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Rachel Halaburda

East Midlands
 

Rachel is a music photographer and filmmaker. Her work has been featured in various magazines, including NME, Rolling Stone and Clash, and her short films have premiered in her local cinema and art galleries. Rachel's NextGen Fund project ‘Through Her Eyes’ is an interactive portrait photography project, giving a voice to and providing exposure for women in music. Displayed at an exhibition, each photograph will have a QR code below, to listen to the artists music and an audio clip of them discussing their experience within the industry.

 

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Saffron Gray

East Midlands
 

Raised in church and inspired by old-school and new-school R&B icons like Brandy, Summer Walker, and SZA, Saffron Gray explores different genres using music as therapy to connect with others. Her upcoming R&B project captures the essence of everyday emotions and challenges, exploring how small moments shape the bigger picture. Inspired by the butterfly effect, it encourages listeners to reflect on lives ups and downs with positivity, offering a comforting reminder to keep moving forward and embrace the journey through music.

 

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Ryhme

East Midlands
 

Loughborough's Ryhme is a peer mentor in youth work, inspiring young people to create music, and wants to continue inspiring loads more through his own project. 

 

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Give a Gig Week 2023: Hamzaa

Singer-songwriter Hamzaa headlined the first night of Give a Gig Week, with support from Youth Music NextGens, EVA and Jasmine Rowland.

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Stephen Moreland

East Midlands
 

Belfast-based musician Stephen sang and played keyboards with a band called ANOMALyS during his time at university, and is now ready to make his mark as a solo songwriter with a debut EP. This would be a folk/soul EP of songs he has been writing for the last 6 years. 

 

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Sylvia Daley

East of England
 

Sylvia Daley is an artist who writes pop songs about her experiences. The NextGen Fund grant will finish, market and release Sylvia's four song EP, 'Noise Cancelling Headphones'. 

 

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Tala Yunis

South East
 

Tala is a Palestinian alt-indie artist from Brighton, recently graduating with a Music Business degree from BIMM Brighton. She makes music in the style of Dominic Fike and Billie Eilish, with "songs that will make you hate and miss your ex at the same time." Her EP, ‘Heart of an Introvert’ covers Tala's journey "as person coming from Palestine and moving into the UK to pursue my music dream while facing struggles along the way."

 

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Theadora

Greater London
 

Theadora is a musician, producer and event curator from North London. 'I Love To Feel' is a night she founded to celebrate and uplift women of colour in experimental music, addressing the lack of representation in the scene. Theadora aims to expand the project into a record label to amplify underrepresented voices and create a more inclusive music ecosystem.

 

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Twin Complex

North West
 

Twin Complex is a Manchester-based electronic artist. As a producer, he weaves between propulsive techno, cinematic soundscapes, and trance-infected IDM with a tactful balance of surefire technicality and considered nuance. A sense of duality is at the heart of his practice, often pairing both intensity and calm in his work. 'Bloodrush' is a full-length album that has been in the works for around 3 years. Now entering its final stages and nearing completion, 'Bloodrush' will be an immersive conceptual experience as a live A/V project and interlinked music videos, as well as print media of the artwork Twin Complex has created.

 

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Utelka

Greater London
 

Hailing from the West Midlands, now based in London, Utelka creates dance music that blends soulful vocals with high-energy rhythms. Passionate about nightlife and rave culture, Utelka advocates for nightlife preservation, greater inclusion, and more diversity within the dance music industry. Her audio-visual EP, 'If This Is The Last Night Out' is based on the hypothetical situation of 31st January 2029 being the final night out if venue closures continue. The EP spans House, UKG, Drum & Bass, and Jungle, heightening as the night ends for the last time.

 

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Jodie Bryant Joins Youth Music As New Ambassador

Jodie Bryant, known for presenting the BBC Radio 1’s Future Pop show and championing new musical talent, joins Youth Music as an ambassador.

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NextGen Spotlight: Monica Wat & Cat Rose

Discover how Youth Music NextGen Fund artists Monica Wat and Cat Rose turned a chance meeting at a NextGen Community event into a powerful musical collaboration and live performance.

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Grassroots Music Projects: A Lifeline for Youth Mental Health

With youth mental health in crisis, grassroots youth music projects provide a lifeline. We explore how music helps young people process trauma, feel heard, and build brighter futures - and how we can save these vital spaces before they disappear.

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