pointblank Presents—Music Futures 2023

Tudor Monroe is an independent music producer who’s working with A-List artists in the UK and around the world. His most recent success is being the main producer for one of the FIFA World Cup tracks with one of the most influential Middle Eastern artists, Wegz. Some of the artists that Tudor has worked with are TAYC, JayO, Jvck James, Naza, Tamera, Col3trane and Nonso Amadi.

Joe Yettram Osborne has a background in sound engineering, production, print and broadcast journalism and a specialist in the spatial audio format Sony 360 Reality Audio. Assistant Engineer and Head of New Business for North London studio The Crypt. He is executive producer of anticipated compilation Hidden Waters: Strange and Sublime Sounds of Rio de Janeiro (Mr Bongo, 2023). He has now begun A&R and Executive roles within London label Música Macondo.

Pablo has graced some of the world's most renowned clubs and events, sharing bills with Calvin Harris, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Hardwell and more. Eliciting the attention of admirers far and wide, this success ultimately led him to the Chapter 47 project. From shows in major venues across North America and live streamed radio sessions to over 30 major events at London’s infamous Ministry of Sound, Pacha, 93 Feet East and long-standing EGG, the path has been paved with a sense of electric energy from the Malaga-born DJ and producer. 

Ricardo is a presenter and audio producer. He’s presented at variety of events such as BBC Proms, BBC Introducing, Boardmasters, Youth Music Awards, Printworks and Next door Records. As an audio producer Ricardo has worked across a variety of sectors of commercial and non commercial audio. Such as Spotifys Original Podcast division, Foundation FM ,Reduced Listening and the BBC. He’s currently working on his own audio documentary for Radio 3 , a brand new radio series for Youth Music, hosting a fashion Video series and vodcast and Assistant producing on a new BBC Sounds show.

Helen joined Beatport in April 2022, and prior to that served as Director / GM at The Rattle LA, an incubator for music technology startups and independent artists. She serves as an advisor to Feedforward, an AI music search startup and is also a member of the Executive Board for AFEM (Association for Electronic Music). Helen spent the first 10 years of her career in investment banking, initially at boutique M&A firm Greenhill & Co, and later as Head of Emerging Technologies at Lazard.

Alex’s background is in innovation design and marketing & branding for musicians, festivals & music tech brands. He built Volta’s prototype and several additional innovative methods of live performance. Alex has led an impressive team of interactive- audio XR specialists, led Volta through two successful fund raises (and a pivot), as well as an incredibly productive program in Techstars.

Joel Heatley is currently the Marketing Director at Synchro Arts, a multi-award-winning UK-based software developer specialising in vocal and dialogue production tools. With over 20 years of experience in the digital-based music creation space, Joel has also worked with a diverse array of world-leading sample libraries, virtual instrument and effects plugin brands.

Daga Pajduszewska is a music industry expert, having worked on Pink Floyd's "Their Mortal Remains" exhibition at V&A museum and spearheaded successful album campaigns for top artists like AURORA, Jeff Goldblum, Rhys Lewis, Andrea Bocelli at Universal Music. With a passion for exploring the intersection of music and technology, Daga joined an AI start-up which was acquired by Apple, before finding her calling at Volta XR. Now, she's dedicated to democratising creativity and empowering emerging musicians with the company's self-serve software.

Director of Different Sauce Online PR, Playlist Marketing & Influencer marketing company. Different Sauce base their model on a unique Cost vs Achievement process, ensuring transparency and accountability for all their label partners. Previous clients include: Warner, BMG, AWAL, Sony Music, Another Rhythm, MELT Festival, GODMODE. Previous artists include: Milky Chance, Gabrielle Aplin, Hector Oaks, Avalon Emerson, Michael Calfan, AmyElle, Julia Church, Tommy Lefroy, Blue Lab Beats.

Joanna has worked in sync for over 13 years. She studied music and media at the BRIT School before embarking on a career within TV. Working as a researcher for shows such as Richard & Judy and Saturday Kitchen, she’d spend long hours in the edit suites, cutting together features which ignited her passion for sync. In 2010 she turned her hand to music publishing and began to work at EMI Production Music, before eventually moving on to head up the marketing department at Cavendish Music, one of the UK’s leading production libraries. Here she has developed relationships with global media organisations, broadcasters and advertising agencies which has resulted in Cavendish's catalogue being placed in adverts, films, games, TV shows worldwide.

Togni is the founder of Boudica, a platform aimed to give visibility to women, trans+ and non-binary people in music. Boudica is a music conference at Freemasons’ Hall, a series of events in London and soon across Europe, a record label, and a radio show. She is a DJ resident of GEGEN, a Berlin-based club collective renowned for fusing club culture, performance art, and techno. She is also resident DJ for Substantiv and Torture Garden in London. Samantha is a key figure in Electronic Music and has inspired others by joining panels at music conferences such as AVA, NTIA, Paris Electronic Week, and Barbican.

Founder & Managing Director at AYM MEDIA GROUP, the parent company of Influential Music and Jazz Nation. AJ specialise in talent bookings, live events, artist management, community interest, brand partnerships, commercial projects, artist bookings, talent services, gigs, concerts, tours, membership, merchandise, management, consultancy, music promotions, artist development, work placements, professional mentoring and a whole lot more. In 2022 only he was awarded Talent Booking Agency of the Year, nominated for Employer Awards and shortlisted for Mentor of the Year. 

An experienced music industry practitioner and academic, through his work Graham has supported musicians in all sectors of the business, from those taking their first steps in the industry through to established professional musicians. In his role at the Musicians’ Union, Graham supports self-employed and employed musicians day-to-day with copyright and contractual matters, as well as employment issues such as grievances, disciplinaries and redundancies. 

Molly’s role as the Senior Creative Executive means she facilitates collaborations, sessions and writing camps between exclusive clients and wider industry connections. These collabs have amassed millions of streams, BBC Radio plays, editorial playlists and commercial syncs. The role has her working with the likes of SL, Yizzy, Goddard, Coco, Roger Sanchez, Mason, Patrick Topping, Armand Van Helden and Ms Banks. Over the past 2 years Molly has facilitated over 300 collaborations, with releases seeing the likes of Ministry of Sound, Hospital Records, Armada, Kontor Records and Universal NL.

Frank McWeeny is a radio producer on BBC Radio 1 and Radio 4. He also presents audio documentaries and podcasts focussing on club culture, community and social change for BBC World Service, BBC Sounds and Cercle, as well as Global Dancefloor Sounds, an audio series for British Airways in-flight. Frank teaches on the CERT HE Radio, Audio & Podcasting at pointblank Music School.

Emily Dust has built an impressive reputation as a DJ, curator and broadcaster with an eye on global trends.In the last 12 months Emily has supported the likes of Moonchild Sanelly, Plastician, Roska and Branko, played Fabric and curated a stage at Boomtown festival headlined by BadSista, Jubilee and Tailor Jae. She's also presented for BBC Radio 4, the World Service and Jazz FM, and put on sold-out parties as part of her Baile LDN club night.

Martha is a DJ and broadcaster from South London with roots in community radio and documentary making. Each of Martha’s thoughtfully curated radio shows navigate the fringes of electronic music, with a clear narrative that is grounded in community and storytelling. Martha has 5 years experience producing across BBC radio and has made audio documentaries for Radio 1, Resident Advisor and Sky Sports. Martha’s recent programmes have explored topics ranging from menstrual health alignment amongst athletes and musicians to the economics of electronic music.

Arthi Nachiappan is a journalist, radio host, DJ and dancer based in London. She started her journalism career writing about higher education policy before joining the paper as a news reporter. She has led an investigation into cyber stalking and reported on the Everyone's Invited scandal over sexual abuse in schools in which more than 50,000 students came forward. The Rinse FM resident DJ has sold out shows across Europe, toured India and has a host of huge UK shows to her name alongside the likes of Fred Again, Jyoty, Kenny Beats and more.