History Main / TripHop

Describe Trip-Hop here...

Well okay then- but it's [[NeoClassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly a little hard]]. In a nutshell, it's an genre of ElectronicMusic that is also very heavily influenced by HipHop (particularly the [[AlternativeHipHop Alternative]] variety) and AlternativeRock. Other influences are quite common as well, though- PsychedelicRock, FolkMusic, {{Reggae}} (especially Dub- almost all Trip-Hop is Dub-influenced), {{Blues}}, {{Jazz}}, {{Funk}}, {{Soul}}, {{Industrial}}, DreamPop, GothRock, PostPunk, WorldMusic and sometimes even [[CountryMusic Country]] influences have all popped up in the genre from time to time.

* CreatorBacklash: Most of the artists in this genre have spoken openly about their dislike of the phrase 'trip hop', feeling as though it underestimates the sounds they set out to achieve. They have also been critical about their reputation as being used as "dinner party" music, and has led to artists like Portishead and Massive Attack branching out into more darker and more abrasive territory on subsequent albums.

* CreatorBacklash: Most of the artists in this genre have spoken openly about their dislike of the phrase 'trip hop', feeling as though it underestimates the sounds they set out to achieve. They have also been critical about their reputation as being used as "music for dinner parties", which has led to artists like Portishead and Massive Attack branching out into more abrasive and experimental territory on subsequent albums.

* CreatorBacklash: Most of the artists in this genre have spoken openly about their dislike of the phrase 'trip hop', feeling as though it underestimates the sounds they set out to achieve. They have also been vocal about its' reputation as being "music for dinner parties", which has led to artists like Portishead and Massive Attack branching out into darker and more abrasive territory on subsequent albums.

* CreatorBacklash: Most of the genre's leading lights have spoken openly about their dislike of ythe phrase 'trip hop', feeling as though it underestimates what they set out to achieve, and artists like Portishead and Massive Attack have disassociated themselves entirely from it on their later, more experimental work.

* CreatorBacklash: Most of the genre's pioneers and leading lights has openly voiced their frustration and annoyance with being dubbed 'trip hop', feeling as though it underestimates what they aimed to achieve. Portishead and Massive Attack have disassociated themselves entirely from it on their subsequent, more experimental albums.

* Music/{{KingKrule}}

* Music/{{Space}} (combined with IndieRock, AlternativeDance and everything else inbetween)

* Music/{{Space}} (combined with IndieRock and AlternativeDance)

* Music/{{Tricky}} (who got his start with Massive Attack}

* Music/DJVadim

* Music/DJKrush

* Music/NightmaresOnWax

+ AlternativeDance, PsychedelicRock, DreamPop, {{Ambient}}, HouseMusic, SoulMusic, sometimes {{Country}} and {{Blues}}

Well okay then- but it's [[NeoClassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly a little hard]]. In a nutshell, it's an genre of ElectronicMusic that is also very heavily influenced by HipHop (particularly the [[AlternativeHipHop Alternative]] variety) and AlternativeRock. Other influences are quite common as well, though- PsychedelicRock, FolkMusic, {{Reggae}} (especially Dub- almost all Trip-Hop is Dub-influenced), {{Blues}}, {{Jazz}}, {{Funk}}, SoulMusic, {{Industrial}}, DreamPop, GothRock, PostPunk, WorldMusic and sometimes even [[CountryMusic Country]] influences have all popped up in the genre from time to time.

The genre is generally characterized by slow, drugged-out sounding, often processed breakbeats (a breakbeat, for those not in the know, is basically the standard Hip-Hop beat- [[CommonTime 4 / 4]], but not straight 4 / 4, with the about half of the drum hits usually falling off-beat to varying extents; the name comes from the fact that the earliest examples were often [[{{Sampling}} sampled]] from drum/percussion breakdowns or "breaks" in old {{Funk}}, [[SoulMusic Soul]] and {{Disco}} records) and copious amounts of {{Sampling}}, though live instruments are fairly common as well, as are programmed synths and drum machines. Deep, Dub-influenced basslines are another common element, as are spooky atmospherics, often obtained by heavily processing samples (usually from old, crackly vinyl records, but not always) or doing the same to live instrumentation (guitars and keyboards being the most common). It often has a much "warmer" or "murkier" feel than other subgenres of ElectronicMusic, due to all the live instruments and samples taken from old records.

* Music/AnomieBelle (also DreamPop and SoulMusic)

* FilmNoire: Sometimes seems like the appropriate soundtrack to this.

!!Artists who play Trip-Hop include:

* Music/Zero7

* Music/Moloko (also AlternativeDance and AcidJazz)

The genre is generally characterized by slow, drugged-out sounding, often processed breakbeats (a breakbeat, for those not in the know, is basically the standard Hip-Hop beat- [[CommonTime 4 / 4]], but not straight 4 / 4, with the about half of the drum hits usually falling off-beat to varying extents; the name comes from the fact that the earliest examples were often [[{{Sampling}} sampled]] from drum/percussion breakdowns or "breaks" in old {{Funk}}, [[SoulMusic {{Soul}}]] and {{Disco}} records) and copious amounts of {{Sampling}}, though live instruments are fairly common as well, as are programmed synths and drum machines. Deep, Dub-influenced basslines are another common element, as are spooky atmospherics, often obtained by heavily processing samples (usually from old, crackly vinyl records, but not always) or doing the same to live instrumentation (guitars and keyboards being the most common). It often has a much "warmer" or "murkier" feel than other subgenres of ElectronicMusic, due to all the live instruments and samples taken from old records.

Well okay then- but it's [[NeoClassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly a little hard]]. In a nutshell, it's an genre of ElectronicMusic that is also very heavily influenced by HipHop (particularly the [[AlternativeHipHop Alternative]] variety) and AlternativeRock. Other influences are quite common as well, though- PsychedelicRock, FolkMusic, {{Reggae}} (especially Dub- almost all Trip-Hop is Dub-influenced), {{Blues}}, {{Jazz}}, {{Funk}}, SoulMusic, {{Industrial}}, GothRock, PostPunk, WorldMusic and sometimes even [[CountryMusic Country]] influences have all popped up in the genre from time to time.

Vocally, the genre ''can'' feature rapping, but doesn't have to- PerishingAltRockVoice is common, as is high-pitched, melodic female singing, but almost any kind of vocal style can appear. Or none at all- {[Instrumentals}} are not unheard of, either. It's also not unheard of for multiple vocalists and vocal styles to appear on a single track, due to collaborations and guest vocalists being common within the genre (many artists better thought of as production groups than as actual bands in the Rock sense- Music/MassiveAttack are an excellent example of this).

The genre's origins are in the late 80s / early 90s in England, with [[UrExample predecessors]] including Dub-influenced {{Industrial}} group Music/RenegadeSoundwave, various Adrian Sherwood-produced artists like Gary Clail and Tackhead and the British HipHop group The Wild Bunch. However, the most important early TripHop group was Music/MassiveAttack, who had evolved out of The Wild Bunch. Massive Attack became popular in England and Europe within a short time of their debut album ''Blue Lines'' (1991), and by the time its follow-up, ''Protection'', arrived in 1994, many other artists were following in their footsteps to varying extents, or had come to a vaguely comparable sound on their own. Music/{{Bjork}} (who was never a perfect fit for the genre, but who was vaguely affiliated with it) and Music/{{Portishead}} broke through to mainstream audiences in '93 / '94, and other artists followed suit.

See also AlternativeDance (Trip-Hop is arguably a subgenre of it), AlternativeHipHop (a big influence), InstrumentalHipHop (which it often overlaps with) and the Industrial Hip-Hop subgenre of {{Industrial}}, as well as BigBeat (a reltaed, but much much faster and more aggressive subgenre of ElectronicMusic that was popular in the late 90s) for related genres.

Well okay then- but it's [[NeoClassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly a little hard]]. In a nutshell, it's an genre of ElectronicMusi that is also very heavily influenced by HipHop (particularly the [[AlternativeHipHop Alternative]] variety) and AlternativeRockc. Other influences are quite common as well, though- PsychedelicRock, {{Regggae}} (especially Dub- almost all Trip-Hop is Dub-influenced), {{Blues}}, {{Jazz}}, {{Funk}}, SoulMusic, {{Industrial}}, GothRock, PostPunk, World and sometimes even [[CountryMusic Country]] influences have all popped up in the genre from time to time.

The genre's origins are in the late 80s / early 90s in England, with [[UrExample predecessors]] including Dub-influenced {{Industrial}} groups Music/RenegadeSoundwave, Gary Clail and Tackhead and