Samrai has spent years putting music to work. Based in Manchester since the mid-2000s, his output has developed alongside long-term involvement in youth work, organising, publishing and cultural education. As a co-founder of Swing Ting and SEEN Magazine, he’s helped build platforms for voices often left out of the conversation, while his own releases, commissions and performances – including Work & Roti and subsequent solidarity projects – sit inside a wider commitment to social justice and collective responsibility. When Samrai appears on a lineup, he brings that context with him, as shared experience carried into sound.

+ just wait who’s lined up to take to the decks alongside him…