Kennedy Center, Washington. Then for 2 years she was the first violinist of the Paris based Castagneri quartet, before joining the Elias quartet in 2003.

Best known for: Winner Szigeti Competition, Budapest & Renata Molinari Competition, Switzerland

Panic Music

Rehearsal Studios

Panic Music is a quality rehearsal studio in North Acton, West London

High Places

Travel & Trekking

Trips to 20 countries with over 100 departures. High Places organise and lead quality treks and climbs for small groups of like-minded outdoors people.

Shane Meadows

Film Director

Creator of 'This is England' film and series, BAFTA winning Sane Meadows is a film director, screenwriter, occasional actor.

Best known for: This is England

Latest work: This is England 90

Hub100

Music Production

Hub 100 is a music production company founded by the Lo recordings label in order to promote and release an array of unusual music.

Shelter Point

Band

Nottingham based Robin Hearn and Liam Arnold started their musical journey with the release of debut EP ‘Forever For Now’.

Best known for: Forever for Now

Latest work: Cut Me Loose

Ryan Mosley

Artist/Painter

Ryan Mosley’s canvases offer up a surreal world, simultaneously archaic and futuristic.

Best known for: Hermitage, St Petersburg: Charles saatchi's Newspeak: British Art Now

Latest work: Exhibition: Alison Jacques Gallery, London, UK