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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. However Categorically Trip Hop Differs From Hip Hop In Theme And Overall Tone. Instead Of Gangsta Rap E.G. NWA Or Conscious Rap E.G. KRS-One With Its Hard-Hitting Lyrics Trip Hop Offers A More Aural Atmospherics With Instrumental Hip-Hop Turntable Scratching And Breakbeat Rhythms. Regarded In Some Ways As A Nineties Update Of Fusion Trip Hop Transcends The Hardcore Rap Styles And Lyrics With Atmospheric Overtones To Create A More Mellow Tempo That Has Less To Do With Black American Urbanite Attitude And More To Do With A Middle-Class British Impression Of Hip-Hop. As Simon Reynolds Put It "trip Hop Is Merely A Form Of Gentrification" Trip Hop Production Is Historically Lo-Fi Relying On Analog Recording Equipment And Instrumentation For An Ambience. Portishead For Example Records Their Material To Old Tape From Real Instruments And Then Sample Their Recordings Rather Than Recording Their Instruments Directly To A Track. They Also Tend To Put Their Drums Through Considerable Compression. Later Artists Have Taken Inspiration From Many Other Sources Including World And Orchestral Influences As Well As Film Scores. In Fact Artists Such As DJ Shadow Or Portishead Extensively Used Film Soundtracks As An Influence With Its Acoustic Instruments And Orchestral Sounds Designed To Create A Mental Imagery Of A Cinematic Experience And Immerse The Listener To A Mood Of Aural Reverie Rather Than A Focused Attention To Social Commentaries Or Lyrics Of Gangsta Rap. Trip-Hop Every artist, every band, and every song you can imagine, from the newest to the oldest, are easily accessible through Frogtoon Music. Get ready to indulge yourself and allow the music to enrich your soul, ignite your passion, awaken your emotions, and bring back some beautiful memories. The following is a directory of top artists and bands from Trip Hop: As you visit their pages, you will be presented with a list of popular videos, top tracks, recommended mixes, and music from all the albums they released. In addition, within each page, you can access and discover music from similar artists and bands.

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