Trip Hop happened when Hip Hop got tired, moved to UK, closed the curtains, and started staring at the ceiling with an infinite cigarette. It walks slowly because it has seen things. Take Hip Hop drums, slow them until they confess, pour dub over the wounds, add soul vocals from someone who has stopped hoping, look at someone in the corner with unrecognizable eyes and there you are. Sexy before advertising found it, gloomy before playlists made gloom trendy, and cinematic before every sad car commercial tried to steal your belongings. Style for people who want to feel mysterious but are mostly just dehydrated.
1 
operation mind control
skull vs ice
2 
air haze
richard file & ils
3 
an eagle in your mind
boards of canada
4 
all i need (extended version)
air
5 
flying away
smoke city
6 
another mother
the herbaliser
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