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Dr Michelle and Mahnoor—a psychologist and a DJ, respectively—discuss ADHD and how neurodivergent individuals can find safety on the dance floor.

In an age of technological surfeit and the attention economy, people are affected with ADHD diagnoses on an increasing frequency. Thinking differently can be both an obstacle and a superpower. While some ways of working and digesting information may be more challenging, others, like creativity, come with more ease.

Today's episode of the RA Exchange, the final instalment of our collaboration with the UK mental health charity Black Minds Matter, explores the topic of ADHD and how it connects with dance music. The industry can attract and often be a safe space for people affected by ADHD diagnoses, says host Vanessa Maria, a London-based broadcaster whose work champions music and mental health. In two interviews, she unpacks what happens on a physiological level when one lives with neurodivergence, music's ability to alleviate many of the symptoms that accompany ADHD and how more inclusive dance music spaces could allow people to better navigate neurodivergence. 

Vanessa Maria's guests are Dr Michelle—a music psychologist, DJ and radio host—and Mahnoor, a DJ who lives with ADHD and creates projects for movement, music and meditation for South Asian minorities. She brings the perspective of someone navigating neurodivergence beyond BMM and the Black community. Listen to the episode in full for their insights.

This edition of the RA Exchange was recorded in collaboration with The Qube, London's first members' studio for music and content creators. If you're a music producer, songwriter, artist, photographer or podcaster and would like to apply for a membership, head over to theqube.com.

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Artist, producer, label owner and DJ Lee Gamble bringing an oneiric bi-monthly show of current sound and music from his hallucinated musical continuum. Expect anything from Drill to Dream pop, Conceptual Sound and Jazz to bleached out rave memories..  
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/lee-gamble/episodes/lee-gamble-2nd-september-2024

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Tracklist: https://bleep.com/bleep-mix-286-hekt

Hekt, AKA Jesper Nørbæk, is a Danish multimedia artist and electronic musician working across sound and visual art. An active member of Copenhagen’s intimate but thriving experimental melectronic music scene since 2012, he has mixed releases for the Norwegian duo Smerz, and as part of the duo Code Walk alongside Søren Stenbjerg Gregersen, Nørbæk has released five EPs, the most recent three as a trilogy for the label Peder Mannerfelt Produktion.

Lens, Nørbæk's first release as Hekt, came out via Numbers, reflecting an immersion in sound as material and nightclubs as vital social and political spaces, merging computer music and club music to expand the possibilities of both.

"The mix is a reflection of the different modes of production I am working with in the studio at the moment. I try to optimize for having fun." - @hektttt

Bleep Mix #286 - Hekt

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