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For the last hour of the @vinylsistersuk takeover you have been listening to Selector Becca b2b Debbie Golt 🔊

An hour of all vinyl, roots, rocksteady, flavours of soul and lots more 📻

Next up in studio for the @vinylsistersuk takeover we’ve got Roots & Rocksteady DJ @selectorbecca 🔊

Selector Becca plays with Vinyl Sisters, Deptford Dub Club and Soul Roots Radio tune in for a an hour of all vinyl selections 📻

It’s the @vinylsistersuk takeover all night!

First up @uk_corner selector for multiple venues across London, and resident DJ Sunday reggae bake hosted in Bethnal Green at @forno.london every last Sunday of the month from 6-11pm!

Bringing you a selection of roots, rocksteady and lovers rock 🔊

Closing out the Our Latin Thing takeover, we land with the sounds of Puma, a South Londonbased selector dedicated to re-rooting and re-presenting Latin sounds across generations. Blending traditional forms with contemporary movements, his selections move fluidly through cumbia, salsa, Latin funk and soul—bridging archive and evolution with ease.

As host of Sonidero Sessions on Love Will Save the Day FM, Puma continues to champion the depth and influence of Latin music—centering its roots while opening space for new interpretations. A fitting close to the takeover, grounded, expansive and full of intent.

Up next on the airwaves, Dani, founder of @latinrootsrecords_ and co-producer of Our Latin Thing, steps forward as one of London’s most respected salsa collectors and a long-standing presence within the city’s salsa scene. With over 15 years of deep crate digging, his catalogue spans seminal labels such as Fania Records, Discos Fuentes and Vaya Records, alongside rarer, lesser-known imprints.

Dani delivers a masterfully curated selection rooted in son montuno, guaguancó, mambo and salsa, balancing dancefloor staples with deeper cuts pulled straight from the crates. A session grounded in knowledge, legacy and rhythmic precision.

The takeover continues with La Jeva, a Puerto Rican DJ and ethnomusicologist whose work operates at the intersection of preservation, education and sound. Rooted in a deep commitment to Afro-Caribbean musical heritage, her practice extends beyond the booth, collaborating with non-profit ensembles to actively sustain and transmit the cultural knowledge embedded within these traditions.

This set unfolds as more than a selection it reads as a sonic archive in motion, tracing the rhythmic, spiritual and social lineages of Puerto Rico while connecting them to the wider currents that have shaped Latin America’s most defining genres. Each track carries context, each transition holds intention, offering a listening experience that is as informative as it is immersive.

The Latin Thing takeover continues with Las Chanchas, whose sound draws from the lineage of Chicha while extending it into something more fluid and contemporary. Rooted in the sonic ecosystems of the Amazon, their approach is both minimal and expansive, where repetition becomes trance, and texture carries narrative.

Working with a stripped-back configuration, the set resists excess, instead intensifying each element, rhythm, space, distortion, until the boundaries of traditional instrumentation begin to dissolve. What emerges is a hypnotic, transportive experience that sits somewhere between ritual, memory and forward motion.

Broadcasting live from the studio tap in via Mixcloud and step inside the frequency.

Up next on the Latin Thing takeover, Dom Descarga steps forward having spent over a decade living in Bogotá, deeply embedded in the rhythms and textures of the region. As a collector and selector, his approach leans into elegance, soul and groove, amplifying sounds that stretch across Latin America with intention and care.

Expect a full hour of sabor, moving from Colombian funk through to psychedelic salsa, rich, expansive and built for both the heads and the dancefloor.

Hola mi gente, welcome to the diaspora. @our.latin.thing takeover arrives in full swing, opening with Liliana Romero AKA La Contra and her Afro-Indigenous Colombian fusion. For the past four years, she’s been deep in the crates, moving through root rhythms, lived memory and the occasional existential dancefloor meltdown.

On this episode, her selection unfolds as a reflection of that journey, tracing reggaeton, cumbia, arrullo and bullerengue, with ancestral frequencies running firmly through it all. More than a mix, this is a statement of identity and continuity, a belonging that exists beyond postcode, carried through sound.

The morning opened with @jamie.a.adam at the helm of this month’s @continentaljamselection , welcoming producer and pianist @maniko_02 to the breakfast table ahead of Natural Jazz at @tatecornerbar this Friday.

Framed by an expansive and considered jazz selection, the conversation unfolded as both reflection and projection, tracing Maniko’s musical journey while exploring the role of improvisation and live jam spaces in shaping a practice that moves fluidly between performance and production. The dialogue extended into the evolving jazz landscape of Newcastle, situating personal growth within a wider, community-led scene, before touching on forthcoming releases and ambitions still in motion.

A quiet, insightful exchange, continuous evolution of sound. Listen back now. 🫐🍓