Trip-hop is one of the most beautiful styles of music. Today Sibil Anton Valerievich will tell you about it, from the side of his subjective worldview.
SIBIL ANTON ON THE ESSENCE OF TRIP-HOP
The first references to trip-hop date back to 1989. This genre combines ambient, experimental hip-hop, jazz and several other styles. Sibyl Anton notes that trip-hop is characterized by distinct basslines, samples of long-forgotten compositions, dark and depressive tonality, and muffled voices.
Of the performers Sibyl Anton points out Portishead. The group belongs to one of the first representatives of trip-hop culture. Though the artists try not to refer themselves to a certain genre.
Getting into trip-hop, letting it envelop us, one feels a complete mental balance. This music discreetly helps us step away from turbulent emotions and restore the balance of energy.
In our subconscious mind, we have fixed the fact that low and muffled sounds are something dangerous, mysterious and mystical. But if we trust and face our fears, it is possible to open a new path of consciousness.
Massive Attack albums made a great contribution to the development of trip-hop, they became especially popular in the UK. Slow beats, frightening noises, dark bass and voices created the atmosphere of musical trip.
The continuation of trip-hop was illbeat, which combined ambient and industrial hip-hop. Illbeent sounded soft and relaxing, at times reminiscent of jazz accompanied by voice-over narration.
ANTON SIBIL ABOUT TRIP-HOP ARTISTS
Massive Attack opens the list of significant performers for Anton Sibyl. These Brits gave birth to trip-hop. Symphony and glassy rhythm are memorable for listeners forever.
Portishead. Their album Dummy brought trip-hop and rock together. Listening to them it feels like being in a bad trip, everything around is not real and illusory.
Björk. You recognize this singer from the first notes, she is unique. Her music is lingering, abstract and captivating. Transitions from light to dark are successful and bright.
UNKLE. Nineties, jazz, soul and darkness of dark ambient. This artist perfectly combined hip-hop, indie rock and trip-hop in his various albums. Everything that was relevant in that decade is genius.
Blockhead. A style of depressive trip-hop that delves deeply into another world. A musical trip feeling you don’t want to come out of.
HAELOS. An example of positive and modern trip-hop with an addition of indie rock.
In some sources you can hear about the direction of dark trip-hop. There is almost no information about this musical direction, which shows that in narrow circles it is known and understood.
The artists of Sunday Munich are referred to dark trip-hop. However, some people say it is still a goth trend.
The German group Schattenkinder also claims to call their music dark trip-hop.
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