Re: The name game - Trip ho

feesh@asu.edu
Tue, 10 Jun 1997 03:53:16 -0700 (MST)

I wouldnt say portishead wrote the book on trip hop either, but bjork
didnt neccessarily do that either. I know a lot of people on this list
list hate that term but nevertheless it exists, and it IS a genre, which
I tend to classify as tricky/portishead/morcheeba/lamb. Basically laid
back dance beats with female vocals, smooth.
as for where it started, I would site tricky/massive attack, not bjork.
Although she is good, I feel she brought techno in general to the
mainstream. Her music is much more danceable, more house-oriented, than
trip hop is.
scott

On Mon, 9 Jun 1997, Jason Brancazio wrote:

> Reply to: RE>>The name game : Trip hop
>
> Vocal trip hop - that's interesting...
>
> I'd call that stuff "well-produced pop music". Portishead included. Though I
> don't know exactly what pop music is (as well as acid jazz), so I could be
> wrong. But Portishead did not write the book on it - they just made a dope
> album, got the media attention and the new "label". In my opinion, Bjork's
> "Post" may be the first of the bunch to merge the underground sound with
> vocals and traditional song form. It may also be the best - she's the most
> stylistically diverse of the bunch (because she uses multiple producers).
>
> Caveat: I haven't checked out Sneaker Pips yet nor Morcheeba proper (got a
> little promo cassette of Morcheeba once and I thought it was a little weak),.
> Bjork is so amazing, though, that I doubt they can compete. Especially her
> slow songs.
>
> Jay B
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