Music Policy

100% good-time vintage Black music for the dancefloor

Discover some of the uplifting sounds spun by the DJs on vinyl and shellac at the Right On club night in London. This is “the music that makes you HAPPY.”

  • blues
  • jazz
  • soul
  • funk
  • boogaloo
  • mambo
  • salsa
  • cumbia
  • merengue
  • samba
  • calypso
  • mento
  • ska
  • reggae
  • spouge
  • kwela
  • jive
  • rumba
  • highlife
  • Afrobeat

Resident DJ Dr Séculaire and guests play these and other foundational genres of Black dance music from the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s to keep you dancing all night long. You will hear the selectors highlight the depth and diversity of African-American, Afro-Latin, Afro-Caribbean, and African musical traditions, while connecting the dots between them.

Non-electronic dance music

Right On is a celebration of non-electronic dance music from across the Black diaspora. There are no computerised beats added to the mix, and you won’t hear genres like digital dancehall, house, techno, reggaeton, drum & bass, broken beat (bruk), or jazztronica (nu jazz). But this is no anachronism. Like all great art, this music continues to resonate across generations and across borders.