Mel Lewis is BBC live events coordinator and Radio 1 music team’s assistant producer. Mel is also Southampton Solent University’s Journalism graduate.
Colin Lester is an artist manager. He discovered and manages Craig David, signed Arctic Monkeys and has owned a label. Colin is also a visiting fellow at Southampton Solent University.
Mark Lawrence is the CEO of The Association of Electronic Music. Mark also worked at PRS For Music for 10 years, most recently holding the role of Director of Membership, where he was responsible for 100,000 members worldwide.
Danny Howard is Radio 1’s DJ. He was discovered through a Radio 1 talent search, which led him to open the Radio 1 Ibiza Weekend in 2011.
Fabio is a British drum and bass DJ who has been described as one of the best DJs of all time.
Joel De’Ath is the label manager of Sony’s Music for Nations that first signed Metallica, Slayer and Megadeth.
Tony Crean is an artist manager working with Goldfrapp, The Chemical Brothers and Portishead.
Lou Cooper is SSU’s Popular Music Journalism graduate and the Head of Albums at Toolroom Records.
Alex Banks is a producer signed to Monkeytown Records, the label owned by doyens of German electronic/club music, Modeselektor.
Viv Albertine was a member of the naturally wild, inventive band The Slits in the ’70s and ’80s.