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Originally Posted by jackhammer
Usually todays definition of Trip Hop is melancholic Electronic music with a lot of hip hop elements virtually gone which is neither a good or bad description as Trip hop is a label attributed to most if not all non commercial and densely atmospheric Dance music.
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This is an interesting take. I think "melancholic electronic" is a big part of my personal definition of the genre, but definitely still with hip hop elements. If that element is removed then there's nothing trip-hop about it, IMO. So if the term is applied to most non commercial and densely atmospheric dance music...with no trace of hip hop...I'm feeling that's incorrect (and I know you're not stating that as your personal definition of the genre). Much of it probably depends on our own environments, countries always have varying views on genres and stuff. But if a piece of electronic music has no element of hip hop I'm not gonna call it trip hop, that's for sure. There is plenty of dense and atmospheric electronic that has no trace of hip hop or at least not enough to classify it as trip hop, and to me that's usually what I'd call IDM or downtempo or simply electronic. You did mention Down Tempo, Nu Jazz, and Breakbeat being included or also labeled as trip-hop, and that's true as long as there are traces of hip hop. I mean that has to be the one common element is what I'm saying. I think I am rambling and need to go to bed.
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