quoted 4 lines Has anyone actually listened to all or most of the new triphoppers? Let's
> Has anyone actually listened to all or most of the new triphoppers? Let's
> see, I can think of a few off the top of my head--Moloko, Lamb, Sneaker
> Pimps, hooverphonic, Morcheeba.
>
Ahhh, this is the sort of music now in heavy rotation on Jason Bentley's
once interesting metropolis radio show here in LA on KCRW. In a word:
boring. Sorry Lamb fans (hey brock, don't you like the sneaker pimps?).
Basically all the acts you mentioned here are perpetuating some
variation of the trademark Bristol trip-hop sound that originated in
the late eighties/early ninties from the work of the Wild Bunch dj crew
which spun off into such acts as Massive Attack, Portishead and of
course Tricky's solo stuff (there is actually a book about the bristol
trip-hop music scene, can you believe it?). I mean the massives and
tricky are pretty fluffy to begin with but moorcheeba and the sneaker
pimps take it to a whole nother level. I say enjoy your copy of blue
lines and save for a remix or two (autechre & fillas Lamb mixes) forget
about these watered down 2nd wave trip-popers. If you're set on hearing
new stuff in the same vein you may want to check out some of the
releases on Cup of Tea records. There is a compilation available
domesitcally on Quango (back to Jason Bentley again!). Oh, btw, Jason
Bentley is leaving quango to take an A&R post at Maverick so they can
find themselves another Prodigy. I love LA.
Godbless,
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