Hell yes, but maybe a bit more Lounge than TripHop? Also recommended from K&D: Kruder & Dorfmeister - G-Stoned
One cool thing about now is that so many of the classic trip hop albums are so easy and cheap to get on CD new or used. It’s awesome for new fans. And with streaming you have access to the endless amount of trip hop tracks that would cost a fortune in the CD era.
PJ Harvey dabbled in trip-hop and electronica on her excellent (and just reissued) 1998 record Is This Desire? She also collaborated on a haunting track with Tricky around that time, called "Broken Homes".
One of the best early Aesop Rock songs but most don't know the singer and producer on the track are members of the Trip Hop duo, The Controls.
James Lavelle's group which felt more like a revolving door of musicians each album along with him having a co-producing sidekick that never seemed to stick around for more than 1 album. This comes from their best album, Psyence Fiction when DJ Shadow was a member. No one came close after that replaced Shadow. Those trademark classic drums of his
The band ‘Archive’ are amazing. Their first record Londinium is a classic of the genre. They’ve moved into different genres since but the debut album is unsurpassed. This is Headspace off Londinium. The flute into guitar solo at 2:20s gives me goosebumps.
Lots of people mention Tricky’s debut but his follow up ‘Pre-Millenium Tension was every bit as good.
Usual suspects all mentioned, especially Massive Attack, Portishead, Tricky and the like. Kruder and Dorfmeister's K&D Seesions have been mentioned, which leads us to Rockers' Hi-Fi (try Mish Mash, where the original Going Under comes from), or Peace Orchestra, let alone Tosca (especially Suzuki or Dehli9), which are what K and, indeed, D did after. If Peace Orchestra appeals, then check out Hidden Orchestra's Archipelago, but we are moving on a bit here.
Having met Lavelle a couple of times back in the day I had a pretty low opinion of him, but the documentary about him "The Man From Mo' Wax" is not only good, but also made me dislike him less, it's well worth watching and does deal with his relationships with collaborators and why they kept leaving.
Last one from me: The wonderful DJ Krush. He made an album with Japanese trumpet player Toshinori Kondo which is joyful.
Another place to go after Massive Attack, might be Horace Andy's Living In The Flood, but that is a bit more reggaefied. And with Massive Attack, I'd certainly recommend No Protection, the Mad Professor re-mix album. However, I now run the danger of getting into dub recommendations.
I haven't seen that. I'll have to check it out Knowing why the revolving door happened is nice to know and also a music doc I haven't seen that's suppose to be good..bonus.
Mono, "Life in Mono" from their only album (not to be confused with the long-running Japanese band of the same name):
She's not a trip hop artist but for this album, there is a preponderance of the style. Her next album would have very minimal electronica.
Starseeds, "Parallel Life". I won this album as part of a prize package and don't know a thing about this band, but it's a good song:
+1 for Rebirth of Cool - i loved that series and had all the comps on CD. My favourite - from 1995 - and a good one for showcasing the cross-over of Acid Jazz and Trip-Hop is Volume 'Phive' which is available in full on YouTube Check out that tracklisting - Jhelisa, Coldcut, Tricky, K&D, Massive Attack, Portishead, D*Note, Beastie Boys, Bomb the Bass & Justin Warfield, MC Solaar
Exactly, Bulsara. That one's the best of the bunch. Vol. 4 "most" is also great, with DJ Krush, Tricky, Ronny Jordan, Burning Spear, etc.
