A duel like the ones in the Wild West: raw, with no pity or double dealing. Two of the leading names on the Madrid dance scene (as a result of their sessions, productions and recording adventures such as Net28) face off in hand to hand combat, with decks and laptops as their weapons. Techno with no tricks, but with history and strong foundations.

www.cmykmusik.com

Dave Okumu (from Jade Fox), Leo Taylor (Zongamin) and Tom Herbert (Polar Bear) have been busy, working on new avant-rock project, The Invisible. Matthew (Herbert, himself) has been busy tweaking and customising. Their list of influences includes black metal, Japanese classic music and melodramatic popular songs. An exciting mixture.

www.myspace.com/theinvisiblethree

The people behind Farmyard Animals (a highly unconventional jazz trio) reconstruct the ceremony of the Japanese Setsubun carnival in their own style. It is a personal reinterpretation which combines Japanese folklore, space funk, jazz, dub and fun, with guest musicians and traditional "Bon" dancers.

www.myspace.com/setsubunbeanunit
www.magicandaccident.com

An arty version of Janis Joplin. Psychotropic marvel, Planningtorock is the alter ego of Janine Rostron, a musician and video artist with a powerful voice who is generating a great deal of attention thanks to her undoubted songwriting talent.

www.planningtorock.com

Cinnaman (from the Rush Hour imprint) and Jay Scarlett (Spacek Soundsystem) put together an impressive series (3 EPs and an album) entitled "Beat Dimensions", which showcases new fresh beat production talents. Instrumental, abstract and visionary hip-hop

www.rushhour.nl/beatdimensions

A sextet of producers and MCs who take grime into new territories with a daring mixture of often dissonant sounds, unexpected breaks and most unusual arrangements. The meeting point for experimentation and the new British urban music.

www.myspace.com/micayomusic
www.magicandaccident.com