Combining leftfield electronica & dance music with dreamy mimetic soundscapes and evocative composition, UK-based newcomer Sam Judd draws from a library of sounds collected all over the world to produce a musical experience that’s just as deeply sentimental as it is made for the dancefloor.

Aged 25, Sam Judd’s musical journey so far has been unusually broad and eclectic, featuring teenage forays into Indian classical music, jazz improv, heavy steppas dub DJ sets and producing pop records featured on BBC 6 Music - this eclecticism perhaps mirrored in a lifelong passion for travel.

In 2023, he popped up with two singles, having returned from SE Asia with a large folder full of field recordings collected in temples and rainforests. A few months later, his debut EP ‘Temple Music’ was released, featuring 5 rhythmic tracks likened to early Four Tet & Bonobo, interlaced with clippings from the recordings he collected. His third EP ‘Sunphase’ will be released in Spring 2025.

Since his appearance last year, Sam Judd has been a regular fixture and guest mix artist on James Threlfall’s BBC Introducing show, and a feature on the line-up for a host of events in the southwest including Jazz Stroud, Sonar Sessions, Cheltenham Jazz Festival, Wanderfal, Seasonings Festival and more.

“Music to gently ‘tap your mind to’”, “deeply transporting” - visitors at his Temple Music EP Launch

“For fans of Bonobo” - James Threlfall