Jukebox Collective releases First Official Music Project, ‘Kollideoscope’

On April 20th, Jukebox Collective released Kollideoscope, a 10-track digital mixtape that marked the first official music project from its Music Academy. It’s not presented as a polished “finished statement” so much as a living snapshot of young artists figuring things out together in real time, in the same room, with support, space, and guidance shaping the process rather than controlling it.

The project brings together four emerging artists– Eddie, ONE84K, CH, and Momen who have been developing their sound inside a shared creative environment built around collaboration and experimentation. It was shaped by mentors Kai and Cas, who worked closely with the artists throughout the process, helping to guide ideas, structure sessions, and support development without taking away creative ownership.

Across its 10 tracks, Kollideoscope moves through grime, neo-soul, alternative rap, and club-influenced production. But instead of trying to force all of that into a single unified sound, the project leans into contrast. It feels like different ideas existing side by side, sometimes blending, sometimes clashing slightly, but always staying honest to the moment they were created in.

The Music Academy behind it exists to open doors that are usually hard to access early on in music careers. It gives young people access to studios, equipment, mentorship, and people who understand how the industry actually works. It’s designed as a space where artists can try things, fail, rework ideas, and slowly figure out what their sound is without pressure to already have it figured out. Kollideoscope comes directly out of that environment, and you can hear that sense of exploration in how unforced it all feels.

Each artist brings something different into that space. Eddie, who moved from Guinea-Bissau through Portugal before settling in Cardiff, originally focused on production but stepped into vocals during the project. That shift becomes really clear in his track “Strange”, where you hear him testing a new voice and a different kind of confidence, almost in real time.

ONE84K, who started making music at a young age and has a background in classical training, is already known for production work, but here he pushes further into his own identity as an artist. His contribution leans into more experimental sound design, the kind that feels like it’s stretching the edges of structure rather than sitting comfortably inside it.

CH came into the project as a producer but ended up becoming a kind of connector between everyone. He moved between sessions, ideas, and people, helping the project stay cohesive without flattening anyone’s individuality. His way of describing it says a lot: “Four mirrors, four artists. The unique story of four people’s lives brought into one.” That idea sits underneath the whole project, reflection, difference, and overlap all happening at once.

Momen, a Sudanese Welsh artist, approaches things from an experimental angle. His track “Outcast” doesn’t really behave like a traditional song narrative. It feels more like a self-portrait built from fragments identity, displacement, and expression all sitting together without being neatly resolved.

The full tracklist runs: Guidance, Know Your Sign, Strange, IDNL, Unapologetic, You, Outcast, Shattered Symmetry (interlude), Wait 4 You, and Wasting Time. Taken together, it plays less like a conventional album and more like a record of moments — ideas forming, breaking apart, and reforming in different ways across the sessions.

Jukebox Collective itself is a Cardiff-based organisation working across artist development, cultural programming, and youth engagement. A lot of their work focuses on building real pathways into the music industry, not just giving people short-term experiences. The Music Academy sits at the centre of that, offering weekly studio sessions that cover songwriting, production, recording, and performance, alongside mentorship and industry exposure.

There’s also a wider ecosystem around it, with partnerships including names like Stormzy, Dazed, GUAP, the British Library, Vans, Nowness, Nataal, and the National Museum of Wales. But Kollideoscope feels intentionally grounded in the local space it comes from, the Cardiff underground scene that’s still forming and defining itself.

What comes through most clearly in the project is how early-stage it all is, in the best way. These aren’t artists presenting final versions of themselves. They’re documenting the moment before that when everything is still shifting, still open, still being discovered. And that’s what makes the mixtape feel alive. Kollideoscope ends up being less about announcing new artists and more about showing what happens when young creatives are given trust, and the freedom to experiment properly.

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Written by Angel Joanne Okonkwo