Genre of electronic music
Trip hop Stylistic origins Cultural origins c. late 1980s – early 1990s , Bristol , EnglandDerivative forms
Trip hop is a musical genre that originated in the late 1980s in the United Kingdom , especially Bristol, England .[ 3] It has been described as a psychedelic fusion of hip hop and electronica with slow tempos and an atmospheric sound,[ 4] [ 5] [ 6] often incorporating elements of jazz , soul , funk , reggae , dub , R&B , and other genres, typically of electronic music , as well as sampling from movie soundtracks and other eclectic sources.[ 7]
The style emerged as a more experimental variant of breakbeat from the Bristol sound scene of the late 1980s and early 1990s,[ 8] incorporating influences from jazz, soul, funk, dub, and rap music .[ 9] It was pioneered by acts like Massive Attack , UNKLE , Tricky , and Portishead .[ 10] The term was first coined in a 1994 Mixmag piece about American producer DJ Shadow .[ 11] Trip hop achieved commercial success in the 1990s, and has been described as "Europe's alternative choice in the second half of the '90s".[ 8]
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^ a b Trip-Hop Electronic » Electronica » Trip-Hop. "Explore: Trip-Hop" . AllMusic . Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2011 .
^ James Hannaham (17 April 2008). "Did Portishead kill trip hop?" . salon.com .
^ "Feature / When Bristol music went 'Out of the Comfort Zone' " . Epigram.org.uk . 20 April 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2021 .
^ Michaelangelo Matos (25 August 2011). "Genre busting: the origin of music categories" . theguardian.com .