Ahadadream + Anish Kumar + Izzi

Brighton Festival kicks off with a party soundtracked by London-based tastemaker and producer Ahadadream. Born in Pakistan and UK-raised since his teens, Ahad Elley's trademark percussive energy and dancefloor weapons have been rinsed by such influential DJs as Four Tet, Laurent Garnier and Jamie XX. 

As well as wowing crowds at Fabric, DC10 and the Printworks closing party, among other venues, Elley runs globe-spanning label More Time and founded influential South Asian creative movement Dialled In. With the release last year of long-awaited Skrillex collaboration TAKA, Elley's hard work is really paying off. 

Rising talent Anish Kumar is influenced by a variety of genres, namely northern soul, disco, doo-wop and the production of Bicep and Four Tet. With a slew of critically-acclaimed EPs in Postcards and Bollywood Super Hits!, appearances at revered venues and festivals such as Dialled In, Four Tet’s All-Dayer, The Warehouse Project and Printworks, and co-signs from Four Tet, Daphni, Bonobo, Danny Howard and Pete Tong - Kumar has become one to watch. 

DJ, radio host, and a key figure in the Daytimers collective, Izzi has carved out a vital space in London’s underground scene, using her platform to amplify underrepresented artists and sounds. With a style that defies easy categorization, she blends leftfield techno, dancehall, dembow, amapiano, and gqom into a dynamic hybrid, while drawing rhythmic connections between ancestral sounds and cutting-edge club music