DJ Flight is coming in hot. Award-winning DJ, broadcaster, EQ50 co-founder, and label boss. This Drum & Bass pioneer keeps pushing the genre forward with seminal sets and new releases.
Waking Life, Crato. Dayshift, Sydney. Closing sets at Warehouse Project and Glastonbury. A magnet for music fans getting lost in bass-heavy, future-facing tracks that respect the culture’s roots.
Flight has a rare mystical talent that transcends time and space. For over a quarter of a century, her star has been in ascendance. Flight’s influence on the scene is huge - the New York Times wrote of her inspiration to a whole new generation of artists, including Nia Archives, who she personally mentored through EQ50’s inaugural mentorship programme.
With a solid reputation built via late ‘90s pirate radio, early Metalheadz, Swerve, and other residencies, Flight gained worldwide recognition in 2002 when she became the first woman to host a national Drum & Bass show. The Next Chapter on BBC Radio 1Xtra was a groundbreaking fixture that quickly became The Holy Grail for discovering new names, fresh styles, and experimental sounds.
Flight garnered a string of successes in 2022 as she celebrated 25 years of playing exquisite sets around the globe. Industry nods included bronze at the British Podcast Awards for Windrush Stories, a beautiful exploration of the West Indian experience in Britain. Flight closed off the year with a DJ Mag ‘Outstanding Contribution’ to dance music award, while Mixmag named her one of the ‘DJs Who Defined The Year’.
Flight also produced and narrated widely acclaimed documentary series Turn It Up: A Short History of Drum & Bass for BBC Sounds and Radio 1. In 2023, it was nominated at The Radio Academy’s prestigious ARIAS (Audio & Radio Industry Awards) in Best Music Special category.
Summer ’24 heralded the relaunch of her record label - play:musik - with an EP from Nectax, one of new-gen Jungle’s brightest talents. Body Talk was a massive hit, signalling a rapturous return and solid foundation for following releases. The label marked its 20th anniversary in October 2025.
Present day Flight maintains an ear for excellent music, dynamic versatility, and a dependable consistency, traits that see her continue to be booked at a range of small and focused to large club nights, events, boutique and major festivals, within and outside the Jungle Drum & Bass sphere.
Still deeply committed to her beloved radio transmissions, listen to the revamped Flight:Mode shows on foundational station Kool FM, at the new time of 9-11pm GMT every fourth Tuesday of the month, from April 2026.