Thea Hudson-Davies has worked at The Leaf Label for seven years, working as their Label Manager and A&R. She also hosts a regular Sunday morning show on NTS. Every other Sunday, full of instrumental soothers and lesser known soul anthems and library music.
Palm Skin Productions
02/06/2022 KC
- Eclectic
Now based in St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, but originally from London, Palm Skin Productions AKA versatile musician, producer and DJ Simon Richmond has spent the past 30 years or so as the epiphany of a modern professional musician. His debut releases as Palm Skin Productions were on James Lavelle’s seminal Mo’ Wax label which would lead to a fruitful relationship with the imprint, releasing 4 EPs that channelled early 1990s era trip-hop and beat-led electronica. Adding to an extensive catalogue of singles, 12” and other releases on a wide range of labels, notable highlights include a Palm Skin Production’s debut album on Virgin / Hut Records and a sophomore on Howie B’s eclectic Pussyfoot imprint. A session percussionist for the band K-Creative, signed to Gilles Peterson’s Talkin’ Loud label (before being sacked to free up the budget for a lighting rig), Simon became a resident at Peterson’s ‘That’s How It Is’ club night. This change of events catalysed the Mo’ Wax era of Palm Skin Productions leading to a collaboration with ‘Straight No Chaser’ magazine.
Simon has collaborated, performed and produced for many UK and international musicians, including The Art of Noise, DJ Krush, DJ Shadow, REM, Pulp, Depeche Mode, Jackie Oates, and most notably Neneh Cherry and Jonny Dollar. Performing everywhere (DJ and live) from Fabric to WOMAD Sri Lanka, Festival Hall to Jamm, Ministry of Sound to Sub Club, Skolbeats Brazil to BBC Folk Awards, Simon Richmond has amassed an impressive list of tastemaker support for his Palm Skin Productions project including Gilles Peterson, James Lavelle, Patrick Forge, Nemone, Ross Allen, Norman Jay, the Guardian and Mary Anne Hobbs – to name a few.
Simon Richmond is part of the live electronic improvisational band The Bays, performing several John Peel sessions and headlining festival slots at The Big Chill and Glastonbury’s Dance Tent. The Bays have had concerts recorded by BBC Radio Three, collaborated with Herbie Hancock and toured with ambient musician Richard Barbieri.
South Beach Recycling
03/06/2022 KC
- Disco
- House
- Jazz/Funk/Soul
Record collector Gary Ellis is the South Beach Recycling music project, with releases on Midnight Riot and Masterworks Music.
He has a rich history of numerous South Coast residencies, curation of three radio stations, too many club brands, a nightclub, record shop and now his own vinyl label SFSB Recordings which recently released Craig Smith & Andrew McGroaty's 'Soul Searching' hip hop project.
Perry Louis
04/06/2022 KC
- Disco
- Jazz/Funk/Soul
It’s impossible to pigeonhole Perry Louis and understand where he gets his inspiration. Perry did not come through the usual Collector to DJing route, instead starting his career as a Boogie/Jazz Dancer. He first took to the Dance floors of the most iconic clubs in the UK in the early to mid ‘70s, which fired up his passion and excitement for the music and was inspired by the iconic djs and dancers of that era which he tries to represent and influences his DJ sets today – all on Vinyl, of course. Perry has worked as a JazzFunk, Funk and Jazz Dancer and has a Vinyl collection that mirrors his style of dancing. As a DJ, he specialises in spinning JazzFunk, Pure Funk, Boogie and Dancefloor Jazz mixing in Latin, Brazilian Soul, Afro and Fusion and more.
Unlike the hundreds of dedicated Jazz, Funk and Soul Dancers who simply enjoy turning up to do their thing on the floor and hearing good music, Perry’s love and passion for the Music has had him digging for Vinyl all over the world to find that elusive track to add to the sound he works very hard at Improving – The sound of London’s underground Dancefloor Jazz, Funk and Boogie scene. Throughout his 30 year career as a Dancer, he’s picked up records everywhere he’s travelled to in the world. Perry’s friends know that to go somewhere with Perry means he makes a bee-line to that record shop to sort out that elusive Gem..
Martin Green
05/06/2022 RFH
- Jazz/Funk/Soul
- Library Music
Breakfast in Bread is back for another sunday session, we are joined by resident DJ Martin Green for an afternoon of all things library
Miche
07/06/2022 KC
- Disco
- Global
- Jazz/Funk/Soul
Spiritland's programmer Miche joins us for another Tuesday residency session
Jonna & Darran P
08/06/2022 KC
- Eclectic
- Electronica
- Jazz/Funk/Soul
As prominent members behind the established label, City Fly Records. Both Jonna & Darran P have a long history within the underground music industry. The label has championed the likes of Andres, Lay Far, Krewcial, Simbad, Red Rack’em, Pablo Valentino, Byron The Aquarius & Kez YM.
As DJ’s they cover a wide spectrum of tasteful sounds. From boogie, Latin and jazz through dub, downtempo and house. Both have regular bookings at musically diverse venues all over the world, including Dimensions Festival, Gotwood, Forbidden Forest, Pikes, Barbarellas and have played numerous cutting edge venues in Estonia, Berlin, Russia, Iceland, Tokyo and beyond.
As producers, Jonna’s music has been released on the highly regarded BBE & Lumberjacks In Hell labels. Darran’s music has been supported by Gilles Peterson on his BBC 6Music radio show and Tony Minvielle’s Jazz FM show. Both have had regular guest slots and interviews for Megapolis FM in Moscow, Red Light Radio in Amsterdam and Deeper Shades of House in Los Angeles.
Karl Bos
09/06/2022 KC
- Global
- Jazz/Funk/Soul
Radio producer and host of Deeper Cuts on Balamii Radio, Karl joins us for a jazzy and upfront Saturday night.
Stephen Titmus
10/06/2022 KC
- Disco
- House
- Jazz/Funk/Soul
Stephen Titmus is a music journalist and DJ from London.
With nearly two decades of experience, and an enviable record collection, Stephen plays a broad range of soulful music ranging from jazz and beyond.
Stephen has been working in the music industry since the early noughties - working in music tech and media at companies like Shazam and Resident Advisor.
Spiritland By Night: Trevor Jackson presents Island Records Giant 45s
10/06/2022 RFH
- Reggae/Dub
To celebrate the arrival of HRH Grace Jones to the Southbank, we are delighted to host DJ, producer and multi-disciplinary creative Trevor Jackson to Spiritland for a night of strictly Island Records selections.
Expect extended cuts, remixes, classics, rarities & dubs from the legendary Island Records back catalogue. Featuring artists such as Black Uhuru, Tom Tom Club, Peech Boys, Gwen Guthrie, Hi Tension, Sunny Ade, Wally Badarou, Trouble Funk, Stereo MCs and of course Grace Jones, Sly and Robbie and the Compass Point Allstars. Boops!
Pegasvs
11/06/2022 KC
- Eclectic
- Space Music
Burnin' Music Recordings head honcho and A1 selector Thomas Lesneir joins us for a genre spanning set at Spiritland King's Cross.
Spiritland By Night: Heidi Lawden & Lovefingers
11/06/2022 RFH
- Balearic
- Eclectic
- Space Music
LA's nightlife royalty come through as part of our Meltdown season. Londoner Heidi Lawden has made her name through years of immaculately selected DJ sets - both the music and where she plays it. She's built a worldwide following through her knowledge, style, and infectious excitement for the global dance music community.
She is joined for this rare London set by musical soulmate Lovefingers, master of deep, transformative and moving music via his prolific DJ sets and his ESP label. We've been hoping to have these two play together at Spiritland and the stars have aligned for this very special party.
The Chill Out Tent
12/06/2022 KC
- Ambient
- Downtempo
- Space Music
Things are about to get supremely chilled at Spiritland with a new King's Cross residency.
We're delighted to welcome The Chill Out Tent for a new fortnightly Sunday session in King’s Cross. The Chill Out Tentwas birthed by the ever-prolific Chris Coco and Matt Nearest Faraway during lockdown as an online space to build a community around music, arts and wellness. Now it comes to life every other Sunday in King's Cross between Midday and 5pm.
We couldn’t think of a better soundtrack to our Sundays at Spiritland - come for the music, stay for the brunch action and Bloody Marys. It doesn't get much more Balearic than that.
Miche
14/06/2022 KC
- Disco
- Global
- Jazz/Funk/Soul
Spiritland's programmer Miche joins us for another Tuesday residency session
Karl FM
14/06/2022 RFH
- Eclectic
- Global
- Jazz/Funk/Soul
Karl FM cut his teeth playing long dinner sets in his native Stockholm and has since picked up gigs in New York, Delhi and across the UK.
Karl is Station Manager at SOAS Radio and a resident DJ at the London party Club Sandwich.
Joey Manzi
15/06/2022 KC
- Global
- Jazz/Funk/Soul
Joey Manzi is an East African DJ based in London, he has a show on Voices Radio specialising in Jazz, Soul, Afrofunk & More
They Hate Change
15/06/2022 RFH
- Hip Hop
- Jazz/Funk/Soul
Join us for a DJ set from intrepid and groundbreaking Tampa rap duo They Hate Change at Spiritland Royal Festival hall.
Dre (he/him) and Vonne (they/them) first came together in front of the apartment complex where they both lived as teens.
It was clear from the start that the two listen to music differently from most people—they’re sonic omnivores, obsessive deep-divers, lovers of rare and radical sounds. Starting as kids trawling the internet for tracks, they’ve been collecting music from around the world and across the decades, amassing a shared sonic knowledge so deep that “encyclopedic” barely begins to cover it—not just the East Coast hip-hop that Dre grew up on, or the hyperlocal bass-music variants like jook and crank but also drum ‘n’ bass, Chicago footwork, post-punk, prog, grime, krautrock, emo, and basically any genre on the map.
Entry is free, vibes are good.
Kirk DeGiorgio
16/06/2022 KC
- Balearic
- Downtempo
- Eclectic
Heavyweight producer Kirk Degiorgio's DJ career started at local breakdance events in 1983 and he hasn't stopped since.
Come and hear the huge range of influences from which he draws his samples and inspiration – the music he loves.
Susanna Raiend
17/06/2022 KC
- Balearic
- Eclectic
- Jazz/Funk/Soul
Susanna is a London-based DJ born in Estonia and raised in Sweden. She's the curator of "Shit Day Shampoo", a monthly radio show on IDA Radio and resident DJ behind electronic music party series "Marrakech" in Tallinn.
For Spiritland, she's here to curate an evening of cosmic disco, international soul, new jazz, balearic and other electronic music.
Tech Support
18/06/2022 KC
- Balearic
- Electronica
Brighton’s Tech Support is destined for big things.
The mild-mannered DJ and producer, known as Ned Dickinson to his friends, already finds himself caught up amongst some of the most talented artists and selectors of the moment, and deservingly so.
At just 21, there are a stack of EPs on labels from the UK to the U.S. bearing Tech Support’s name. Dig a little deeper and you’ll find equally impressive work under long forgotten aliases.
On top of his 12” releases found in the likes of Juno and Piccadilly Records, Tech Support’s digital presence sees him racking up over 100,000 views on esteemed Youtube dance channel Houseum, alongside the likes of Folamour, Baltra, and Lone. His soundcloud reaches listeners in four different continents.
One morning in 2018, having already received considerable DJ support from the likes of Black Loops, Laurence Guy, and Late Nite Tuff Guy, Ned opened his laptop to discover a video his track ‘Friends, played by Dan Shake at Lost Village festival,’ blowing up the Identification of Music Group on Facebook.
Spiritland By Night: Atjazz & Fred Everything
18/06/2022 RFH
- Electronica
- House
Martin 'Atjazz' Iveson returns to Spiritland for another session in deep electronica, this time with friend and musical peer - the inimitable Fred Everything. surname derived from the eclectic nature of his sets, which include Techno, House, Ambient and beyond.
The Atjazz and Jimpster session in February 2022 was a masterclass in deep house - expect something similar, yet completely different from these two dons of the dancefloor.
Miche & Friends
21/06/2022 KC
- Space Music
Spiritland's programmer Miche joins us for the final Tuesday residency session.
Jon Sa Trinxa
22/06/2022 KC
- Balearic
- Jazz/Funk/Soul
The man born Jonathan Grey forged a place for himself in Ibiza’s rich musical history with his eclectic and varied all-day sets on the beach at Las Salinas in the early 90s, becoming so entrenched in the culture, he almost had no choice but to take on the name of the beach bar where he’d built his reputation.
25 years on, he remains one of the island’s most recognised musical figures, maintaining his residency at Sa Trinxa and returning playing venues such as Space on a regular basis.
Come and see Jon on his Spiritland return
Will Fox
23/06/2022 KC
- Global
- Jazz/Funk/Soul
As a longstanding staff member of Soul Brother Records, it should come as no surprise that Will Fox has had an unfettered access to a continued stream of Soul, Funk, Jazz, Rare-Groove, Two Step and Disco for as long as he can remember.
The shop has become a pivotal factor in his musical education and influence, a musical trove in which he continues to unearth dusty rarities from its vaults. Will has been reissuing music on vinyl for a number of years, working closely with Ralph Tee of Expansion Records where he brought to life the 2017 reissue of Keep The Fire Burning by Gwen McCrae, alongside Bobbi Humphrey’s Baby Don’t You Know, The Warriors’ What’s My Destination and the Soul Brother Records reissue of Chet Ivey’s Deep-Funk classic A Dose Of Soul.
As a multi-instrumentalist (guitar, bass, percussion), arranger, producer and compiler, Will tends to err towards the soulful spectrum of music, particularly angling towards Jazz and its various permutations, but is unafraid to blend the hyper-melodic textures of Jazz with the deeper and more rhythmically truncated sounds of electronic music, drawing upon previous experiences of having studied in Berlin and Bristol. Will’s most recent compilation album—released with Dave Lee (FKA Joey Negro) on Z Records called Breaking the Beats—speaks to this musical ethos, a personal compilation of West London Broken Beat, straddling the gap gap between electronic music and Jazz.
Currently, Will is working on a solo project with Cinematic Orchestra Lead Vocalist Heidi Vogel with a distinct Latin feel, an area of music that he feels comfortable experimenting with and a particular wellspring of musical influence for him—from the polyrhythms of Cuban and Nuyorican Salsa to the frenetic Jazz-Dance of Brazilian Samba. He is also working on a new reissue project with Motherlode Music, a fledgling label reissuing rare and often unissued Soul and Jazz.
Dom Servini & Chris Goss
24/06/2022 KC
- Global
- Jazz/Funk/Soul
Power-duo Dom Servini & Chris Goss join us again for an eclectic Friday night.
Spiritland By Night: Fabio & Grooverider
24/06/2022 RFH
- Drum & Bass
If it's nice play it twice! We welcome the godfathers of Drum & Bass back to Spiritland after the success of their appearance in January. From the earliest days of house and jungle to Rage, Phase 1, Speed, Swerve, Prototype and numerous other nights and labels that have defined a sound as well as residencies at Ministry of Sound and Fabric, Fabio and Grooverider bring the bass pressure to Spiritland Royal Festival Hall.
Gerah & Zanelato
25/06/2022 KC
- Global
- MPB
Geraldo Oliveira (GeraH) is an inquisitive Brazilian record collector now based in London.
Having played at a good deal of underground clubs and parties in São Paulo, he also created Laca Negra, tapping into multiple facets of soul, jazz and R&B at different bars.
He is bringing good friend Zanelato over for a memorable session at Spiritland.
The Chill Out Tent
26/06/2022 KC
- Ambient
- Balearic
Things are about to get supremely chilled at Spiritland with a new King's Cross residency.
We're delighted to welcome The Chill Out Tent for a new fortnightly Sunday session in King’s Cross. The Chill Out Tentwas birthed by the ever-prolific Chris Coco and Matt Nearest Faraway during lockdown as an online space to build a community around music, arts and wellness. Now it comes to life every other Sunday in King's Cross between Midday and 5pm.
We couldn’t think of a better soundtrack to our Sundays at Spiritland - come for the music, stay for the brunch action and Bloody Marys. It doesn't get much more Balearic than that.
Don Grizz
28/06/2022 KC
- Disco
- Jazz/Funk/Soul
An avid record collecting DJ within the audiophile scene, Don seamlessly sows different styles and genres into one musical journey.
A founding member of improv night Open Sauce featuring acts from labels such as Ninja Tune, Big Dada and Wichita Records – with recent DJ sets at EartH, Grow, Two Tribes to name just a few – his selection encompasses variations of jazz, funk, dub, reggae, tropical grooves, North African, Middle Eastern, disco, balearic, beats and anything in between.
Expect to have your musical cosmos expanded.
Tigas
29/06/2022 KC
- Eclectic
- Global
Tigas is the name chosen by Tiago, to represent his project as a DJ and music researcher. He is a lover of Brazilian music, world music and its variations within electronic music, he joins us for this special Wednesday night session.
Sweetnightjo
30/06/2022 KC
- Disco
- Jazz/Funk/Soul
Joseph Russell aka SweetNightJo is a Italo/British DJ, music selector and producer that’s released on multiple labels including Early Sounds Recordings.
Most recently he’s been focusing on his party called Sweetnighter. A monthly club night he’s been running in London since 2018 in venues such as brilliant corners, giant steps, night tales loft and the jago.
