A new series from Bass Culture Research will feature eight interviews recorded between 2016–2019. Conducted by musician and academic Mykaell Riley and Caspar Melville, author of It’s A London Thing: How Rare Groove, Acid House And Jungle Remapped The City, the collection hosts conversations with key subjects as part of a wider academic research project exploring the history of Jamaican sound system culture in Britain.

Weekly shows will drop for the next two months. They include lovers rock legend Janet Kay reflecting on her experiences starting out in the industry, Don Letts on time as a DJ at The Roxy during the rise of punk, Dennis Bovell on running his Sufferer's sound system and tensions with the police during their dances, Linton Kwesi Johnson on his journey as a dub poet, Rodney P reminiscing on the emergence of genres from UK hiphop to jungle, broadcaster Ras Kwame on his experience of acid house, jungle, soul and hiphop raves, and Paul Gilroy in a two-part feature reflecting on his scholarly work as a translator, and the nuisances of black British identities.

Shows can be found on Mixcloud.