Sala London RadioSala London Radio

Sala London is one of two radio stations run by a Spanish DJ who goes by djWillBe, alongside JazzChill and an archive of his own long mixed sessions. It carries no advertising and never has, and the pitch he makes for it is about selection rather than reach: records chosen slowly, mixed with some judgement, and nothing padding the gaps. Listeners can make an account, request a track and sit in the chat while it plays, which is an older idea of what a radio station is actually for.

The range runs soul and funk through acid jazz, R&B, disco and house, weighted toward records that have already proved themselves rather than whatever came out last week. The Hammond end of acid jazz sits happily next to Chicago house and seventies disco, because the common thread is the groove rather than the decade. Requests get taken, but the shape of the hour stays his.