In the late 1980s, London club collective Soul II Soul were chipping away at the stifling assembly-line atmosphere dominating the UK pop charts with their combination of soul, dance, hip-hop and R&B. Helping them ease the transition from dance flood to living room hifi with their debut album Club Classics Vol. One was production and remix team Jazzie B and Nellee Hooper.

Nellee served as emissary from the blooming Bristol trip-hop scene, bringing a fresh flavour to top 40 radio. Throughout the 1990s he produced some of the most definitive, iconic and enduring pop.

In this episode we discuss Soul II Soul, Sinead O'Connor, Bjork, Massive Attack and more.