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Originally Posted by Gavin B.
A Few Trip-Hop and Lounge Favorites
This high concept video of Alphawezen's Frost really caught my eye with it's dazzling deep space visuals that fit like a glove with the music.
Under My Star is collaboration between singer Beth Hirsh with Gelka, available on the latest Cafe del Mer collection, which is Volume XV. Beth Hirsh is a stellar jazz/trip hop vocal stylist who first appeared on Moon Safari the groundbreaking debut album by the French electronica duo Air. On that album Ms. Hirsh arranged and sang all the female vocal, chorus and choir parts and Beth was also the lead vocalist on Air's first internatinally released single, You Make It Easy.
My final selection is from the Postmarks' latest album Memoirs at the End of the World. The Postmarks aren't technically within the trip hop genre but the influence of bands like Thievery Corporation and Portishead are pervasive in the Postmarks' arrangement of this song, No One Said It Would Be Easy. The song is a mysterious slice of exotica in the tradition 60s era Italian B-movie soundtrack composers like Alessandro Alessandroni, the Baragozzi Group, Piero Ulmilani and the master, Ennio Morricone.
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Really liking that first track especially the drum track. Is it just a one off track (such is prevalent in the Electronica arena)?
I have the Cafe Del Mar series up until 14 and there are gems on absolutely every album and generally they eschew going down the commercial route and release many unknown artists. Cafe Del Mar Dreams 2 is a great album with completely unknown names and another series of albums that are worth your time are these:
Various - Real Ibiza 2 (2xCD) at Discogs. I only have the first three in the series on C.D with number 3 being an almost acoustic album and it's pure bliss.
I really like The Postmarks track too. It reminds me of Saint Etienne which is no bad thing at all in my book and I will have to check that album out. Although they don't use too much orchestration you may want to check out the Luke Haines (Auteurs) English Pop band Black Box Recorder who have that quintessential English Lounge sound: