Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2023 Playing Robots Into Heaven James Blake ★★★½ 70 Electronic Ambient Trip-Hop James Blake‘s newest record Playing Robots Into Heaven is a haunting collection of abstract, minimalist dance numbers that are heavy on the electronics and light on vocals. James Blake drifts away from the hip-hop, R&B-heavy production he’sContinue reading “Playing Robots Into Heaven – James Blake”
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Psyence Fiction – UNKLE ★★½
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 1998 Psyence Fiction UNKLE ★★½ 58 Electronic Alternative Rock Trip-Hop It might not be as pioneering or captivating as DJ Shadow’s Endtroducing… in 1996, but Psyence Fiction is a natural progression point for the DJ and producer as he teamed up with James Lavelle to form UNKLE in 1998. Continue reading “Psyence Fiction – UNKLE ★★½”
Genres and styles
Explore different genres through these playlists. Been Trippin: Trip Hop Playlist A cool collection of Trip-Hop classics by Bjork, DJ Shadow, Massive Attack and similar artists or the late 1990s like Radiohead. Best enjoyed when shuffled. Great for a grey, cold, winter day. Madchester Madchester is a niche genre from the Manchester baggy club sceneContinue reading “Genres and styles”
Endtroducing….. – DJ Shadow ★★★★½
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 1996 Endtroducing….. DJ Shadow ★★★★½ 91 Electronic Alternative Hip-Hop Trip-Hop DJ Shadow’s Endtroducing….. is a pioneering album that set the standard for sample-driven instrumentals in electronic and hip-hop music, and solidified the sound that would come out of most trip-hop artists for the rest of the decade. Sample-heavy musicContinue reading “Endtroducing….. – DJ Shadow ★★★★½”
Post – Björk ★★★★
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 1995 Post Björk ★★★★ 81 Electronic Art Pop Trip-Hop On Post, Björk delivers both a more mature and more commercial performance compared to Debut two years prior. The vast production and pop styles touched on Post are breathtaking at times, mixing elements of dance, trip-hop, industrial sounds, art popContinue reading “Post – Björk ★★★★”
Homogenic – Björk ★★★★
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 1997 Homogenic Bjork ★★★★ 81 Electronic Art Pop Trip-Hop Released two-years after Post, Björk’s most commercial and somewhat scattered record, Homogenic really dug into some of the darker, colder and trip-hop based sounds she had used from time to time in the past. The best part of Homogenic isContinue reading “Homogenic – Björk ★★★★”
Play – Moby ★★★
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 1999 Play Moby ★★★ 60 Electronic Art Pop Trip-Hop The thing that makes Play a fun listen is its lack of focus. Moby uses a smorgasbord of 90s electronic and pop elements on this record, and instead of trying to meld them together to make something new or fullyContinue reading “Play – Moby ★★★”
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