thinking of moving to bristol

[helix Profile Website]

how is the scene for gabba/breakcore in bristol? anyone from there who can give me a good idea? i want to move somewhere i can try and promote myself as a breakcore producer/dj and actually play out more than once a month to crowds of more than 5 of my mates..ha, and god forbid actually get paid for it! not that im in it for the money, if i was id write plinky singer song writer bollocks containing 4 chords on my acoustic for all the sad emo kids, chances are id get laid a lot more from doin that..ha

[Silent Frog Profile]

Do it! Bristol is THE best city in the UK by far. Not just for the music but also the culture, the people, the drugs, whatever else you might want from life. Anything you need to know about the Bristol music scene can be found here at Hijack Bristol: http://www.hijackbristol.co.uk/board/index.php

Breakcore-wise, Death$ucker is based there and Parasite is very active in and around Bristol putting on nights. Teknoist also lives nearby, as does Gusset and others. A man named Punksi is pretty big on the promoting scene (though he's moved out of breakcore somewhat) and helps book acts for the Overkill stage at Glade. For an example of the nights you might expect, Plummet put on a good one over christmas http://www.hijackbristol.co.uk/board/in ... 064.0.html as did Parasite and the boys at the Goatlab http://dswat.streamlinetrial.co.uk/thegoatlab/ and coming up we have a fundraiser for the Zapatistas in Mexico attracting the guys from Life4Land down to do some sets http://www.hijackbristol.co.uk/board/in ... 077.0.html and the Drum Disciples Gabba night with Hellfish & Bryan Fury as well as Dolphin & Teknoist http://www.hijackbristol.co.uk/board/in ... 976.0.html

If you like playing live then the Laptop Battle competition started in Bristol and has been running for a number of years now and has recently gone national http://www.laptopbattleuk.com/

If you want to put on nights then there are plenty of places to do so, all very friendly and cheap and there's loads of nights that will give you a set if you ask nicely. Best thing about Bristol though is the sheer amount of music. You'll probably go there for the breakcore and by the time you leave want to go to a different club every single night, despite having only just got home from the last one 7am that morning. It is quite pricey and the city is FULL of rah Bristol Uni students who would be riding daddy's pony down the road had they not sold it for coke but other than that, do it!

(http://bristolbreakcore.blogspot.com/ might help, but it's rarely updated.)

[helix Profile Website]

nice one man, cheers for the links, im gonna check em out now..there is also a site called bristolbreakcore.com which tells of all the nights goin on..im just gettin well bored of leeds now, been here nearly 5 years and im sick of all the fashionable students all goin to oceana and walkabout spendin there daddies money, if only i liked funky vocal house it would be the best place to live ever..safeclart

[astek Profile]

i've allways wanted to live in bristol aswell, i live near so i go there quite abit the breakcore / gabba scene is amazing! i would have sed one of the best in the UK!