trip-hop
noun
: electronic dance music usually based on a slow hip-hop beat and incorporating hypnotic synthesized and prerecorded sounds
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Nearly 250,000 spectators attend the event in a regular year, which continues to evolve and introduce audiences to styles and tunes well outside the broad world that is jazz, with a bill that also takes in pop, hip-hop, Afrobeats, trip-hop, classic rock, soul and funk.
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Lars Brandle, Billboard, 18 Apr. 2024
Her work over the years has ranged from pop, folk-rock, trip-hop, electronica and reggaeton to cumbia, ranchera, mariachi, bolero and banda.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Mar. 2024
And this is all set to a minimal trip-hop beat (with a slight hint of G-funk) and an atmospheric keyboard wash over a pulsating bassline.
—Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 10 Mar. 2024
With Skrillex as a headlining dance act, EDM fans can also enjoy performances from rave artist Fatboy Slim, Lane 8, and trip-hop composer Tipper, along with CloZee and ISOxo.
—Thania Garcia, Variety, 22 Jan. 2024
The artist was probably born in the early 1970s and emerged as a graffiti artist around 1990, The Washington Post reported, in the same period when Bristol trip-hop musicians such as Massive Attack were becoming prominent.
—Anumita Kaur, Washington Post, 24 Dec. 2023
Why else would jazzy trip-hop playing in the bistro feel like a logical pivot from the thumping techno of a dark oceanic tunnel?
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 18 Dec. 2023
Each of the album’s 12 songs is thrilling, combining everything from trip-hop, drum and bass, a children’s choir and bagpipes with the precision of a surgeon.
—Spin Staff, SPIN, 12 Dec. 2023
People who scan a near-field communication chip on the garment can access a new song and playlist from trip-hop group Archive.
—Maghan McDowell, Vogue, 21 Nov. 2023
Lars Brandle, Billboard, 18 Apr. 2024
Her work over the years has ranged from pop, folk-rock, trip-hop, electronica and reggaeton to cumbia, ranchera, mariachi, bolero and banda.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Mar. 2024
And this is all set to a minimal trip-hop beat (with a slight hint of G-funk) and an atmospheric keyboard wash over a pulsating bassline.
—Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 10 Mar. 2024
With Skrillex as a headlining dance act, EDM fans can also enjoy performances from rave artist Fatboy Slim, Lane 8, and trip-hop composer Tipper, along with CloZee and ISOxo.
—Thania Garcia, Variety, 22 Jan. 2024
The artist was probably born in the early 1970s and emerged as a graffiti artist around 1990, The Washington Post reported, in the same period when Bristol trip-hop musicians such as Massive Attack were becoming prominent.
—Anumita Kaur, Washington Post, 24 Dec. 2023
Why else would jazzy trip-hop playing in the bistro feel like a logical pivot from the thumping techno of a dark oceanic tunnel?
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 18 Dec. 2023
Each of the album’s 12 songs is thrilling, combining everything from trip-hop, drum and bass, a children’s choir and bagpipes with the precision of a surgeon.
—Spin Staff, SPIN, 12 Dec. 2023
People who scan a near-field communication chip on the garment can access a new song and playlist from trip-hop group Archive.
—Maghan McDowell, Vogue, 21 Nov. 2023
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“Trip-hop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trip-hop. Accessed 2 May. 2024.
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