Episodes

The first episodes are live.

Listen to Acid House, Hip-Hop, and Techno now, then follow the season as the next public episodes move toward release.

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Season one episodes.

The first three episodes are publicly available now. Upcoming episode pages stay here as previews until their release.

Episode 01

A Brief History of Acid House

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Based on Suddi Raval's 2018 book of the same name, this episode follows the people, clubs, and instruments that helped Acid House become a cultural flashpoint.

Chicago, London, raves, rebellion, and the sound of the TB-303.
A story about how a synthesiser accidentally changed the world.

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Episode 02

Hip-Hop

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A journey into the machines, parties, DJs, MCs, and breaks that turned fragments of records into a global language.

Block parties, sound systems, turntables, samplers, and a new vocabulary for rhythm.

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Episode 03

Techno

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A Detroit story about futurism, industry, synthesis, and the emotional force of machine music.

Electronic precision, city memory, radio imagination, and the pulse of a new future.
The human feeling inside programmed machines.

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Episode 04

Jungle

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A fast, fractured account of breakbeats, bass pressure, pirate radio, and the sound of a changed Britain.

Sound system culture, accelerated drums, urban pressure, and the energy of mutation.
A genre built from speed, tension, and possibility.

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Episode 05

Brit Pop

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A cultural story about class, guitars, magazines, optimism, rivalry, and the contested sound of national identity.

A moment when pop culture, politics, tabloids, and guitar bands collided.
The bright surface and complicated afterlife of a national soundtrack.

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