As a result the music felt both impossible and irresistible. His second album Bricolage emerged from the dust of trip-hop, appearing on Ninja Tune and offering a view of the scene through cracked glass. Stream ad-free or purchase CD's and MP3s now on Amazon.co.uk. This is particularly evident in his most recent album, Baralku, which uses live instrumentation from a variety of guest musicians to create tracks that are more bodied, rounded, and articulate than those from comparable producers. - remembering account, browser, and regional preferences A trio composed of producers Charlie Dark (then D’Afro) and Tony Nwachukwu (of CD-R fame) alongside singer Roba El-Essawy, Attica Blues made jazz-influenced hip-hop that happened to have a woman singing on it instead of emcees rapping. #2: 1999 “Large As Life And Twice As Natural” Coined in June 1994 by Andy Pemberton in a feature for Mixmag, trip-hop was used to describe the recent stylistic shift of the Mo’ Wax label and that music’s popularity in dance circles, particularly in after hours sessions. Luke Vibert’s first record under his real name, Big Soup summed up the Mo’ Wax catalogue perfectly, even if Vibert was only casually adjacent to the scene. Originally released in Japan only, the compilation makes for a fascinating snapshot of the hip-hop roots and leanings of the city’s dance music pioneers. Find the latest in trip-hop music at Last.fm. A perfectionist who infused an American cultural import with the meticulousness of his own culture, the Japanese producer was the Far East’s answer to DJ Shadow, and together they would become Mo’ Wax’s flagship artists. These technologies are used for things like: That means music from the Beastie Boys, UNKLE, Money Mark, The Black Dog, Dillinja, DJ Shadow, Danny Breaks, Tortoise and Urban Tribe among many. 93-97 Smokers Delight It might be a stretch to classify Tipsy as trip-hop, but the Californian duo of Tim Digulla and David Gardner certainly used many of the same tools as their European peers. Later on in his interview, Nakanishi points out that London, at the time, felt as psychedelic as the 1960s, with the group seeking to inject some of this spirit into hip-hop, which in England was called trip-hop. On fourth album Sinner’s Syndrome, he samples the reverb-heavy guitars of film soundtracks, the rasping horns of Latin music, and employs a series of ominous vocal tracks and monologues, all of which combine to establish a claustrophobic—yet strangely seductive—atmosphere. 32. (Mo’ Wax, 1997). On top of the usual dusty breaks, Maslen lavished elements absorbed from IDM’s palette but left behind its seemingly random, artificial bent. His latest effort, March’s The Narrows, was inspired by a month-long hike around Utah, and while this might imply that the musical result is austere and dry, it’s a remarkably colorful and jubilant record. 93-97 compiles the group’s work during their years living in London, hence the twist to their name. The hallmarks of the genre are there, but prettied up with luscious tropical vistas and an eccentric (but smart) cut-and-paste quality that isn’t a million miles from US duo Tipsy. FeelingDeep, Both labels crafted a unique visual dimension and assembled expansive rosters. 35. Various Artists Tossing away the rave collage aesthetic that had made ‘Beat Dis’ such a massive success, Simenon weaves an ambitious narrative, tying together dub and hip-hop-influenced tracks with heady spoken-word clips from writers Benjamin Zephaniah and Will Self. What could, in the wrong hands, have been one of the worst abuses of both jazz and trip-hop tropes, is actually remarkably measured and incredibly listenable. Headz (A Soundtrack Of Experimental Beathead Jams.) Listen to the latest episode of the Bandcamp Weekly. According to ILL CLINTON, the crossing and mixing of boundaries on such tracks as “EAST SMITHWICK DR.” and “PENALTY IS DEATH” is intended to “inspire a higher plateau of consciousness.” While there’s no guarantee that will be attained by most listeners, its liberal approach to composition still provides a diverse and enlightening listen. Instead it was through their debut EP, G-Stoned, and absurdly popular mix CDs that they accrued fame. 20. Detailed information can be found on our Privacy Policy page. July 11, 2018 Even in its earliest days, trip-hop was always something of a sonic mutant. Their 1997 debut for Asphodel is a blistering run through hip-hop instrumentals, ambient lulls and drum & bass exercises that highlight the music’s chill-out roots and breakbeat fetish. 21. You're not following anyone yet! This is the one, really. Rae Mechanix. Endtroducing View reviews, ratings, news & more regarding your favorite band. Confidence in Duber sits firmly alongside Scott Herren’s early Delarosa & Asora experiments, snatching the breaks ‘n’ blunts from trip-hop and injecting them with digital belches cribbed from the IDM playbook. In Austria, Kruder & Dorfmeister added an extra layer of dub and turned trip-hop into downbeat in a haze of weed paranoia. Recipe For Disaster Kaalaatita, Well To Do In many ways Skylab were not so different to Portishead in both their intentions and execution. 4. Send us a tip using our anonymous form. Psychonauts were Mo’ Wax’s secret weapon, so much so that James Lavelle had them provide mixes under his name – ghost mixed, if you will. My Beatport lets you follow your favorite DJs and labels so you can find out when they release new tracks. Brighton-based producer (and sometime graf writer) REQ offered up one of the most blunted takes on the genre, almost by accident. Bomb The Bass Clear (4th & Broadway, 1994) Tim Simenon might not be the most obvious pick for a trip-hop list, but Clear exhibits plenty of the genre’s hallmarks. Most songs don’t get more than a minute of air time as the duo power through almost 50 tracks in half an hour, blending together cuts from genre luminaries DJ Krush, Luke Vibert, DJ Shadow, La Funk Mob and more. You can’t have a conversation about trip-hop without mentioning Bristol, and you can’t talk about the Bristol scene without giving a nod to Smith & Mighty. Browse the top trip-hop artists to find new music. © Copyright 2020 Rolling Stone, LLC, a subsidiary of Penske Business Media, LLC. (Warp, 1995). We™ formed by accident in the early 1990s after DJ Olive had been asked to contribute a track to Wordsound’s Certified Dope Vol.1 compilation for which he roped in fellow Brooklyn musicians Lloop and Once11. Bass Is Maternal The album acted as a stop-gap between Tricky’s genre-defining Maxinquaye and his difficult (but almost equally brilliant) about-turn, Pre-Millenium Tension. I imagine that choosing a favourite DJ Krush album is a little like asking parents to pick their favourite kid. At its best, trip-hop was music for b-boys on acid, as Warfield sang on the album’s single. David Holmes Massive Attack (Hefty, 1998). DJ Spooky Musically, Braddell laid out a template that would be traced over for years to come with his combination of dusty hip-hop rhythms and booming dub bass. Flying Lotus has cited DJ Krush as an influence. Attica Blues is one of Mo’ Wax’s better and more slept-on full lengths, a deft exercise in sampling, programming and arranging, back when doing so took more than a few clicks of a mouse. Their second album was released just as the label folded, leading it disappear into the cracks of time until a reissue by Tummy Touch earlier this year. Prince Blimey The blend of hip-hop, dub and industrial influences that would go on to characterise Martin’s work is found here at its rawest and tracks like ‘Those Tapes Are Dangerous’ show a darker side to trip-hop’s blunted potential. Or as Select put it at the time, “the missing link between Aphex Twin and Mo’ Wax.”, 36. Prince Blimey is their first full-length and is certainly more overtly jazzy than most of the records we’ve highlighted on this list. Label: Wagram Music - 3370356 • Format: 2x, Vinyl LP, Compilation • Country: France • Genre: Electronic • Style: Trip Hop Their latest release, Treasures from the Temple, is a companion album to 2017’s The Temple of I & I, which saw co-conspirators Rob Garza and Eric Hilton move into a breed of layered trip-hop influenced by reggae and other Jamaican music. His compositions didn’t pander to the popularity of the growing trip-hop scene, instead dwelling in a noisy, near-ambient back room. Now, at a time when almost every micro-genre and musical amalgam is fair game, artists are mining trip-hop for inspiration as a launchpad for their own musical experiments. Tim ‘Love’ Lee Original Mix, Mellow1 with Mel In a 1998 feature for The New York Times, Guy Garcia posited Blue Lines as the blueprint for trip-hop, an argument that holds some weight if you consider that parts of the album were as old as the days of The Wild Bunch, from which the trio emerged. Beat, 1997). Prime members enjoy fast & free shipping, unlimited streaming of movies and TV shows with Prime Video and many more exclusive benefits. Alongside obvious names like DJ Shadow, La Funk Mob and R.P.M, Headz also featured Nightmares On Wax, Autechre, Howie B. and various members of Major Force. (Asphodel, 1996). This isn’t the only thing particular to the EP, since its heavy electro, brooding dubstep, and scattergun IDM make it possibly the most otherworldly “trip-hop” record released in quite some time (well, since Culprate’s last effort). Confessions of a Selector Pulling from the same influences that defined the late 1980s rave explosion, Smokers Delight reconfigured the UK’s summer of love for the Discman generation while remaining just as suited to chill-out room comedowns or Ibiza sunset sessions. Swinging like a pendulum between full-on dub and head-nod instrumentals, the compilation was one of the first to highlight the parallels between hip-hop’s sampling aesthetic and Jamaica’s dub. (Linda’s Strange Vacation, 1996). Experimental players throughout the world were desperate to open up a conversation with younger producers, and trip-hop (as well as drum & bass) was an obvious crash-pad, considering its liberal pilfering of the genre via sampling. It’s not always successful, but to ignore it is to disregard an important chapter in British musical history. He’d sharpened his skills as a member of Massive Attack (indeed some of his rhymes from Blue Lines were recycled here), but his solo material went far beyond his former collaborators’ scope. Solex vs. Hitmeister Original Mix, Spec, Psychoanalysis is here for a bunch of reasons: it was originally released by Wordsound, a label most associated (wrongly or not) with illbient, NYC’s answer to trip-hop; it’s a rare example of a fully instrumental hip-hop album from a city that, in the 1990s, had no time for anything that didn’t have rappers on it (Skiz Fernando Jr., who ran the label, recounted stories of Fat Beats refusing to stock the album at the time); and it’s basically 15 tracks of Prince Paul taking his whole skit philosophy to its most absurd conclusion. - to ensure that we understand the audience and can provide relevant ads if(typeof(jQuery)=="function"){(function($){$.fn.fitVids=function(){}})(jQuery)}; Trinaural in Dub, Sonidos del Bosque Tobin provided a more precise (and, let’s be honest, less stoned) take on the trip-hop sound, absorbing drum & bass and IDM influences without batting an eyelid. They’re also one of the few ’90s acts to have continued releasing records to this day, with ninth album Blaze Away. Various Artists (Ninja Tune, 1995). The Portland-based emancipator makes downtempo trip-hop that’s atmospheric, emotive, and richly textured. In 1995, DJ Food went for a meatier offering with their debut album, A Recipe For Disaster. The swirling, reverb-drenched samples just added an extra layer of thick smoke to an already bloodshot premise.