England’s Dreaming: It’s Grim Across the Pond mixtape

“And did the Countenance Divine
Shine forth upon our clouded hills?
And was Jerusalem builded here
Among these dark Satanic mills?”

– William Blake, Jerusalem

Not really the fairy tale land of Doctor Who, police who don’t carry guns and Harry Potter, England can be a pretty grim place to live. Starting with the punk movement through to the current dubstep scene, the societal conditions of a country with a fucked up class struggle that’s filled with housing projects and unemployment has brought us a lot of interesting music.

And that’s what this mixtape is about: the amazing albeit bleak music of England. (I have nothing against it as a country or a group of people, I just thought this would make for a good mix).

Download. 66:38 minutes, 91.59mb

1. The KLF – It’s Grim Up North (part ii)
2. Burial – South London Burroughs
3. Joy Division – Shadowplay
4. The Future Sound of London – Dead Cities
5. Billy Bragg – A New England
6. Jamie Woon – Wayfaring Stranger (Burial Remix)
7. Throbbing Gristle – United
8. Kano – Ps and Qs
9. Vex’d – Bombardment of Saturn
10. Public Image Ltd. – The Flowers of Romance
11. Distance – My Demons
12. The Normal – Warm Leatherette
13. Coil – Ravenous
14. Sinead O’Connor – Black Boys on Mopeds
15. Skream – Nemesis
16. The Human League – Being Boiled (Fast Version)
17. Caspa – Big Headed Slags
18. The KLF – Jerusalem of the Moors