trip-hop
Moody electronic beats
Trip-hop is a genre of electronic music that emerged from Bristol, England in the early 1990s, blending hip-hop beats with atmospheric, downtempo soundscapes.
The style layers breakbeats, samples, and often melancholic vocals over sparse, moody production: Massive Attack and Portishead defined the trip-hop sound.
The name suggests music for a hallucinogenic journey—slow, hazy, and introspective.
Slow, atmospheric electronic music
- broodingAnxiously dwelling on something
- moodyProne to sullenness
- hauntingDisturbingly unforgettable
- etherealDelicate beyond earthly measure
dreamy · hypnotic · nocturnal · shadowy · melancholic · dusky · surreal · ambient
Major English seaport
- PortisheadEnglish trip-hop band
- Massive AttackBritish trip-hop collective
- Wild BunchNotorious frontier outlaws
Improvisational American music genre
- soulInnermost animating essence
- dubAdd replacement audio
- funkDepression or groove music
- reggaeJamaican offbeat music style
acid jazz · R&B · blues · psychedelia · soundtrack · electronica · ambient · fusion
Selection for trying
- breakbeatSampled percussive rhythm pattern
- loopCurve closing on itself
- basslineLow-register musical foundation
- drum machineElectronic percussion simulator
turntablism · scratch · vinyl · sequencer · filter · programming · remix · beat
Examining one's own mind
- sensualOf bodily pleasure
- languidWeak and without vigor
- wistfulSadly longing for something
- nocturnalActive during darkness
urban · paranoid · vulnerable · bittersweet · detached · contemplative · intimate · restless
downtempo
Slow, atmospheric electronic music
ethereal · dreamy · hypnotic · nocturnal · shadowy · melancholic · dusky · surreal · ambient · eerie
Bristol
Major English seaport
- PortisheadEnglish trip-hop band
- Massive AttackBritish trip-hop collective
- Wild BunchNotorious frontier outlaws
jazz
Improvisational American music genre
reggae · acid jazz · R&B · blues · psychedelia · soundtrack · electronica · ambient · fusion
sampler
Selection for trying
- breakbeatSampled percussive rhythm pattern
- loopCurve closing on itself
- basslineLow-register musical foundation
drum machine · turntablism · scratch · vinyl · sequencer · filter · programming · remix · beat · groove
introspective
Examining one's own mind
nocturnal · urban · paranoid · vulnerable · bittersweet · detached · contemplative · intimate · restless · yearning
- hybrid genresjazz fusion, rock opera, blues rock, folk rock, country rock
- relaxationrelax, naps, break, rest, calm
- Jazz Fusionjazz fusion, fusion jazz, Weather Report, Herbie Hancock, Miles Davis
trip-hopgabber
Compulsive fast talker
drum and bass · jungle · trance · hardstyle · hardcore techno
trip-hopunplugged
Disconnected from power
singer-songwriter · field recordings · punk rock · garage rock · bluegrass
trip, trips, tripping, hopping, hops, hopped, tripped, hopper, trippy