What does trip hop stand for?
Definition of trip-hop : electronic dance music usually based on a slow hip-hop beat and incorporating hypnotic synthesized and prerecorded sounds.
Is trip hop coming back?
Trip hop isn’t dead. After an almost 20-year hiatus, Sneaker Pimps have returned with a double album, following individual breakdowns and breakthroughs of both founding members. Decades after their 1996 debut album Becoming X, founding members Chris Corner and Liam Howe are releasing Squaring The Circle.
Who made trip hop?
It was pioneered by acts like Massive Attack, Tricky, and Portishead. The term was first coined in a 1994 Mixmag piece about American producer DJ Shadow. Trip hop achieved commercial success in the 1990s, and has been described as “Europe’s alternative choice in the second half of the ’90s”.
What happened to trip hop?
By the late 1990s, trip-hop had become nothing more than limp, often stoner-friendly, coffee table hip-hop beats. It was music for people who felt rap was too dangerous. To those who believed in it though, it always held a promise of things weird and wonderful.
Is there such a thing as pure trip hop?
There is no purism to indulge in, because there is nothing pure about trip-hop. As DJ Food’s Strictly Kev put it recently, at its best the music was “psychedelic beat collages, usually instrumental, embracing samples, analogue electronics and dub FX.”
What are the best trip hop tracks?
The 10 best trip hop tracks, according to Nouvelle Vague’s Marc Collin 1 Tricky 2 Portishead 3 Goldfrapp 4 Emiliana Torrini 5 Alpha 6 Nicolette 7 Perry Blake 8 Jay Jay Johanson 9 Massive Attack 10 Ollano
Who is a famous person who does trip hop?
Tricky, a major trip hop artist. In 1993, Icelandic musician Björk released Debut, produced by Wild Bunch member Nellee Hooper. The album, although rooted in four-on-the-floor house music, contained elements of trip hop and is credited as one of the first albums to introduce electronic dance music into mainstream pop.