mixtape | bristol's finest

i'm addicted to blip at the moment, enough to upload songs to blip myself rather than relying on what's out there. and today i did a bit of a tribute to the city of bristol theme.

::: beatnik filmstars - apathetic english
::: flying saucer attack - beach red lullaby
::: crescent - 360
::: girlboy girl - unfamiliar
::: massive attack - daydreaming
::: the heads - quad
::: k.s.kollective - (to a) secret brother
::: nub - known unknown
::: strangelove - the runaway brothers
::: the blue aeroplanes - jacket hangs
::: portishead - machine gun
::: movietone - hydra
::: tricky - ponderosa
::: third eye foundation - the out sound from way in
::: roni size/reprezanet - heroes
::: big joan - here to help

get the lot.

pic: stolen from flickr - spent many happy hours in revolver...

various | monsters, robots & bugmen

talking of genre-defining compilations, here's another. similar genre but broader in geographic scope and slightly higher in profile. some of the tracks are exclusive but not all...

disc 1

1. bardo pond - tantric porno
2. long fin killie - man ray
3. godflesh - gold teeth (charles atlas mix)
4. third eye foundation - sleep
5. hair & skin trading co. - *
6. fuxa - photon
7. on the run - pretty note
8. ui - the grand piano
9. bowery electric - slow thrills
10. brise lace - neither yield nor reap
11. pram - sea swells and distant squalls
12. magic hour - chance was
13. labradford - sfor 77

disc 2

1. mercury rev - everlasting arm
2. flying saucer attack - feedback song
3. jessamine - ordinary sleep
4. yona-kit - dancing sumo wrestlers
5. windy & Carl - preparation
6. godflesh - crush my soul (ultramix)
7. sabalon glitz - the lonesome death of elijah p. woods
8. stereolab - les yper-yper sound
9. cul de sac - doldrums
10. roy montgomery - departing the body
11. us maple - aplomado
12. space needle - before i lose my style
13. stars of the lid - goodnight

released in 1996 by virgin.

blush and bashful.