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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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October 2008
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Natalie Walker	Rehab New York, United States	1 person attending Add shout
Tuesday 21 October 2008
CMJ Music Marathon & Film Festival 2008 at CMJ Music Marathon A Place to Bury Strangers, Broken Social Scene, Coheed and Cambria, Minus the Bear, Saves the Day, Mirah, Deerhoof, Talib Kweli	CMJ Music Marathon New York, New York, United States	80 people attending 10 shouts Buy Tickets
Wednesday 22 October 2008
Degenerates at Le Royale Moby, Princess Superstar, Holy Ghost!	Le Royale Manhatten, United States	4 people attending Add shout
Thursday 23 October 2008
Amanda Diva Charles Hamilton, 88-Keys, U-N-I, Blitz the Ambassador	SOB's New York, United States	1 person attending Add shout
Friday 24 October 2008
Thievery Corporation	House of Blues Houston, TX, United States	1 person attending Add shout Buy Tickets
Voodoo Music Experience at City Park Stone Temple Pilots, R.E.M., Nine Inch Nails, Dashboard Confessional, Thievery Corporation, The Mars Volta, TV on the Radio, NER*D	City Park New Orleans, United States	167 people attending 29 shouts

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August 2008

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August 2008

Chillout With "the Green" Downtempo Electronica

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verabaxter wrote:
August 2008

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