A supperclub salon! A two course meal, with conversations and readings from amazing authors and writers around the power of food.
Food is often a key part of diasporic identities. Recipes, ingredients and flavour memories are able to travel, shared and experimented with. But recreating dishes in new spaces can be tricky with different ingredients and equipment. These new spaces can create complex relationships with nostalgia, memory and home. Food also works as a way to create belonging and connectivity, and can be a useful way to look at difficult topics from the history of colonialism, labour and power dynamics between the global north and south.
Over a meal created and cooked by renowned chef Budgie Montoya, Anna Sulan Masing will be hosting conversations with Budgie about his work and writing on Filipino food, poet and novelist Stephanie Sy-Quia on how she weaves food into her narratives, and one other non-fiction author (TBC).
This event is the final chapter in a series Anna Sulan has been hosting over the last 12 months at Spiritland that delved into the topics from her debut book Chinese And Any Other Asian. The book ends on a chapter about food, therefore it felt appropriate to finish this Salon series with a focus on food and a meal.
Stephanie Sy-Quia's Amnion won the Forward Prize for Best First Collection, and a Somerset Maugham Award. It was longlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize, the Laurel Prize and the Royal Society of Literature’s Ondaatje Prize. Her writing has appeared in the Financial Times, The Guardian, The Boston Review, The White Review, Five Dials and Granta, among others. She is a keen gardener and linocut printer, as well as a fourth generation printer.
Budgie Montoya is a Filipino-born, London-based chef and the founder of Sarap and Alpas. His cooking is shaped by memory, migration, and identity, drawing from his journey growing up in Australia, working in Western kitchens, and reconnecting with his roots through food. Known for bold, soulful flavours and a deep love for storytelling, Budgie brings a fresh, personal take on Filipino cuisine to the table.
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Welcome drink + canapes
Piyanggang Chicken (burnt coconut chicken) with kuning rice
Cassava Cheesecake, with seasonal fruit compote
Foreign Flavours: The Power Of Food. Hosted by Anna Sulan Masing
02/02/2026 KC
- Supper Club
For Mankind
04/02/2026 KC
- Balearic
- Downtempo
- Eclectic
Heavyweight selector, White Isle resident and Spiritland Russ aka For Mankind regular returns for another journey into his vast musical collection.
East Asia Beat with Lucky Cat Zoë & Jawa Jones.
05/02/2026 KC
- East Asian
- Global
An evening of vintage vinyl music from Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia, and more.
Your hosts are Lucky Cat, aka Zoë Baxter of Resonance FM, and Jawa Jones of Wanita Music. Both are collectors and selectors with a passion for East Asian music, especially covers of Western pop hits.
Neil Diablo
07/02/2026 KC
- Balearic
- Boogie
- House
Our friend from the frozen North returns. Resident at Manchester’s happening El Diablo’s Social Club since 2003, Neil's comes armed with a blend of funk, leftfield house and emotionally engaging disco for this Saturday night session.
Chris Airplays
10/02/2026 KC
- Balearic
- Downtempo
- Eclectic
Chris started DJing in the late 90s, compiling first mixtapes on dodgy CD players and recording them straight to cassette. As an eager teen, he received his first bit of advice from Gareth Hansome of the Big Beat Boutique: learn to mix.
A mixer with no cue, forced Chris to focus on selection and progression—an approach that still underpins his sets today. He eventually went traditional, investing in turntables and properly learning the craft.
He is currently a resident and host of the open decks night Hot Mix 5 at All My Friends, hosts a show on Netil Radio, and runs sporadic events and stalls at festivals and record fairs as Mash 101.3. He also puts on parties with Orbital Sounds, and releases everything but music—mainly food-based merch—through his label Emergency Use Only.
Chris has played alongside and supported artists including Bonobo, Jocelyn Brown, Maribou State, Mafalda, Apiento, Emma-Jean Thackray, and Alexander Nut, and at venues and festivals such as The Jazz Café, Village Underground, Spiritland, The Cause, Brilliant Corners, Oval Space, The Social, and Secret Garden Party.
Raoul Edwards
11/02/2026 KC
- Eclectic
With a background as a music journalist for fabric, and General Manager at institutions like the Lion and Lamb, Raoul balances his knowledge of dance music with an intense love of The Beatles and music from across the globe. During the day Raoul is Head of Nutrition at the company formerly known as Haeckels, and by night you can find him DJing at places like Little Portland Street, where he's had a residency since they opened. We're very happy to have him here at Spiritland for a session.
büsbus
12/02/2026 KC
- Eclectic
We welcome Kevin Wyatt aka büsbus back to Spiritland for another super eclectic session.
By day Kevin Wyatt leads catalog content strategy for YouTube Music; by night he performs as büsbus, with recent appearances that include Midnight Preserves at NOLA’s Preservation Hall and a vinyl residency atop chef Evan Funke’s namesake destination, Funke.
The büsbus sound is a unique anything-goes blend of soul-jazz, funk, boogie, electronic, rock and more, sourced from one of LA’s great private vinyl collections.
Kaya M
13/02/2026 KC
- Eclectic
Kaya collects vintage music from the African, Latin American and Caribbean continents and regularly works as freelance artist and events producer with Vinyl Sisters and Tiago of Collective N’Calma.
She's played venues across London such as Jazu Bar, Hackney Grow, Earth Hackney, Brixton Jamm and, with outfits such as the Beirut Groove Collective, Big Squeeze Soul and Lemon Lounge and now makes her Spiritland debut.
Chris Hatch & Tom Ayers
14/02/2026 KC
- Eclectic
- Electronic
- House
- pattern
Chris Hatch returns for the first session of 2026 with musical wingman Tom Ayers. A true lover of all things soul, funk, boogie, rare groove, and soulful house. Tom’s passion for all forms of soulful sounds shines through in his sets. Having played at numerous venues across London, he has gained traction across the London scene.
Charles Vaughan
18/02/2026 KC
- Balearic
- Eclectic
- Electronic
Charles Vaughan is an energetic DJ, producer, broadcaster and writer who blends a wild array of music.
From Loft inspired disco; to heavenly soulful house grooves; to nu-wave pulsating jazz; all the way up to bass bin jacking goodness (unlikely but who knows?)
Mr Shiver
19/02/2026 KC
- Boogie
- Hip Hop
- Jazz/Funk/Soul
Funk, jazz, soul cut through with B-Boy sensibilities. Mr Shiver returns to Spiritland for one of his regular sessions on a Thursday night.
LAZY (Super Kebab Records)
20/02/2026 KC
- Electronic
- House
LAZY sees music as a catalyst for emotion. Proud of her multicultural identity, she skillfully juggles between house and other electronic music genres, leveraging her hyper-sensitivity to tell immersive and spontaneous stories.
A tireless digger, she injects a clever blend of groove and emotion into her sets with two specific goals: to release negative energy and get people dancing. With powerful bass lines, strange melodies or vocals, and sometimes nostalgic sounds, she offers progressive and rhythmic ballads.
Always seeking to connect with others, she doesn't limit herself to her DJing. With her best friend 100H, she also launched the SUPER KEBAB RECORDS label, offering DJ sets in unusual venues and a first tech house EP in preparation for release this winter.
A true enthusiast, in addition to being at the origin of the EDENA festival in the southwest of France with a very personal artistic direction imbued with poetry, techno and more, she is also host on DIA! RADIO with her show PLANÈTE EDENA where she suggest and invites artists for exclusive mixtapes.
Proto & Ganzou
21/02/2026 KC
- Eclectic
- Electronic
We hand things over to Proto & Ganzou for a wild ride of musical discovery.
Udi Erlich
24/02/2026 KC
- Downtempo
- Dub
- Global
An analogue soul navigating a digital world, Udi is a London-based music editor, curator, and selector. His sets are a journey—eclectic, global, and downtempo—flowing through Jambient (jazz & ambient), dusty Dub, soulful Funk, Middle Eastern rhythms, and Slowtronica’s shimmering textures.
Alfie Panaiotis
25/02/2026 KC
- Eclectic
- Electronic
- Psych
It's a welcome return to Spiritland for Alfie Panaiotis, a selector of grooves with a deep passion for transcending genres and eras.
His eclectic taste and love for digging out of the box allow him to build captivating free-form sets, ranging from contemplative psychedelic soundscapes to high-energy dancefloor heaters.
Alfie is also a member of internationally acclaimed record label Heavenly Sweetness, London record store Rook Records & DJ duo Liminal People, which you can catch every month on the Boat Pod radio.
Spiritland Legends: Erykah Badu.
26/02/2026 KC
- Neo Soul
Spiritland regular Cedric Carr plays nothing but the peerless Erykah Badu on her birthday. Come down, get down.
Highbrow76
27/02/2026 KC
- Balearic
- Eclectic
Tim began DJing in the mid-1990s, shaped by the underground club culture of Manchester and its surrounding cities. A vinyl-only selector, his sets span a wide breadth of styles and genres, reflecting over three decades of digging, collecting and playing records.
Blending old and new music seamlessly, Tim focuses on long-form journeys that reward close listening. His deep knowledge of underground dance music allows him to educate as well as entertain, creating sets that are thoughtful, immersive and rooted in musical history.
Peter Storm
28/02/2026 KC
- Boogie
- Funk
- Hip Hop
Peter Storm has been DJing since the early 90's. Originating from the South East and a founding member of DJ collective The Trendsetters, he mastered his craft at numerous residencies, playing at prestigious promotions such as RNB/Garage Nation, High On Life and the Soul Shuffle.
Switching from East to West, he moved to Bristol in the early noughties where he quickly established himself as a regular on the RNB scene. Circa 2010 saw him join Bristol DJ/promotor collective, Sip The Juice, along with Peazy and Felix Joy. Since then he has gone on to support acts and DJ's such as Jazzy Jeff, Common, The Pharcyde, DJ Spinna, Mos Def and more, as well as holding down some of the city's wildest parties.
In recent years he has explored more soulful avenues, jumping in to the sounds of Soulful House where he continues to join the dots between House and Neo Soul
Tiago Tigas
28/02/2026 KC
- Boogie
- Brazilian
- Funk
Spend your Saturday night with music mixologist Tiago Tigas, from Lisbon, Portugal. He began his artistic career in 2002 as a musician. In 2019, he started working as a DJ and producer. His sets vary between vinyl and digital, mixing styles such as jazz, funk soul, jazz house, broken beat, African music and Brazilian music.
