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The Listening Room at 180 Studios

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Recorded inside Devon Turnbull’s custom hi-fi installation at 180 Studios, The Listening Room is a new podcast from The Vinyl Factory and 180 Studios about how records tell stories. Throughout Season One, DJs, musicians, writers, and record collectors gather around Turnbull’s system to play the records that have shaped them, tracing how sound moves through time, place, and community. From the basements of London to the film studios of Lahore, the series unfolds as an oral history of vinyl, exploring its social, cultural, and personal significance: how people use records to make meaning, find b...

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Disques Debs: Guadeloupe's Most Prolific Label with Poly-Ritmo 25.03.2026 36:25

From a backroom studio in Guadeloupe to dancefloors across the Caribbean and beyond, Disques Debs became the heartbeat of the island’s sound. In this episode, recorded at Devon Turnbull’s Listening Room at 180 Studios, DJ and archivist Poly-Ritmo explores how one small label reshaped the musical landscape of the Antilles. Founded by Henri Debs in the late 1950s, Disques Debs released more than 50...

How ‘90s Hip Hop Shaped London with Charlie Dark 04.02.2026 1:07:43

In the latest episode of The Listening Room, writer, DJ, and Run Dem Crew founder Charlie Dark explores the records that made 1990s hip-hop a lifeline for young Londoners. Recorded inside Devon Turnbull’s Listening Room at 180 Studios, the session maps how a sound born in New York rewired the capital’s streets, clubs and imaginations. Moving from Public Enemy’s Def Jam tour shockwaves to pirate ta...

The Lost Sounds of Pakistani Cinema with Haseeb Iqbal 22.12.2025 43:15

In our first episode, recorded at Devon Turnbull’s Listening Room at 180 Studios, broadcaster and collector Haseeb Iqbal revives the long-overlooked soundtracks of Lollywood: Pakistan’s once-thriving film industry. Drawing from rare vinyl unearthed on a recent trip to Karachi, Iqbal plays music that shaped the golden age of Pakistani cinema in the 1950s, ’60s, and ’70s. From the cinematic ballads...