Trip-Hop

Trip-hop was a popular music genre in the 1990s, characterized by its blend of beats, bass, and voice. This book chronicles the music and its leading artists, providing recommended listening, essential tracks, great remixes, and under-recognized albums. It emerged amid social tensions of the late 1980s and went mainstream with Massive Attack, Portishead, Tricky, DJ Shadow, Kruder & Dorfmeister, and Björk. Its influence can be seen in artists like FKA twigs, Sevdaliza, James Blake, Billie Eilish, and Lana Del Rey.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 176 pages
Publication date: 17 November 2022
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Trip-hop, a genre that emerged in the late 1980s and gained prominence in the 1990s, is widely regarded as one of the most influential and revealing musical movements of the decade. This book, "Trip-Hop: The Best of the 1990s," is a comprehensive exploration of the music and its leading artists, offering recommended listening, essential tracks, great remixes, and under-recognized albums. The music itself was a captivating blend of beats, bass, and voice, with influences ranging from Jamaican soundsystem culture to club jazz dancefloors and post-rave chill-out rooms. It gained mainstream popularity with artists like Massive Attack, Portishead, Tricky, DJ Shadow, Kruder & Dorfmeister, and Björk, and was packaged as music for the boutique and the lounge. However, the music's true essence remained experimental and dramatic, and its influence can be seen in the work of artists such as FKA twigs, Sevdaliza, James Blake, Billie Eilish, and Lana Del Rey. "Trip-Hop: The Best of the 1990s" provides a guide to the genre in its context of the weird 1990s, encompassing nostalgia and consumerism, pre-millennium angst and lo-fi technology, casual exoticism amid accelerating globalization and gentrification.

Weight: 208g
Dimension: 128 x 198 x 13 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781501373602