Anyway, I've only recently researched on what Trip hop is. Funny I've been listening to Trip hop longer than knowing what kind of genre it is. I tried the yahoo radio station labeled Trip hop last night? I usually play the Coffeehouse station, Chill Out, House even that Passport Approved which I don't really get but I still like.
Trip hop is under electronic. Curious how it has hop like Hip hop so I thought maybe these genres are related although I can't really tell how since themes and vocal styles are totally different (plus the major element of Hip hop that's missing - rap which I've only heard once or twice and it's not the rap I'm used to hearing).
From wiki:
Trip hop is a music genre that refers to a musical trend that began in the mid-1990s of downtempo electronic music and grew out of England's hip hop and house scenes, including the Bristol underground scene. It has been described as "Europe's alternative of choice in the second half of the '90s", and a one-up 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.
WHAT? That didn't really make sense to me. SO IT DID COME FROM HIP HOP. Must be the beats? The electronica part is very obvious. So after Google, the definition that made sense the most is this:
1a. This is by far the most commonly asked question, and the most difficult to answer, but I will try my best to sum it up. Triphop is a blend of electronica and hip-hop, urban and ethereal, street and ambience. It is music that is thought provoking, sexy, sensual, and deep. Defining triphop is so difficult because the music is so amorphous, and it spreads across such a wide range of emotions and sounds. Some groups will have you nodding your head and tapping your feet while others will possibly lower your blood pressure (joke, sorta;).
1b. Some triphop is narcotic - extremely mellow strings, a gentle brush beat on the drums, spacey bass lines echoing in the background with sullen female vocals at a whispers volume. Some triphop is loud - in your face with turntables burning themselves up, bass driven hip hop beats, thumping bass lines and rapping. A good deal of what is between these 2 examples would classify as triphop. That is indeed a big pill to swallow, so I will now attempt to describe triphop from a different point, the mood and messages evoked
Yeh that speaks to me I guess. Narcotic - haha I'd actually say triphop is bed music. Bed for sleeping and bed for something else :p
Portishead - is a band and style I really love. 90s music. Trip hop.
Other groups with such style - Massive Attack, Thievery Corporation, crazy Bjork, Morcheeba, Mono, even Gorillaz (ahhhhh...).
My first ever favorite Trip hop track, fell in love with it when I was still in elementary:
"give me a reason to be a woman..."
0 comments:
Post a Comment