There are people in this industry who build careers, and there are people who build infrastructure. Corey Johnson belongs firmly in the second group. For nearly two decades, the South London music executive has been quietly doing the work that the music industry has historically refused to do for itself. Investing in young people before there was a return on the table. Building rooms before anyone was asking to be in them. Making the harder, smarter choice.

There are artists who make music and there are artists who build universes. Zino ZB, born Jayreece, is firmly in the second category. From Stoke-on-Trent, with Ghanaian, Italian and British roots, a combat athlete who competes as seriously as he creates, a clothing brand, a philosophy, and now 99, his most cinematic project yet. The artwork alone tells you everything. A samurai, a wolf, a red moon, Japanese characters framing a young man from the Midlands who has decided ther

"PopStar" is produced by Joker and it is the first release of a new era, stepping out of IRONBOY and into something that feels genuinely different. Lighter. More open. There is a softness here that does not take anything away from him, if anything it adds to him. Because what you hear on this record is someone who has been through enough to stop carrying the weight of it. Someone who has arrived somewhere and is comfortable enough to just stand there and let you see it.

There is a particular kind of DJ who does not need to explain themselves. No manifesto, no personal brand strategy, no carefully curated mystique. Just a deep understanding of what a room needs and the experience to deliver it. DJ TW!STA is one of those. We sat down with him to talk about what it feels like to move a room, and how you learn to do it properly.

Storytelling was not something Louis had to go looking for. It found him early, and he ran with it, playing young Sherlock in the BBC series, then Ooker in Mike Flanagan's Netflix series Midnight Mass, then Ben in ITV's Inside Man alongside David Tennant and Stanley Tucci. By any measure, he had a career most actors would not walk away from.

Catch has never been interested in surface level music. Her reputation has been built on painting vivid pictures of pain, perseverance, and survival stories that do not just tell you where she has been, but make you feel it. Her latest release continues that tradition, arriving less like a conventional song and more like a sonic poem. Raw, reflective, and emotionally uncompromising.

Danny Sanchez the Brixton-raised artist returns with a track that doesn’t chase impact in the obvious way. Produced by Gaptoof, ‘Dessa’ is built on a tight, percussive backbone that leans more into rhythm than excess. There’s space in the mix. Not emptiness, but intention. The drums carry a steady pulse, while the melodic elements stay restrained, giving Sanchez room to deliver with clarity rather than force.

For over a decade, Shenin Amara has been part of the machinery driving London’s underground house scene. Hackney, East London, his work stretches beyond the booth, shaping dance floors through both the records he plays and the events he builds.

Kily Safari speaks on identity, discipline and legacy, sharing how Congo and Australia shaped his mindset, his presence, and his long-term vision beyond the spotlight.