LAWLESS COLLECTIVE
Expression. Execution. Expansion.
The Imprint.
Where You belong...
Lawless Collective is meticulous curation for those who create with intent. Who are you when no one is watching? Do you move against the grain, beyond influence, beyond noise? We move quietly in abundance, shadow work. Unseen process, authentic movements. Art in all it's forms...
Are you Lawless?
Artist/Anomaly
Lyricist. Producer. Multi-instrumentalist. Cultural instigator. There’s a reason he became the first featured artist.
Reubin X
Featured Artist.
Reubin X doesn’t dilute himself to be understood. One of the first names that felt undeniably Lawless, he’s built a reputation on sharp honesty, conviction, and saying what others hesitate to say. His work is direct, layered, and impossible to separate from the person behind it.
But there’s a duality to him. The same person who challenges the room also knows how to unite it. Through FUN at Planet Sounds, Reubin shifts the atmosphere entirely. House party energy, shared release, movement, connection. As he puts it, “The party is back on.” In a time where everything can feel increasingly detached and bleak, he reminds people to dance through the chaos rather than surrender to it.
He has previously collaborated with members of Lawless Collective, including “Acid Wash” with Defcon Lawless and his self-produced track “Bottle Caps”. Take the time to check Reubin's Catalogue out, come through to the Next FUN night and stay locked in for new releases. See link below to check Reubin out.
Reubin is Lawless.
Canvas Convo:
Where do we begin?
Emma Richardson is a visual artist, musician, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist whose work moves between sound and image with ease. Her oil paintings are large scale and emotionally charged, exploring desire, ecstasy, transformation and the sublime. Immersive in nature, they feel like stepping into a world rather than observing one.
Her most recent solo exhibition LEVITATE ME: DESIRE, ECSTASY AND THE SUBLIME at Southampton City Art Gallery runs 7 March to 31 August 2026 and spans the gallery’s east wing. It reinforces her ongoing connection to Southampton, the city where much of her early creative identity was formed.
Many will know Emma through her work with the Pixies, where she contributes as bassist and vocalist across their ongoing international touring cycle and most recent releases. The band continues to perform across major venues and festivals worldwide, placing her within one of alternative music’s most established live acts.
She also features on their most recent project adding further to her role in their current era. Despite this, she remains grounded and actively supportive of emerging creative spaces. Her involvement with Lawless Collective has been consistent, and she is widely respected in Southampton and beyond for both her work and her presence within the local community.
Her collaborations with Defcon Lawless span a series of creative exchanges over time, built on shared intent and understanding.
Emma is Lawless. We are proud to have her down with the squad. Future collaborations on the way?
Stay tuned.
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Photo: Raph Paz
Artist/Poet
Lyricist. Vocalist. Multi instrumentalist. Songwriter. Always grounded in raw honesty and instinct. There’s a reason she stands out.
Dez Jones
The Valkyrie.
Dez Jones is one of those artists you don’t really forget once you’ve crossed paths with her.
I met her years ago in passing, just general conversation about music when she was doing solo sets. Off the bat it was one of those moments where you’re both kind of scanning each other for authenticity. Intense, but still friendly. We ended up at this stalemate where we both basically clocked each other and went yeah, you’re real. We still joke about that to this day.
Later I properly saw her perform at Joiners Arms in Southampton with Wonderlux. Legendary venue, no safety net, just raw presence. And she didn’t miss a second of it. Voice, emotion, control, everything cut through clean. There’s a kind of concentrated power in the way she sings, like every word carries weight.
That’s when I started calling her The Valkyrie. I call her the Valkyrie because, in Norse mythology, Valkyries are warrior figures who carry fallen fighters from battle, and her voice has that same kind of commanding force and intensity, like it cuts through everything when she sings. I won't fully nerd out, but google that shit. I don't call her this as a gimmick, it's because it fit. When she performs it feels like a war cry. Something purposeful. Something that stays with you long after the room goes quiet.
What really sets Dez apart is that nothing she writes feels performative. All her words are real. She doesn’t shy away from tough subject matter, heartbreak, pain, vice. She sits right in it and expresses it honestly. That level of honesty is what makes it land. It lingers.
Over time she’s gone from someone I met in passing to a close friend, and now a trusted sounding board between us when it comes to unreleased ideas and demos. That part of it has become just as important as the music itself.
Dez has a few lanes running at once. Wonderlux is still the one that first properly floored me, and they’re back in the studio again which I’m genuinely excited about. “Finest Hour” from Wonderlux is still personal favourite territory for me. I heard that joint early, before anyone else, light flex, that one stuck with me.
She also plays bass in Buds, a separate project that leans more chaotic and pop punk in energy, showing a different, more playful side of her range.
Dez doesn’t need selling. She just needs hearing.
She’s Lawless.
THE catalyst: Defcon Lawless
I go by the name of Defcon lawless:
I'm from just outside Philly, but Southampton has been home for a long time now. This city adopted me, and over the years I've ended up moving through all kinds of scenes. Hip hop heads, shoegazers, metal kids, artists, photographers, designers. All of it. And one thing I keep thinking is there’s way too much talent here not to be connected.
Lawless is about that. Bringing people together who normally wouldn’t end up in the same room. No gatekeeping, no ego about what lane you’re in. If it’s real, it’s real. We’ve all shown love in each other’s scenes at some point anyway, so why not actually build something together out of it.
Let’s be real. We’re always told opportunity is in the big cities. New York, Paris, London. But we’ve got the internet, we’ve got the resources, and we’ve got each other. That’s more than enough if we actually use it properly.
If you're authentic, we're watching. If you're across disciplines, we're locked in. We have a sixth sense for people doing it for the right reasons, and that’s who this is for.
Expression. Execution. Expansion. That’s the mindset. Not waiting, not watching from the sidelines. Actually building.
Let’s fucking get it.
Featured Playlist:
Life in Death 2026
Turn up for the homie
Life in Death Festival returns on 25 July 2026.
What started as a memorial gig for the legendary Dylan Rocha, one of the most charismatic, enigmatic and creative forces to ever come out of this city, has grown into a gathering that stands for connection, expression and community. Life in Death.
The event organisers bring us together again not just to remember, but to celebrate what was built and what still continues to grow. Live music, performance and atmosphere across an intentionally curated night, with artists who each bring their own world into the room.
This year’s lineup includes Mary Mousetrap, Bailey Berrill and Pegasuses, alongside a wider range of acts moving between genres, moods and styles without restriction. It’s about contrast as much as cohesion, and the energy that comes from it all existing in one space.
All proceeds from the event will go to George’s Rockstars, an organisation bringing music therapy into hospitals for children, using creativity as comfort, expression and support in difficult moments. See you there.
Come one, come all. Turn up, show love, be part of it.
Life in Death. 25 July 2026.
