Willow
Willow is a Manchester-based DJ and producer known for a minimalist house style built from dubby textures and stripped-back patterns, developed over a monthly residency at the Nottingham night 808 that she ran alongside DJ partner Alex Lewis for four years. That residency became the setting for a pivotal encounter with German techno artist Move D, who heard her track Feel Me playing from her phone at Gottwood Festival in 2013 and went on to feature it in his Boiler Room set at Dimensions Festival and on his fabric 74 mix CD, pushing it toward release on the Workshop label. Red Bull Music Academy Radio featured her on its Choice Mix series in 2016, describing her sound as bleak beats delivered with a funky strut and rooted equally in grime and house influences. She has been booked at festivals and club nights across the UK and Europe, including a scheduled appearance at Found Festival, and has been billed at venues such as Loco Klub in Bristol and Open Ground, where she has been described as a deep-digging selector known for melting dancefloors with an old-school, vinyl-driven approach to DJing built up over years of playing out.