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Music World History & Scenes

Choose a genre, move through countries and cities, then follow the scenes, artists, labels, releases, and contributors that shaped the sound.

Genre

Country

City

Bass / United Kingdom

Bristol Timeline

Bristol/Before 1990s

Dub, post-punk, hip-hop imports, reggae systems, and UK club culture supplied the raw material. Follow it through Burial, Bonobo and Cocteau Twins, labels like Ninja Tune, XL Recordings and 4AD, and releases such as Untrue, Black Sands and Heaven or Las Vegas. The producer and contributor trail runs through Anton Corbijn and Nigel Godrich, while the later movement points toward Kingston Dub and Roots Reggae and London Grime.

Bristol/1990s

Bass weight, dub inheritance, hip-hop pacing, and smoky studio atmospheres folded into a city sound. Bristol trails move through sound systems, studios, visual collaborators, and labels that made space feel as important as rhythm. Follow it through Burial, Bonobo and Cocteau Twins, labels like Ninja Tune, XL Recordings and 4AD, and releases such as Untrue, Black Sands and Heaven or Las Vegas. The producer and contributor trail runs through Anton Corbijn and Nigel Godrich, while the later movement points toward Kingston Dub and Roots Reggae and London Grime.

Bristol/After 1990s

Leftfield pop, UK bass, ambient club records, and visual-first album worlds carried the mood forward. Follow it through Burial, Bonobo and Cocteau Twins, labels like Ninja Tune, XL Recordings and 4AD, and releases such as Untrue, Black Sands and Heaven or Las Vegas. The producer and contributor trail runs through Anton Corbijn and Nigel Godrich, while the later movement points toward Kingston Dub and Roots Reggae and London Grime.