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Alan Keary is a multi-instrumentalist and producer with a strong musical heritage, writing and producing music from the age of fourteen.  Performing under the alias Shunya, his sound is a contortion of influences, stemming from his background in classical violin and jazz bass, and growing with the sounds of Manchester’s electronic music scene.

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Paddy Steer is a Zelig-like character along the timeline of Manchester’s musical activity. It’s a testament to his musicality that he has played with such a wide range of music and artists over the years, be it as a bass player, drummer, Hawaiian guitarist etc. or all these roles at the same time.

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OneDa’s signature lyric ‘Manny on the rise’ applies to the rapper herself, too. She’s on the rise with high-vibration collaborations (Gabe Gurnsey, Mr Scruff) that combine catchy wordplay and gold-plated flow, all fired by an empowered philosophy that she shares in her regular Pussy Power talks. The music bumps and rolls, bringing pumped-up basslines, snare drums and grimey synths that provide the perfect landscape for her vocal vibe energy.

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Semay Wu is a composer, cellist, improviser, and media/sound artist. Influenced by free improvisation and often interdisciplinary frameworks, Semay performs and composes primarily in electroacoustic sounds.

Often using graphic scores and field recordings, previous compositions have become video-works, performance/interactive installations, as well as producing an online audio cookbook for Manchester’s communities: Sounds Like Scran, in 2021.

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Dave Shooter is a bass player and electronic musician based in Lancaster. In the guise of Guerrilla Biscuits, his performance-focused solo electronic project, he utilises a laptop and controllers to create everything from immersive sound beds to glitchy, filthy grooves – all mixed and mashed in real time. He is a music educator and workshop leader and runs Hymns for Robots, a live electronic music session and is a part of the Ableton Global Educator Initiative.

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Manchester-based artist IORA makes alternative electropop, a combination of vocal and instrumental harmonies, married with electronic samples, sounds and field recording; she is also a Roundhouse Resident Artist alumnus. EP “How did we get here?” (supported by the PRS Open fund) was released in 2022 as well as a UK headline tour and screening at HOME in Manchester of the multi award winning short film Time Bascule of which IORA played the singing voice of one of the leading characters. IORA’s collaboration, ‘Waiting’, received support from Radio 1’s BBC Introducing with Gemma Bradley and the Chillest Show with Sian Eleri.

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