Just announced! Check out the Youth Music Awards 2025 nominees

Skip to main content
  • Search
Home
Youth Music

Main navigation

  • Community
    • NextGen Community
      • Join our NextGen Community
      • Meet Our NextGen
      • NextGen Community Events
    • Organisations and Projects
      • Projects Map
    • Our Partners
    • Spotlights
    • Opportunities
      • Exchanging Notes
    • Resource Hub
    • Industry Connect Coalition
  • About
    • About
    • Our Team
    • IDEA at Youth Music
    • Support Us
    • Policies and Procedures
    • Work With Us
  • Funding
    • Funding
    • I Need Funding
      • Access Support
      • Catalyser Fund
      • Current Priorities
      • Funding Deadlines
      • NextGen Fund
      • Trailblazer Fund
    • I have funding
      • I have a Catalyser Grant
      • I have a NextGen Grant
      • I have a Stability Grant
      • I have a Trailblazer Grant
      • I have an Energiser Grant
      • I have an Industry Connect Grant
  • News
  • Youth Music Awards
  • Impact
  • Donate
Instagram
TikTok
YouTube
Facebook
Spotify
utelka wears her hair in two pigtails. she also has a white shirt on.

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.

 

Pronouns: she/her


Instagram

twin complex

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.

 

Pronouns: he/him


Instagram

tala has long brown hair, a red jumper, and holds an electric guitar

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."

 

Pronouns: she/her


TikTok
Instagram

sylvia has brown hair cut in a bob and wears headphones while on the tube

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'. 

 

Pronouns: she/her


TikTok
Instagram

a man swishes his mop of fair hair on stage as he holds a standing mic

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. 

 

Pronouns: he/him


Instagram

ryrhyme wears a north face beanie and nike grey zip ip hoodie. he sits on the floor and holds a phone

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. 

 

Pronouns: he/him


Instagram

saffron gray

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.

 

Pronouns: she/her


Instagram

roukaya poses in a fashionable outfit, her hand in her curly hair

Roukaya B

North West
 

Roukaya B is a multifaceted creative, blending timeless soulful vocals with sultry melodies and a dynamic fashion sense. She fuses jazz, R&B and alternative styles. Her NextGen Fund project explores mental health, hypersensitivity, spirituality and the human voice as an instrument. It seeks funding to enhance current demos, collaborate with producers, engineers, videographers, producers and stylists and host a premier event. The goal: create a fully realised, impactful audiovisual experience.

 

Pronouns: she/her


TikTok
Instagram

ronn is pictured similing. he has short dark hair and a short beard.

Ronn

Greater London
 

Ronn is a musician and composer from Hyderabad, India, with 2 BBC TV Show credits. He's currently pursuing Music at University of Westminster, London. Ronn specialises in rap, songwriting, and music production, and his voice reflects South Indian roots, expressed through Telugu language. He is working on a Telugu hip-hop album featuring artists from across India and the UK, blending regional and international languages and cultures into one musical journey. Each track transports listeners to a new Indian city, reflecting its unique vibe, slang, and musical influence, creating the sonic experience of an all-India tour.

 

Pronouns: he/him


TikTok
Instagram

rivkala

Rivkala

North East
 

Rivkala is a Manchester-born, North-East based vocalist, songwriter, pianist, bandleader, stylist, choreographer, artistic director and all-round showgirl, using music as a vessel for storytelling and social commentary, with a firm jazz, neo-soul rooting. Rivkala will be recording her second EP, titled 'Masquerades', which expands on the audio-visual world established in EP1, exploring themes of performance in everyday life.

 

Pronouns: she/her


TikTok
Instagram

Pagination

  • Page 1
  • Next page ››
Subscribe to Artist
Instagram
TikTok
YouTube
Facebook
Spotify

Join our community

Sign up
  • Contact Us
  • Our funding
  • Projects Map
  • About Us
  • News
  • Work With Us

The National Foundation for Youth Music ©2025

Studio LG01, The Print Rooms, 164-180 Union Street, London, SE1 0LH

Registered charity No. 1075032.

Limited company No: 03750674.

Information

  • Cookies notice
  • Terms & conditions
  • Accessibility Statement
  • Privacy Policy
Image
Arts Council logo
Image
people's postcode lottery logo and postcode culture trust
Image
FR_Fundraising_Badge
Image
We are a living wage funder logo