Dale Vince is a former new age traveller. In 1985 he was beaten up by police and arrested during the infamous Battle of the Beanfield at Stonehenge.

And he's also the inventor a string of transformative technologies: the world’s first green energy company, the electric supercar, and the Electric Highway charging network. The last of these got him into in a David-versus-Goliath legal battle with Elon Musk – a battle Vince won.

Since then, he's funded Just Stop Oil, become a major donor to the Labour Party, and owns Forest Green Rovers, the world’s first vegan football club.

His next project? Creating an edible form of high protein-grass.

He spoke to Aaron Bastani about how the new age traveller movement prefigured the world today and whether he'd ever buy a Tesla.

Downstream: Britain’s Most Powerful Multi-Millionaire Hippy w/ Dale Vince

Tracklisting 
Ø - Ilta (Sahko Recordings, 1996)
Ovïd - Sharp Thorns (Captured Visions, 2022)
Erosion - Erosion 3 (Chain Reaction, 1997)
Pendle Coven - Golden Hadron (Modern Love, 2007)
Mathimidori Ft. Shoco - Akari (Echochord, 2020)
Jason Letkiewicz - Emergent Ray I (Jungle Gym Records, 2022)
Emre Girginkaya - Denyd (Laboratorio Palestro, 2024)
Chantssss - Yr Lyf (Theory Therapy, 2024)
SND - 23 (SND, 1999)
Substak - Whispering In The Dark (Secuencias Temporales, 2025)
Javier Marimon - Ds24X1 (Accents Records, 2024)
Strategy - Petrichor (Strategy’s Unlimited Editions, 2024)
Beppu - Religious Dub (Part 2 Demdike Stare Remix) (Organic Analogue, 2025)
Andy Stott - See In Me (Modern Love, 2007)
Bas Dobbelaer - Rise (Something Happening, Somewhere, 2023)
Jichael Mackson - Welcome (Ilian Tape, 2024)
Purelink - Personal Velocity (Knekelhuis, 2022)
Ovatow - Frustrations Dub (Harbour City Sorrow, 2023)
Jas Shaw - I Sing The Senses Electric (Delicacies, 2024)
Rrose x Bob Ostertag - Shadow Pocket (Variation One) (Eaux, 2011)
Gez Varley - Adieu (Force Inc, 2001)
Uon - Kissing (Motion Ward, 2017)
HVL - Repeated Eye Contact (Bassiani, 2019)

Take a Trip with Volte-Face

Phantasy’s long-running mix series continues apace with a contribution from a key figure in London’s electronic and alternative underground, Casper Clark. Perhaps best known under his former Volte-Face alias, this wide-ranging hour finds Clark reigniting his fundamentally eclectic sensibility, seamlessly blending records from Black Merlin, Idjut Boys and The Parallax Corporation, spanning twenty-five years of music at the authentic margins.

 PHANTASYMIX 52 by Casper Clark is available to stream now from Apple Music and on Soundcloud, alongside dozens of mixes from the label archive.

“I started DJing nearly 20 years ago, at least partially inspired by the way Erol used to play at Trash and later Bugged Out and beyond. I was lucky enough to book him over the years at our Adventures In The Beetroot Field parties as well as Field Day and even the Lock Tavern, which I used to programme back then. As I drifted more towards exploring techno under my Volte-Face moniker, our paths diverged somewhat, and a few years went by when I didn't bump into him or see him play all that often. So this mix feels like a homecoming of sorts, and an expression of a rekindled musical freedom and a cherished friendship. I even managed to squeeze in a track by Tiga, who was another formative influence for me. I hope it's as fun to listen to the mix as it was to make it.” - Casper Clark

PHANTASYMIX 52: Casper Clark

In the latest episode of #RedHacks Joana Ramiro talks to Novara Media co-founder Aaron Bastani about the importance of independent grassroots media.

Downstream: Britain’s Most Powerful Multi-Millionaire Hippy w/ Dale Vince

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