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i dont really like trip-hop
 

recycle from drukqs on 2001-10-03 14:52 [#00038848]



the topic says it all..........
its ok to listen to, but i dont think im buyin it.........


 

offline marlowe from Antarctica on 2002-05-04 16:07 [#00205459]
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you kunt -- buy some DJ KRUSH thad you loser!


 

offline Martytan from somewhere in upstate new york (United States) on 2002-05-04 16:39 [#00205496]
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dj krush isn't always trip hop....


 

offline flea from depths of your mind (New Zealand) on 2002-05-04 16:42 [#00205499]
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it kinda bores me..I think I od'd on it 5 years ago


 

offline marlowe from Antarctica on 2002-05-04 16:47 [#00205503]
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don't be a spazmo - AFX isn't always drill'n'bass, but if
someone didn't like drill'n'bass you would say "listen to
aphex twin then!" so they would hear some quality! all the
DJ KRUSH i've ever heard (i have 4CDs and several mp3s has
been trip hop)


 

offline flea from depths of your mind (New Zealand) on 2002-05-04 16:49 [#00205506]
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what would you call Witchman?


 

offline korben dallas from nz on 2002-05-04 16:54 [#00205514]
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i like (some) trip hop, thought the term seems to be largely
abused - and ambiguous, either that or i only like a small
portion of trip hop!

dj krush is quite nice, though it can get a bit boring ..
splitrmx by autechre i would consider some wicked trip hop
(perhaps more down beat) ?


 

offline marlowe from Antarctica on 2002-05-04 16:55 [#00205515]
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i am unfamiliar with that artist :(


 

offline flea from depths of your mind (New Zealand) on 2002-05-04 16:59 [#00205519]
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he's pretty good..a lot of range in his stuff..that's why I
find it hard to tag him..some stuff is almost drill..but
mostly downbeat..illbient..I guess trip hop without vocals
and pop appeal is illbient..am I about right?


 

offline B3n from Manchester (United Kingdom) on 2002-05-04 17:00 [#00205520]
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so many things get lumped in as trip hop...how can you
compare dj shadow to coldcut? ooh, they both use downtempo
breaks so they've got to be the same...


 

offline marlowe from Antarctica on 2002-05-04 17:03 [#00205527]
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sounds good, fleamarket! i will check him out! :)

yeah trip hop is becoming too vague b3n, you're right -- but
there are new terms springing up all over the place - i like
the term illbient for instance - i know a lot of people
think of a piano melody over some running water when the
term AMBIENT is used :D


 

offline flea from depths of your mind (New Zealand) on 2002-05-04 17:07 [#00205535]
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fleamarket..I like that:)

and whatabout Funki Porcini?I love Funki Porcini..it gets
lumped with trip hop..but some of it is IDM..and other
drilly d'n'b...


 

offline B3n from Manchester (United Kingdom) on 2002-05-04 17:08 [#00205538]
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what is the 'ill' in illbient for then?


 

offline marlowe from Antarctica on 2002-05-04 17:08 [#00205539]
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funki porcini? what a great name! sounds like an italian
rodent!


 

offline marlowe from Antarctica on 2002-05-04 17:09 [#00205541]
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ILLBiENT, as far i understand it, is dark ambient, with an
edgy suspenseful, terror-filled feel to it -- well probably
the definition is a little more lax than that


 

offline DirtyPriest from Copenhagen (Denmark) on 2002-05-04 17:10 [#00205543]
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listen 2 Portishead, Portishead, and say that again!


 

offline flea from depths of your mind (New Zealand) on 2002-05-04 17:23 [#00205573]
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ill=dark..spooky..DJ Spooky..as a matter of fact..:) funny
that :) his ashphodel is THE illbient label

and yeah Portishead still grabs me:)


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2002-05-05 16:24 [#00206449]
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portishead are nice
and denali
howie b and fila brazillia


 

offline marlowe from Antarctica on 2002-05-05 16:25 [#00206451]
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i like old howie b, but "folk"? what a waste of money


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2002-05-05 16:43 [#00206473]
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my first impression on folk was the same
but after i heard it about 20 times i really started to like
it


 

offline jayphex from Ottawa (Canada) on 2002-05-05 17:03 [#00206494]
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global goon is classified as trip hop.... so I guess I like
trip hop.


 

offline Asche XL on 2002-05-05 17:04 [#00206496]
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i like it


 

offline Martytan from somewhere in upstate new york (United States) on 2002-05-05 17:05 [#00206497]
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oh wait... dj krush IS trip hop.... I was confusing it with
drill n bass... hehe


 

offline B3n from Manchester (United Kingdom) on 2002-05-05 17:48 [#00206529]
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hahah, and i'm sure global goon IS NOT trip hop, I can tell
you that much


 

offline supreme from Antwerp (Belgium) on 2002-05-05 18:11 [#00206548]
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Hooverphonic is trip hop.
They are Belgian.
Anyone who knows them?


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2002-05-05 19:01 [#00206608]
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i have their's A NEW STEREOPHONIC SOUND SPECTACULAR
i especially like 2 WICKY
which is on stealing beauty soundtrack


 

offline supreme from Antwerp (Belgium) on 2002-05-05 21:22 [#00206902]
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Their lataest album 'the magnificent tree' is the best they
have done so far.
(because they have a new singer?)

It is worth checking.


 

offline Taxidermist from Black Grass on 2002-05-05 21:36 [#00206931]
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You know, I read the thread title and got kinda pissed, and
went in to rebut, and then noticed that it said "I don't
like trip-hop", not "I don't like Hip-Hop".

Trip-hop may seem boring to you, cause it is boring.


 

offline jimisteel from SLC (United States) on 2002-05-06 22:36 [#00208529]
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I personnally hate the term Trip hop used to classify music
into a genre. There a very few bands/musicians that i would
classify trip hop. The only person i can think of that fits
trip hop is Beck. Trip hop is like a band with a
singer/emcee, and DJ that doesnt want to be classified as
RAP/HIPHOP, or for songs that are a wierd bpms like 108
bmp.

Ambient - Usually no drums or specific BPM.

Down Tempo - 60-85 BPM. Slow hip hop and certain styles of
house can be classified downtempo.

Hip hop/rap- 85-99 bpm.

House/Trance-120-140 BPM

Drum & Bass/Jungle- 160-180 BMP

Drill & Bass 180-200+ bpm

Experimental- 0-200+ bpm. Using uncoventional sounds.
Doing something with sound that has never been done before
etc.

Dj KRUSH, Dj Shadow- Hip hop

Portishead- downtempo hiphop, organic electronic.

Massive Attack- downtempo, hiphop, electronica.

Radio head- downtempo, electronica.

Funki Porcini- downtempo. Hip hop. Drum&bass, depending on
the track.



 

offline marlowe from Antarctica on 2002-05-06 22:43 [#00208547]
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genre isnt defined by tempo -- apart from the obvious like
gabba and happy hardcore


 

offline flea from depths of your mind (New Zealand) on 2002-05-06 22:49 [#00208553]
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but then again labels like ninja tunes go out of their way
blanket labeling everything they have got as trip hop when a
lot of it so obviously isn't..Coldcut for one..and Funki
Porcini..though I did find it surprising that while so many
were singing the IDM virtues of Amon Tobin and Cujo..I found
a lot of it to be nothing more than beefed up trip hop..


 

offline marlowe from Antarctica on 2002-05-06 22:51 [#00208557]
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oh, and

01) what's between 140&160bpm?
02) why is 108bpm a "weird" tempo?


 

offline flea from depths of your mind (New Zealand) on 2002-05-06 23:25 [#00208608]
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b/w 140 and 160 is the really cool metallic/minimal/detroit
inspired Techno..the kind I bop around to a lot..the kinda
stuff you get on Tresor and Nova Mute..dare I say
it..Intelligent Techno?


 

offline B3n from Manchester (United Kingdom) on 2002-05-06 23:37 [#00208631]
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I think some of you are missing the point. The genre is just
so other people know vaguely what you are talking about.
there are no definite boundries 'oh that tracks below 100bpm
and has breaks must be trip hop'
I personally regard shadow as instrumental hip hop, as I do
Nightmares on wax (later stuff) and see trip hop as the more
playful stuff generally like coldcut, but it really doesn't
matter.

and taxidermist...trip hop isn't boring, that's a stupid
thing to say IMO


 

offline urb from Trondheim (Norway) on 2002-05-06 23:42 [#00208638]
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as far as I can remember, it was mixmag who coined the trip
hop term for describing massive attack's music.

in my opinion it's just another way of saying downtempo hip
hop.


 

offline flea from depths of your mind (New Zealand) on 2002-05-06 23:45 [#00208640]
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I was being ironic..but I also laid out some fact..I think
the problem with trip hop is that it became too big too
quick got massively overexposed got entagled into the
merciless maw of the flavour of the week..got chewed up spat
out and stripped of any credibility..all a bit sad...because
stuff by the likes of Portishead and Tricky is still kinda
tasty..Massive Attack and Mezzanine killed it for me..and
the Mad Professor guy..he blows..


 

offline B3n from Manchester (United Kingdom) on 2002-05-06 23:48 [#00208641]
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yeah I was more talking to jimi steel. I think it just ended
up being a dump for lots of music people couldn't fit into
other things


 

offline jupitah from Minneapolis (United States) on 2002-05-06 23:52 [#00208645]
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right on, that list of definitions is silly because genres
are very loose, overlapping, prone to change and a bit
subjective.

how is this contro-j character? i have 'mighty mouse calls
a bluff' and it's a nice tune.


 

offline flea from depths of your mind (New Zealand) on 2002-05-06 23:56 [#00208646]
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yep everything that was hip hop but was not about gangs and
hos and had prominent fem vox (back then it was rarer)..with
a laid back jazzy swing to it became trip hop..and I mean
everything..it became the domain of the hacks..


 

offline recycle from Where is Phobiazero (Lincoln) (United States) on 2002-05-06 23:58 [#00208648]
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marlowe----YOU STOPID FUCKER :0) QUIT FINDING ALL MY OLD
POSTED TOPICS (THANKS FOR THE LAUGHS :0))

......YOUR THE BEST....WELL NEXT TO MY FAVORITE
CUNT....RICHARD D. JAMES


 

offline marlowe from Antarctica on 2002-05-07 00:08 [#00208662]
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*bips recycle on the nose* :D


 

offline flea from depths of your mind (New Zealand) on 2002-05-07 00:24 [#00208676]
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what's a bip?..sounds vaguely sexual..


 

offline jimisteel from SLC (United States) on 2002-05-07 01:39 [#00208757]
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I agree, trying to label music is difficult and the genre
name doesnt mean anything. Its the artist and their track,
if its sounds good who cares how you would classify it.
Just like it.
There are exeptions to everything. It depends, but i
do think tempo has a lot to do with how you classify into a
genre. Name a hip hop beat that isnt within 80-110 bpm ?
Name a Jungle track thats slower than 100 bpm ? Some genres
are defined by tempo and some arent.

I still think the name trip hop is lame.



 

offline ramen on 2002-05-07 02:52 [#00208825]
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i like portishead and dj shadow. thas it


 


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