#the bristol sound

[th3-0bjectivist]

Dear listener, when I’m not posting music so underground that it’s wedged to the Earth’s lower mantle, I’m generally trying to remind you of great acts you’ve forgotten or have never heard of before. Decidedly on the latter for this post, I would like to point out no ‘music blog’ should be without at least one jam by Massive Attack. I don’t really need to sing this band’s praises, their accolades and accomplishments in the music industry are well known. But for the uninitiated, I don’t think that I can recommend an act that, past or present, manages to produce a more hypnotic or enigmatically sensory experience with electronic music. They were trend-setters all the way through the mid to late 90’s with their music simultaneously hitting it BIG at dance clubs, college campuses and the public at large all over Europe and the United States. If you happen to enjoy hip hop, post-punk, industrial, psychedelic, dub and/or dance… Massive Attack is your one-stop shop for ALL of the above. They’re also industry pioneers, having virtually invented trip-hop which was at the time dubbed ‘The Bristol Sound’, as their first album, Blue Lines, is widely considered to be the first trip-hop album made and it was recorded (at least partially) in Bristol, England. They're known for regularly including extra instrumentalists for live performances and became recognized for their collaborations with the likes of Mazzy Star’s Hope Sandoval, Cocteau Twins' Elizabeth Fraser, and the immortal Sinéad O'Connor when they needed a talented lady vocalist to enhance their instrumentals. The one and only piece of work this group has released in the last thirteen years is a 3-song EP, so I think it’s rather safe to assume that we won’t be seeing any more Earth-rending albums or spirited live performances from them for the foreseeable future. However, their discography is already, in two words, *a masterpiece* and I really can’t recommend you either revisit their discography or dive in for the first time. If you smash play on the track above, you’ll be immersed in Dissolved Girl from their OUTSTANDING 1998 album Mezzanine. After this musical entry, I’ve got a few weeks worth of Halloween music headed your way!

There is so much more detail I could have gone into for this post, but a lengthy group history didn’t feel appropriate for the purpose of brevity. It’s always possible you won’t or don’t like their works. But the only indefatigable way to know if you personally resonate with their tunes is to give them the old community college try, or to simply revisit their albums and start all over again. But be warned, going down the rabbit hole of their discography might leave you temporarily addicted. I would know, I tried it myself for this post. Image source: https://massiveattack.ie/info/take-it-there

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Inside Bristol’s reggae sound system culture

[an-aceofspades]

you ever wonder what the hell a bristol accent is supposed to sound like?

cus remember, gotham is in NEW JERSEY.

what in the goddamn does a posh new jersey accent sound like????

[thedepartmentofdiscoveries]

British record producer, former member of Massive Attack and The Wild Bunch as well as being a Trip hop musician. Here's Tricky aka Tricky Kid and Tricky Rock (real name: Adrian Nicholas Matthews Thaws or just Adrian Thaws) in The Fifth Element, Ghost in the Shell and Tool's "Parabola" music video.

[sesiondemadrugada]

The Sound of Fury (Cy Enfield, 1950).

[antimony-ore]

Constellations by Joanie Lemercier for Layered Realities in Bristol

[assortedantics]

I’m watching Cromwell for the first time…and this scene.

I have no more to add, just this scene.

[bandcampsnoop]

7/21/23.

The Five Year Plan were a Bristol, England band whose members went onto bands like Heavenly, The Beatnik Filmstars among others. It's always interesting to listen to the pre-bands of indie semi-gods. Rob Pursey (Heavenly, Swansea Sound) and Tim Rippington (The Beatnik Filmstars, The Charlie Tipper Rebellion) founded the band as teens. It's the classic story of learning to play instruments together and finding a sound.

The band wrote and recorded "1985" but it never released. A couple of years ago they reformed and "properly" re-recorded the album, but added no new sounds. We posted their 2014 compilation CD release "Peacetime Broadcast" back in 2016. A lot of the comparisons remain - The June Brides, Orange Juice, Monochrome Set. This has a decided C86 sound.

[savageandwise]

[saint-daimon]

give me a reason to love you

give me a reason... to be a woman

i just wanna be a woman

[calla-lilly]

meet my love island: the game s5 oc!

Dahlia "Lia" Hong | 24 she/her | Concert Pianist

hometown: bristol

ethnicity: chinese, italian

love interest: currently mad at but will end up with Suresh

sexuality: pansexual

still thinks about pickles the cat

[deeisace]

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[35dh-1]

Massive Attackの前身ユニットThe Wild Bunchによる、1985年のプロモ映像。

[afieldinengland]

[tabbpro]

Lots of independent projects seeking talent on Tabb this week, here are a few closing soon!

Writer-Director Evan Preston is seeking an editor & sound designer for an upcoming project. And a video being made for the Charlier Waller Trust is seeking actors in Bristol!

Express interest & check out more on Tabb:

[apdistractions]

Maximum Joy - Station M.X.J.Y - 1982