SOUL SHAKERS

What SOUL SHAKERS does

Soul Shakers is a Belgian music collective and radio show producer based in Puurs, Belgium, operating with a team of approximately 7 people. The entity produces weekly curated radio shows focused on urban music genres including reggae, dancehall, Afrobeats, hip-hop, UK bass, and soca, featuring themed episodes such as the 'Female show' and geographically anchored broadcasts. The core product is a radio program distributed through two channels: a weekly Saturday broadcast on Studio Brussel, a Belgian public radio station (regional Belgian distribution), and on-demand audio via SoundCloud's Studio Brussel channel (global reach).

The underlying technology is content curation and radio programming. Each episode consists of a hand-selected playlist of 20–30 tracks with occasional original remixes (e.g., 'Soul Shakers Intro edit', 'Soul Shakers Remix'). There is no proprietary software platform, app, or API; the product is a media/content service rather than a technology product. Intellectual property consists of curated playlists and branding, with no patents, trademarks, or certifications disclosed.

The business model is not explicitly disclosed. The radio show is free to listeners with no commercial pricing structure, sponsorship arrangements, or monetization mechanisms documented in the source material. The entity appears to operate as a community-driven music collective rather than a commercially structured business. Revenue streams, ownership structure, and financial details are entirely absent from available data. The sole disclosed commercial relationship is the broadcast partnership with Studio Brussel, classified as a core channel partner.

Name

SOUL SHAKERS

Legal name

Soul Shakers

Website

https://soulshakers.be

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Soul Shakers is a Belgian music collective of 7 people that produces weekly curated urban music radio shows for Studio Brussel, distributing reggae, dancehall, Afrobeats, and hip-hop programming via radio broadcast and SoundCloud.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Radio Programming

NAICS

Other Sound Recording Industries (51229)

akta.pro primary industry

Podcast Networks & Studio Platforms (MPAIADAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Audio Production & Podcasting (BPAFAIAE)

Keywords

• Music radio programming
• Curated music shows
• Urban music curation
• Reggae dancehall programming
• Weekly radio show

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Radio Broadcasting: Soul Shakers produces and broadcasts radio shows through Studio Brussel, a Belgian public radio station. The revenue model is not explicitly disclosed in the source material.

Go-to-market motion1 record

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Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Soul Shakers is a Belgian radio show collective that produces and curates themed weekly radio shows featuring reggae, dancehall, Afrobeats, hip-hop, UK bass, soca, and other global urban music genres for Studio Brussel, a Belgian public radio station. Each episode showcases curated playlists with track-by-track annotations and is distributed via Saturday radio broadcast and on-demand streaming through SoundCloud.

Product overview

Soul Shakers is a Belgian radio show collective and DJ/producer group that produces music radio shows for Studio Brussel radio station. The primary offering consists of curated music shows featuring reggae, dancehall, hip-hop, and various urban music genres, presented as themed radio show episodes with track playlists. The shows are distributed via Soundcloud and the Studio Brussel platform. The product is essentially a content/media production service rather than a software technology product.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Soul Shakers Radio Show

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

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App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Studio BrusselcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 2017Studio Brussel is the primary broadcast partner for Soul Shakers radioshows. The show airs weekly on Saturdays during the 2017/2018 season, with each episode featuring curated playlists of reggae, dancehall, Afrobeats, hip-hop and other urban music genres.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• Massive B Records / Bobby Konders: Massive B is a long-running reggae/dancehall radio show and label operation that combines curated reggae programming with related A&R and live events — highly comparable radio show + genre brand model in the same sub-niche as Soul Shakers.
• Rinse FM: Rinse FM is a UK-based radio station and media brand built around underground/dancehall/dub genres including UK funky, grime, and bass music — a directly comparable mix to Soul Shakers' dancehall/Afrobeats/UK bass programming. Both operate as tastemaker-curated radio shows with on-demand streaming and DJ-driven curation.
• The Heatwave: The Heatwave is a UK DJ collective and radio show specifically focused on dancehall, reggae, Afrobeats and Afrofusion programming — a near-identical content niche to Soul Shakers. Both produce curated genre playlists and remix-driven sets distributed as radio shows and on-demand audio.
• David Rodigan (Rodigan's Rumble / BBC 1Xtra): David Rodigan's reggae/dancehall show is the archetypal tastemaker reggae radio program — analogous in format (themed sets, weekly broadcast, genre authority) to Soul Shakers' reggae/dancehall-focused episodes.

Emerging players

• Stamp The Wax: Stamp The Wax is an independent music publication and DJ-driven radio show platform covering global bass, dancehall, Afrobeats and underground urban music — directly comparable curation scope and audience. Both publish DJ-curated radio shows/playlists and editorial content.
• Colors Studios: Colors started as a curated music showcase (A Colors Show) producing stripped-down live performances of urban/global artists — comparable play in curated urban music video/audio content and a similar founder-era trajectory to where Soul Shakers could evolve as an audiovisual content brand.

Broad incumbents

• Boiler Room: Boiler Room started as a niche curated music broadcast and grew into a global live/DJ-streaming media brand — comparable business model evolution (curated genre shows → multi-platform media) to the path Soul Shakers could pursue. Both centre taste-making DJs programming distinctive urban/dance-leaning music.
• NTS Radio: NTS is a community-driven global radio platform with hundreds of themed DJ shows covering underground genres — directly comparable community-led GTM motion and themed-episode programming model to Soul Shakers' Studio Brussel format.
• Red Bull Radio / Sound System: Red Bull Radio (and successor Sound System projects) packaged curated, genre-themed DJ broadcasts across urban/dancehall/bass music with strong brand sponsorship behind them — a comparable monetisation path (sponsor-backed curated radio shows) that Soul Shakers could pursue.
• BBC Radio 1Xtra: BBC 1Xtra is the dominant UK public broadcaster for hip-hop, grime, R&B, reggae, dancehall and Afrobeats — the same urban genre territory Soul Shakers curates. Comparable mission (bringing underserved urban genres to mainstream audiences) though at much larger scale and with institutional backing.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/soul-shakers

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Profiles1 record

Funding overview

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