Curated by Mike Stellar - AUNTIE FLO & MIKE STELLAR

/ CURATED BY MIKE STELLAR Every month, resident artist and curator Mike Stellar invites us on a sonic voyage. A meticulous fusion of his multifaceted background and vast experiences in the realm of music, he crafts a musical tapestry, unveiling the many treasures discovered throughout his exploration and time in the scene. * / ABOUT ANTIE FLO Brian d’Souza is an award-winning sound artist, DJ, music producer and live performer ‘taking World Music into the future’ (The Guardian) performing under the alias Auntie Flo. He is founder of music consultancy Open Ear and sound health agency Swell Studio. He is a recent winner of the SAY Award for Scottish Album of The Year for ‘Radio Highlife’ (Brownswood 2018) and was awarded as Scottish Electronic Musician of the Year sponsored by the Sub Club and Nordoff Robbins. The sold out Radio Highlife tour culminated in a headline set at Gilles Peterson’s inaugural We Out Here Festival with his multi-nationality Auntie Flo live band. His influential Highlife party celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2020, and is widely recognised as introducing a more diverse musical palette to UK dancefloors and beyond, playing tribute to Brian’s own Kenyan and Goan roots. Inverted Audio stated it to be ‘one of the most culturally exciting developments to happen to club culture in the UK…a prosperously based groundwork of music which will pave the way to come for artists in future years.’ Following a ‘Momentum Artist’ award by the PRS in 2015, his 2nd full length album ‘Theory of Flo’ was commended as one of the ‘Albums of the Year’ in various publications, including DJ Mag who awarded it ‘9/10’. As a DJ and live performer, he has toured extensively around the globe, performing in Asia, Australia/New Zealand, US/Canada, Africa, Latin America and frequently in Europe and the UK. Festival appearances have included Glastonbury, T in the Park, MoMA PS1, Dimensions, Latitude and many more. DJ appearances include Panorama Bar, Good Room, Trouw, Fabric, D-Edge and residencies at Glasgow’s Sub Club and London’s Plastic People. He has also performed two live sessions for BBC Radio 1, five Boiler Room broadcasts and released a variety of DJ mixes for the likes of Resident Advisor, Dekmantel, BBC 6 Music and Beats in Space. In 2007, he founded playlist curation and music strategy company Open Ear, following an award by NESTA as a ‘Creative Pioneer’. He currently works with thousands of brands around the globe with their music, including Nike, Google, Dr. Martens, Selfridges, UEFA, Tate Modern, and more. He has released music on labels such as Brownswood, Disco Halal, Kompakt, Philomena/Innervisions, Permanent Vacation, Sofrito, Huntleys and Palmers and Highlife. He has remixed the musical legends such as Oumou Sangare and Baba Maal, and a variety of contemporary bands and artists including Sarathy Korwar, Crystal Fighters and Chvrches. * / ABOUT MIKE STELLAR Since 1996 Mike Stellar has been one of the driving forces behind the music scene in Portugal. Starting off as a promoter, Mike Stellar then caught an addition for vinyl playing, pursuing and developing this passion throughout numerous performances. Always on the quest for the perfect beat, Mike Stellar doesn't confine to any particular style. His sets propose an explosive mix and meandering of genres, such as bass, nu-jazz, breakbeat, deep-house, Detroit techno, afrobeat and funk, interwoven together through groove.