The Trip-Hop/Chill/Dream Pop thread

[cwsiggy]

Ok - I have to put a few more "Electronica" recs on here.

Once again - Mr Dorfmeister's - A Different Drummer Selection - unbelievable downtempo reggae dub dj mix. hard to find already as it's out of print but get it used or from I tunes. (lol - guess it's not that hard to find)



Everything But The Girl - Walking Wounded - This was when they went drum and bass - they were sorta the original Zero 7 if you will.



Their Back to Mine mix is also great - good chill selections from them - I recommend many Back to Mine's - Lamb, Morcheeba



And one more - Weekend Players - as one review on amazon says... "dreamy electro brit pop" Collaboration between Groove Armada's Andy Cato and left-field jazz/dance singer Rachel Foster - looks like they only made one album but that's not unusual for this genre.

[daveT]

Before we go any further, we have to remember the original.

Paul Oakenfold

Both of these are very good:

[Cancuk]

Great thread idea.

Tipper is one of my favourit DJ's/producers. His Trip-Hop (which he calls Tip-Hop) is sick.

[daveT]

To be honest, Wookie, everyone I posted has stuff on youtube. I could post links to the good stuff if you like, but nothing is danceable. I like listening to trance and goth. It is good to chill out to, not groove to.

[Dominic]

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To be honest, Wookie, everyone I posted has stuff on youtube. I could post links to the good stuff if you like, but nothing is danceable. I like listening to trance and goth. It is good to chill out to, not groove to.

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yeah, I may have mis-typed by saying it's "danceable." Some is, most is not...it's Chill-out music.

[MrWookie]

I didn't necessarily come in here looking for dance music strictly because of your words, Dom. I've heard stuff that people described as "trip-hop" that really was dance music, including Glory Box, and other songs I never got the names or artists of. It didn't take me long to figure out that the gist of the bulk of this genre wasn't anywhere close to dance, but I figured I'd mine for a few more songs that I liked. I'm reporting back because in many music threads, it seems like no one actually checks out an artist they didn't know and then reports back. I really like to hear it if someone listened to someone new based on my recommendation and then reports back that they like that artist. Even if they didn't like the artist, hey, at least they took the time to listen, you know? You guys have put a lot of effort into these recent music threads, and I figured I'd be at least one guy who takes the time to listen to the music and let you know what I think.

[Dominic]

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I didn't necessarily come in here looking for dance music strictly because of your words, Dom. I've heard stuff that people described as "trip-hop" that really was dance music, including Glory Box, and other songs I never got the names or artists of. It didn't take me long to figure out that the gist of the bulk of this genre wasn't anywhere close to dance, but I figured I'd mine for a few more songs that I liked. I'm reporting back because in many music threads, it seems like no one actually checks out an artist they didn't know and then reports back. I really like to hear it if someone listened to someone new based on my recommendation and then reports back that they like that artist. Even if they didn't like the artist, hey, at least they took the time to listen, you know? You guys have put a lot of effort into these recent music threads, and I figured I'd be at least one guy who takes the time to listen to the music and let you know what I think.

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cool deal! It's always great when someone reports back...what did you think of PJ Harvey in the singer/sognwriter thread?

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The KLF

The seminal art/dance group that never felt comfortable at the top of the charts and were never taken seriously as artists created some of the most exciting dance music of the late '80s and early '90s.

The bulk of their output is a poppy sort of proto-trance they labelled stadium house, but they are quite varied. The album most in keeping with this thread is Chill Out:



This ambient album is just one long beautiful track, rated by Mixmag the 5th greatest "dance" album of all time.

Chill Out (part 1). Other parts should come up on the side if you want to hear the rest, but if you enjoy it just find a copy so you can listen to the whole thing at once.

If you like this it's a bit of a shame they didn't do anything else quite like it. The most notable of their output was released as singles, but they also put out The White Room album.


This is a poppier outing first conceived as a soundtrack to an aborted film. It is still relaxing and soothing, and songs on it serve as testament to Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty's prescient understanding of the potential of electronic music.

Some Clips from the album:
3 AM Eternal
Last Train to Trancentral (live from the lost continent)
Kylie Said to Jason (This was a commercial flop - judge for yourself as I quite like it.)

As a bonus clip (not from either album) here is their first #1 hit:
Doctorin' the Tardis

[Kirg]

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and quite frankly Bukem is probably the only listenable Drum and Bass

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E-Z Rollers - Tough at the Top

It's not Chill but listen to that dirty jazzy sound mixed with the Drum 'n Bass and tell me that's not good?
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[zyrrth]

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