Re: whither,Trip hop?

Elson Trinidad (elson@westworld.com)
Wed, 22 Apr 1998 16:17:36 -0700

At 03:01 PM 4/22/98 PDT, Art Vandelay wrote:
>dear list : is downtempo , headz(mowax) style trip hop dead? prove it
>isnt? i havent seen much lately out. exception: Dj honda but heuses
>rapper A LOT on His dsc.

I was just thinking about something along these lines. It seems that Trip
Hop, in its most visible sense, has turned into a kind of novelty, with
this "fragile torchy diva meets 60s spy soundtrack set to beats" kind of
thing. I don't know whether it's the labels to blame (the easy culprit) or
the artists themselves (P-head's Geoff Barrow is yet another Trip-Hop
musician who longs to do a film score...) this spy fetish thing is
ridiculous, and it's on par with the whole '70s retro obsession that
plagued Acid Jazz music. I propose that any futher Trip-Hop release with
any James Bond, John Barry or even simply a "spy" reference be banned. :)

Elson

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