Berlin-based artist DJ AYA didn’t find her inspiration in the city's techno scene, but instead the cheeky grooves of UK bass music (everything from dubstep and grime to UK funky and future garage).

Today she blends those influences - which came from a formative period spent living in London - with the kind of bright, trance-y, and genre-fluid styles that Live From Earth have helped usher into Berlin nightlife. Running ‘music-centric lesbian bar’ and occasional club night (lip) service, she’s brought a vital dose of freshness to Berlin’s queer scene, and even started to add a little four-to-the-floor punch to her playful, bouncy sound.

Fresh off the release of her debut single, a salacious, tongue-in-cheek dance pop anthem named Good Boy, she’s ready to make her joyful debut at Sónar next June.