Shannen SP

Shannen SP has made big moves in quick time. After teenage years immersed in the sound system culture of nights like SubDub in Leeds, she moved to London, started working with Hyperdub, hosted on NTS and took off as a DJ. Her sound is rooted in the Black music that exists around the edges of traditional house and techno. Kuduro, dancehall, bass, kwaito or hip hop, it is always at the cutting edge. She is also a vocalist who has made standout contributions to records by Nazar, and she is part of the Nine Nights Collective, which platforms Black artists. Her sets are carefully assembled collections of diasporic sound: high-pressure percussive workouts, juke rhythms, heavy Afrocentric techno and crashing breakbeats leading into acid-dancehall.