Eight Emerging Artists On Our Radar: August 2025

Blending smooth R&B vocals with the grit of UK house and garage, Omar+ is quickly becoming one of the UK’s most distinctive new voices. His collaborations - like Josh Baker & Omar’s “Back It Up” and Luke Dean collab “Make Believe” - have been tearing through summer festival sets, while his debut EP Open Your Eyes and monthly Rinse FM residency showcase his range as a producer, DJ, and vocalist. Inspired by Brandy, Drake, and his Punjabi and Gujarati heritage, Omar+ calls his sound “R&B for the ravers” - and it’s catching fire across dancefloors and algorithms alike.

The Italian producer camoufly has cultivated an air of mystery, but his music speaks volumes. Known for vibrant, sample-rich productions that blur house, electronica, and future bass, he’s become a festival favorite while maintaining near-total anonymity. His acclaimed In Plain Sight EP and debut album NEWSKIN have drawn comparisons to innovators like Flume and Cashmere Cat, while winning him co-signs across Europe and North America. camoufly’s playful unpredictability and lush, cinematic soundscapes make him one of Italy’s most exciting exports.

London’s Serenda channels her Guyanese and Greek heritage into a heady blend of raw percussion, warped house, and experimental textures. After her debut EP The Prophecy on Josh Caffe’s Love Child, she’s followed up with Second Skin on Rhythm Section - a project described as “music that feels like flesh under club lights.” With a Rinse FM residency, a standout fabric headline debut, and a growing presence across London’s queer underground, Serenda is establishing herself as a fearless voice in the city’s next wave of club innovators.

Hailing from Sydney, Caleb Jackson is flying the flag for Australia’s new house generation. His sound - a psychedelic, groove-driven take on house - has landed him releases on PIV, elrow, Desert Hearts, and MicroHertz, with multiple Beatport Top 10 EPs. As a DJ, he’s lit up Fabric, Shelter, Garbicz, Lost Paradise, and Burning Man, while holding down a residency at Lost Sundays back home. With a style that fuses festival euphoria and underground grit, Caleb Jackson is primed for international breakthrough.

Born in Baghdad to Kurdish parents and now based in Washington DC, Sama’s journey is as remarkable as her sound. Teaching herself to DJ at 14 in a gender-segregated school environment, she later abandoned a journalism career to fully embrace music. Her hybrid house style has already won support from CamelPhat, Keinemusik, and Bedouin with her recent single “EY” climbing Beatport’s charts. Having shared stages with Black Coffee, Solomun and Francis Mercier, Sama’s fearless instinct and kaleidoscopic cultural influences make her one of the most compelling new artists on the global circuit.

A mainstay of London’s drum & bass underground, French-born Speaker Louis fuses jungle, dub, and dancehall into high-octane rollers built for sound systems. With chart-topping tracks on Jungle Cakes, Yamatai Records, and Dub Shotta, plus remixes for Congo Natty and DJ Vadim, he’s earned support from heavyweights like Noisia, A.M.C, and Laurent Garnier. Beyond solo work, he also tours as bassist/DJ for French jungle-punk outfit La Phaze. His relentless energy and dubwise sensibilities are making him a key force in modern D&B, with his recent release with Leks, "Excluded / Shella," serving as the latest example of why. "Shella" sits at #2 on the Drum & Bass Hype Top 10 as of August 22.

West Coast powerhouse Casmalia is equal parts producer, DJ, songwriter, and live vocalist. A classically trained musician, she’s carved her way through the US house scene with releases on mau5trap, Insomniac Records, Night Bass, Club Sweat, and beyond. Known for playing mostly original productions and delivering live vocals on stage, she’s appeared at Coachella, EDC Las Vegas, and Splash House, while supporting Diplo, Noizu, and Kyle Watson. Deeply involved with Femme House, she’s also committed to empowering women and LGBTQ+ artists in dance music. Her sound: bass-heavy, vocal-led, and always designed for sweaty dancefloors.

St Albans-based artist 1111, the alias of Lauren Cumberpatch, was born out of grief and transformed into a celebration of resilience. Created in honor of her late brother Ian, the project channels their shared love of underground club culture into a sound that fuses garage, breaks, and techno. Also known as Lauren L’aimant, she’s now embraced full creative freedom, crafting tracks that are deeply personal yet built for the dancefloor. With support from Jaguar and Danny Howard, and the launch of her USB Club community platform, 1111 is emerging as a bold, unapologetic voice in UK dance music.