Re: whither,Trip hop?
Erik Gaderlund (erikg@macconnect.com)
Thu, 23 Apr 1998 01:44:19 -0700
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>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
>
But, UFO's "3rd Perspective" is spy music, but, I certianly not trip-hop.
And, the tag 'trip-hop' was put on DJ Shadow and others who don't do
Bond/Barry or even Shiffrin. Let P et al. do their thing, I enjoy it. If
you don't like it buy something else. (As seen with Morcheeba the record
companies will put out what you buy.)
erik g