Larger-than-life breakdance and DJ trio The Cuban Brothers play, with support from local talent Conan Liquid and Charl Chaka

UK-based DJ Cosmic joins the Dust team for a night of nu-disco grooves

The GlobalFunk brand hosts a second night of drum’n’bass madness at The Music Room

‘Indian’s first live hip-hop band’ make their UAE debut

Berlin-based, Welsh-born Daneeka – nominated as DJ Mag’s best breakthrough DJ in 2010

10 of Dubai's best live bands competing for one night only

Named ‘band of the decade’ by India’s Rock Street Journal

Expect hip-hop, boogie, nu-disco and fresh funk from the DUST team

Kenyan rapper DNA (which stands for ‘Dreams ’n’ Ambitions’, apparently) is best known for 2006 hit ‘Banjuka’

Music fans in the region are in for a treat this season as one of the best live acts in the world, The Black Lips out of Atlanta, USA and one of the Middle East’s best live acts Lazzy Lung from Beirut, Lebanon, join forces for a tour of the region

Ten local rock and metal bands play a monster headbangers’ ball

Brit dubstep Kryptic Minds headline this new bass night, Something Big

Live music night Twang returns with electric sets from Brit-rockers Beat Antenna

Fortlom at The Music Room, featuring Three Kings, Jibberish, Omar Offendum, The Narcicyst and more

NYC based talent Jesrani – one half of production team Metro Area – guests for the Dust team

Drum’n’bass giants Black Sun Empire, who recently topped the cross-genre beatport charts with fifth album From the Shadows, go head to head with dubstep talent Thelem for four hours of international bass madness

The Dubai-based metallers – last spotted supporting Megadeth at Gulf Bike Week – play a one-off show

A huge name in drum’n’bass, Ram Records founder Andy C makes a welcome guest at Globalfunk

Notable drum ‘n’ bass talent Optical is winging his way to Dubai

Having clocked up more than 10,000 listens within just days of releasing their second album Sun & Satellites online

Known for their energetic sets and brave ‘30-Second Challenge’ policy

Fresh from bringing out Andy C, GlobalFunk produces another mainstay of the UK’s bass scene, DJ Hype, a genuine pioneer of drum’n’bass

Also going under the monikers Danny Berman and Hot Coins, UK-based Red Rack’em is a favourite of Gilles Peterson, thanks to his memorable disco and house sets

The Originals Festival will happen throughout the year at The Music Room featuring hand-picked up and coming artists, award-winning local artists and international acts

It might be barely three months since we last welcomed him to The Music Room, thanks to GlobalFunk, but drum’n’bass godfather Andy C is back with hyped-up MC Lowqui in tow once more