First Purple Penguin album, nice ‘n’ dubby
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For me the first and finest trip hop record is Land of Plenty - Kids Aura. The fact that it is also the finest UK House record is entirely irrelevant.
Here is KB on it “Bits and pieces of waste were dug out of the cupboard and they were given a new lease of life, given new sounds, modern impetus. To fill a gap I started on a new project which we envisaged as being way over the top. Music that people would say “Wow , what is that?” Basically music there is no market for whatsoever”
“The way I see the future, if sample tracks are to continue as an artform, then in time they’ll be based on many different samples from all musical fields. They’ll last a lot longer and the samples would be a lot shorter. Fireworks within a picture”
So far ahead in 1988, so far ahead now. Just like he was with “Africa Crisis”.
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Timber is a beautiful piece of music.
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I really liked The Bird off this one. Also came on an etched single sided 12.
Michael Kandel was pretty out there I reckon 
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The Psychonauts in their original three DJ guise were always champions of that era for me. Insane skills without getting too noodley and the best selections. Their 1996 Essential Mix still stands up for me.
- Psychonauts - Intro Routine vs. Psycho Theme vs. The Andromeda Strain Speech (2:23)
- Trans AM - Firepoker (2:57)
- 11:59 - T-60 (1:46)
- Big Daddy Kane - Young, Gifted & Black (Instrumental) (0:43)
- DJ Shadow And The Groove Robbers - Last Stop (0:32)
- Marxman - Sad Affair (0:21)
- Peanut Butter Wolf - Lunar Props (0:27)
- Shadowcast - The Abyss (Instrumental) (1:21)
- Nine - Warriors (feat. Bounty Killa) (Instrumental) (0:20)
- Beastie Boys - Bohisattua Vow (Instrumental) (1:09)
- Tiny Panx Organization - Last Orgy (1:17)
- Stereo MC’s - What Is Soul (Instrumental) (2:26)
- DJ Shadow - Mutual Slump (3:43)
- Ultramagnetic MC’s - A Chorus Line (Instrumental) (1:19)
- Meters - Hand Clapping Song (0:23)
- DJ Q-Bert - I’ll, You & Me = Naughty (0:25)
- The Wild Bunch - The Look Of Love (feat. Shara Nelson) (2:47)
- Tycoon Tosh & Terminator Troops - Get Happy! (1:10)
- The Prunes - Intermission Pt. 3 (1:24)
- Indo Aminata - Love Will Be On Your Side (Dillinja Drum & Bass Mix) (2:18)
- Rebel Crew - Serpent (2:51)
- DJ Krush - Only The Strong Will Survive (The 7th Samurai Instrumental Mix) (0:45)
- The Roots - Clones (Instrumental) (0:32)
- Ultimatum - Devils Claw (0:22)
- Pressure Drop - Back 2 Back (0:20)
- Beatnuts - Are You Ready (Instrumental) (0:49)
- The Fed - Cut Dirge (1:04)
- Major Force - Untitled (0:21)
- Sven Van Hees - Freakysthan (0:22)
- Love Corporation - Cathedrals Of Glitter (Dub Mix) (2:31)
- Samuel Barber - Adagio For Strings, Op. 11 (1:30)
- Nuphonic - Untitled (1:29)
- Coldcut - Beats + Pieces (0:24)
- Howie B - Undercover (2:17)
- Massive Attack - Sly (0:20)
- DJ Cam - Twilight Zone (DJ Cam Hip Hop Remix) (1:18)
- Dan The Automator - Sleep (1:20)
- Lewis Parker - Rise (0:28)
- Company Flow - Info Kill II (1:32)
- DJ Shadow - DJ Shadow Theme (0:28)
- DJ Shadow - Midnight In A Perfect World (Gab Mix) (0:29)
- The Six Million Dollar Man - Main Titles Intro (1:23)
- DJ Shadow - Hardcore (Instrumental) Hip-Hop (0:22)
- Dr. Octagon - Bear Witness (0:42)
- DJ Krush - Meiso (Klub Mix) (0:29)
- DJ Shadow - Lost And Found (S.F.L.) (0:20)
- Blackalicious - Rhymes For The Deaf, Dumb & Blind (Instrumental) (0:10)
- DJ Krush - Duality (feat. DJ Shadow) (0:01)
- Raw Deal - Headless Horseman (1:36)
- Massive Attack - Daydreaming (Brixton Bass Mix) (0:29)
- Mantronix - Sing A Song (Break It Down) (Dub) (0:54)
- Kelz - Clash Of The Beats (feat. DJ Lynx) (1:23)
- J.V.C. F.O.R.C.E. vs. Sugarhill Gang - Strong Island vs. Rappers Delight (0:52)
- Gang Starr - Untitled (0:38)
- Jazzy Grooves vs. Dimples D - Huh vs. Sucker D.J.'s (I Will Survive) (Suckapella) (1:17)
- EPMD vs. Tycoon Tosh & Terminator Troops - So What Cha Sayin’ vs. Guess What? (Remix) (0:31)
- Most Wanted - Calm Down (Instrumental) (0:17)
- Darth Fader & Scarecrow Willy - Toasted Marshmellow Feet Braxe - Track 2 (0:21)
- Tycoon Tosh & Terminator Troops - Action (2:31)
- Lamb - Gorecki (5:54)
- The Amalgamation Of Soundz - Eric (1:38)
- Renegade Soundwave - The Phantom (It’s In There) (2:10)
- Nicolette - Waking Up (2:49)
- Local Zero - Airbag (1:31)
- DJ Shadow - The Number Song (2:11)
- Beastie Boys - Flute Loop - Instrumental (0:38)
- Peanut Butter Wolf - Lunar Props (0:20)
- Björk - I Miss You (Dobie’s Rub Part One Sunshine Mix) (2:50)
- Gutter Snypes - Trials Of Life (Instrumental) (0:10)
- UNKLE - Berry Meditation (Attica Blues Berry Is Sweeter Mix) (0:15)
- UNKLE - Berry Meditation (7:29)
- Riz Ortolani - Il Ricordo Di Serena (0:41)
- Air - Casanova 70 (The Secret Of Cool) (2:31)
- Dan The Automator - A Better Tomorrow (Instrumental) (0:19)
- Rotary Connection - Soul Man (0:13)
- The Dust Brothers - Save Me (1:14)
- DJ Shadow - Napalm Brain / Scatter Brain (0:50)
- Roni Size - Down (1:44)
- Wu-Tang Clan - C.R.E.A.M. (Cash Rules Everything Around Me) (Jungle Mix) (2:03)
- DJ Die - Stoned Groove (0:56)
- The Johnny Hawksworth Orchestra - It’s Murder (0:25)
- Oasis vs. Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope vs. Street Fighter II - Wonderwall (Psychonauts Remix) vs. Death Star Battle vs. You Win, Perfect (4:05)
- Hiroshi & KUDO - Return Of The Original Art Form (feat. DJ Milo) (5:44)
- DJ Mink - Hey Can You Relate (1:06)
- Stetsasonic vs. Tru Funk - Hip Hop Band vs. Early Beat (Bonus) (2:22)
- Carlton - Do You Dream (1:09)
- Head (Film) - Swami Speech (0:35)
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Yeovil’s finest
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Killer tracklist, gonna give that a listen later on with a beer 
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Always loved this Dobie remix of Bjork from the mix above. Look at that amazing Me Company artwork, couldn’t be more 90s.
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I remember taping this live off the radio,I even like the wonderwall + breakbit bit!
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Loving this! Can’t believe I never heard it (or them at all, really) at the time. Will be digging out Andy Smith’s The Document next
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Where is this tracklist taken from? There are some glaringly obvious errors on it, plus what is the purpose of having the track lengths? Wouldn’t time stamps be more useful in the digital age?
Such a great mix, all their mixes from this era are fantastic. I used to get put on the bill with them when they were up my way in the mid 00s as i was doing a lot of that type of djing back then.
Absolutely lovely guys with really quite impeccable taste in music, one of them was getting into a slightly more underground house/techno/electro/industrial/punk funk/you know the vibe i mean type of sound around that time as i recall. The mixes they put together for James Lavelle were all great as well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gifDU5dEUj4&ab_channel=JazzUniversalis
It was a sort of open secret that these mixes were done by The Psychonauts, it makes sense for Lavelle to use them (who else even came close skill-wise back then? Beatjunkies?) seems a bit weird to not credit them officially.
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Posted above from Telegram. Part two not bad either.
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Yeah that was Paul Mogg. Now in Berlin. Top man.
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Bringing back the Trip Hop thread.
Been enjoying some trip hop-ish stuff recently and keen to hear any more recommendations for similar things. The dubby/psych end of the trip hop spectrum. Nothing too hip-hop/funk.
The track Mantra from @Piers recent (re)release:
Or this track from Devon Rexi I played on my last Loose show:
Or new-ish Black Bones:
Hit me with your shouts.
Cheers
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Been getting back into it recently too. A few faves of mine:
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Played both first two Give 'Em Enough Dope compilations the other day. Like most stuff from the era, some tracks haven’t aged particularly well, but one or two others still reallly cut it. Not sure if either count as trip hop, but T-Power “Horny Mutant Jazz” and Faze Action “In The Trees” take me right back to that time, and are great tunes.
By the late 90’s the dreaded Big Beat had burst out of trip hop. The good and (a lot of )bad from that scene deserves a thread of its own.
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Thanks. That UNKLE one is sounding good.
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From last summer - real trip-hop vibe on this from the chonky hiphop beat & atmospherics to the vocal…
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Was listening to the Proper Sunburn comp by Basso the other day on Music For Dreams and this came on which I long ago lost the album of. Kind of early days trip hop when it was more free in term. Beautiful record by DJ Food…
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