NTS regular Gaika has been hosting The Spectacular Empire Show w/ Gaika & Mensa since 23 February 2016. Gaika has been a regular guest, first appearing on 19 November 2015 and most recently on 23 August 2019. Gaika has been played on NTS over 100 times, featured on 87 episodes and was first played on 19 November 2015.

Gaika Tavares, better known simply as GAIKA, is an artist and writer from South London. His debut album, Basic Volume, was released in July 2018 by Warp Records, who describe the sound as "gothic dancehall and industrial electronics".

Gaika's parents came from Grenada and Jamaica, and he grew…