Bristol Urban Culture

The city of Bristol in the UK has spawned various musicians and artists, and is typified by its

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Urban Culture.

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However, some say that this has since become sanitized during the last ten years. Also, "urban culture" comes in for some criticism for being a meaningless term that is used to sell records.

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Salon magazine has said that Trip Hop was spawned in "the bohemian, multi-ethnic city of Bristol, where restlessly inventive DJs had spent years assembling samples of various sounds that were floating around: groove-heavy acid jazz, dub reggae, neo-psychodelia, techno disco music, and the brainy art rap."

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The scene was one where music and art borrowed from and complemented one another. A founder member of the band Massive Attack, Robert Del Naja, was originally a graffiti artist. Graffiti artist Banksy has also gone on to produce album covers.

Related Topics:
Robert Del Naja - Banksy

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