Line #96 Main/TripHop


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7	Primary Stylistic Influences:
8	+ HipHop (mostly AlternativeHipHop), ElectronicMusic, Dub {{Reggae}}, PostPunk, AlternativeRock, {{Jazz}} and Fusion
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11	Secondary Stylistic Influences:
12	+ AlternativeDance, PsychedelicRock, DreamPop, {{Ambient}}, HouseMusic, {{Soul}}, sometimes CountryMusic and {{Blues}}
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15	Trip-hop is a 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.
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17	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}}, {{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.
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19	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).
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21	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 Music/GaryClail and Music/{{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.
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23	By the late 90s, however, the genre had come to be seen as essentially "easy-listening" or "elevator music", and had faded from view due to overexposure (TV commercials and movies used it quite extensively during this period) and competition from the related (but much harder-edged) BigBeat sound of groups like Music/TheChemicalBrothers, Music/TheProdigy and Music/FatboySlim. However, Music/MassiveAttack and Music/{{Bjork}} retained popularity by continuing to evolve (Bjork arguably left it after her first few albums), and the genre never really ''died'', it just went back underground. Numerous older groups are still around, and the occasional newer artist has emerged. Meanwhile, the more mellow, easy-listening-leaning groups like Music/{{AIR\|Band}}, Morcheeba and Zero 7 would later kickstart the Downtempo subgenre.
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25	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 AcidJazz (similar feel and influences, but mostly live-based and Funk / Jazz influenced) and BigBeat (a related, but much much faster and more aggressive subgenre of ElectronicMusic that was popular in the late 90s) for related genres.
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27	!! Artists who play Trip-Hop include:
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29	[[index]]
30	* [[Music/NineLazyNine 9 Lazy 9]]
31	* Music/AdrianSherwood [[/index]](UrExample)[[index]]
32	* Music/{{Allflaws}}
33	* Music/{{Alpha}}
34	* Music/AnomieBelle ([[/index]]also DreamPop and Soul Music[[index]])
35	* Music/{{Archive}} (combines this with ProgressiveRock)
36	* [[Music/BitterSweet Bitter:Sweet]]
37	* Music/{{Bjork}} (not a perfect example- she's also AlternativeDance and AvantGardeMusic)
38	* Music/{{Blockhead}}
39	* Music/BlueFoundation
40	* Music/{{Bonobo}} ([[/index]]mixed with Ambient, nu jazz and WorldMusic[[index]])
41	* Music/BoweryElectric ([[/index]]also SpaceRock and DreamPop[[index]])
42	* Music/C2C ([[/index]]mixed with AlternativeHipHop and ElectroSwing[[index]])
43	* Music/TheChemicalBrothers (also BigBeat and AlternativeDance)
44	* Music/NenehCherry (along with AlternativeHipHop, {{Jazz}} and ContemporaryRAndB)
45	* Music/CiboMatto
46	* [[Music/BrianBurton Danger Mouse]]
47	* Music/LanaDelRey (some of the time; she's normally more of a {{Slowcore}} / IndiePop artist)
48	* Music/DJFood
49	* Music/DJShadow (also InstrumentalHipHop, and noted for his music being almost completely based on creative {{Sampling}})
50	** 1996 - ''Music/{{Endtroducing}}''
51	* Music/RobDougan
52	* Music/DubPistols (also BigBeat)
53	* Music/{{Dutch}}
54	* Music/{{Earthling\|Band}}
55	* Music/{{Emancipator}}
56	* Music/{{Esthero}} ([[/index]]though she's very much GenreBusting[[index]])
57	* Music/FilaBrazillia
58	* [[Music/FKATwigs FKA twigs]] (mixed with AlternativeRAndB)
59	* Music/{{Flunk}}
60	* Music/FunkiPorcini
61	* Music/{{Garbage}} (also AlternativeRock)
62	* Music/GaryClail ([[/index]]UrExample[[index]])
63	* Music/TheGathering (later albums; they started as GothMetal)
64	* Music/GlassAnimals
65	* Music/{{Gorillaz}} (also AlternativeHipHop)
66	* Music/{{Gramatik}}
67	* Music/GrooveArmada (mostly on their early albums- later work is closer to straightforward EDM)
68	* [[Music/{{Haelos}} Hælos]] ([[/index]]also {{Ambient}}[[index]])
69	* Music/TheHerbaliser ([[/index]]also AlternativeHipHop[[index]])
70	* Music/{{Hooverphonic}} (combined with DreamPop and AlternativeRock)
71	* Music/HowieB
72	* Music/HungryLucy
73	* Music/{{Jaianto}}
74	* Music/KingKrule
75	* Music/{{Kosheen}}
76	* Music/{{Lamb}}
77	* Music/LemonJelly
78	* Music/LiLiRoquelin (also AdultAlternative and SoftRock)
79	* Music/LittleDragon
80	* Music/LondonGrammar ([[/index]]mixed with AmbientMusic and DreamPop[[index]])
81	* Music/{{Lovage}} (a Music/DanTheAutomator project)
82	* Music/{{Madonna}} (arguably, on albums like ''Ray Of Light'' and ''Music'')
83	* Music/MassiveAttack (often considered the TropeMaker)
84	** 1998 - ''Music/{{Mezzanine}}''
85	* Music/MrScruff ([[/index]]mixed with nu jazz and swing, arguably an UrExample for ElectroSwing[[index]])
86	* Music/{{Moloko}} ([[/index]]also AlternativeDance and AcidJazz[[index]])
87	* Music/{{Morcheeba}}
88	* Music/{{Mudville}}
89	* Music/NakedFunk
90	* Music/NightmaresOnWax
91	* Music/OneDove
92	* Music/BethOrton
93	* Music/PepeDeluxe
94	* Creator/PersiaWhite
95	* Music/{{Phantogram}} ([[/index]]mixed with electronic rock and SynthPop[[index]])
96	* Music/{{Poe}}
97	* Music/CarolinePolachek (mixed with elements of IndiePop and art pop)
98	* Music/{{Portishead}} (the most commercially successful example, and a TropeCodifier to most people's eyes)
99	** 1994 - ''Music/{{Dummy}}''
100	* Music/RenegadeSoundwave ([[/index]]UrExample[[index]])
101	* Music/SecondPerson
102	* Music/{{Sia}} (her work in the 1990s and early 2000s before moving into IndiePop)
103	* Music/TheSmokering (also {{Chillwave}})
104	* Music/SneakerPimps
105	* Music/{{Space}} (combined with IndieRock, AlternativeDance, and just about everything else inbetween)
106	* Music/SwitchbladeSympony ([[/index]]combines this with DarkWave[[index]])
107	* Music/{{Tackhead}}
108	* Music/ThieveryCoporation
109	* Music/{{Tricky}} (who got his start with Massive Attack)
110	** 1995 - ''Music/{{Maxinquaye}}''
111	* Music/{{UNKLE}} (combines this with a hefty dose of AlternativeRock)
112	* Music/{{Up}}
113	* Music/WagonChrist
114	* Music/WaxTailor
115	* Music/PatrickWolf
116	* Music/AkiraYamaoka
117	* Music/YvesTumor (usually mixed with AlternativeRAndB, experimental pop, PsychedelicRock and plunderphonics, but ''Heaven to a Tortured Mind'' is a pretty straightforward psychedelic soul album)
118	* [[Music/ZeroSeven Zero 7]]
119	[[/index]]
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123	!!Trip-Hop as a genre provides examples of:
124	%%* AlternativeDance: Arguably a subgenre of it, and certainly an influence.
125	%%* AlternativeHipHop: Many artists are also this.
126	%%* AmenBreak: Used sometimes, though when it is, it's often thoroughly messed-with.
127	%%* CommonTime: Usually, though it doesn't always sound it. However, sometimes it's UncommonTime.
128	* CreatorBacklash: Most of the artists in this genre have spoken openly about their dislike of the phrase 'trip hop', claiming it underestimates the sounds they set out to achieve. They have also been critical about their reputation for being used as "dinner party" music, which has led to artists like Portishead and Massive Attack shifting into darker and more abrasive territory on subsequent albums.
129	%%* EchoingAcoustics: Especially on Dub-influenced tracks.
130	%%* ElectronicMusic: Though it's not what most people think of when they think of Electronic Music...
131	%%* FilmNoir: Sometimes seems like the appropriate soundtrack to this.
132	%%* GratuitousPanning: Occasionally. It makes it "trippy".
133	* {{Instrumentals}}: Fairly common- Music/DJShadow has some great ones, for example.
134	%%* MindScrew: The lyrics can invoke this from time to time. Again, "trippy" is appropriate.
135	%%* {{Retraux}}: Often [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] by the use of old records as sampling material.
136	* {{Sampling}}: An essential part of the genre's aesthetic- examples are too numerous to list. Old, scratchy vinyl is favored.
137	* SopranoAndGravel: Sometimes, though not in the same way as Metal bands- it's not uncommon for a male rapper to duet or trade parts with a tuneful soprano. Tricky's debut album ''Maxinquaye'' is a good example, with Tricky himself as the gravel occasionally dueting with his then-wife and soprano Martina Topley-Bird.
138	%%* {{Theremin}}: Used (or sampled) from time to time.
139	%%* TropeCodifier: Music/{{Portishead}} for most, Music/MassiveAttack for people who don't consider them the TropeMaker.
140	%%* TropeMaker: Usually considered to be Music/MassiveAttack.
141	%%* UncommonTime: On occasion.
142	%%* UrExample: Music/RenegadeSoundwave, Music/GaryClail and Music/{{Tackhead}}. The latter two were both affiliated with Adrian Sherwood, another example.

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