NTS aired an episode dedicated to the music of John Beltran on 19 January 2024. John Beltran has been played on NTS over 190 times, featured on 150 episodes and was first played on 14 January 2013.

The NME once reckoned there was a clock inside John Beltran's head stuck fast at 5 am. It was because his music appeared to inhabit a pre-dawn state between the dancefloor and the soon to be sex or dream-soaked duvet, a special area where soft rhythm and ticking sensuality were neatly intertwined.

John was brought up on classical, jazz and latin at home - early sonic memories include John…