Bristol sound

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Bristol sound

  1. (music) A sound influenced by dub and reggae produced in Bristol in the late 1980s and early 1990s, a precursor (and sometimes synonym) of trip hop.
    • 2008 September 22, Owen Adams, “The Bristol sound is back. So where's Mark Stewart?”, in The Guardian[1], →ISSN:
      The Bristol sound is back—and what a thrilling resurgence. Between them, Tricky's Knowle West Boy and Portishead's Third reflect both the bleakness and industrial decay of my favourite city's less salubrious environs.