An avid vinyl collector and digger as well as a respected producer, sound designer, engineer and artist, Scott Diaz is a true underground music devotee who’s been steadily honing his craft since the late 90’s, growing into one of the most exciting and original DJ’s and producers active today.

His no-nonsense dedication to the culture and excellently articulated wisdom about the modern music business, coupled with an uncompromising approach in regard to his artistic vision has won him many admirers, drawing plaudits and respect from luminaries and peers such as Chez Damier, Mousse T., DJ Spen, Tristan Da Cunha, Brawther and more.

Gatekeepers? Pah! This one's for the artists building it themselves.

No labels. No middlemen. No waiting for someone else to say yes. Self-releasing is how a generation of artists are taking back control and this panel pulls together the people doing it, and the people powering it.

Our moderator has spent two decades releasing his own music on his own terms, running his own imprint and carving his own lane in house music. He's joined by a London producer who's just torn up the rulebook to launch his own label and run a hugely successful kickstarter campaign to release his latest album. Plus we have a Brighton techno and breakbeat original who's been running labels, throwing parties and shaping his own scene since the 90s.

Backing them up: two of the sharpest minds in independent distribution. On one side from LabelWorx (the engine behind 4,000+ electronic labels worldwide) whose own path runs deep through D&B. On the other, a senior marketing lead from Redeye Worldwide whose CV spans label management and marketing at Rough Trade, event work with Coachella, and years running campaigns for independent artists across every genre 🎧

Distribution. Strategy. Getting heard. Getting paid. Building something that's actually yours.