Bristol Sounds by photographer Mark Simmons gathers his record of Bristol's music scene through live concerts, performers, audiences and the spaces in which the city makes its sound. Bristol has long been one of the most distinctive musical cities in Britain—a port of trip-hop, of dub and reggae, of jungle and drum-and-bass, of the long shadow of Massive Attack, Portishead and Tricky, of a thousand smaller venues and warehouse nights. Simmons photographs the scene from inside it, often in low light and close to the stage, capturing the energy of a crowd lit by a single colour, the focus of a musician mid-song, the strange architectural details of pubs, warehouses and converted halls turned over to music. The wallet-friendly paperback functions as a souvenir of a city's nightlife and as a small social document of a particular British music ecosystem that has continued to renew itself over decades.