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Rock's Backpages is the world's most comprehensive online database of pop music writing, a unique resource unavailable elsewhere online. It contains an
ever-expanding collection of primary-source full-text articles from the music and mainstream press from the 1950s to the present day, along with a collection of
exclusive audio interviews.
Subscriptions to Rock’s Backpages are available for institutional or personal use.
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Bristol responds to Bass
Emma Warren,
Jockey Slut,
December 1996
More than any other British city Bristol has always had an identifiable musical sound. From Smith and Mighty, Massive Attack, Tricky and Portishead, to current breakbeat innovators Roni Size, DJ Krust, DJ Die and Flynn and Flora, Bristol has always been obsessed with bass. Emma Warren checks to see if it's something in the water.
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