Voices Radio

A new series exploring love and power in broken Britain, produced by @MakingMovements.World | This time we’re in Greater Manchester📍

If Poets Ruled the World: The Podcast is hosted by Ruth Elora (also known as The Mayfair Poet) and Salma the Poet.

Each month, we explore a different theme and ask one radical question:

What would it look like if poets ruled the world?

Through honest conversation, cultural critique, and original poetry, we reimagine the world through a poetic lens — one that centres reflection, truth, and imagination in the face of societal pressure and expectation.

This month, we turn our attention to borders, refugees and belonging, exploring who drew the lines that divide our world, what those borders were designed to protect, and how they continue to shape identity, movement and our understanding of home.

In this episode of If Poets Ruled the World, Ruth Elora and Salma the Poet are joined by @mohasan92 for an open and honest conversation about borders, migration and the human stories that often get lost beneath political debate. Together, they explore the legacy of colonial borders, the realities of displacement, the influence of media narratives, and the unconscious biases that shape who we empathise with.

Interwoven with original poetry, this episode moves between personal reflection and wider cultural critique, inviting listeners to question the stories we've inherited about land, nationhood and belonging.

Together, we ask: Who do borders actually protect? And if poets ruled the world, what would a more humane borders look like?

Trigger warning: this episode includes discussions of forced displacement and migration. If you need support, please find the different topics and relevant organisations which can help:

- Practical support for seeking asylum – contact the Refugee Council on https://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk or call 0808 196 7272

- Advice about asylum support – contact Migrant Help on https://www.migranthelpuk.org or call 0808 801 0503

- Tailored advice including financial, immigration and health – contact Citizens Advice Bureau on https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk

If Poets Ruled the World: the podcast for dreamers 🎙️

Kick off your week with the Voices Breakfast Show with Kit Lockey

Kit's joined in the studio by producer, DJ and promoter Cengiz to talk about his musical journey starting out on CoOp Presents Selector's Assemble, his inspirations and events, and his upcoming album project out soon on Wah Wah 45s

Then in the last 30 we were treated to a mini mix from Madrid based producer VINSON, inside you'll find some of his own productions plus the freshest bruk and house.

More of these mixes coming soon, stay locked and we'll see you next week!

MagicFX returns to Distant Image for an hour of immersive soundscapes and ambient electronic music to ease into the start of the week.

Artist Title of the track

Shrink & Alex Burey Petrichor

Nala Sinephro Space 1

Patricia Wolf Woodland Encounter

Fennesz & Ryuichi Sakamoto Oto

Hiroshi Yoshimura Time Forest

Leafblighter Reflection

Susumu Yokota Saku

Robin Saville Bojagi

Amon Tobin Mighty Micro People

Coma World White Dice

Omni Gardens The Distant Spring

For this month’s Imagine If, @paperplanexmusic takes the controls for a two hour solo mix steeped in summer indulgence. Expect a slow-burning arc of downtempo, electronica, house, breaks and techno, blurring into one another with a melty, hazy and playful touch.

Freer invites you to dance - even if it is Monday. Chugging disco house and a few bangers thrown in, it’s the perfect mix to keep you rolling in the sun. Remember: you CAN dance with us.

Portamento is the Electronic music project of producer and DJ Mat Lomas.

Based in Kings Cross, their music and Dj sets explore the more introspective

and cerebral side of club culture, shining a light on House-influenced music that

works just as well in the club as it does on headphones.

Drift into faded memories and uneasy nostalgia with an hour of slushwave ambience. Endlessly immersive and atmospheric, tune in and let the haze take over

Robin Ball — 50/50 explores underground electronic music through curiosity, feeling and different points of view.

Moving across genres, eras and scenes, it’s about opening up different ways of hearing and thinking about the music — making connections, following ideas, and seeing where the sound leads.

Less about rules and categories. More about curiosity, connection… and the music itself.

Tonight: Acid.

To me, acid isn’t just a genre — it’s a sound… a feeling… an attitude.

50/50 w/ Robin Ball: Acid - TRACKLIST

Photay - pH Dub

Ponty Mython - I Summoned Rick

Rinwic - LPHP

Robert Hood - Motor City

Phuture - Acid Tracks (featuring an excerpt of DJ Pierre discussing acid and the origins of “Acid Tracks”)

Atlus - Angus

Hawke & God Within - Acid Funk (Original G. Hardkiss Mix)

Honeyfeet - They Want What You Got (Di Mescla Remix)

Danalogue - Sonic Hypnosis (Edit)

Throwing Snow - Avarice VIP

Armando - Downfall

Paranoid London - GRNDR

Achterbahn D'Amour - Trance Me Up (Skudge remix)

DJ Sprinkles - Masturjakor (Kink And Neville Watson Remix)

Boneless One - Feeling

Live now on Voices is THE WORLD CUP FINAL aka @rep_strain – listen to @vanitycrystal and @anothersubculture soundtrack your summer with idiot dub punk techno and the rest…