Modema

You can find queer musician and DJ Modema perched between the worlds of club textures and experimental pop. Her debut single ‘Running Back’ was praised by Clash magazine, who referred to the track as “a pirouetting piece of synth-pop abstraction” which “sweeps you up in its percussive rush”. As a DJ she enjoys moving across a broad tempo spectrum, from ambient soundscapes, to left-field pop and R&B, spacious downbeat and club-ready genres. She hosted the radio show Hypnagogia on Reform Radio for a number of years and has produced mixes for Voices Radio and NTS Radio. She regularly DJs at venues like YES and Renae in Manchester, and has performed as a musician at a huge range of venues across the UK. Emily has worked as a session musician with prominent artists such as The Orielles (keys, synth, vocals), who she toured with nationally and internationally for a number of years, performing at festivals like SXSW and Green Man Festival. As part of her work with The Orielles, she had the opportunity to open for both New Order and Pulp. She has also toured across the UK with Manchester band W. H. Lung and performed with them most recently at Green Man Festival in August 2025.