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Intense breaks + soft music = ???

azarbayejani — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 08:02:13 -0800

Breakfilter: Help me find songs that have similar drum breaks to You Got Me by The Roots. I've kind of been obsessed with this song for a few days. I'm talking about the drums that come in at around 3:30. To be more specific, it's not just the drums that attract me, but the drums set in such a laid back, jazzy background.

So basically I'm looking for some chill, jazzy hip-hop or trip-hop music that has some intense breaks in it. I like that contrast.

Side Question: What other hip hop groups use live instrumentals?

Japanese downtempo

browolf — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 13:39:34 -0800

can anyone suggest some japanese bands in the region of chillout / downtempo / triphop with female vocals? To get an idea of what I like, my western musical preferences in this area are Zero 7, Portishead, Goldfrapp, Nitin Sawhney, Massive Attack, Morcheeba, Mandalay, Lamb, Gotan Project, Telepopmusik

Name that tune!

dersins — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 18:00:09 -0800

What is the music in this quicktime movie? [embedded QT w/ audio-- duh.] It's the trip-hoppy song that starts just after the opening titles. The person who created it mixed in some sampled dialogue, but the music is hauntingly familiar. Bands that spring to mind are Portishead, Massive Attack, Morcheeba, etc., but I don't know.

Lullabies for grown-ups?

goodnewsfortheinsane — Tue, 16 Aug 2005 12:12:03 -0800

Can you recommend some contemporary music to fall asleep to? I'm going to a pop festival this weekend and, attached to my sleep as I am, I want to take some precautions to help me get those valuable Zs. There's a round-the-clock party tent just outside the camping grounds, and overall there's going to be lots of noise pretty much all of the time.

A successful strategy in recent years has been ear plugs + big-ass headphones with some soothing, meandering music. At home I like to fall asleep while listening to This American Life, but talk radio will probably not be powerful enough in this environment. Basically I'm fed up with the mix cd I've been using these last few years (BTW, I'm going for the 10th time! :) ) and I'm looking for pointers to fresh tunes.

Basically what I like is either slow, electronic triphoppy stuff or singer-songwriter / slow rock songs (that do have some constant power and no sudden volume changes). Recommendations of albums are ok, single tracks would be even better.

Previous successes: Massive Attack, Portishead, Aimee Mann.

My brain and mood thank you a lot!

Trip Hop

signal — Thu, 16 Sep 2004 08:44:58 -0800

Trip Hop (or downtempo or whatever): I love Tricky, Massive Attack, Hooverphonic, Portishead, Laika, Lamb, Sneaker Pimps, Martina, etc. What other, new acts have a similar sort of dark, humid and metallic aftertaste?