Emma-Jean Thackray

Emma-Jean Thackray, a British nu jazz musician and composer, plays a late-night DJ set at Altar in London. The night runs as a club session on the venue's basement sound system.

Emma-Jean Thackray is a British nu jazz musician and composer, born in 1989 in Leeds, who emerged in 2016. Their debut album, Yellow, came out in 2021 on Warner Music Group, and the album Weirdo followed in 2025. Thackray works as a multi-instrumentalist and producer, and the more recent release Weirdo was issued on Gilles Peterson's Brownswood label.

At Altar, Thackray takes the decks for a DJ set within the ALTAR Lates series, which brings guest DJs to late-night club sessions. The music is built from jazz, Detroit house, techno, northern bassline, 1990s drum and bass revivals and vocal chops, mixed into a continuous set intended to keep the dancefloor moving.

Altar is a London venue that mainly hosts concerts, with a programme centred on pop, rock and indie music. The night is pitched as a club party rather than a seated recital, with resident DJs also part of the line-up.