Mantra, also known as Indi Rupture, built her career around a conviction that jungle and drum & bass history should remain in active conversation with new music. In 2006 she and Double O founded Rupture in London after becoming frustrated that the deeper, more adventurous edges of the genre were not always being given enough club space.

Rupture grew from a night into a label, radio platform and internationally recognised community. Its line-ups deliberately placed foundational selectors and producers alongside emerging artists, allowing hardcore, oldskool jungle, drumfunk, breakbeat experimentation and contemporary 170 music to coexist without treating any one period as the “correct” version of the genre.

Mantra’s own DJing follows the same logic. Her sets are known for deep, emotive programming and an ability to move between eras while keeping the rhythmic thread intact. As her profile grew she became a regular at major clubs and festivals and expanded into production, with releases appearing through Rupture and other respected underground labels.

Her influence also extends into practical community work. As a co-founder of EQ50, Mantra has worked on mentorship and representation initiatives designed to create fairer routes into drum & bass for women and non-binary artists. That work sits naturally beside Rupture’s wider ethos: build the spaces you want to exist, protect musical depth and make room for the next generation.

By 2026 Rupture had reached its twentieth year, while Mantra remained active as a touring DJ, producer, radio host and curator. Her historical place is therefore still being written: she is both a student of jungle’s first generation and one of the people shaping how that history is carried forward.