Chapter 2: Memory
Bristol — Violence and BMX bikes — Hip-hop — A Victorian seaside resort — Childhood experimentation — Music, paint, and dance — The Dug Out — Abandoned warehouses — The downland — Burt Bacharach and drum machines overheard from trash cans — The Buffalo Posse — “Sour Times” — Instruments ancient and modern — Films shot through lampshades — Seven Blood-Stained Orchids — The making of tea — Late night crate-digging — Meeting over tea — Songs about Gandhi — London — Bands named after projects, bands named after retirement homes
In this chapter:
- The Bristol music scene
- Geoff Barrow
- "Sour Times"
- 1960s and 1970s soundtracks
- Massive Attack's Blue Lines and the Coach House sessions
- Dave McDonald
- Collaborators and London sessions
- Demo tape and remixes
For more about the Dug Out Club and the Bristol Sound, see, among much else (including many pieces referenced in the book):
- "Once Upon A Time In Bristol" (The Wire, October 2007)
- Bristol Archive Records
Smokey Brooks – "Spin it Jig", 1971 (WhoSampled)