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