On Thu, 15 Jul 1999 12:12:22 -0400, you wrote:
quoted 1 line Anyway, any recommendations on smart trip hop?
>Anyway, any recommendations on smart trip hop?
Archive - Londinium (pisses all over Massive Attack)
Bomb the Bass - Clear (the ultimate summer album for the car)
Esthero - Breath from Another (beautiful folk/trip-hop hybrid)
Kushti - Secret Handshakes (minimalist trip-hop, produced by Plaid)
Neotropic - Mr Brubaker's Strawberry Alarm Clock (dark and lush)
Nicolette - Let No-one Live Rent Free Inside Your Head (Plaid again)
Baby Fox - Dum Dum Baby (fucked up and surreal)
Crustation - Bloom (melodic, spacious and blissed out)
Howie B - Turn the Dark Off (the more ambient side of trip hop)
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing (sample-spotter's paradise)
Ragga & the Jack Magic Orchestra - R&TJMO (Icelandic madness)
If you pick just one, make it Archive's Londinium. These guys deserve
a lot more recognition. Very powerful stuff. There's two vocalists, a
male rapper and a female singer (Roya Arab, Leila's sister). Many
tracks have this bizarre combination of folky vocals, hip-hop rap,
scorching beats and blistering analogue synths that will clear your
head out. Lots of instrumental stuff too. This album's from '96, but
they've got a new one out soon. The recent single, 'Take My Head', was
awesome. They tend to release stuff on vinyl first and then on CD a
few months later.
--
Mark Stevens
http://www.sonance.demon.co.uk/