Re: (idm) What is Trip Hop?

From AndrewC.
Sent Thu, Feb 18th 1999, 00:55


On Wed, 17 Feb 1999, David J. Gebhart wrote:

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> 
> >From: xxxxxxxx@xxx.xxx
> >Subject: Re: (idm) What is Trip Hop?
> >
> >So what is it anyway, and do we care here at the idm list?
> 
> well, honestly, no.  bottom line is whether you like it or not.  period.  
> I could care less what it's called.
> 
> but we all like to compartmentalize and organize and try to understand, 
> so here's some of my spare change:
> 
> in my book, dj shadow invented "trip hop."  or perhaps perfected the 
> form.  some will claim portishead, but the shadow had a coupla twelves 

I believe what really kicked it off was the Mo-Wax Headz compilation.
Certainly popularized tripHop in england. though even then there were
plenty of people who didn't like the name and said it should be called
LeftFoot or AbstractHiphop or something. Anyhow headz was the one. It had
some shadow on it, also some autechre bizzarely enough, and thanked Black
Dog as a big inspiration. ("Whose gonna take the weight?" :))

CheeripAndrewC.