A standout for me as well, just starting to dig in. Really dug Trigger Hippie. Bunch of really cool stuff surfacing here, am happy to see folks colouring outside the lines.
Res is such an underrated singer and her album should've done better then it did when it dropped in 2001. She mixed Neo Soul/Trip Hop/Pop/Rock all into one unique sound for herself. Most of the production on her album was done by Doc McKinney who had previously been know for producing all of Esthero's debut and would years later gain notice for his work with The Weeknd. Interesting note on this album is Res didn't write the songs herself, they were written by at the time a woman by the name of Santi White who would a handful of years later leave the band she started with and etch a solo career of her own under the name of Santigold. Res's voice just soars with her lyrics which was a great combo and the best thing both of them ever did imo.
It's 25 years ago so my memory is hazy, but I think he moonlighted as someone else on the label, or at least did the music for them.
huh interesting- I've been a huge fan of bowery electric since the first double 7" but I've never heard them described as trip hop before. i guess I can see it for Beat though since they went kinda nuts with the drum and bass beats on that album. The first album is really good too but is MUCH more of a straight shoegazer thing. they also were one of the worst shows I've ever seen, unfortunately! I saw them in Austin Tx once while helping a friend move down there- talked to Lawrence after the show and mentioned I was in town from WI, and all he said was "oh my god i'm sorry the show was so bad then!" lol. Lots of technical problems, nothing was working that night for them.
Well...trip hop, as far as I'm concerned, has to have hip hop, and specifically breaks, as its starting point. Stick whatever you like on top of that. Vocals, even female vocals, optional. Vaguely psychedelic is good. This sort of thing fits the bill:
Andrea Parker was one of trip-hop's prominent women. Kiss My Arp was a solid debut and a DJ Kicks set followed, but subsequent releases were few and far between.
I really dig this song too - I always go back and forth whether I prefer this mix in the video or the original album version. But in any iteration this song is so groove and cool
Trip-hop is a hard (sub)-genre to pin down, but I guess Simple Things and When It Falls may at least partly fit the bill. Either way two fantastic albums!
Yes, I think Dan did something with label owner Pip Diaz, or rather Dan did something and Pip stuck a name on it and claimed it as his, like I say it was a long time ago and I've done my best to forget the insanity of dealing with Pip, but I think Dan and later Monk and Canatella were the only acts on a wage or at least seeing regular money, Pip wanted to be James Lavelle, but didn't have any musical taste, judgement or business skills, I can't remember how he linked up with Dan, most of the acts very local, but he wasn't.
Off: Never equated Trip Hop w/Hip Hop*. Jungle was always Techno's Hip Hop Electronica. Hip Hop obviously was an influence of Industrial's Drum & Bass too. * though Tricky would have something to say about that!
Is Joan Osborne considered trip hop by some folks? I never really thought of her that way. She's one of those artists whose CDs I seem to frequently see at thrift stores and the used CD bins at record stores.
Yup, thanks for confirming my suspicion. Not sure why she's even being mentioned in a trip hop thread, but stranger things have happened.
Off: To me, that's based much more on Funk; then Hip Hop which has Dancehall as it's base. As a modern genre, would go w/Downbeat [subs Funkstep & Liquid Jazz also]. AllMusic disagrees w/both of us: Wild Wood - Paul Weller | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic rateyourmusic doesn't even mention anything remotely Electronica either: Wild Wood by Paul Weller - RYM/Sonemic Nor Uncut: Paul Weller - Wild Wood - R1993 | UNCUT though they do agree w/my [Liquid] Jazz inference.
+ Electronica for sure! What specific genre is a tossup; production was influenced by Trip Hop [IMO], just a more natural instrumental implementation. Have no prob w/it getting thrown in. at least "someone" on Wiki agrees w/you: Dido (singer) - Wikipedia
I can say I like it much more now than then. Thanks. Moloko passed me by, I knew some of what they played on the radio (such as this one), read some reviews and articles praising them, but ... Just cued up the album this is from, Do You Like My Tight Sweater? and I think I missed something. But ... is this Trip Hop? What is TripHop anyway? Portishead, Massive Attack ... those were mainstays from that label, all have some kind of electronic beat in common ... Funnily enough I actually do sort them as TripHop. And each time I added to that folder I question that sorting decision. Guess I really should add some Moloko. Really like what I am hearing. Edit: LoL I am just getting interested in Róisín Murphy. I had no idea! From Wikipedia:
