A multifaceted, exploratory interdisciplinary artist, music researcher, writer and filmmaker who moves between worlds, with an ability to translate human complexity into compelling narratives. Across all disciplines, Jesse Bernard’s work, always rooted in marginal cultures, takes a storytelling approach imbued with world-building, curiosity, imagination and boundary-pushing.

His first book, Escaping Babylon: An Intimate History of Black British Music, explores the past thirty years of Black British underground and pop music and is out now via Profile Books. He has directed two short films, COMO VOCÊ and The Dance Begins At Home. In 2024, he created Marginal Eras, a living archive and research lab.