A familiar face around the Dutch capital, Amsterdam-based DJ and producer Kennedy has been immersed in music and records for over two decades, putting into practise his mantra of moving both the body and the soul.

While day-to-day he can be found behind the counter at Red Light Records pushing wax, as well as being part of the team at Jamie Tiller and Tako Reyenga's Music From Memory imprint, his own musical endeavours see him taking over the waves at Red Light Radio and running his own Dream Machine imprint, which he launched last year with a debut record from himself. 

This year will see him release a second on the label and also debut overseas on DJ D.Dee's renowned Pacific Rhythm imprint. In the run up to these production outings, we asked him to take the reigns for this week's Shine A Light On mix, which sees him serve up a soothing selection of music for the soul...

Kennedy: The 'Shine A Light On' Mix

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2026
1601 NAR, Utrecht
0901 Stuk, Leuven w/ Robert Bergman 🇧🇪
0101 Horst Club, Vilvoorde w/ Peach 🇧🇪

2025
1212 Sissi's, Amsterdam
2811 De Kelder, Haarlem
0111 NAR, Utrecht
2410 Into The Woods, Amsterdam w/ Budino
1810 Doka, Amsterdam w/ I-F
0410 Martine Au Bruit, Lille 🇫🇷
0310 Amigo, Gent w/ San Soda 🇧🇪
2309 Radio Radio, Amsterdam w/ Orpheu TW
3008 Het Festival, Utrecht w/ Sound Metaphors
2208 Doka, Amsterdam w/ Vasco
0908 Paradigm Festival, Groningen w/ Ajuma
1207 Funki Bizniz, Eindhoven
0607 OOST, Groningen
0507 Thuishaven, Amsterdam w/ Suze Ijó
2706 NAR, Utrecht
2106 Od’Us Festival, Dentergem 🇧🇪
0806 De Zon Festival, Amsterdam
2905 Intergalactic FM Festival, The Hague
1105 NAR, Utrecht w/ MCDE
1005 B-Kant Haven, The Hague
0905 Le Romandie, Lausanne 🇨🇭
1904 Shelter, Amsterdam w/ NIKS
0504 Radio Radio, Amsterdam w/ Mendel
1503 NAR, Utrecht w/ DTM Funk
1502 Wibar, Leiden
0202 Arca, Milan 🇮🇹
3101 NAR, Utrecht
2401 Multipla, Amsterdam
0201 Mareh Festival, Vila Do Arpoador 🇧🇷

2024
2112 Open Ground, Wuppertal 🇩🇪
2012 Salon Des Amateurs, Dusseldorf 🇩🇪
1412 NAR, Utrecht
1312 Chinastraat, Gent 🇧🇪
3011 Thuishaven, Amsterdam w/ Kléo
2311 Shelter, Amsterdam
1511 Capital, Antwerp 🇧🇪
0911 Radio Radio, Amsterdam w/ Yu Su
1210 Phono Lake, Amsterdam
2809 Goldener Reiter, Munich 🇩🇪
2009 NAR, Utrecht
1409 Soulful Sessions Outdoor, Mechelen 🇧🇪 
1309 Multipla, Amsterdam w/ Ajuma
0709 Doka, Amsterdam w/ John Gómez
0609 Perron, Rotterdam w/ Robert Hood
2408 OOST, Groningen
1708 DIA! DIA! DIA! Festival, St. Jean De Luz 🇫🇷
0308 Phono Lake, Amsterdam
1607 PAAK, Nijmegen
1307 Wildeburg Festival, Kraggenburg 
0507 Multipla, Amsterdam
2906 NAR, Utrecht
0106 Bonobo, Tokyo 🇯🇵
3105 Mitsuki, Tokyo 🇯🇵
2505 Bar Inc, Osaka 🇯🇵
1105 Intergalactic FM Festival, The Hague
0905 Horst Arts & Music Festival, Vilvoorde 🇧🇪
2504 Tresor, Berlin 🇩🇪
2004 Iboat, Bordeaux 🇫🇷  w/ Tako
3003 Thuishaven, Amsterdam
2203 Parotia, Amsterdam
2502 Ciranda, Amsterdam w/ Mendel
1702 Time Is The New Space, Rotterdam
1602 Club Malasaña, Madrid 🇪🇸
1002 Arkaoda, Berlin 🇩🇪
0202 Radio Radio, Amsterdam w/ Ajuma
2601 NAR, Utrecht

2023
0212 BIT, Rotterdam
0411 Doka, Amsterdam
0610 Salon Des Amateurs, Dusseldorf 🇩🇪
2309 Blauwdruk, Nijmegen
1509 PIP, The Hague w/ Kléo
2608 Paradise, Vancouver w/ Dane 🇨🇦
1908 La Milagrosa, New York 🇺🇸 
1808 Public Records, New York 🇺🇸 
2907 Benelux Bar, Amsterdam
2907 Thuishaven, Amsterdam
0807 Radio Radio, Amsterdam w/ Kléo
1606 Club Continental, Amsterdam
1905 Intergalactic FM Festival, The Hague
0505 NAR, Utrecht w/ Ajuma
2604 Lofi, Amsterdam w/ Mendel, Kléo, Hunee
2204 Iboat, Bordeaux 🇫🇷
0104 OOST, Groningen w/ Nosedrip
2502 Wibar, Leiden
1702 Radio Radio, Amsterdam w/ Nedda Sou
1102 Kaiku, Helsinki 🇫🇮
0101 Thuishaven, Amsterdam w/ Kamma & Masalo

2022
1012 Het Bos, Antwerp w/ DTM Funk 🇧🇪
2511 Herfstdrift, Nijmegen w/ Red Greg
1911 Charlie, Munich 🇩🇪
1811 Wilde Renate, Berlin 🇩🇪
1510 Club Soda, Barcelona 🇪🇸
0810 Ekko, Utrecht
0710 Iboat, Bordeaux w/ DJ Sotofett 🇫🇷
0309 Platforma Wolff, Bucharest 🇷🇴
3007 PIP, The Hague
2007 Paak, Nijmegen
1407 Funke, Ghent 🇧🇪
0907 Thuishaven, Amsterdam
1906 Thuishaven, Amsterdam w/ Charmaine
1706 Lovelee, Amsterdam
1106 Doka, Amsterdam w/ DJ D.Dee 
0306 Steurgarden, Rotterdam w/ Sekan
2805 Intergalactic FM Festival, The Hague
2105 Paradise Now, Dusseldorf 🇩🇪
1405 Charlie, Munich 🇩🇪
0705 Thuishaven, Amsterdam w/ Carlos Valdes
1604 Radio Radio, Amsterdam w/ DTM Funk
1504 Lovelee, Amsterdam w/ Heléna Star
2003 Thuishaven, Amsterdam w/ I-F, Kléo
1903 Lofi, Amsterdam w/ Sassy J, Hunee
0503 Wibar, Leiden

2019
2712 OOST, Groningen
0612 Bonnefooi, Brussels 🇧🇪
3011 Radio Radio, Amsterdam
2911 Griessmuehle, Berlin 🇩🇪
2311 Club 1999, Paris 🇫🇷
2211 Amigo, Gent 🇧🇪
1910 Dynamic Range, Amsterdam
2109 Iboat, Bordeaux w/ DJ Fett Burger
2508 Dekmantel Selectors Festival, Tisno 🇭🇷
2308 Barbarella's, Tisno w/ Palms Trax 🇭🇷
2007 Charlatan, Gent /w San Soda 🇧🇪
2007 Lose It In The City, Antwerp /w Margie 🇧🇪
1307 Shelter, Amsterdam /w Willow
0607 Dynamic Range, Amsterdam
2906 BAR, Rotterdam
0806 Drift Festival, Nijmegen
0706 Intergalactic FM Festival, The Hague
0106 Lab-1, Eindhoven w/ Identified Patient
0305 Claire, Amsterdam w/ DJ Fett Burger
2704 Cartel, Westerliefde, Amsterdam
1804 OOST, Groningen
0504 Tak, Stockholm 🇸🇪
0802 Canvas, Amsterdam
0402 Tresor, Berlin 🇩🇪
2501 Bonnefooi, Brussels 🇧🇪
0501 BAR, Rotterdam
0401 Griessmuehle, Berlin 🇩🇪

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2/1 IsBurning, AMS
13/1 Renate
3/2 Berghain | Panorama Bar
10/03 TBA, Fizroy
15/03 Renate
22/03 TBA
13/04 Renate
6/7 Fierce , Humbolthain 
26/7 Renate 
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17/8 Renate
25/8 Sisyphos 
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5/10 Orangerie 
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5\1 Gegen - Kit Kat 
10\1  The Time Machine - Refuge Radio World Wide 
20\1 Berghain | Panorama Bar
11\2  The Time Machine - Refuge Radio World Wide Takeover
18\2 Renate 
23.2 TBA
7\3  The Time Machine - Refuge Radio World Wide 
7\3 Renate
31.3 TBA
7\4 Phi, Tel Aviv
22\4 ://about blank 
22\4 Renate Garden Opening 
25\4 The Time Machine - Refuge Radio World Wide 
27\4 House Of Lunacy
5\5 Renate
9\5 The Time Machine - Refuge Radio World Wide
12\5 Jolene, NYC
13\5 Good Room, NYC 
19/05 TBA - private
27\5 K4 , Lubljana 
4/06 Berghain | Panorama Bar 
14/06 The Time Machine - Refuge Worldwide 
2\7 TBA
8\7 Renate 
12\07 The Time Machine - Refuge Worldwide 
13\7 Menargy , Paris 
18\7 Fandango
19-24\7 Summercontrast fest 
11\08 TBA,  Katowice
24/8 TLV 
25/8 Renate 
3/9 TBA
8/9 TBA
15.9  Strut
17/9 Renate 
3/10 Sisyphos
27/10 Renate 
8/11 TBA
24/11 Renate 
30/12 Sisyphos
31/12 Renate 
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13/1 Renate
3/2 Berghain | Panorama Bar 
15/03 Renate
13/04 Renate 


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8.1 Carry Nation - Good Room, NYC 
16/2 The Time Machine - Refuge Radio World Wide 
17/2 HÖR
4/3  Salon - Zur wilden Renate 
5/3 TBA
17/3 Mobel Olfe
18/3 Time Machine - Refuge World Wide 
1/4  Salon - Zur wilden Renate 
16/4 Roza - K4, Ljubljana 
21/4 The Time Machine - Refuge Worldwide 
29/4 RIOT - Remise
07/05 Renate
13/05 Ved Siden Af, Copenhagen
20/05 The Time Machine - Refuge Worldwide
27/05 RIOT
06\06 ELSE 
24/06 TH Radio
25/06 RIOT, Re:mise 
28/06 TBA
29/06 The Time Machine - Refuge Worldwide
8-10/07 Immer Weider Gerne Festival
16/07 Crack Bellmer
20/07 The Time Machine - Refuge Worldwide
23/7 Watergate
28/07 Renate
29/07 Transmission Festival
30\07 Schwuz w\Samuel Gieben
13\08 PALS, Mannheim
25\08 The Time Machine - Refuge Worldwide  
28/08 Berghain | Panorama Bar
2\09 Toldi , Budapest
10\09 TBA, Berlin 
16-18\09 15 Years Renate
23\09 ://about blank
23\09 The Time Machine - Refuge Worldwide 
24\09 Kwia
30\09 Ozen Club, Tel Aviv 
3\10 Stellas snacks, Hör
7\10 Renate
29\10 Schlegel Club, Bochum
5\11 Vitamina, Milano
9\11 The Time Machine - Refuge Worldwide
12\11 Dust 
13\11 Fandango, TBA 
18\11 Renate
19\11 TBA
26\11 Schwuz
7\12 The Time Machine - Refuge Worldwide
10\12 Golosa, Suicide Circus 
17\12 Schwuz

SANTI is Santiago Oviedo.
(Tigre -Buenos Aires)W.D.G.S / GRONE studio
The Music for Tea series
and  Maldelsauce radio show co founder
Artist,commercial Film maker / Art Director , Graphic designer and  set Designer,  Motiongrapher director and Animator.Fashion consultant .
I want to thanks all the amazing producers and  djs that share exquisite music with me,and specially to my old man for being such an extraordinaire and massive listener!!!
LOVE TO ONE AND ALL!!
NAMASTE!
Shankti 2018