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