Creators Forum 2025 – Meet The Participants
The AVA Creators Forum returns to London in 2025, continuing its mission to empower the next generation of electronic music makers. In partnership with pointblank Music School, the Forum offers ten emerging musicians and producers a unique opportunity to enhance their craft through an advanced artist development program. The program is designed to nurture creativity and music production, foster professional growth, and build essential industry connections.
Here are our ten talented emerging electronic musicians and producers selected from hundreds of applicants. Each brings their unique sound, vision, and passion to the programme – and we’re excited to support them on the next step of their creative journeys.
BEKEFI is a Hungarian born electronic music producer and DJ based in London who seamlessly blends old-school influences with modern energy. Her music is an exploration of both nostalgia and innovation, with every track reflecting her deep love for the underground and her unwavering commitment to the craft.
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DR MYSTERY is a Manchester-based producer, DJ, and radio host. In her productions, she navigates the space between dancefloor energy and deep introspection, weaving together intricate percussion, bass, and her ethereal vocals. With releases on labels like 3024, Left, Right & Centre, and INDEX:Records, she continues to push genre boundaries, establishing herself as a serious one-to-watch. Known for high-energy, genre-fluid DJ sets, MYSTERY blends percussive techno, UK bass, dembow, footwork, and jungle while emphasizing narrative and sonic flow. She is also the co-founder of Juke Joint, Manchester’s first footwork event series, which has brought global talent to the city while supporting local artists.
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A Passionate Advocate for Brazil’s Musical Heritage Gerah is a dedicated researcher and curator of Brazil’s rich musical landscape, blending its diverse styles with global rhythms to create a dynamic and eclectic fusion. As a member of Onda Bacana, a UK-based collective of Brazilian DJs, he shares a deep passion for unearthing and showcasing Brazil’s vast musical heritage. His production ethos merges organic percussion with electronic elements, crafting a distinctive sound that honours the country’s lesser-known musical treasures.
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LWS is an Edinburgh based DJ, with releases on esteemed labels such as Call Super and Parris’ ‘can you feel the sun’ imprint, TraTraTrax, and Peder Mannerfelt Produktion. His sound can be described as a unique take on techno, with deep roots in the UK’s rich history of soundsystem culture. LWS’ most recent single ‘Gum Seleks’ was released on the TraTraTrax ‘no pare sigue sigue 3’ compilation in November last year, garnering attention from Mixmag and The Quietus, who both included the track in their ‘Best Electronic Music of 2024’ lists.
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POSER is an innovative electronic music producer originally from Wicklow, Ireland. Now based in London, he is carving his own lane in electronic music through his sample-based productions. Since being selected as a Roundhouse resident artist for 2025, he has been working on his debut mixtape which soundtracks styles that vary from relaxed jazz house to upbeat and more break-focused house and garage designed for clubs. His music has seen support from BBC Radio 1, BBC Introducing & RTE 2FM. ALongside recent support slots for artists such as Oden & Fatzo and O’Flynn, POSER is building his live show that is set to be debuted at Roundhouse ThreeSixty Festival in April.
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REGER is a Belfast-based DJ and producer shaping Northern Ireland’s electronic music scene with a penchant for innovative experimental techno. His Boiler Room DJ debut at AVA Festival and performances alongside Ben UFO, Call Super, and Objekt highlight his rising international profile. A graduate in Music & Sound Design, he fuses hardware and software and is currently developing an EP and live show with his custom Eurorack system.
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Rory Sweeney is hard to define, being one of the key artists in the Irish Underground. His music both dazzles and overwhelms, with glitchy electronics and cinematic balladry. Known also for acclaimed production work for artists such as Sello, Curtisy, Sloucho, Lord Apex, Mavi and Gemma Dunleavy, Rory seamlessly traverses mainstream and experimental sounds.
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East London native Slxm Sol, a producer, DJ, sound engineer and co-founder of Soul Quest Records known for his signature sound of deep, soulful house and jazzy chords. His debut EP, SQR006, garnered widespread attention, featuring on platforms like MixMag, EELF, and Délicieuse Musique. The release was met with high praise from The Club Map, Apparel Music, Juno Download, and DJ Mag, who named him a must-hear emerging artist for 2024.
Slxm Sol brings a fresh and distinctive groove to the global electronic scene that’s not just limited to house music. He’s collaborated with artists like Rudimental, Dream Mclean, and House Gospel Choir, and his skills have earned the trust of brands such as Patagonia, British Airways, and The Bar.
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Stella Z is a London-based artist, producer, and DJ whose music bridges cultural roots with contemporary electronic experimentation. Growing up in a mountainous seaside town in China, she was immersed in Mandarin and Cantonese pop, post-punk, and world music—an eclectic foundation that continues to shape her sound. An emerging voice in underground music, she was named a Mixmag “Artist to Check Out” in November 2024, selected as a Rhythm Section Future Proof mentee in 2023, and is a resident selector at London’s legendary Jumbi bar.
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VERA SACRA is cellist and producer Emily Marks from Sheffield, UK. Creating music that feels as ethereal as it is intimate, she blends cello and synth ambience with whispery vocals inspired by her classical background and introverted tendencies. Intrigued by spirituality, devotion and obsession in a world that frequently feels dark, she writes about the fragility of relationships and searching for a sense of home.
