Tom Barker joins us this afternoon for a hip hop & rnb special! Perfect tunes for the perfect weather today in Kings X 🌞

Extremely excited to present a guest mix this month from someone I’ve shared many Balearic Adventures with - my good friend Ali R Grant! This one is all about the selection as Ali soundtracks sunrise to sunset with music from Jonny Nash, Anthony Naples, Charles Webster and Taffy.

Dedicated to Thomas Lawless Pardhy.

Downtempo to me is like early dark. In the words of Jeanette Winterton: “It’s not night. It’s not companionable. No one feels afraid to walk by themselves without a lantern… Real dark is thicker and quieter, it fills up the space between your jacket and your heart. It gets in your eyes.”

Early dark, like downtempo, will not blind you, if you wish to understand it. It spills out onto the streets in the wake of sunbeams and moves in ways lost on the days. Dances on rooftops and floats on still waters, leaving in its wake shadows and empty alleyways. A guiding light, a milky compass for the shipwrecked. A charmer of the tides, a shapeshifter, a teacher, a teller of time, a friendly face. A night light for insomniacs, or perhaps the reason they stir. A chance for werewolves to find themselves, or perhaps a reminder of what they once were. It moves in ways lost on the haze of the polluted skies that dull her shine or those who turn away when she flashes her smile. A stain in the abyss. The lunatics shall blame her for crime, lost time and bootlegs amiss. Some say the light is blinding, the beats take up too much space. Unpredictable, imperceptible, it moves at its own pace. Unfretted by the clouds in her way or the stars in her orbit that shine brighter. Laughs in the face of non believers and skeptics alike for light harnesses a power immeasurable by size. A gravity unfaltering, let them eclipse if they must. For somewhere out there are tides with arms outstretched, or lovers who go by the name of night yearning for respite from mourning the morning light.

Celebrating an all-day-into-night @mass.rave takeover programmed by @inda_flo - what a marathon of music it has been!

12 hours of abundant music and dance in the Voices studio! A takeover of massive proportions ✨💥✨

A huge thanks to all 9 DJs who came through to bless our soundwaves with their magic:

@sandybeachsounds

@toraighw

@triximo_

@sitashah0

@goh_well

@c0c0.music

@pedrodeejay_

@taha.one1

Catch all the playbacks and see you in the @mass.rave dance (May 24th!).

Over and out 🫡

@taha.one1 brings his unique art and craft to the @mass.rave takeover and we are delighted to have him. Raw percussion, fiery resistance, and spiritual ritual - his sound builds a world of its own.

If you’re intrigued by a melt-in-your-mouth techno beat that blends North African and SWANA rhythms and melodies - this is the one for you.

Listen back for a show of massive proportions - @tahaone will not let you forget in a hurry.

@inda_flo invites @pedrodeejay_ back to the Voices studio for another rodeo of driving, tribal, and high-energy hypnotic techno. Pedrø’s mixing style and sound is so distinct, it’s immediately recognisable. The penultimate DJ out of a whopping 9 DJs taking over the airwaves under the @mass.rave banner flying high and flying free

@c0c0.music takes us on a journey of hypnotic, groovy, and driving techno with a pace and percussion that really packs a punch. Behind the decks, Coco is fully in her zone and playing in her own league. Yet another incredible DJ on the roster for the day-long @mass.rave takeover.

Make sure you catch the playback for a spellbinding sonic journey into the depths of techno underground ✨

The @mass.rave takeover continues with @goh_well leaning fully into her techno bag. What a power hour of percussive, tribal, and experimental technological magic. Always for the music heads, Goh Well always delivers the bassline that keeps you bouncing…

@sitashah0 has arrived in the studio to make you sit up straight and pay attention. Expect the unexpected with 90 minutes of a truly experimental and expansive spirit of techno, dutty bass, and iconic samples.

An honour to have her on the @mass.rave takeover with @inda_flo 💕