Trip Hop and Lo-Fi

I know some of you listen to this so I decided to start a new thread to discuss/recommend/etc.

A Zurich based duo called Sequel are worth checking out if you haven't heard of them. I've just been listening to an album of theirs titled 'Motorized Instinct'.

Who are your favourite artists in this (admittedly difficult to define and pretty large) genre?

Some of my fav's would have to be:
Atjazz, Portishead, Jazzanova, DJ Vadim, DJ Shadow, Boards of Canada, Coldcut (and Hexstatic), Dzihan & Kamien, K&D, Mr Scruff, Tricky, Thievery Corp, Herbaliser, St Germain, etc...

Wicked Beat Sound System

I forgot about this thread. Ever heard any Ulrich Schnauss Oli? I reckon you would be a fan.

Artist Ideas

Godspeed You Black Emperor
Mum
Manitoba
Rachels
DJ Shadow
Greg Davis
Amon Tobin
Boom Bip
The Books
Dntel
Arovane
Max Richter
Tadd Mullinix
Metrovavan
Pulseprogramming
Isan
Juana Molina
Cyann & Ben
Ignatius
Clue to Kalo
Bovaflux
Tortoise
The Appleseed Cast
Friends of Dean Martinez
Explosions in the Sky
Keith Fullerton Whitman
Mount Eerie/ The Microphones
Do Make Say Think

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arovane - atol scrap & tides
phonem - hydro electric
sovacusa - centrepoint


Artists:

Bola. Fantastic, soaring, intricate electronica. Like a moodier cousin of BoC. When robots rise to rebuild the world after the war has turned everything to ashes, this is music they will be listening to as they plow away under a bloody red sunset. Or something. Get the Soup LP - a classic in my book.

Christ. The Pete Best of BoC, as in the guy who worked with the BoC boys before their world domination. Very BoC-like music if without as many pastoral touches. Try the Pylonesque EP.

Kettel. Has done many diff types of music, but check out his "Look at This! Ha ha ha!" EP which has some excellent takes of the lovely spring-like feel of some BoC tunes.

Ulrich Schnauss. BoC meets Slowdive. Mixes gentle electronica with shoegaze-like dreaminess. I prefer his first LP.

Casino Vs Japan. Might be accused of borrowing a tad too much from BoC, but I'm a slut for this sort of melodic electronica. Try their Go Hawaii LP.

Lackluster. Mostly IDM and ambience. Start with his Container LP.

Plod. Made some IDM records full of warmth, somewhere between BoC and Plaid. Get the Pillow Talk LP.

Metamatics. Ranges from fast shifty stuff to slow ambient stuff. Try the Spook Tinsel Shoal LP for low-key, warm stuff.

CiM. Mostly jagged, fast, melodic IDM, but his Reference LP has moments of gentler beauty.

Plaid / The Black Dog. More quirky and frenetic than BoC in terms of beats, but the naive-sounding melodies might appeal. Try any of the Black Dog LPs (the last track off Spanners might fit) or Plaid's Double Figure LP.

Global Goon. Much closer to Aphex Twin's playful and wacky stuff. (GG is supposed to have been RDJ's flatmate?) The first album has the feel of music made by and for children, which might appeal to BoC fans.

Labels:

Skam. Try the Skampler compilation. The Lego Feet tracks are fantastic.

Clear. Try the Gescom (Autechre) EP or the It's All Becoming... compilation.

deFocus. Clear became deFocus. Try the Did You See compilation.

Neo Ouija. Run by Metamatics, I believe. Try any of the Cottage Industries compilation series.

I cant find any Rae & Christian torrents, can anyone help me out?

As you already should know by now, Portishead has a new album out at the end of this month. It is a bit different to their previous stuff but I think it still captures the Portishead vibe rather well. It isn't as immediately impressive as their previous two albums, but it is growing on me the more I listen to it.

just digging through my crates at the mo, about to do a bit of a deep, ultra-chill mix with plenty of trip hop, dub, atmos d&b and mellow* dubstep... long overdue

*melodic as opposed to minimalist

ooh but i like minimal...but ur kinda melodic mellow sounds rad. i downloaded ulver, its pretty neat...very atmospheric!

I have discovered so much incredible ambient/downtempo type tuff in the last few weeks.

 Will post a list later.

 

The original band called 'pendulum' was the shit, they had one tune called coma i believe. I have searched for years to get this album back, if anyone ever finds it please let me know, it has been de listed and impossible to find especially with the fact the DNB pendulum comes up whenever and wherever you search. When the DNB pendulum first started they asked on AM if anyone thought pendulum was a good name for a band i immediately sent them a message telling them they were stealing someone elses name but, they didn't care.

Triple J still play coma from time to time.

The original band called 'pendulum' was the shit, they had one tune called coma i believe. I have searched for years to get this album back, if anyone ever finds it please let me know, it has been de listed and impossible to find especially with the fact the DNB pendulum comes up whenever and wherever you search. When the DNB pendulum first started they asked on AM if anyone thought pendulum was a good name for a band i immediately sent them a message telling them they were stealing someone elses name but, they didn't care.

Triple J still play coma from time to time.

Wicked tune that from Newcastle's Pendulum (Justin Wolthers). A bit on the rare side but you will find it on Triple J's Hottest 100 for 1997.

I only have a shitty 128k MP3 of it.

Ever since I was born, I've been trained to serve you

thanks for your help, would really love the whole album. Its strange that the whole album can just disappear off all listings at all record stores.

Here is a list of stuff I have been getting into this week. Not really Trip Hop or Lo-Fi but oh well

 Helios -  Caesura (Very cinematic & lush)

 Trentemoller - The Last Resort (Trentemoller is some kind of genetically mutated production freak imo.)

 Shpongle - Nothing Lasts.... But Nothing is Lost    (Kind of weird but still awesome)

 Headhunter - Nomad  (Awesome dubstep)

 James Ruskin - The Dash  (techy and breaky electronica with some ambient thrown in)

 Bitcrush - Shimmer & Fade  (rock influenced ambient beats)

Okay, so not technically trip-hop or lo-fi, but I can't believe Mike Sheridan is only 17. He is making some of the most original and technically skilled music out there at the moment.


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Madness. Enigma are terrible.

... nils petter molvaer...

Portishead’s Geoff Barrow has confirmed that the group will begin working on their fourth album this summer. After their success in the ‘90s with Dummy and their self-titled LP, Portishead waited 11 years before releasing Third in 2008. Luckily, fans won’t have to wait that long this time.

Barrow told BBC 6 Music, “I’m writing for Portishead through July and August and I just want to bang on, get another record out. Hopefully it’ll be an awful lot quicker because we’re all older and wiser.” The trio has reportedly already discussed song ideas.

Despite claiming to love life without a label, Portishead recently signed a brand new recording contract. “It’s with a major. It’s with the biggest record company in the world,” Barrow said. “It’s with people we trust, which with a band is the most important thing.” Though he never explicitly reveals what label the group signed with, it’s safe to assume that he’s referring to Universal Music, the parent label for their earlier releases.

All of Portishead’s members have been keeping busy lately. Beth Gibbons has “been busy writing,” Adrian Utley recently wrote and performed a film score with Goldfrapp’s Will Gregory, and Barrow released an album with his new band Beak> and played with them at Glastonbury over the weekend.

Fans are champing at the bit for the album which Barrow said could be released “in a year’s time”, but so far no title or release date has been announced.

http://www.inthemix.com.au/news/intl/47282/Portishead_get_on_with_next_album

Nosaj Thing - Drift is amazing

You better keep december 18th free then mate

Sounds like a pretty damn good way to spend my birthday.

Holy shit! I've been telling anyone who will listen, plus multiple people who wouldn't, that Drift was the best album of 09. Plus all of his live videos or radio sets sound amazing.