With Moin, Coby Sey, SKY H1, Holy Tongue, Valentina Magaletti and, most recently, the revelatory YHWH Nailgun, quite a few acts from London label AD 93 have already been on the programme at BRDCST. Coincidence or not: Pitchfork catapulted it to Label of The Year 2025, calling AD 93 ‘one of the most interesting, unpredictable, and ambitious record labels working right now’. In 2026, we are deliberately focusing on this label.
Our honoured guests: james K, who performs with a live band for the first time, and feeo, whose album Goodness is described by Pitchfork as ‘one of the most breathtakingly beautiful albums of the year’ last but not least, Irish performer and experimental artist Olan Monk, who moves around the exciting intersection of 'elements of shoegaze, witch house, cloud rap and Irish traditional music’.
james K: live with band
Sometimes a Rough Trade quote captures it all: “james K has been a cosmic point of the aesthetic underground across the world, as a vocalist, producer, artist and collaborator. Her breathy, lilting vocals have floated across some of the past year’s best music. Known for her polychromatic hypersensitivity, K’s hauntological dream pop is making music that slows the anxious heart while holding a mirror to {the} deep-rooted angst we prefer to leave unspoken.” Indeed!
New York’s Jamie Krasner (US) already started making music as a teenager, after getting hold of her very first synthesiser and a 4-track recorder. In 2015, she started her own label – She Rocks! – and has since worked with respected artists like Moin, Oli Xl, Mykki Blanco and Yves Tumor. She soared to new heights in 2025 with the release of her third album Friend and landed in many of the year-end charts.
In 2026, she tours with a live band for the first time, which will even see her perform at the UK’s prestigious Barbican. The Belgian premiere is booked for BRDCST.
feeo presents Goodness
The Wire recently placed feeo‘s (UK) debut in their top 15 best albums of 2025 with this apt quote: “London-Oxfordshire based singer-songwriter feeo’s debut embedded gorgeous vocal melodies and reflective monologues within lo-fi beats and electronics and improvisational flourishes.” Pitchfork is also a fan, and anointed her album Best New Music: “One of the most breathtakingly beautiful albums of the year.”
feeo is the alter-ego of vocalist/songwriter Theodora Laird. She has worked with Loraine James in the past and is a part of the duo Crosspiece with bassist Caius Williams, described by The Wire as “an improvised dialogue between double bass and voice”.
Finally, Pitchfork on her debut: “Goodness faintly recalls Grouper but the artfulness has more in common with Beth Orton and Beth Gibbons.” Lastly, might we also convince Tirzah fans to give her a listen?
Olan Monk presents Songs for Nothing
Behind the moniker Olan Monk (IE), you’ll find Irish performer and experimental artist Olan Andrew Stephens, also the co-founder of record label C.A.N.V.A.S. (see Elvin Brandhi and AD 93 act Alpha Maid).
With their latest album Songs for Nothing, their electronic approach takes a back seat and they move more toward “vaporised dream pop, caustic shoegaze, and aspects of Ireland’s sean-nós singing tradition”. Although the latter refers to ‘old-style Irish songs’, a song like Drón Feadóige (read: ‘whistling drone’) leans more toward “Sunn O)))'s molasses-slow, bass-heavy drones” according to Boomkat.
Olan Monk was assisted on Songs For Nothing by countrymate Maria Somerville. In exchange, Monk played on her acclaimed 4AD debut Luster. Want more listening pleasure? Monk can also be heard on the album You Never End by labelmate Moin, as well as on the debut of (the illustrious supergroup) Princ€ss.
