duniya .1: tadhor, KD22LR, bundy

Nigerian-born experimental artist and producer 𝙩𝙖𝙙𝙝𝙤𝙧 navigates through bass-heavy rap, layered atmospheric soundscapes and textured dark ambient, blending emotive introspection with cultural observation. Based in Salford, his lyricism emotively explores the contrast between his experiences in the UK and those in his city of origin, Lagos, ruminating on themes of identity, displacement, memory and belonging. For this performance, tadhor premieres a new live set, devised alongside Manchester experimental noise artist Adrian Steele and featuring live accompaniment.

South Manchester DJ ​​𝙠𝙙𝟮𝟮𝙡𝙧 has carved out a reputation for constructing percussive, bass-heavy sets that guide dancers into the early hours - but her distinctive sound stretches far beyond the parameters of a typical club set. Downtempo, halftime, and leftfield selections are woven into her repertoire, and across her sets there persists a deft instinct for joining the dots beyond genres.

𝙗𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙮 is an audiovisual live-coder, musician and producer from Birmingham. His primary practice is as a songwriter and performer, collapsing genre predispositions across folk, grime, pop and beyond, with strudel - open-source live-coding software - as his algorithmic accompaniment. bundy’s music morphs from club-inflected hip-hop to introspective, guitar-led ballads and eccentric noise - sometimes all within a single set. His work is underpinned by a grounded, direct lyricism that threads together his shifting forms.

DUNIYA is an event series and art project started in Manchester in 2026.