Jayden Ali is the founder of JA Projects, an architecture and design studio with offices in London and New York. We discuss how art and architecture exist together, and how Grime has shaped that, his work for V&A East, the differences between New York and London and how he is drawn to performance as a vessel to showcase new ideas.

Dr Aleema Gray is a Jamaican - British historian who co curated the British Library's exhibition 'Beyond The Bassline: 500 Years of Black British music in 2024. I visited when I was being publicly critical of BBC 1xtra, Capital Xtra and now Kiss Xtra's representation of our music in their daytime selection, and I credit this exhibition as one of the sparks behind my writing at that time and the phrase I use - 'What The Man Dem Put Up The Aerials For' 🟨. A salutation to those that built the foundations that we are still working on top of today.

We speak about the starting point for the exhibition, John Blanke, what curating and archiving is, the term ‘Black British’ and it’s evolution and the modern connection between the UK and Jamaica. Dr Gray also runs a research studio House of Dread, and lives between London and Jamaica

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Swindle has been producing and releasing music for over 20 years, and we've been working together on and off for 16 of those. I talk to him about his artistic journey, and his current skill stack he uses to produce music today for film and tv, developing artists and teaching his children how to make.

Max Lee is a booking agent from United Talent Agency, and has represented DJs and live acts for over ten years. He gives us an insight into how agents, bookings and the live circuit works.

Hagan is a British-Ghanaian electronic music producer and DJ from London. His music and visual world have inspired me for the last 6 years. My introduction to his work was through his film with Mike Calandra 'Yenki Taxi' which documents the beginning of his journey into fusing Ghanian traditional styles like High Life and Hip Life with British styles like UK Funky. The development of these ideas is captured on his debut album 'Textures'.He's recently resurfaced with new work, recorded in the British countryside at Devon Analogue Studios, and we spoke about creating music with a full time job, his creative community and making music with likeminded artists in the global diaspora.Deep Feedback is produced by New Strange🟨 https://eli1ah.substack.com

Charisse C, a DJ, Producer and Writer gives us an insight into Amapiano and the Southern African impact on global electronic music.

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I spoke to W.David Marx in a karaoke bar in Tokyo about his new book Blank Space which examines the last 25 years of pop culture. We touched on Simon Reynolds influence on music writing and the five steps to 'fix everything'.

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DEEP FEEDBACK Episode Three: Jesse Bernard & Elijah - London Gentrification, Sound Systems and Documenting Culture

This conversation is a response to his article on sound system gentrification:

https://marginaleras.substack.com/p/even-sound-systems-are-being-gentrified

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