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[Beorn]

Being English and growing up in times before, after and during some great English musical genres, it does get swept under the carpet that Bristol had some excellent chart musicians to call their own.

It is often dubbed 'the Bristol sound' and is noted for being very depressed and melancholic (am I a typical Bristolian? :D), but to Bristolians it is a vibrant and uplifting genre to enrich and embolden the soul. I'll let you lot decide. :)


Massive Attack


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Portishead

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[Eldritch]

I do like some songs by Massive Attack. Portishead is musically even better, but the experience is ruined for me by the vocalist's intolerable caterwauling.

But I must admit that my favourite artist in this genre is the racially-incorrect Tricky.

[Fortis in Arduis]

I lived Bristol running 1999-2000, in Bedminster.

It was one of the most exciting, crazy, creative times of my life. There were so many brilliant talented people in that town.

Clifton is absolutely beautiful:

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The music is melancholic, but very chilled out.

Bristol is a major weed-smoking town.

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[Eldritch]

But I must admit that my favourite artist in this genre is the racially-incorrect Tricky.

So now it's that time again that there's a new Tricky album out.

Don't ask me why, but I do try to get my mitts on anything new he releases and give it a spin or two.

The new album has a rather appropriate title:

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I think 2008's Knowle West Boy was better though.

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[Grumpy Cat]

I'm from Halifax, Canada. The music we're known for is crap.

Well, Wintersleep isn't bad.

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And the Trews are good (I know these guys)

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But this is not typical Halifax sound. Typical is stuff like Sloan, Super Friendz, and The Monoxides. I'll spare your ears.

[Treffie]

The `Bristol Sound` was also known as Trip Hop. I was lucky enough to be living in Bristol in the early 1990s when it emerged, so to have witnessed the early days of Massive Attack first hand was quite something. It's still by far my favourite genre of contemporary music.