On Tue, 10 Jun 1997 tim@vivid-edge.co.uk wrote:
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> >When i hear the word Trip Hop used i automaticly think of Massive
> >Attack, Tricky and Portishead...guess i can blame the mainstream press
> >for that.
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> funny, because when I hear the term trip hop, I always think of tracks by
> Palmskin Productions, Le Funk Mob, DJ Shadow, Tranquility Base - Mo'Wax
> stuff. Spliff heavy nodding tunes.
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> Tricky and Portishead were just extremely fashionable for a few weeks in
> 1995, a while after trip hop had come and gone - they caught a wave, a mood
> at that time that - retro, dirty, nihilistic, morose, second-hand. A
> profitable meeting between grunge, soul, hip-hop and ganja.
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> Thing is, I didn't like either of those first two albums, because at the
> time I felt jungle offered more...but I'm still fascinated by the artists
> mentioned in the first paragraph.
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> Would anyone classify Tek 9 as trip hop (e.g. 'Phat like a bomb' from 'It's
> not what you think it is")? Some of their tracks have all the necessary.
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> Tim Snaith 30 Guildown Road
> Director, Vivid Edge Ltd Guildford
> http://www.vivid-edge.co.uk Surrey GU2 5ET
> phone/fax +44 (0) 1483 454 044 United Kingdom
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