Streets takeover: Meet the new faces of UK dance

Damu: 'Producers such as James Blake and, to a lesser extent, Magnetic Man, are using their position to spread dubstep to a wider audience' Photograph: Ben Cannon/guardian.co.uk/music

Girl Unit: 'I'm surprised at how long my track Wut was able to propagate online. It had grown into something before my label had even agreed a release date' Photograph: Ben Cannon/guardian.co.uk/music

Instra:mental: 'People are starting to think for themselves again and don't want to follow what's hot and popular. That's always the best way to go' Photograph: Ben Cannon/guardian.co.uk/music

Phaeleh: 'I was previously a play worker in an after-school centre for teenagers in Bristol. I've recently switched to doing music full time' Photograph: Ben Cannon/guardia.co.uk/music

Scuba: 'I'm interested in "noir", especially novels by Bulgakov and films such as Alien. Both my albums are noir, definitely' Photograph: Ben Cannon/guardian.co.uk/music

Slugabed: 'I would like to write and illustrate a children's book' Photograph: Ben Cannon/guardian.co.uk/music

Superisk: 'I sound like 80s-influenced space grime with a wonky leg' Photograph: Ben Cannon/guardian.co.uk/music

True Tiger: 'The first dubstep-style tune we were buzzing over was Oris Jay’s Said the Spider. The impact of that tune was crazy, there was nothing like it in garage at the time' Photograph: Ben Cannon/guardian.co.uk/music

Reso: 'I love making futuristic sci-fi sounds, so I can’t think of anything better than being given a brief to make the sound for a new type of atomic laser cannon' Photograph: Ben Cannon/guardian.co.uk/music