When Mikey Watson (MKEY) came to one of our first bootcamps in Ireland in early 2018, he was full time in the army with no releases and he wasn’t playing out. He just had bundles of passion and nothing was gonna stop him.
We worked on his long-term 5 year goals in that session, and this year, just over 12 months later, he has achieved most of them already.
This summer, he closed the terrace in Studio 338 for Abode (his No.1 goal), the week before he played elrow in Edinburgh. We played We Are FSTVL in May and plays Hï Ibiza in a few weeks alongside Camelphat, Fisher & Solardo. He has signed several tracks and EPs to his target labels and had a Beatport release chart #1 a while back.
He has even left the army to concentrate on music! He perfectly embodies what I want for you as an artist, and so I’ve hired him as our artist liaison.
Brad Lessur
Brad came to Dublin in 2018 to start the program and we feel he is destined for huge things. He’ll tell you in his own words how he is getting on…
Shane Haughton
Shane literally started DJing the day he attended our bootcamp in Ibiza. Within one year he had played some of the biggest clubs on the planet, holds down his own night, several local residencies, has launched several labels and is becoming unstoppable.
RYZY
Featured on Scottish national news and local press as a Breakthrough Artist for 2018, RYZY aka Ryan MacKay has in the last year supported huge artists such as Rudimental, Sigala, Sam Feldt and Felon. Having also headlined a sold out 1500 capacity show in Scotland, played at Eden Ibiza and Basing House London, worked with the renowned London based record label, Reverb Records, worked alongside a Brit Award nominee at Bryan Adams ‘Warehouse Studio’ in Vancouver and is currently working on a track with a UK top 3 artist. Ryan was also chosen as Mixcloud’s Rising Star of 2018 and established a Mixcloud Select Channel, and having racked up an enormous 383,600 plays on one of his mixes following a Breakthrough Artists & Mixcloud artist incentive, you can see why!
His new single under a current side alias has just smashed the Billboard charts in the states and continues to climb. We see big things for RYZY!
Table Manners
Wallis Aka Table Manners joined us in Dec 2017 and here is his progress so far…
Nitetales
Mel started in Dec 2017 and has no interest in production. Literally 12 months later Traxsource had names him as one of the top progressive house artists of 2018! A massive turnaround from never having produced.
Griff
Griff has had a massive year, which included him signing to Doorly’s Reptile Dysfunction label and booking agency, and playing the legendary Fabric alongside Doorly and Green Velvet. He has also played Egg London, Amnesia, Hï Ibiza, Ibiza Rocks, SWG3 and tons of other amazing clubs and festivals around Europe. He has his debut release on Vinyl for Reptile Dysfunction in 2019, and released alongside Idris Elba soon after. He also secured a weekly Ibiza residency for his own brand ‘Griff’s Gaff’ at Ibiza Rocks in San Antonio in 2018, which ran again in 2019 to much success. Having now picked up management and a booking agent, 2020 holds a big season of touring, releases and the next steps in what will be a big career in music.
Keith Hunter
Keith went from barely playing a gig in 2018 to playing the biggest clubs and festivals in dance music in 2019. this summer just gone Keith has played Hï Ibiza, elrow, We Are FSTVL, Southport Weekender and many more!
