Bonded Beats
Underground music. Live sessions. Warehouse sounds.
There are probably more sensible places to put a pair of turntables. North Star Spirits and Radio Magnetic have chosen not to use any of them.
Bonded Beats is a new series of intimate live DJ sessions taking selectors, producers and musical troublemakers into the heart of a working bonded whisky warehouse near Loch Lomond. Thousands of casks. Concrete floors. A couple of sofas. Turntables, CDJs and a small gathering of friends.
And good records, played loudly.
Bonded Beats 001 — Scott Problems • Friday 13 November 2026 • 4–7pm GMT
The Sessions —
Watch & Listen
Different guests. Different records. Different sounds. Each Bonded Beats session will bring a fresh selection to the warehouse, with the intimacy of music played among friends and a live programme reaching beyond the room. Future sessions will be announced individually.
Bonded Beats 001 is scheduled for Friday 13 November, 4–7pm GMT. Mixcloud Live will be the primary home for the transmission.
Bonded Beats OO1 — Scott Problems
DJ, collector, empiricist. Part time bon vivant, full time merchant of nonsense.
Our inaugural guest will bring three hours of deep funk, leftfield disco, dusty electronics and unexpected musical discoveries to the decks.
A longstanding friend of North Star Spirits founder Iain Croucher and Radio Magnetic co-founder Dougal Perman, Scott is a fitting guest for the first session.
Radio Magnetic & North Star Spirits
Radio Magnetic has been keeping an ear to the underground since 2001. North Star Spirits brings the warehouse setting and its own connection with Glasgow’s music culture. Iain Croucher ran Savalas Records in the late 1990s, presented a show on Radio Magnetic in the early 2000s to champion new talent and went on to release music on Soma.
The series begins as part of North Star Spirits’ tenth anniversary celebrations.
Before the broadcast
Save the date, open the Radio Magnetic live channel before 4pm GMT. It may show off air until broadcast begins.
During the session
Open the Radio Magnetic channel on Mixcloud to join us live from the warehouse during the 4–7pm GMT session.
After the session
Check back for the session recording, photographs and stories from the warehouse, as they become available.