Trip-Hop: Bristol in the Rain
Samplers, minor chords, and the city as mood board.
The curation thesis
Hip-hop tempos, dub space, and a melancholy that felt specifically British. The genre that made beats sound like cigarettes.
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The list
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Protection
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Portishead
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Mezzanine
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Pre-Millennium
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Hip-hop tempos, dub space, and a melancholy that felt specifically British. The genre that made beats sound like cigarettes.
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