Shnucklz is a music lover who grew up listening to reggae (mum), his first memories are of the jungle scene, being from London, he was heavily influenced by the people he grew up with and started to like the music that ‘the older lot’ were listening to in the youth clubs. His favourite stations at the time were ‘Kool FM’ and ‘Freak FM’ and he has a massive soft spot for ‘old skool jungle’ that will never leave. For him, it was the music that started everything off. He became engrossed in the garage music at the time and started collecting records, even before he got decks! Shnucklz visited many well-known record shops with his mum, including places such as ‘Uptown Records, ‘Blackmarket Records’ and a no longer existing ‘Release the Groove’. Schnucklz is derived from the word knuckles, but simply with a ‘Shh’ in front of it and a creative change in the spelling.

Kooky is based in Brighton. Plays Tech House and dabbles in electronic music, electro tech. Has only been DJing a year and a half, after mysteriously recovering from years of Hyperacusis, making listening to music painful. Finally able to see her favourite influences Dom Dolla, John Summit and Gorgon City live. Was taught to DJ in a quick intensive method, by agreeing to taking part in a charity gig for Mind at Brighton Electric back in May 2023. Kooky appears at open deck venues Block Bar, Tiki Hut, The Mesmerist and upstairs at Rybka. Despite being neurodiverse Kooky continues to improve her DJ style. Loves nothing more than seeing people on the dancefloor vibing to her music. Kooky’s aims are to produce her own tracks in the future. @djkooky1

SDMS aka Shivers Down My Spine is really glad to be part of the south coast dj community. As she represents Worthing, SDMS enjoys playing there (mostly) but you can also find her in Brighton. Since she was brought up in a house full of vinyls with jazz, classic music, soul, electronica, bossa nova and global sounds, she goes beyond the pure beat and drops a tune that’s maybe jazzier, darker, more oriental – slightly different somehow. SDMS loves the energy of African drums and the pueblo feel of Latin tunes, appreciates good harmonising and slow evolving pace of electronica.