Anyone Into Downtempo Electronica/Trip-Hop?

**marothisu** · 12-03-2011, 09:53 AM

Anyone Into Downtempo Electronica/Trip-Hop ala Thievery Corporation, Morcheeba, etc?

**TRZA** · 12-03-2011, 10:26 AM

The nebulous genre sometimes referred to as downtempo that hit its high point in the late nineties?

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvgrJkY6mD0"]Submotion Orchestra - Finest Hour - YouTube[/ame]

**Prone2Clone** · 12-03-2011, 10:52 AM

Is that one of McDermott's set plays?

**asmosis** · 12-03-2011, 10:57 AM

marothisu - Yes. Big fan of most electronic genres/styles of music. Listen to a ton of downtempo.

**marothisu** · 12-03-2011, 11:00 AM

Originally Posted by TRZA

The nebulous genre sometimes referred to as downtempo that hit its high point in the late nineties?

Submotion Orchestra - Finest Hour - YouTube

Pretty sure Submotion Orchestra is more Dubstep.....I would argue it's still going especially if you count Thievery Corporation as part of downtempo. It can be pretty nebulous though, you're right. Maybe "Chill out" would be a better term nowadays. Still going very strong.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiuDxl6GU_I]Thievery Corporation - Fragments (HD Version) - YouTube[/ame]

**marothisu** · 12-03-2011, 11:01 AM

Originally Posted by asmosis

marothisu - Yes. Big fan of most electronic genres/styles of music. Listen to a ton of downtempo.

Nice! Who are some of your favorite artists?

**marothisu** · 12-03-2011, 11:01 AM

Originally Posted by Prone2Clone

Is that one of McDermott's set plays?

Ha, seems like it should have been at least

**asmosis** · 12-03-2011, 11:28 AM

I do kind of group all forms of downtempo together, but I like the big/classic players:

Thievery Corporation, Massive Attack, The Orb, Gus Gus, Tricky, Portishead, Royksopp, Amon Tobin, Underworld.

Lately I've been listening to Tycho's latest album, DIVE and a bunch of stuff from Pretty Lights. Also listen to Boards of Canada, The Album Leaf, Prefuse 73, Burial, Four Tet.

What are some of your faves?

**besserheimerphat** · 12-03-2011, 11:35 AM

I like Zero7, Ratatat and Guitar. Also, if you like funky, not-quite-classifiable music I suggest you take a listen to von Thord. They are a two-man string band from Sweden (cello and upright bass) but they do great, eclectic stuff. This is the song of theirs that made me a fan: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGNllvQpnDA&feature=related]Von Thord - Wedding Night - YouTube[/ame]

**Broodwich** · 12-03-2011, 11:36 AM

VANGELIS?

**Doc** · 12-03-2011, 11:39 AM

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**asmosis** · 12-03-2011, 12:15 PM

Originally Posted by besserheimerphat

I like Zero7, Ratatat and Guitar. Also, if you like funky, not-quite-classifiable music I suggest you take a listen to von Thord. They are a two-man string band from Sweden (cello and upright bass) but they do great, eclectic stuff. This is the song of theirs that made me a fan:

I'll check them out. Seems pretty interesting. I like Zero 7, but havent' found Ratatat much to my liking.

**asmosis** · 12-03-2011, 12:17 PM

Originally Posted by Broodwich

VANGELIS?

You bet!

**marothisu** · 12-03-2011, 12:43 PM

Originally Posted by asmosis

I do kind of group all forms of downtempo together, but I like the big/classic players:

Thievery Corporation, Massive Attack, The Orb, Gus Gus, Tricky, Portishead, Royksopp, Amon Tobin, Underworld.

Lately I've been listening to Tycho's latest album, DIVE and a bunch of stuff from Pretty Lights. Also listen to Boards of Canada, The Album Leaf, Prefuse 73, Burial, Four Tet.

What are some of your faves?

Nice. I haven't heard Tycho's latest album. Saw Pretty Lights this summer. Pretty awesome.

My favorites right now are Thievery Corporation, Banco De Gaia, Massive Attack, Portishead, Morcheeba, The Orb, some stuff by Nightmares on Wax. Bunch of stuff from Buddha Bar cds and Hotel Costes sometimes

**asmosis** · 12-03-2011, 01:07 PM

Originally Posted by marothisu

Nice. I haven't heard Tycho's latest album. Saw Pretty Lights this summer. Pretty awesome.

My favorites right now are Thievery Corporation, Banco De Gaia, Massive Attack, Portishead, Morcheeba, The Orb, some stuff by Nightmares on Wax. Bunch of stuff from Buddha Bar cds and Hotel Costes sometimes

Just discovered Pretty Lights and I like them a lot. Do check out Tycho - I really dig the new album. Can't believe I forgot about Banco De Gaia. Used to spin a lot of them when I DJ'd at ISU 10 years ago. The Thievery Corp's Mirror Conspiracy album is an album I will always listen to. Just great. Wish I could find more stuff like that album.

If you like Jazzy stuff, check out St. Germain. It's played by a real jazz ensemble and not programmed / synthesized.