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Trip hop is a music genre also known as the Bristol sound or Bristol acid rap. The trip hop description was applied to the musical trend in the mid-1990s of downtempo electronic music that grew out of England’s hip hop and house scenes. It is often rejected as a term by those artists to whom it is applied. It has also been described as “Europe’s alternative of choice in the second half of the ’90s”, and a fusion “of Hip-Hop and Electronica until neither genre is recognizable.” It is thus categorized as a fairly experimental genre, and sometimes with elements of Dance.

James Lavelle, founding member of UNKLE and owner of the famous trip hop label Mo’Wax stated, “British hip hop lacks the lyrical skills of US counterparts, but British kids have got the musical side, ” and “They know about records. That’s the step forward. Now they can do their own style, they don’t have to copy anything.” An absence of vocals in trip hop (in its earliest days) lead it to find its own voice by replacing vocals with more abstract sounds and having less of a focus on imitating American hip hop.

Trip hop is known for its melancholy aesthetics. This is due to the fact that several acts were inspired by post punk bands; in the 90’s, Massive Attack and Tricky both covered Siouxsie and the Banshees and The Cure

In some instances, the trip hop sound relies on jazz samples, usually taken from old vinyl jazz records. This reliance on sampling has changed the way record labels deal with clearing samples for use in other people’s tracks. Trip hop tracks often sample Rhodes pianos, saxophones, trumpets, and flutes, and develops in parallel to hip hop, each inspiring the other.

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November 2008
Today (Friday 21 November 2008)
R.E.M. Broken Social Scene, The Apples in Stereo	Cruzan Amphitheatre West Palm Beach, United States	8 people attending 15 shouts
Little Dragon	The Roxy Theatre Los Angeles, United States	8 people attending 3 shouts
Anomie Belle w/ Little Dragon, DJ Jason Bently & Manuok at The Roxy Theatre Anomie Belle, Little Dragon, Manuok, Jason Bently	The Roxy Theatre Los Angeles, United States	2 people attending 1 shout
Black Sunshine at Auditorium Theatre The Smashing Pumpkins	Auditorium Theatre Chicago, United States	16 people attending 2 shouts
Nine Inch Nails Boris	Mizzou Arena Columbia, United States	23 people attending 13 shouts
Tomorrow (Saturday 22 November 2008)
Nine Inch Nails Boris	BOK Center Tulsa, OK, United States	17 people attending 6 shouts Buy Tickets

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mas_rover wrote:
August 2008

so-so

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thegreensatx wrote:
August 2008

Chillout With "the Green" Downtempo Electronica

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verabaxter wrote:
August 2008

Escuchenos!! www.lastfm.es/music/vera+baxter saludos desde Argentina!!

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