Kooky is a Brighton-based DJ playing Tech House, Afro House and Breakbeat. After mysteriously recovering from years of Hyperacusis, a condition that made listening to music painful, she finally got to experience her favourite artists, including Dom Dolla, John Summit and Gorgon City, live. Her DJ journey began with an intensive crash course after stepping up to perform at a charity event for Mind at Brighton Electric in May 2023. Since then, Kooky has become a familiar face on the Brighton scene, playing open decks at venues including Block Bar, Tiki Hut, The Mesmerist and upstairs at Rybka. Neurodiverse and always pushing herself to improve, Kooky brings passion, energy and a genuine love of dance music to every set. Nothing beats seeing people vibing on the dancefloor and connecting through music. Looking ahead, Kooky’s ambition is to move into music production and begin releasing her own original tracks. @djkooky1

Shnucklz is a music lover who grew up listening to reggae (mum), his first memories are of the jungle scene, being from London, he was heavily influenced by the people he grew up with and started to like the music that ‘the older lot’ were listening to in the youth clubs. His favourite stations at the time were ‘Kool FM’ and ‘Freak FM’ and he has a massive soft spot for ‘old skool jungle’ that will never leave. For him, it was the music that started everything off. He became engrossed in the garage music at the time and started collecting records, even before he got decks! Shnucklz visited many well-known record shops with his mum, including places such as ‘Uptown Records, ‘Blackmarket Records’ and a no longer existing ‘Release the Groove’. Schnucklz is derived from the word knuckles, but simply with a ‘Shh’ in front of it and a creative change in the spelling.

After cutting their teeth in the ’90s London pirate radio scene and playing various raves into the early ’00s, they stepped away from music, now they’re back with a bang!