Eothen "Egon" Alapatt

David Matthews → James Brown’s right-hand man on musical escapism and controlled basslines

Caribou → The man formerly known as Manitoba on how excellence is born from isolation

Bernard Purdie → Pretty Purdie reveals the truth behind his heavy-hitting breaks

Madlib (2002) → Jazz, beats and raps with the Oxnard scientist

Cluster → Talking Fluxus with the elder statesmen of kosmische musik

Emmanuel Jagari Chanda → Maintaining an oral history of the once vibrant Zamrock scene

Erykah Badu → Reigning queen of soul discusses her big break, Dilla, and her sound's evolution.

Tom Zé → Philosophy and a surprise improvisation from a master of tropicália