J-M* our super-talented artist gracing the main room at the Cross this Friday! Not just a mere ‘two track in the mix’ DJ, J-Me has been the scratch DJ for the mighty Hybrid both live and on their many singles and debut album. These days he can be found working with both M-Audio and Ableton to showcase how the future of DJing is moving. His set will see a crafty skilled combination of Ableton Live, CDJ and vinyl scratching to offer something totally unique

Chris Salt a man who has made a huge impact on the progressive house scene over the past few years. His break through single ‘Dub Sonar’ now hailed a classic, his productions receive support from influential DJs such as Sasha, Nick Warren, John Digweed and Sander Kleinenber. He has DJ’d alongside esteemed names such as Phil K, Futureshock, Jody Wisternoff and many more.

If the name Micah Lukasewich doesn’t mean anything to you, then it won’t stay that way for long. Micah is an established Canadian DJ and producer who has years of experience behind him, and has his biggest couple of months ever in front of him, playing his first UK gig in none other than the world famous club ‘The Cross’ in London for Maximal pres. Perfected on August 17th.

The concept behind the event was to find the most innovative talents on the global dance music scene right now, from the worlds of House, Techno, Minimal. Electro and Progressive… our second headliner on the night hailing from the Northern Quarter is 24 year old Radio 1 and Sankey's Resident MISTRESS DE FUNK! We caught up with Emma ahead of her performance to find out a little bit more about what makes her tik tok and tek!

…Valentino Kanzyani to Umek from Kate Lawler to Coburn, he's headlined everywhere from China to Ibiza a resident for Dusted and Maximal and has 3 tracks signed to Roger Sanchez's 'Stealth Recordings' and probably, no…most definitely the biggest house label on the planet Yoshitoshi and the mighty Strictly Rhythm to name but a few… let me introduce to you Chris Barratt! *Catch Chris Live and Direct alongside PAUL WOOLFORD, Mistress De Funk and Micah on August 17th at The Cross *