Spent

Spent is an electronic, experimental and hyperpop producer and vocalist based in Glasgow Their NextGen Fund grant helped them amplify the release of their first album through sound design, artwork, promo and a launch party.

Honey Keenan

Scotland

Honey is an artist manager from Glasgow. Under the Hive Five Management name, she manages artists Leif Coffield and MIA MI, who have both been signed to AWAL through her efforts. She has also secured recording sessions at Spotify Studios and campaigns with brands like Puma. Her artists have also played a variety of festivals, including sold-out shows at Edinburgh Fringe Festival, have been nominated for the Scottish Alternative Music Awards and the Popjustice Awards, and been featured in The Skinny, BBC 1, BBC Radio Scotland and Clash Magazine.

Pronouns: she/her

Duncan Colquhoun

Scotland

Duncan Colquhoun is a producer, singer, songwriter and visual artist based in Glasgow. With the NextGen Fund, he is creating a genre-fluid five-track debut EP for release under a new pseudonym.

Pronouns: he/him

nottodaykarin

Karin is a graduate from HND Music Business at Glasgow Kelvin College. She has worked and performed with Bemz as his DJ, having played events such as The Great Escape, TRNSMT, Reading and Leeds Festival. The NextGen Fund supported her to deliver a series of beginner-friendly DJ workshops for anyone who identifies as a femme/woman, followed by a showcase event at the end of the series.

Goodnice

Goodnice is a musician and producer originally from Ireland, now based in Scotland. The NextGen Fund supported him to create a four-track electronic EP exploring rhythm and real instrumentation in dance music.

Viv Latifa

Viv Latifa is a singer songwriter, performer and recording artist, born in Italy and now based in Edinburgh. She is also a vocal coach for young children, teaching them to sing and write songs. The NextGen Fund is supporting her to write and record four tracks, and create one music video, for her upcoming album.

Matty Lusher

Matty Lusher is a music video director from Aberdeen. Since starting out, he has made a significant impact on helping the Aberdeen rap scene grow. With his NextGen Fund, he was able to shoot and edit three free music videos for three emerging local artists, to help support their careers.

Amy Laurenson

Amy Laurenson is a musician from the Shetland Isles, currently based in Glasgow. She has been named BBC Radio Scotland Youth Traditional Musician of the Year, and performed at a variety of festivals including Edinburgh TradFest, Shetland Folk Festival, Cambridge Folk Festival, Eden Court 'Under Canvas' Festival, and more.

Callum Kershaw

Callum Kershaw is a graphic designer, producer and DJ from Lancaster, who currently resides in Glasgow. He currently designs and art-directs for a variety of club nights around the UK. He is also the founder of Lune, a non-hierarchical record label and creative platform which works in distributing music and publications, and organising events. Lune aims to provide a collective outlet for marginalised/peripheral artists and divergent, genreless music.

JusHarry

JusHarry is a rapper and songwriter based in Scotland. His songs have been played across radio by BBC, Kiss Fresh and Reprezent, and he has toured across the UK and Europe - including in Glasgow, Aberdeen, and at New Skool Rules Festival in Rotterdam.