LISTEN TO GILLES PETERSON’S HISTORY OF BRISTOL’S MUSICAL UNDERGROUND SHOW

UK music icon Gilles Peterson recently teamed up with D&B legend DJ Krust, to host a special one-off radio segment on the Bristol underground music scene.

Throughout the show, Peterson chats with a bunch of respected artists and academics to trace Bristol’s vibrant musical lineage, including pow-wows with Mo’ Wax label boss James Lavelle, Portishead’s Geoff Barrow, Full Cycles’s Roni Size, Appleblim, Richard King and many more.

Listen back to the full three-hour show, that charts over 40 years of incredible music, on BBC’s iplayer and check out the tracklist below.

Tracks

Pigbag – Papa’s Got A Brand New Pigbag
The Pop Group – Thief of Fire
Smith & Mighty – Walk On (feat. Jackie Jackson)
Massive Attack – Unfinished Sympathy
Portishead – Numb
Roni Size – Brown Paper Bag
Black Roots – Bristol Rock
Black Roots – Opportunity
Yabby U – Conquering Dub
Tapper Zukie – Tappa Zukie In Dub
Tapper Zukie – Judgement Dub​
Burning Spear – Social Living​
Maximum Joy – Let It Take You There
Rip Rig & Panic – Change Your Life
Pigbag – Papa’s Got A Brand New Pigbag
The Pop Group – Snowgirl
The Pop Group – Savage Sea​
Prince Far I & The Arabs – Dub To Africa
The Undisputed Truth – What It Is
Brass Construction – Movin’
Sex Pistols – Anarchy In The U.K.
The Clash – Police & Thieves
The Pop Group – Thief of Fire
T La Rock – It’s Yours
Malcolm X – No Sell Out
The Wild Bunch – Tearing Down The Avenue
Double Trouble – Stoop Rap (South Bronx Mix)
Wild Style Allstars – Military Cut Instrumental
Wild Style Allstars – B Boy Instrumental
Fresh 4 – Wishing On A Star (feat. Lizz E.)
Smith & Mighty – Walk On (feat. Jackie Jackson)
Smith & Mighty – Anyone (feat. Jackie Jackson)
The Wild Bunch – Friends & Countrymen
Massive Attack – Any Love (feat. Daddy G & Carlton)
Massive Attack – Daydreaming
Massive Attack – Unfinished Sympathy
Massive Attack – Protection (feat. Tracey Thorn)
Portishead – It Could Be Sweet
Portishead – All Mine
Roni Size – Kiss
Roni Size – Music Box
Cybotron – Clear
Chicago – Street Player
D-Train – You’re The One For Me
Wayne Smith – Under Me Sleng Teng
James Brown – Funky Drummer
Roni Size & Reprazent – Trust Me
Roni Size – Brown Paper Bag
Roni Size & Reprazent – Share The Fall
Appleblim – Girder
Appleblim & Peverelist – Over Here
Henry & Louis – Rise Up (Pinch Remix)
Peverelist – Click Clunk Every Trip
Peverelist – Undulate
Kahn – Over Deh So
DJ Die & Addison Groove – Morro Dub
Joker – Mixed Emotions