'Let's Get Killed'

Some time in the mid- to late-1980s, a 17-year-old Irish kid named David Holmes went to New York from his native Belfast.

He roamed around the city, the Bronx and Central Park and recorded the sounds of the Big Apple. He also recorded conversations he had with strangers, including the underbelly of 1980s New York City like pimps, prostitutes and drug dealers.

At one point, he and his companions were chased in the South Bronx as others attempted to steal his recording equipment. This incident and the resulting recordings inspired his breakthrough record, Let's Get Killed.

Sprinkled through the techno, trip hop and drum 'n' bass are the samples taken from the city and those conversations.