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Sing your heart out to these Mariah Carey songs, ahead of our screening of Glitter.

A collection of pioneering early electronica & experimental pop music from postwar Britain.

To coincide with Out and About! with the Bishopsgate Institute LGBT+ archive, we've selected 40 anthems which have been embraced by the LGBT+ community over the past 40 years - one track for each year from 1982 to 2022... 

Amplified DJ collective member Ahmed Akasha has curated a playlist of songs that act as a provocation on power. Expect tracks from artists old and new, that will have you considering the wide-ranging ways in which power and life are intertwined.

Reframing the Fat Body curator, Grace Barber-Plentie, writes about the inspiration for her music playlist.

From post-punk to Stravinsky, listen to the music that inspired and moved the maverick spirit of Michael Clark.

This week is Mental Health Awareness Week. Now more than ever it’s important to look after your mental health, and we believe art can really help.

To mark his 250th anniversary here’s an introductory selection of Beethoven's music.

Following the sad news of legendary Afrobeat drummer Tony Allen’s death on Thursday 30 April 2020, we host a Spotify playlist of his music as a tribute. 

An ambient mix produced by Tomoko Sauvage exploring the different aspects of the genre.

We take a look at how musicians have dealt with the subject of masculinity.

Two exclusive mixes by pioneering DJ Jeff Mills.