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Episode 1

Duration:
1 hour
First broadcast:
Sunday 04 December 2011

Over two episodes, Ronnie Herel looks at the last three decades of UK club culture and selects six club nights that had a genuine impact on the world.

Part one covers three nights: Soul II Soul at the Africa Centre; The Wild Bunch at The Dug Out; and Goldie's 1990s drum 'n' bass club Metalheadz.

We start out in London in the 1980s with Jazzie B's Soul II Soul night at the Africa Centre. Jazzie and Rose 'Fairplay' Windross take us there, whilst author Lloyd Bradley explains how this was the first club to take soundsystem culture into the West End, creating a genuinely multi-racial club at a time when many clubbers faced racist door policies.

We head to Bristol and find out about how punks and dreads hung out together at The Wild Bunch's club nights. We see how the club helped turn this group of DJs into a world-famous band, Massive Attack, and we hear from Goldie, who went to the club, that this place laid the foundations for today's clubs.

The final half hour takes us right onto the middle of the dancefloor at Metalheadz. We hear how jungle and drum 'n' bass developed and we see how Goldie's club took an underground scene and blew it up worldwide. We hear from Goldie, Doc Scott, MC Cleveland Watkiss, as well as other DJs and clubbers, who bring the vibes and explain why Metalheadz changed everything - and influenced the next generation.

Finally, we find out what where we'll be next time, hearing about three clubs that created new genres: grime-incubator Sidewinder, bassline house HQ Niche and the home of dubstep, FWD.

Music Played

6 items
  • Image for Soul II Soul

    Soul II Soul Fairplay

  • T La Rock & Jazzy Jay It's Yours

    Def Jam

  • The Wild Bunch The Look Of Love

    Fourth & Broadway

  • Image for Alex Reece

    Alex Reece Pulp Fiction

    Metalheadz

  • Image for Nasty Habits

    Nasty Habits Shadow Boxing

    31 Records

  • Image for Wax Doctor

    Wax Doctor The Spectrum

    Metalheadz

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