Frederika is a Bulgaria born, London based DJ and one half of Discs of Fun and Love label. She is a resident at Spiritland and has guested on NTS, Balamii and Soho Radio to name a few. Expect to hear all styles of music, from jazz to hip hop, neo soul, folk, disco and everything that helps her express her state of mind.
Bestley
03/02/2022 KC
- Disco
- Jazz/Funk/Soul
Bestley is London’s go-go disco dynamo whose knowledge and selection soundtracks you from sipping poolside cocktails through to late night pumpers til the early hours. Having debuted as a vocalist on “Hello Echo” by Kiwi (Kompact Records) last year, Bestley is one to watch out for, not only for their DJing but also as an emerging artist.
Rintaro & Don Grizz
04/02/2022 KC
- Eclectic
- Global
Spiritland regular Don Grizz teams up with Japanese digger Rintaro for a one off session
Ket Shah (Mucho Soul) and Nick Robins (TWR)
05/02/2022 KC
- Disco
- Jazz/Funk/Soul
Ket Shah has been instrumental in the set-up and success of the DJ collective and long standing promotional outfit Mucho Soul alongside Alan Kenny Arscott (DJ A.K.A) since its original inception way back in 2001.
Their original music policy was to encompass a style with a strong emphasis on Soul to but that soon developed to include a more varied and eclectic array of black influenced dance music ranging from Jazz, Disco, Reggae, Funk, and House right through to the very best in fresh Electronica.
Since those early days at the turn of the new millennium, Mucho Soul have gone on to appear and guest at various high profile events including: the Inspiracion Festival Tenerife in 2009 alongside Gilles Peterson, Rainer Truby and Simbad, The Sunsplash Antalyar Turkey 2010 Festival with Norman Jay, Phil Asher and Jamie Liddell and The Southport Weekender 50th Anniversary in 2014 with Chaka Khan, Archie Bell & The Drells, Kerri Chandler and Carl Cox.
During 2014 Mucho Soul were also regular guests at
the Deep Into Soul Terrace Parties with DJ Spinna, Paul Trouble Anderson and Rhemi and The Native Soul Parties with Deep House heroes Osunlade, Culoe De Song and Grant Nelson. In the Summer of 2014 Ket and Al also put together a series of “Soul On The South Bank” specials which featured live appearances from Nathan Haines, Vanessa Freeman and DaLata with guest DJ’s Dr Bob Jones and Patrick Forge.
Spiritland Legends: Soulquarians with Stephen Titmus
09/02/2022 KC
- Hip Hop
- Jazz/Funk/Soul
Even if you don’t recognise the ‘Soulquarians’ name, you’ll almost certainly be familiar with the people involved: D’Angelo, Questlove, and J Dilla were all founding members of the hip hop-informed neo-soul collective, with artists like Erykah Badu, Q-Tip, Common, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, and more later joining their ranks.
The Soulquarians were known for their intense collaborations, technically ambitious music, and their progressive, good-natured lyricism. They also played a wealth of instruments, gravitating away from the sample-heavy sound of late 90s hip hop in favour of the intricate melodies, dynamics, and rich textures of live instrumentation.
Stephen Titmus joins us for the evening, Playing music from the collective behind some of the best Hip Hop and Soul of the late ‘90’s and early ‘00s.
BYO Boogie & Melissa Baksh
10/02/2022 KC
- Eclectic
- Global
- Jazz/Funk/Soul
Dancers, DJs, explorers of the groove... Melissa and BYO Boogie are London-based DJs venturing to unexplored funky territory across the globe.
BYO Boogie is one half of Magic Wax, a party and monthly radio show focusing on obscure global grooves. BYO Boogie's deep crates span every style from Estonian jazz, to steel drum disco, and unlikely charity shop nuggets.
Melissa is an art historian, writer and broadcaster/DJ. Alongside being a resident of arts collective Rhythm and Frames, she has hosted shows on Netil and Balamii Radio, showcasing a selection of genres from otherworldly jazz to soulful grooves, to disco and boogie from all around the world.
Will Fox
11/02/2022 KC
- Global
- Jazz/Funk/Soul
- Library Music
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.
Tom Blip
12/02/2022 KC
- Eclectic
- House
- Jazz/Funk/Soul
Tom Blip runs the vibrant Blip Discs imprint which has steered a consistently impressive path through bass music, house and traditional African sounds since its inception in 2015. His latest release was voted amongst the top 50 Fact Mag singles of the year in 2019 and the young producer has plenty more hotly tipped releases cooking for 2020. His remix for ‘Heyyeh’ by Penya (due out January via On The Corner) has already been exciting dance floors and track ID groups alike with plenty more originals on the way for the latter half of the year. As a DJ, his sets are often just as far reaching and unpredictable as his label which should keep absolutely any music head on their toes.
Music For Lovers with Sam Don
14/02/2022 KC
- Balearic
- Disco
- Jazz/Funk/Soul
Spiritland Kings Cross does valentines day with super soul man Sam Don, expect jazz, global, soul & more.
Kit Lockey
15/02/2022 KC
- Eclectic
- Hip Hop
- Jazz/Funk/Soul
Kit Lockey is the co-owner of local community station Voices Radio and an avid radio man, leading the stations charge on Jazz programming with his own monthly Freeform show. Outside of the studio he's blending groove-focused tracks across jazz, funk, soul, hip hop + more.
Aroop Roy
16/02/2022 KC
- Eclectic
- Global
- Jazz/Funk/Soul
Aroop Roy is a London-based producer, multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and label head, who blends together the electronic edge of House, Disco and broken beat with the organic sounds of jazz and music from across the globe.
Aroop's eclectic productions have been supported by diverse scenes and generations ranging from underground tastemakers Gilles Peterson, Hunee and Mr Scruff, to major crossover DJs such as Disclosure, Soul Clap and Solomun.
He has released music on an ever-growing list of labels including as Delusions of Grandeur, House of Disco, Gamm, Sony Music, Yoruba Records, Jazz Diaries, Kampana and his own imprint Vive La Musique.
Aroop has performed in 5 continents and over 40 cities, having had residencies in London, Geneva and Tokyo and regular tours of USA and Asia. Like his productions, his DJ sets are always a performance full of personality and style. Highly respected as an eclectic tastemaker, he has recorded guest mixes for the likes of Gilles Peterson's Worldwide programme, Freerange Records, broken beat scene leaders CO-OP and UK's Jazz FM.
Aroop's label Vive La Musique has focussed on quality over quantity, with reissues and reworks of rare eclectic sounds from around the world from Caribbean zouk and Congolese Rumba to French jazz-fusion and South African hip hop. All releases have been featured by major tastemakers across the scene.
DJ Emma Ryalls
17/02/2022 KC
- Disco
- Jazz/Funk/Soul
DJ Emma Ryalls joins us all the way from the south coast to bring the soul and boogie, her latest mix was for Craig Charles' trunk of funk on BBC Radio 6.
Kyri (R2 Records)
18/02/2022 KC
- Electronica
- Global
- Jazz/Funk/Soul
R2 Records label head honcho and master selector of twenty-five years' standing, Kyri is one of our favourite DJs.
Expect a music from a very broad spectrum: soulful boogie, easy disco, jazz, house influences and more.
Gary Ellis & Mark Johnson
19/02/2022 KC
- Eclectic
- House
- Jazz/Funk/Soul
South Beach Recycling's Gary Ellis and Back In The Dark's Mark Johnson join us for a deep digging Saturday through Soul, Funk & House.
The Chill Out Tent
20/02/2022 KC
- Ambient
- Balearic
- Downtempo
Things are about to get supremely chilled across both Spiritland venues with a new King's Cross residency and two kings of electronica at Southbank.
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.
Maria Hanlon
22/02/2022 KC
- Downtempo
- Eclectic
- Hip Hop
Radio Presenter & DJ Maria Hanlon moved to London a few months ago and has since secured bookings at Cafe 1001, Next Door Records & The Haggerston. When Maria’s not DJing she’s hosting ‘Maria Meets’ on Voices Radio and has been featured on Netil Radio and Lockdown Community Radio.
Oliver Keens
23/02/2022 KC
- Eclectic
- Electronica
- Global
Oli Keens is a resident DJ for queer collective Little Gay Brother, a total disco hoarder, a classy crowdpleaser and the former Music and Nightlife editor of Time Out. He might take up a DJ alter-ego one day - perhaps Man Leibovitz, maybe DJ Snappy Snaps - but he’s fine with his own name, all the same.
Seamus Haji
24/02/2022 KC
- Electronica
- Jazz/Funk/Soul
Seamus Haji has been DJ’ing and collecting records since his London sound system days in the mid 80’s when he was 16 mixing up soul, funk, hip hop and early house. Fast forward almost 35 years later and he’s become an International DJ/Producer & remixer in his own right. He’s been A&R for seminal house labels Slip’N’Slide, Strictly Rhythm, Defected Records, run his own Big Love since 2002 and has now re-joined Defected Records this time to A&R for the phenomenal Glitterbox Records. Seamus will be playing an exclusive set going back to his roots playing vinyl classics and rarities that have inspired him over the years.
Jake Holloway
25/02/2022 KC
- Disco
- Jazz/Funk/Soul
Love Vinyl's Jake Holloway is back for evening session packed with beautiful jazz, funk, disco, soul, afro and Latin records from his enviable record collection.
In addition to working with vinyl, Jake also works in graphic design and art direction, producing artwork for clients such as the influential BBE Records and indie soul label Wah Wah 45s.
Jake caught the DJ bug in 1990, playing at various college parties in the London Borough of Newham, before setting up a successful Brazilian night while studying at Brighton University. It was here where he met Spiritland regular Dom Servini, which led to a longstanding friendship and a renowned club night in the form of Mouseorgan, which ran for six years at The Clinic and Herbal and various other venues, as well as guest stints at Heaven and Fabric.
Dom Ore (Miles Away Records)
26/02/2022 KC
- Disco
- Jazz/Funk/Soul
Dom Ore runs Miles Away Records, which is an independent record label based in London, UK. The label celebrates and amplifies the sounds of soul from all over the world on whatever format they deserve and in the highest possible quality.
Miles Away looks to create a feeling and atmosphere in everything it does from releasing records, broadcasting radio shows to curating club nights and playlists. Music that’s created by people all over the world, for people all over the world.
