Jean Michel Basquiat Downtown 81

• 1. Gray – So Far So Real
• 2. Kid Creaole & the Coconuts/Coati Mundi – K Pasa-Pop
• 3. Tuxedomoon – Desire
• 4. Liquid Liquid – Cavern
• 5. DNA – Blonde Redhead
• 6. James White And The Blacks – Sax Maniac
• 7. Marvin Pontiac – I'm A Doggy
• 8. James White And The Blacks – Contort Yourself
• 9. Gray – Drum Mode
• 10. Lydia Lunch – The Closet
• 11. Conti Mundi/Jean-Michel Basquiat – Palabras Con Ritmo
• 12. The Lounge Lizards – Bob The Bob
• 13. Pablo Calogero – Tangita
• 14. Kid Creaole And The Coconuts – Mr. Softee
• 15. Suicide – Cheree
• 16. DNA – Detached
• 17. Chris Stein – Minutes
• 18. The Plastics – Copy
• 19. Walter Steding & The DRagon People – New Day
• 20. Melle Mel – 81
• 21. Rammellzee Vs K-Rob – Be-Bop

Punk, No Wave, and high art collide in the soundtrack of "Downtown 81," a film starring renowned graffiti artist Jean-Michel Basquiat. The almost ill-fated project was revived in 1999, where Basquiat’s role was completed by actor/poet/musician Saul Williams, thus renewing appreciation for the late Basquiat’s work. Once obscure musicians including Basquiat’s own group "Gray," Television, Lydia Lunch, Kid Creole, DNA, and Suicide offer a multifaceted diversity characteristic of the artistic revolution of the early '80s New York artistic and musical atmosphere whose influence continues to affect much modern music today.