From running an early soul fanzine to pre-empting Brit-funk, Pete Wingfield played keys with the great and the good.

A big beast of the soul scene, Jeff Young filled British airwaves with dance music across the ’80s and ’90s, pioneering shows on Radio One and Capital.

Starting as a wild jazz dancer, Cleveland Anderson made his name DJing jazz-funk across the south east and the soul capitals of the north.

Eddie Grant arrived in Britain on a mission to define its musical future. From the multiracial pop of The Equals to the much-sampled grooves of ‘California Style’ he ignored boundaries and expanded possibilities.

With Soul II Soul, Jazzie B took the ’80s soul-driven confidence of black Britain, crystallised it into a sound and took it to the world.

Drum and bass pioneer Fabio talks us through the jungle laboratory of Rage and the extended musical journey that led him there.

In ’60s Manchester at the Twisted Wheel all-nighters, tastemaker Roger Eagle sowed the seeds of Northern soul by playing the hottest imported rhythm and blues.

The Four Aces was an international soul stage, iconic home of London reggae, the birthplace of lovers’ rock and Hackney’s acid house temple.

The trailblazing London DJ soundtracked London’s coming out. Raucous tales of gay life from the ’60s to the ’00s