Essential Trip-Hop albums (electronic, ambient, jazz, rap, genre)

Malicious Wakizashi · 04-08-2008, 07:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

UNKLE have never really been the same since DJ Shadow quit.

On the other hand he's never been as good since he left UNKLE either.

I agree. Unkle w/ Shadow was awesome.
Personal favorites:
DJ Shadow - Entroducing
UNKLE - Psyence Fiction
Four Tet - Pause
and I second Tricky - Maxinquaye

Good ****.

Friday · 04-13-2008, 03:56 AM

Endtroducing really doesn't do it for me. I'm just not astounded by it.

Molecules · 04-13-2008, 09:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Friday

Endtroducing really doesn't do it for me. I'm just not astounded by it.

it's mediocre, coffee-table hip hop, to me. I've never been anything but bored stiff by that album. He obviously has a talent for splicing up dusty old vinyl and **** but I never understood why people were so blown away by that one

SubPop · 04-16-2008, 10:35 AM

I really like Thievery Corporation, I think some of their stuff could be called trip-hop, try the album "The Richest man in Babylon" or their "DJ Kicks" album

mightyprojet · 04-16-2008, 12:53 PM

Check out Laika.It`s a female singer(Margaret Fiedler) with a producer(Guy Fixsen)doing jazzy electronica/trip hop.One critic called them 'techno torch'.They did`nt get the attenton they deserved.The albums Silver Apples Of The Moon and Sound Of The Satellites are good introductions.

Piss Me Off · 04-16-2008, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Molecules

it's mediocre, coffee-table hip hop, to me. I've never been anything but bored stiff by that album. He obviously has a talent for splicing up dusty old vinyl and **** but I never understood why people were so blown away by that one

I love it because it has some of the coolest sampling i've heard, he literally chops and pastes everything up, its amazing that all he used was a drum machine over it. The songs are incredible too, i'm always in the mood for Number Song and Mutual Slump, while Midnight In a Perfect World is just brilliant.

Hunty · 04-26-2008, 08:02 PM

Coldcut - Sound Mirrors
Zero 7 - When It Falls (Is it Trip Hop)
Super Collider - Head On
Any Four Tet or Jamie Lidel

Enjoy!

H

djkikis · 05-31-2008, 10:18 PM

Is DJ Shadow trip-hop? well if he is then i'd recommend him.

DJ Shadow - Endtroducing
DJ Shadow - Live in tune and on time

Demonoid · 08-21-2008, 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by jackhammer

Ulver have been popping up all over these forums. The only one I have is A QUICK FIX OF MELANCHOLY which did nothing for me, but I have heard that this band jump genres. However they have to be good at any particular genre they are doing and not genre hopping for the sake of it. i'm going to dig deeper with this band and try to get an overall picture of them.

Consider perdition city a blind rec from me too...if you haven't listened to it yet that is.
If the first track with it's jazzy feel doesn't blow you away, the second one definitely will! Especially when Garm's alien like vocals kick in. It's like walking in this cold dark ghost city, all alone 12 in the night.
The first 5 tracks are superb. You might not like it from the 6th track onwards(as it's more in the vein of A Quick Fix of Melancholy which i think is quite good), but imo, it's just the way they experiment. I don't think they had the idea of "Trip-Hop" in their mind while making this. Just Dark Ambient.
I definitely had a great experience listening to it 1 in the morning with lights off

(well, it's say's Headphones and darkness recommended in the booklet anyways)

TROY148 · 08-22-2008, 03:11 PM

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Air yet, I'm yet to discover a song thy've done that I dislike.

04-13-2008, 03:56 AM	#42 (permalink)
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04-26-2008, 08:02 PM	#47 (permalink)
Hunty Groupie Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 14	Coldcut - Sound Mirrors Zero 7 - When It Falls (Is it Trip Hop) Super Collider - Head On Any Four Tet or Jamie Lidel Enjoy! H __________________ "They say the heart of Rock & Roll is still beating, which is amazing if you consider all the blow it's done over the years" - JJ Blair

05-31-2008, 10:18 PM	#48 (permalink)
djkikis Groupie Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 27	Is DJ Shadow trip-hop? well if he is then i'd recommend him. DJ Shadow - Endtroducing DJ Shadow - Live in tune and on time __________________ I once prayed to god for a bike, but quickly found out he didnt work that way...so I stole a bike and prayed for his forgiveness

04-16-2008, 10:35 AM	#44 (permalink)
SubPop Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 121	I really like Thievery Corporation, I think some of their stuff could be called trip-hop, try the album "The Richest man in Babylon" or their "DJ Kicks" album

04-16-2008, 12:53 PM	#45 (permalink)
mightyprojet Music Addict Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 52	Check out Laika.It`s a female singer(Margaret Fiedler) with a producer(Guy Fixsen)doing jazzy electronica/trip hop.One critic called them 'techno torch'.They did`nt get the attenton they deserved.The albums Silver Apples Of The Moon and Sound Of The Satellites are good introductions.

08-22-2008, 03:11 PM	#50 (permalink)
TROY148 Music Addict Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Your mum, where she is- that's where I live Posts: 88	I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Air yet, I'm yet to discover a song thy've done that I dislike.