Effy
Fri 06 Feb 2026 (note: this event has already taken place)
11pm
€25
Sophie “Effy” Cooper has quickly become one of the most compelling new voices in UK club music. As a producer, DJ, radio host, and label founder from the North West of England, she has already released four EPs, a string of acclaimed club singles, and sold out multiple headline tours across Europe, Australia, and North America since her 2020 debut.
Raised near Blackpool, as a teenager she found a love for DJing at house parties, influenced by the high-energy styles of The Prodigy and The Chemical Brothers. Spending late nights looping tracks and drum sections to make new arrangements, she was inspired by breakthrough female producers like Maya Jane Coles to create her own sound and her 2020 debut single, “Fluffy Clouds,” premiered via Mixmag and featured by BBC Introducing Dance, quickly led to a radio residency at London’s Rinse FM. Exploring styles between breaks, electro and UK bass, her rapid rise as a producer of club-ready hits brought on sets at iconic venues and parties like Fabric, Parklife, The Warehouse Project and Amnesia Ibiza, as well as
support sets for Helena Hauff and Honey Dijon.
Her acclaimed 2022 debut EP, Not What It Seems, featured in DJ Mag, Notion and Metal, led to her first international tours in Australia and Japan alongside a non-stop club run across Europe. Not slowing down her productions, she followed up her high-energy, percussive and atmospheric EP The Highest Level with an explosive set at the 12,000-capacity Boiler Room Sydney. Showcasing a tracklist almost entirely made from Effy originals, including the as-yet unreleased anthem “iluv” in collaboration with Mall Grab, the online set shot to prominence as one of the year’s best.
“iluv” became the first release under the newly-launched Fragrance Recordings, and by the time of its Valentine’s Day release was already a celebrated dance anthem. The label, founded together by partners Effy and Mall Grab, now hosts their releases alongside emerging artists from across the world. In 2025, Fragrance released Effy’s latest EP, The Syndicate, a three-track homage to coming of age in Blackpool and the North West. Paying tribute to one of the UK’s most iconic superclubs, the record spans from the nostalgia of 2011 EDM to the in-your-face modern bass that has become an Effy signature.
