Meet the judges

Goes by thedigit@lbuddha. A veteran of Trinidad & Tobago's house and techno scene, behind long-running mix series including Hot Box Sessions and Destination Beach House, and founder of the Groove Gathering DJ and producer community.

A Trinidad & Tobago-born, London-based DJ and producer who plays underground house. He started on guitar, influenced by 80s rock and alternative, before moving into electronic music. He spent more than eight years in T&T's underground scene and is now building a name on London's dance music circuit.

The experience curator and A&R behind SOTU Nights and co-founder of Mixx Tings. Credited with coining the term "Caribbean Dance Music" in 2014, and founder of both CDM Generation and the Turning Point Arts & Music Foundation. Has co-produced Life in Color, Sunset Festival and weTT Republic, and worked A&R connecting producer Mat.Joe with Caribbean artists on releases including "Magic" and "Jah Love". One of the driving forces behind Trinidad's house and afrobeat party scene for over a decade.

Kallaloo (Kyle Delzin) is a Trinidadian DJ and producer living in Berlin. He co-founded SOTU Nights, Hang Jack and Nomansland, projects that connect Caribbean and global music culture. After playing clubs and festivals across the Caribbean and establishing an underground scene in Trinidad, he moved to Berlin in 2019. He became a resident at Refuge Worldwide and still plays venues including Sisyphos, Renate, Klunkerkranich, Aeden and Arkaoda.

A selector who plays house, techno, breaks and afrobeats, whatever the room calls for. Sets logged from New Fire Festival, Trinidad Carnival and Notting Hill Carnival to FMA Manresa in Spain, Kassablanca in Germany, Afro Sunday in Finland, Attic in the UK, GRB Ibiza and Burning Man. Also hosts radio shows on Bassyard Radio and Radio Electronica in Germany.

Trinidad-born DJ, producer and promoter working across underground house, techno and UK bass. His debut, "The Remedy", picked up support from Roger Sanchez and Treasure Fingers. It was followed by releases on CYFI Records and 1980 Recordings, and a 2018 set at Barbados' Vujaday Music Festival alongside Green Velvet and Justin Martin. He has also guested on the UK's Subtle Radio. Formerly one half of TiefHead with fellow judge Channel 13. The wheel paired them together one last time at Atherly's After Dark III: Random Warfare, the first competition-format night under the Atherly's After Dark name, and they took the crown.

Formerly the creative half of TiefHead Radio and Events with fellow judge AndyHimself. A Port of Spain selector with, in his own words, "a penchant for the unorthodox", known for genre-hopping sets that swing from global house and techno to "The Jump Off", his 90s and early-2000s throwback set. A fixture of the scene for well over a decade. TiefHead is no longer around, but the wheel paired the two of them together one last time at Atherly's After Dark III: Random Warfare, the first Atherly's After Dark competition, and they took the crown.

Trinidad & Tobago house DJ Jordan Aming, known behind the decks as JOMing. He has been playing since 2018 and turned professional in April 2022, with a sound built on bouncy basslines and vocals that keep a room moving.