Ever since her cover of Rihanna’s ‘Work’ (titled ‘Pai’) went viral two years ago, the Hispanic scene worldwide has beenrallying behind a new queen, Alba Farelo, aka Bad Gyal. A spree of undeniable and unorthodox hits began with anotherYouTube DIY sensation in ‘Indapanden’, while breakout tracks ‘Mercadona’ and ‘Fiebre’ rapidly emerged as anthemsof a rapidly burgeoning scene in her native Spain and beyond. Bad Gyal’s debut mixtape ‘Slow Wine’ placed her at theundisputed top of a hugely exciting rising phenomenon, before she’d even turned 20 years old.Bad Gyal sold out every major venue in Spain, also performing at renowned domestic festivals Sonar and FIB withinthe year. News of her melancholic twist on dancehall, reggaeton and club music spread like wild re worldwide, with themajor bookings in London, Berlin, Paris, Rome, Milan, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Zurich, Prague, Brussels plus MexicoCity and Guatemala within a year. Just as 2017 came to an end she toured the US twice for the Red Bull Music Academy,playing their LA festival, as well as Dallas and Houston. Publications such as Pitchfork, The Fader and i-D among manyother music and fashion outlets, began taking notice to, holding Bad Gyal up as a hugely promising new talent.

Meanwhile, a  urry of brand new, forward thinking sounds created a fervour; cross genre and eclectic club producer PaulMarmota lent his touch to Bad Gyal’s “sad dancehall” future classic ‘Nicest Cocky’. Then followed the  rst of a long stringof collaborations with Dubbel Dutch - producer for Jamaican star Popcaan - with whom she conceived her biggest hit yet‘Jacaranda’. The track created a massive storm online, featuring as FACT’s top track of 2017. Both these singles werereleased by the Barcelona-based record label & director’s collective CANADA, accompanied by hugely accomplishedenticing visual clips.Bad Gyal kickstarted 2018 in energetic fashion, releasing her sophomore mixtape – the appropriately titled ‘WorldwideAngel’ - to critical acclaim. The project marks a new chapter in Bad Gyal’s sound, featuring  awless production fromprevious collaborators Dubbel Dutch, Paul Marmota and Fakeguido, as well as new collaborations from Jam City, DJFlorentino and D33J, with El Guincho’s dexterous mixing and none else than Vlado Meller’s mastering tying the wholeproject together. As a result, Bad Gyal’s sound strides wider and farther than ever before, thanks to lead singles ‘Blink’,‘Candela’, as well as enthralling accompanying visuals, produced by CANADA in Mexico and Jamaica.

 

 

Chunyin
Sydney-based, Hong Kong-born producer Chunyin (雋然) makes bristling club music that defies clear genre classification. Her 偽承諾 Pseudo Promitto EP (released on Air Max ‘97’s impeccable Decisions Records) responds to illegitimate and pirated artistic forms which saturate our contemporary media environment. Sickly text-to-speech samples of facebook notification settings on 'Look Back On This' highlight the disturbing politics of digital memories. 'Adidos' is a footwork-inspired jingle for counterfeit sportswear, while 'Terms' and 'Tyrian' access languages of global power and control. With a nihilistic edge, Pseudo Promitto poses an equivalence between the disintegration of semantics in techno (losing yourself in the music) and globalisation (losing yourself in late capitalism). The simultaneously dystopian, libidinous and shiny EP (echoed by Wu Mei Chi’s dazzling cover photograph) indulges in the false promises of consumer culture. May the lo-fi rips and dodgy phone videos uploaded onto YouTube/WeChat ensue...

 

 

As a Dj and producer, Colombian Native Tayta is able to move between and blend genres seamlessly. He has performed in top venues across China, headlined Club Sector's main room and shared the stage with Johnny Osbourne at the Outlook Festival. Tayta has also left his mark globally, playing across countries such as Colombia, Mexico, India, Germany , Austria, Thailand and the US.

Having played alongside tech house DJ Technasia, and underground club queen Madam X, Tayta's groove and versatility continues to push the boundaries of the music scene in China.

"His unique ability to keep people dancing all the way through song after song is unmatched".

 

 

A science guy but loves design, graduated from department of mechanical engineering and is engaged in the clothing industry. He used to perform on theater stages while in university and is a former actor at Hong Kong Zuni and Edward Lam Theatre Company. Mugi has been listening to British rock and electric music since junior high. His first contact with electronic music party culture was in Guangzhou in 2006.

In 2015, he aroused interest in studying the relations between visual art and electronic beats. In his leisure time, he started to write with laptops and collaborate with computer image, VJ and visual artists. With the rhythm, Mugi can always converts layers of overlapping materials to fantasy visions, just like like unreal dreams, leading party animals to a wonderful space.