Weekend radio from a studio with an open door.
Radio Tempo Não Pára started in 2018 as a mixtape one best friend recorded for another; the name, Portuguese for time does not stop, came from the initiator's mother and was meant as a claim about how long the friendship would last. The two kept making cassettes for friends, family and DJs they admired until it became clear that not everyone still owned a tape player, at which point the imaginary station went online and the community that formed around it turned it into a real one.
Across some fifty residents the sets run mostly through techno, house, ambient and experimental music, with synth-pop and trip hop turning up often. Friday to Sunday the broadcasts come from the studio in Amsterdam Noord, and Sunday belongs entirely to makers under 28; donations cover the travel of anyone who cannot afford to get there. Talent in Bloom pairs them with mentors for a year.
Youth first, hierarchy last.
