Gavin Lucas (co-founder of much-loved lockdown project Amateurism Radio) and Neil Mitchell have been digging in crates for over three decades. While their musical tastes, interests and record collections are wildly eclectic, they intersect in the swamplands of the USA.
Their love of low-slung, swampy, southern soul, funk, blues and jazz – mostly from the late 1960s and early 70s – is what these “soul gumbo" sessions are all about. Join us as they dust off an impressive selection of rare 45s and album-only rarities too.
Soul Gumbo
02/04/2025 KC
- Americana
- Lovers Rock
- Soul
DJ Kobayashi
03/04/2025 KC
- Eclectic
- Electronic
- Global
DJ Kobayashi digs for music around the world, Anything that has a groove and the right melodies makes him pick the records for his vast collection.
His style varies from Global Funk to World Beats and Middle-Eastern Grooves. However he is not foreign to electronic beats, “It starts to get really interesting when you get producers and DJs mixing old sounds with new beats”.
He is also running a monthly residency at Netil Radio (B-side Sessions), played on Worldwide FM and Soho Radio and is a regular at The Royal Academy of Arts (RA Lates), the Rivoli Ballroom, Brilliant Corners and many more.
He is also a co-founder of Batov Records.
Macey & Smith
04/04/2025 KC
Spiritland regulars Darren & Kev bring an eclectic mix of music spanning the globe from balearic, disco-funk oddities to house remixes, boogie tunes and more.
Ahmet Günes
29/04/2025 KC
- Downtempo
Turkish downtempo king Ahmet Günes (Lovaj / Acik Radyo) makes his Spiritland debut.
The Iron Glove
30/04/2025 KC
- Eclectic
- Electronic
- Space Music
Return of the Glove! The Iron Glove spreads his ferrous talons across a wide range of genres that are tied together with an immutable sense of fun, freakiness and emotion. Regularly residing over the controls of Sundays at Phonox, the newly re-opened Koko and the one-and-only Pikes in Ibiza, the man behind the Moon Roq party and mix series will be bringing a selection of his absolute favourite records to Spiritland. Expect cosmic rock and disco mixed in with some mind-melty balearic oddities. Maybe a few sonic pleasures of the 80s too.
