Bryan Gee digs deep into the foundations for this month’s V Podcast, pulling out a heavyweight selection of classic Bristol drum and bass ahead of the V Classics show in Shoreditch this March.

Long before playlists and algorithms, these were the records that shaped the sound. Raw breakbeats, heavyweight basslines and unmistakable Bristol attitude from the likes of Roni Size, DJ Die, Krust and Dillinja, alongside underground pressure from Kamanchi, Mask and Gang Related, Suburban Knights and Scorpio.

This episode rewinds to the era of Full Cycle, Dope Dragon and early V Recordings, when dubplates ruled the dance and the Bristol crew were rewriting the blueprint for jungle and drum and bass.

01. Roni Size and DJ Die – Get Started

02. Suburban Knights – State of the Art (Dillinja Remix)

03. Roni Size – Fresh

04. Dillinja – Sovereign Melody

05. Roni Size – It's a Jazz Thing

06. Leviticus – Burial

07. Dillinja – Girl Child

08. Dillinja and Bryan Gee – Bad Man

09. DJ Die – Capers

10. DJ Die – Inside

11. Kamanchi – EZ M8

12. Roni Size, Krust and DJ Die – Gangbusters

13. Scorpio – Life 4 Ever

14. Kamanchi – Hostile

15. DJ Die – Slide Away (D Product Remix)

16. Krust – Set Speed (Remix)

17. Krust – Guess

18. Roni Size – Secrets

19. Roni Size – Say Red

20. Roni Size – Abba Kabba

21. The UFO Organisation – Planet Plan (DJ Die Remix)

22. Katachi – Spirit (Roni Size Remix)

23. DJ Die – Reincarnation

24. Mask and Gang Related – Came and Conquered

25. 3 The Hard Way – Smooth Operator

26. DJ Krust – Poison (Shy FX Remix)

27. Mask and Gang Related – Concentration

28. Roni Size – Brut Force

29. DJ Die – Untitled Dub

30. Roni Size – Answer Back

31. Roni Size – Synction

32. Roni Size – Sound Advice

33. Swabee – Un Dus

34. DJ Die – Nasty

35. Dillinja – The Angels Fell

36. Dillinja – Picture On My Wall

37. Roni Size – All The Crew

38. Roni Size – Agility

39. Roni Size and DJ Die – The Calling

40. Roni Size – Natural Thing

41. Roni Size – All The Way