Featured Genre 4: Trip-Hop

br3ad_man · 10-27-2004, 08:35 PM

Featured Genre #4 - Trip-Hop

The term "trip-hop" was coined by the english music press in the early 90s. The sound of trip-hop is well described as "downtempo jazz, funk and soul influenced experimental breakbeat music". Trip-Hop is often very bass heavy. It is generally seen that Massive Attack were one of the first trip-hop groups when they released their debut album in 1991, "Blue Lines". Although Massive Attack are seen as the inventors of trip-hop, other groups such as Portishead, Lamb and the Sneaker Pimps were extremely helpful in popularising it. After Massive Attack, quite a few US trip-hop acts emerged, in the forms of "DJ Shadow", "U.N.K.L.E." and others. However, the bulk of the great trip-hop acts were from places such as Bristol and Manchester, all in England.

Trip-Hop is often one of the styles of music that is blamed for "kiling guitar rock" in England. After Massive Attack, many trip-hop groups began to recieve a lot of mainstream recognition and trip-hop albums began to top indie charts. Groups such as Massive Attack, DJ Shadow, Tricky, Morcheeba and Sneaker Pimps are most responsible for trip-hop reaching a large mainstream, stateside audience. After a while, some rock bands such as Radiohead began to show trip-hop influence with tracks such as "Talk Show Host", "Climbing Up The Walls" and "Airbag". Another contributing factor was Thom Yorke's collaboration with U.N.K.L.E. on the track "Rabbit In Your Headlights".

Some major trip-hop artists

Massive Attack
DJ Shadow
Tricky
Lamb
Morcheeba
Sneaker Pimps
U.N.K.L.E.
Portishead

Some definitive trip-hop albums

Massive Attack - Blue Lines
Portishead - Dummy
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing
U.N.K.L.E. - Psyence Fiction
Lamb - Lamb
Tricky - Maxinquaye
Morcheeba - Big Calm
Massive Attack - Mezzanine

Some definitive trip-hop songs

Radiohead - Talk Show Host, Climbing Up The Walls
Portishead - Glory Box
U.N.K.L.E. - Rabbit In Your Headlights
Massive Attack - Teardrop, Inertia Creeps, Safe From Harm, Unfinished Sympathy
Tricky - Black Steel
DJ Shadow - Stem/Long Stem, Fixed Income
Lamb - God Bless, Trans Fatty Acid
Sneaker Pimps - Sick

Photo Gallery

Massive Attack, during the Mezzanine era

Tricky

DJ Shadow

Lamb

Portishead

U.N.K.L.E.

Happymeal · 10-27-2004, 08:50 PM

Cool. Good FG

I'm digging trip-hop a lot these days, especially Zero 7 and Lovage and I'm still trying to find cheap copies of Mezzanine, it's expensive as hell in here.

BillCosby · 10-27-2004, 08:52 PM

We had the first FG for months, now we have a new one every few days, geez.

GG, anyway

br3ad_man · 10-27-2004, 08:55 PM

It's been a week and a half since the last one. meh

hafez · 10-27-2004, 09:03 PM

wow. now i know what trip hop is. and i realize that i really don't like most of those bands. portishead is allright though

br3ad_man · 10-27-2004, 11:07 PM

It's because I mentioned Radiohead isn't it?

Bartender · 10-28-2004, 03:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Happymeal

Cool. Good FG

I'm digging trip-hop a lot these days, especially Zero 7 and Lovage and I'm still trying to find cheap copies of Mezzanine, it's expensive as hell in here.

Where is "here"? At the moment, I can get it for £5, in the HMV sale.

Good article. I'm not so much into trip-hop so far, mainly just DJ Shadow and Massive Attack, though Endtroducing.. and Mezzanine both rank amongst my favourite albums. I also picked up Blue Lines during my absence, for something like £4, in that very same sale. I've been enjoying this sale.

br3ad_man · 10-28-2004, 04:23 AM

Blue Lines is on sale round here too, for 15 bucks (A new cd is like 20-25). I like it but maybe not enough to buy it for that much.

br3ad_man · 10-28-2004, 05:38 AM

You should get 100th Window by Massive Attack as well. I compare it to Radiohead's Hail To The Thief, nothing groundbreaking like the earlier stuff, just a very, very good album. Plus the female vocals on it are by Sinead O Connor, which is a definite plus.

Happymeal · 10-28-2004, 05:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bartender

Where is "here"? At the moment, I can get it for £5, in the HMV sale.

Canada. It's $24.99.. on HMV too

That's the only thing I don't like about them. Rip you off all the time

I can get Blue Lines for $9.99 though.

Tomahawk · 10-28-2004, 06:43 AM

I loves me some Trip-Hop.

My favourite Trip-Hop guys:
Massive Attack
Portishead
A bunch of Dan the Automator's stuff

The Ashtray Girl · 10-28-2004, 07:09 AM

Excellent FG, trip-hop is a mighty fine little corner of music.

Tapeworm · 10-28-2004, 07:32 AM

Nicely done guy. I love every artist that you mentioned. I think. Trip-Hop is king.

LISTEN TO LAMB!!!

Luxor · 10-28-2004, 02:15 PM

I had Endtroducing before my computer crashed. I need to download it again.

ZEROthirtythree · 10-28-2004, 04:01 PM

Trip-hop owns

RIPJoeStrummer · 10-28-2004, 05:23 PM

Nice work, I quite like a little Massive Attack every now and again.

hafez · 10-28-2004, 06:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by br3ad_man

It's because I mentioned Radiohead isn't it?

yeah that too. wow. i love how i'm such an elitist douche that everyone on mx knows my favorite and least favorite bands

br3ad_man · 10-28-2004, 07:50 PM

You're a cool eliteist at least.

Kaden · 10-29-2004, 09:29 PM

Trip hop is my favorite genre of music. Me and a drummer chick and a sax player are starting a trip hop band soon

It will pwn unbelievably hard.

~waits for Iai~

Tomahawk · 10-30-2004, 10:08 AM

ok I just wanna add a few trip-hop artists/songs that I love, that weren't mentioned:

Bjork - All is Full of Love (the video version, not the album version)
Deltron 3030 - 3030
Lovage - Sex (I'm a)
Handsome Boy Modelling School - The Truth
Gorillaz - Tomorrow Comes Today
Faith No More - Stripsearch
Prefuse 73 - Storm Returns

10-27-2004, 08:35 PM	#1
br3ad_man out of touch Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Australia Posts: 14,634	Featured Genre 4: Trip-Hop Featured Genre #4 - Trip-Hop The term "trip-hop" was coined by the english music press in the early 90s. The sound of trip-hop is well described as "downtempo jazz, funk and soul influenced experimental breakbeat music". Trip-Hop is often very bass heavy. It is generally seen that Massive Attack were one of the first trip-hop groups when they released their debut album in 1991, "Blue Lines". Although Massive Attack are seen as the inventors of trip-hop, other groups such as Portishead, Lamb and the Sneaker Pimps were extremely helpful in popularising it. After Massive Attack, quite a few US trip-hop acts emerged, in the forms of "DJ Shadow", "U.N.K.L.E." and others. However, the bulk of the great trip-hop acts were from places such as Bristol and Manchester, all in England. Trip-Hop is often one of the styles of music that is blamed for "kiling guitar rock" in England. After Massive Attack, many trip-hop groups began to recieve a lot of mainstream recognition and trip-hop albums began to top indie charts. Groups such as Massive Attack, DJ Shadow, Tricky, Morcheeba and Sneaker Pimps are most responsible for trip-hop reaching a large mainstream, stateside audience. After a while, some rock bands such as Radiohead began to show trip-hop influence with tracks such as "Talk Show Host", "Climbing Up The Walls" and "Airbag". Another contributing factor was Thom Yorke's collaboration with U.N.K.L.E. on the track "Rabbit In Your Headlights". *Some major trip-hop artists* Massive Attack DJ Shadow Tricky Lamb Morcheeba Sneaker Pimps U.N.K.L.E. Portishead *Some definitive trip-hop albums* Massive Attack - Blue Lines Portishead - Dummy DJ Shadow - Endtroducing U.N.K.L.E. - Psyence Fiction Lamb - Lamb Tricky - Maxinquaye Morcheeba - Big Calm Massive Attack - Mezzanine *Some definitive trip-hop songs* Radiohead - Talk Show Host, Climbing Up The Walls Portishead - Glory Box U.N.K.L.E. - Rabbit In Your Headlights Massive Attack - Teardrop, Inertia Creeps, Safe From Harm, Unfinished Sympathy Tricky - Black Steel DJ Shadow - Stem/Long Stem, Fixed Income Lamb - God Bless, Trans Fatty Acid Sneaker Pimps - Sick Photo Gallery Massive Attack, during the Mezzanine era Tricky DJ Shadow Lamb Portishead U.N.K.L.E.

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10-27-2004, 08:50 PM	#2
Happymeal C'mon Son Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 6,590	Cool. Good FG I'm digging trip-hop a lot these days, especially Zero 7 and Lovage and I'm still trying to find cheap copies of Mezzanine, it's expensive as hell in here.

10-27-2004, 08:52 PM	#3
BillCosby oh yeah Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: san francisco Posts: 6,997	We had the first FG for months, now we have a new one every few days, geez. GG, anyway

10-27-2004, 08:55 PM	#4
br3ad_man out of touch Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Australia Posts: 14,634	It's been a week and a half since the last one. meh

10-27-2004, 09:03 PM	#5
hafez MX Titans of Thrash WTKSP Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Pinole, California Posts: 3,646	wow. now i know what trip hop is. and i realize that i really don't like most of those bands. portishead is allright though

10-27-2004, 11:07 PM	#6
br3ad_man out of touch Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Australia Posts: 14,634	It's because I mentioned Radiohead isn't it?

10-28-2004, 04:23 AM	#8
br3ad_man out of touch Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Australia Posts: 14,634	Blue Lines is on sale round here too, for 15 bucks (A new cd is like 20-25). I like it but maybe not enough to buy it for that much.

10-28-2004, 05:38 AM	#9
br3ad_man out of touch Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Australia Posts: 14,634	You should get 100th Window by Massive Attack as well. I compare it to Radiohead's Hail To The Thief, nothing groundbreaking like the earlier stuff, just a very, very good album. Plus the female vocals on it are by Sinead O Connor, which is a definite plus.

10-28-2004, 06:43 AM	#11
Tomahawk making plans for nigel Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: land of confusion Posts: 3,279	I loves me some Trip-Hop. My favourite Trip-Hop guys: Massive Attack Portishead A bunch of Dan the Automator's stuff

10-28-2004, 07:09 AM	#12
The Ashtray Girl Catastrophe Waitress Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: The Great Gig In The Sky Posts: 2,483	Excellent FG, trip-hop is a mighty fine little corner of music.

10-28-2004, 07:32 AM	#13
Tapeworm Exclamation Park Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: a dead end street Posts: 2,905	Nicely done guy. I love every artist that you mentioned. I think. Trip-Hop is king. LISTEN TO LAMB!!!

10-28-2004, 04:01 PM	#15
ZEROthirtythree Take Me Out Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Her eyes were as vacant as the seas Posts: 5,755	Trip-hop owns

10-28-2004, 02:15 PM	#14
Luxor Against Automation Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Toronto Posts: 12,363	I had Endtroducing before my computer crashed. I need to download it again.

10-28-2004, 05:23 PM	#16
RIPJoeStrummer Money City Maniacs Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Halifax, NS Posts: 3,398	Nice work, I quite like a little Massive Attack every now and again.

10-28-2004, 07:50 PM	#18
br3ad_man out of touch Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Australia Posts: 14,634	You're a cool eliteist at least.

10-29-2004, 09:29 PM	#19
Kaden Little Nancy Callahan Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 8,550	Trip hop is my favorite genre of music. Me and a drummer chick and a sax player are starting a trip hop band soon It will pwn unbelievably hard. ~waits for Iai~

10-30-2004, 10:08 AM	#20
Tomahawk making plans for nigel Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: land of confusion Posts: 3,279	ok I just wanna add a few trip-hop artists/songs that I love, that weren't mentioned: Bjork - All is Full of Love (the video version, not the album version) Deltron 3030 - 3030 Lovage - Sex (I'm a) Handsome Boy Modelling School - The Truth Gorillaz - Tomorrow Comes Today Faith No More - Stripsearch Prefuse 73 - Storm Returns