Off Barcelona - SOMETHINGNU - Jen Cardini, Alan Dixon, Blackloud, Musumeci, Phunkadelica and

Alan Dixon

You know you’re doing something very, very right when you get regular Radio 1 airplay and you’ve signed music to Running Back, Permanent Vacation and Correspondant. Then again, Alan Dixon has long been a name on the edge of big-time success, marked out as one to watch by industry taste-makers including Mixmag, Defected and Traxsource. A rock kid until he stepped into a club at 16 and thought ‘this is it,’ Alan initially made a name for himself in his native North East of England before becoming one of the Ministry of Sound resident DJs in Singapore for several years. Once back in the UK, and armed with insider knowledge from working at Strut Records in London, Alan quickly became a go-to name on the disco circuit with gigs for Horse Meat Disco, Elrow, Glastonbury and a residency at Savage Disco. Word quickly spread and those shows evolved into international sets including gigs at Pikes Ibiza, Black Flamingo NYC, Madrid and a headline return to Singapore. Already well-known for his disco edits, Alan made the move into original productions in 2014, inspired by names like Todd Terje, Prins Thomas and Gerd Janson. And in a neat twist of fate, Prins Thomas turned in a remix of Alan’s ‘Edge of Forever’ for Correspondant while Alan was then signed to Gerd Janson’s Running Back Records. While his early releases included gospel-tinged soulful house and cosmic disco, he’s evolved his sound in recent years to create pulsing big-room Italo anthems that are equal parts disco strut and peak-time breakdowns. Like many in the industry, he used 2020 to his advantage. He launched his own label, Love Attack, including a killer EP from Man Power, and also confirmed remixes for Salsoul, Unidisc, MeMeMe and more. With an established new peak-time synth sound championed by Danny Howard and Annie Mac, and Pete Long naming Alan’s ‘Edge Of Forever’ release as his Essential New Tune, Alan is finally breaking through and getting noticed by all the right people.

Blackloud

Blackloud produces music that fits various scenes and crosses multiple genres. His willingness to embrace a diverse array of sounds has made him an artist poised to captivate dance floors. His productions seamlessly blend exciting melodies, vocal accents, and an abundance of groove. He finds inspiration from House & Techno, 90s Hip-Hop, Breaks, as well as Electronica and Post Rock.

Dodi Palese

Musumeci

Phunkadelica

Jen Cardini

French-born Jen Cardini (they/them) has been welcoming people into the discotheque for the last 30 years. Their belief that something more was hidden under the surface of electronic music has put them at the helm of tiny sweaty lesbian bars, flamboyant Ibiza superclubs, and off-the-beaten-path warehouse raves. Through their work as an A&R for the labels Correspondant and DISCH, their remixes and productions helped rephrase the world's understanding of the French dance music scene. They continue playing festivals such as Glastonbury, Primavera Sound, Field Day, Sonar, Butik Festival, Mutek, and more. Cardini is also a regular at some of the best clubs in the world, such as Berghain, Outra Cena, Bassiani, Basement, K41 or Club Raum. They have also been able to perform at iconic art venues like MoMA PS1 and the Centre Pompidou. Jen has also launched their own party series, Nightclubbing, a platform for queer underground artists focused on transmission, and is now the artistic director of the Nightclubbing Festival in Paris, taking place in September 2026.