2024-2025 COHORT
THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED COHORT OF EMERGING MUSIC CREATORS FOR THE 2024/25 LIMF ACADEMY IS REVEALED.
IMMI DASH
IMMI DASH DESCRIBES HER MUSIC AS “MOODY, SMOKY, DARK SPOOKY VIBES”, REFLECTING HER ECLECTIC BACKGROUND AND DIVERSE INFLUENCES. BORN TO A BRITISH MOTHER AND TRINIDADIAN FATHER, MUSIC WAS ALWAYS PART OF HER LIFE. INITIALLY SHY, DASH FOUND HER TRUE PASSION IN MUSIC AFTER MOVING TO STROUD, WHERE SHE WAS EXPOSED TO A CREATIVE ENVIRONMENT. HER MUSIC, INFLUENCED BY LATIN, JAZZ, CLASSICAL, AND ARTISTS LIKE LILY ALLEN AND AMY WINEHOUSE, IS DEEPLY INTROSPECTIVE AND HONEST. HER 2023 EP, FALLING APART AT THE SEAMS, EXPLORES RELATABLE PERSONAL STRUGGLES. SHE IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON LUNA, A PROJECT EMBODYING HER ARTISTIC VISION CENTRED AROUND NIGHTTIME.
JAZMINE JOHNSON
JAZMINE JOHNSON IS ONE OF THE HARDEST WORKING ARTISTS FROM ONE OF THE UK’S MOST PROUDLY WORKING CLASS CITIES; LIVERPOOL. GROWING UP IN A MUSICALLY RICH HOUSEHOLD, SHE BEGAN PERFORMING AT A YOUNG AGE, REALISING HER PASSION ON STAGE AT THE CAVERN CLUB. HER 2023 COLLABORATION WITH DRUM N BASS STAR NETSKY ON HELL IN HIGH HEELS HIGHLIGHTED HER VERSATILITY AND SHOWCASED HER POWERFUL VOICE, LEADING TO SEVEN MILLION SPOTIFY STREAMS AND A GOLD CERTIFICATION. JOHNSON REMAINS FOCUSED ON HER SOLO WORK, AIMING TO CREATE RESONANT, SOUL-DRIVEN MUSIC AND STRIVING TO BECOME LIVERPOOL’S NEXT SUPERSTAR.
BETHANE
BETHANE IS AN ALTERNATIVE R&B SINGER, SONGWRITER AND PRODUCER WHO DESCRIBES HERSELF SIMPLY AS A “SCOUSE GIRL WHO SINGS”. SHE WAS DEEPLY INSPIRED BY SOULFUL ACTS LIKE AMY WINEHOUSE AND BEYONCÉ. AFTER LEAVING COLLEGE TO FOCUS ON MUSIC, BETHANE HONED HER SKILLS THROUGH MENTORSHIP AND COLLABORATIONS, PARTICULARLY WITH THE MERSEYSIDE YOUTH ASSOCIATION AND IN SESSIONS WITH MUSICIAN KINDELAN IN LEEDS. HER UPCOMING SINGLE HOMEBIRD SHOWCASES HER DIVERSE INFLUENCES, BLENDING ELEMENTS FROM ARTISTS LIKE JANELLE MONÁE AND STEVIE WONDER. BETHANE EMBRACES COLLABORATION WITHIN LIVERPOOL’S EVOLVING MUSIC SCENE, AIMING TO ELEVATE BOTH HER CAREER AND HER CITY’S MUSICAL DIVERSITY.
DANELIA
MEXICAN SINGER-SONGWRITER DANELIA BLENDS INDIE AND ALTERNATIVE POP INTO A UNIQUE, HIGH-ENERGY SOUND. INSPIRED BY POWERHOUSE VOCAL DIVA INFLUENCES, HER DEBUT EP “SUDDENLY, FINALLY” SHOWCASES HER STYLE – A FUSION OF LATINO FLAIR, DUA LIPA VIBES, AND RISQUÉ FASHION. SHE EVOLVES FROM HER ERA OF EMOTIONAL DEPTH TO SELF-DISCOVERY AND HONEST EXPRESSION.
THE KOWLOONS
THE KOWLOONS IS A LIVERPOOL BAND COMPRISING TWINS STEPHEN AND ANTHONY NG, MASON JONES, AND BOBBY GRIFFITHS. THEY AIM TO REVIVE BRITPOP WITH JANGLY HARMONIES AND AN ACOUSTIC GARAGE VIBE. THEIR CATCHY, CHORUS-DRIVEN SONGS ARE INSPIRED AND POISED TO ATTRACT A CULT FOLLOWING, RESHAPING NORTHERN MUSIC WITH A FRESH TWIST.
MADDIE LARA
SINGER-SONGWRITER MADDIE LARA FROM MERSEYSIDE IS CREATING ETHEREAL FOLK MUSIC WITH DREAMY, STORY-DRIVEN LYRICS. HER UNIQUE SOUND COMBINES DARKER, DISTORTED TEXTURES AND REVERB-LADEN VOCALS INFLUENCED BY WOLF ALICE AND RADIOHEAD. FROM RECORDING IN HER BEDROOM, MADDIE HAS PROGRESSED TO COLLABORATIVE PRODUCTION, OFFERING A CAPTIVATING, SWEET MIX OF INTROSPECTION AND ARTISTRY.