Topic: Can anyone recommend me some trip-hop? (Read 10846 times)

The extra letter · « **on:** 01 Apr 2010, 04:17 »

So, I'm all over Massive Attack and Portishead, which are probably *the* entry-level bands for people as far as Trip Hop goes.

So, can any of the musical geniuses of SPDF recommend me some more trip-hop artists to pour into my ears?

Retrospectre · « **Reply #1 on:** 01 Apr 2010, 08:59 »

There are trip-hop bands that aren't Massive Attack or Portishead?

the_pied_piper · « **Reply #2 on:** 01 Apr 2010, 09:05 »

What the hell is trip-hop?

Sox · « **Reply #3 on:** 01 Apr 2010, 09:12 »

UK based movement, sample editing, downtempo basslines, relaxed or restrained vocals. Big in the 90s, hip-hop influenced. Hence the name.
I could list off a bunch of names, but I don't really listen to any of them, so I can't say whether or not they're any good. Sorry about that.
My suggestion? Just click "similar artist" on Last.FM

scarred · « **Reply #4 on:** 01 Apr 2010, 09:53 »

Massive Attack and Portishead are essentially the only decent trip-hop acts.

dancarter · « **Reply #5 on:** 01 Apr 2010, 13:28 »

Oh, ho. That ain't so.

I'd say Sneaker Pimps and the spinoff IAMX are both pretty great. Especially considering after Becoming X, SP was pretty much forgotten outside of the UK, and both albums that followed were stronger efforts.

KvP · « **Reply #6 on:** 01 Apr 2010, 13:36 »

Don't know if you can find a lot of new trip-hop these days but you can find a lot of stuff that's descended from trip-hop. Burial is a sensible next step, though most dubstep doesn't fit the mold as well. Look up "hauntology" and you'll probably find some stuff. Downtempo works sometimes, Bonobo just released a pretty excellent album. Also look up "wonky" or "funky". Most of those artists are largely descended from the 2-step garage tradition but some of it (namely Floating Points, who is probably the best DJ nobody's heard of) flirts with trip-hop.

rynne · « **Reply #7 on:** 01 Apr 2010, 16:23 »

Fellows. Lamb.

And if you like Massive Attack, I assumed you've gotten Tricky's excellent Maxinquaye, right?

JD · « **Reply #8 on:** 01 Apr 2010, 16:30 »

RjD2? Urthboy?

JD · « **Reply #9 on:** 01 Apr 2010, 16:31 »

I've honestly never listened to portishead or massive attack, so I dunno if the sound is similar.

amok · « **Reply #10 on:** 01 Apr 2010, 18:34 »

barely

2nding Sneaker Pimps, also 'Audimat' by Screenatorium.

David_Dovey · « **Reply #11 on:** 01 Apr 2010, 18:35 »

Aren't UNKLE counted as trip-hop?

dancarter · « **Reply #12 on:** 01 Apr 2010, 19:39 »

I think UNKLE may be considered downtempo, a la DJ Krush, but really the differences at this pointa are getting nominal when applyin "genres". It all gets a little ridiculous.

Sox · « **Reply #13 on:** 01 Apr 2010, 20:33 »

It's a far, far better idea to remember trip-hop as being a movement, having a time and place, than trying to shoe-horn in a bunch of unrelated acts when trying to isolate the musical traits that made a genre. It might sound similar, but it might as well have a new name.

The extra letter · « **Reply #14 on:** 02 Apr 2010, 04:54 »

Thanks for the recommendations, folks.

Quote from: dancarter on 01 Apr 2010, 13:28

Oh, ho. That ain't so.

I'd say Sneaker Pimps and the spinoff IAMX are both pretty great. Especially considering after Becoming X, SP was pretty much forgotten outside of the UK, and both albums that followed were stronger efforts.

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I'd forgotten about Sneaker Pimps and IAMX, I never knew they were considered to be trip hop. They're quite awesome.

amok · « **Reply #15 on:** 02 Apr 2010, 05:13 »

If we're being picky I'd say only Sneaker Pimps are but both bands are fairly cool.

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #16 on:** 02 Apr 2010, 17:41 »

... did we really get to this place in the thread without mentioning Tricky?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6V26zxH_JMk

Alex C · « **Reply #17 on:** 02 Apr 2010, 18:11 »

Nope.

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #18 on:** 03 Apr 2010, 17:50 »

Trip Hop so claustrophobic that playing Tricky's second album gave my girlfriend an asthma attack.

Lhefriel_Medies · « **Reply #19 on:** 04 Apr 2010, 06:37 »

Quote from: BeoPuppy on 02 Apr 2010, 17:41

... did we really get to this place in the thread without mentioning Tricky?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6V26zxH_JMk

Someone mentioned Maxinquaye above. I would second that, it was pretty excellent, haven't really listened to anything else by him though.

I'm thinking about it and I cannot come up with much that I can definitely call trip-hop, beyond those three (Massive Attack, Portishead, Tricky). Wikipedia tells me Bjork and, probably early, DJ Shadow count if you don't already know them. Wax Tailor and DJ Egadz, maybe? It's a lot softer, but I would wholeheartedly recommend Lust by Rei Harakami, which is pretty similar.

JD · « **Reply #20 on:** 04 Apr 2010, 14:34 »

Bjork is considered Trip Hop? what

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #21 on:** 04 Apr 2010, 16:02 »

Sometimes Dido gets called Trip-Hop. And Goldie.

See, it's not a massive movement per se, so this is me scraping the bottom of a very tiny barrel.

Gridgm · « **Reply #22 on:** 04 Apr 2010, 16:51 »

the only trip hop i've ever liked was morcheeba...charango is good (album not song) ...then they did that rome wasn't built in a day shit

Lhefriel_Medies · « **Reply #23 on:** 04 Apr 2010, 18:33 »

Quote from: Zombiedude on 04 Apr 2010, 14:34

Bjork is consider Trip Hop? what

Well, I mean, it sort of is. I thought that she was just IDM, but Wikipedia wouldn't lie to me, would it?

It is electronic music though, so genres mean fuckall.

onewheelwizzard · « **Reply #24 on:** 05 Apr 2010, 01:59 »

I was about to come into this thread all "You FOOLS listen to DJ KRUSH" but then someone said he was downtempo rather than trip-hop and I was all "... ok."

I think Trifonic, Tosca, Thievery Corporation, and Broadway Project all bear mentioning.

amok · « **Reply #25 on:** 05 Apr 2010, 03:44 »

Oh yeah Trifonic is a must, Thievery Corp probably less relevant genre-wise but still absolutely outstanding.

Had a poke around the top artists that last.fm keeps recommending me based on trip-hop and the Zhong Chi 'Easy World' album is outstanding too, might upload it.

Inlander · « **Reply #26 on:** 05 Apr 2010, 05:42 »

See if you can find a copy of Tricky's follow-up to Maxinquaye, which was called Nearly God. It was a bunch of collaborations with various singers and was released not under Tricky's name but under the name Nearly God, as in, "this is the self-title album by Nearly God". The single was the outstanding "Poems", featuring Terry Hall from the Specials: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyhngPAzTYw.

Also worth seeking out (if it's still in print) is No Protection, which is the Mad Professor's remix of Massive Attack's second album Protection.

The extra letter · « **Reply #27 on:** 05 Apr 2010, 21:14 »

Holy crap, Tricky is awesome.

Inlander · « **Reply #28 on:** 05 Apr 2010, 22:59 »

He was awesome.

Fact is even Maxinquaye, which is far and away his best album, peters out at the end and kind of drags for the last fifteen minutes or so. But the first half to three-quarters of the album is incredible.

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #29 on:** 06 Apr 2010, 02:18 »

I liked Pre-Millenium Tension even better than Maxinquaye. But hey, that's me. Just don't write the fellow off too soon.

JayJayD · « **Reply #30 on:** 06 Apr 2010, 11:44 »

ARCHIVE

OK so some of their albums might not be trip-hop, but the first Londinium definitely is,
and I'd also count the latest two (Controlling Crowds Pts 1-4) as trip-hop.

Also: Laika. Their albums Good Looking Blues and Sounds of the Satellites are
among my favourite trip-hop.

Saltillo and Sunday Munich are also worth checking out

rynne · « **Reply #31 on:** 06 Apr 2010, 14:33 »

Quote from: BeoPuppy on 06 Apr 2010, 02:18

I liked Pre-Millenium Tension even better than Maxinquaye. But hey, that's me. Just don't write the fellow off too soon.

I think Angels with Dirty Faces is brilliant and decidedly underrated, but I know I’m in the minority. And even though I think his first three albums (plus Nearly God) are all worthwhile, Juxtapose was so terrible that I haven’t listened to anything he’s done since.

Alex C · « **Reply #32 on:** 06 Apr 2010, 14:43 »

I kinda feel like Juxtapose coulda been pretty alright if they had just sedated that Mad Dog guy or better yet, kept him off the album entirely.

KvP · « **Reply #33 on:** 08 Apr 2010, 23:52 »

Tricky started off strong and then made some truly awful albums. Like Weezer-class awful. He's sorta like the Euro-Weezer.

amok · « **Reply #34 on:** 09 Apr 2010, 12:46 »

get some

Quote from: JayJayD on 06 Apr 2010, 11:44

ARCHIVE

Good call on these, had Londinium but hadn't checked anything else out. Just listened to the track 'Again' and was somewhat blown away. This whole album so far is like a trip-hoppier VAST.

Ballard · « **Reply #35 on:** 10 Apr 2010, 00:08 »

Wow this thread is a wankfest.

The title is not "Argue about loose genre definitions" guys. Weak boarding!

Check out Flying Away by Smoke City and Who Can You Trust and Big Calm by Morcheeba.

Lhefriel_Medies · « **Reply #36 on:** 10 Apr 2010, 05:45 »

http://emancipator.bandcamp.com/

Alex C · « **Reply #37 on:** 10 Apr 2010, 21:44 »

I got around to listening to Juxtapose again since it's been years now since I last checked it out and it was worse than I remember. That's pretty dire when you consider that I remember it as fatally flawed. I've heard worse, but at best it's a pretty boring album.

JayJayD · « **Reply #38 on:** 20 Apr 2010, 13:42 »

Quote from: amok on 09 Apr 2010, 12:46

get some

Quote from: JayJayD on 06 Apr 2010, 11:44
ARCHIVE

Good call on these, had Londinium but hadn't checked anything else out. Just listened to the track 'Again' and was somewhat blown away. This whole album so far is like a trip-hoppier VAST.

I thought Controlling Crowds was one of the best albums of last year, but it was largely ignored here and elsewhere.

About that Cinephile abum you posted: they don't have an album of that title listed on their webpage, in fact, their label is called Antimatter Music. The tracks on there seem to be culled from various of their releases, and there are some titles on it that I can't find mentioned at all. Was that a US-only compilation or something, or did you compile it, or where does it come from?

amok · « **Reply #39 on:** 20 Apr 2010, 13:46 »

Um, good question. I 'acquired' it in that form but now that you mention it I can't find any evidence of such a release anywhere so it must be a fan-made compilation. Quality seems fairly consistent anyway. Hm.

JD · « **Reply #40 on:** 20 Apr 2010, 16:01 »

Have you tried Elsiane?

edwinalink · « **Reply #41 on:** 21 May 2010, 15:13 »

Quote from: Zombiedude on 20 Apr 2010, 16:01

Have you tried Elsiane?

THIS^ FUCKING THIS.... JUST.... THAT.

Saltillo and Elsiane. just... god... those two acts OWN.

without them, I would never have looked up Portishead ir Sunday munich or like... ANY TRIPHOP EVER.

orangepeas · « **Reply #42 on:** 26 May 2010, 13:18 »

Morcheeba, Lamb and Faithless.

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