{"product_id":"trip-hop-9781501373602","title":"Trip-Hop","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrip-hop described some of the 1990s' best music, and it was one of the decade's most revealing bad ideas.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe music itself was an intoxication of beats, bass, and voice. It emerged amid the social tensions of the late 1980s, and as part of hip-hop's rise to global dominance. It carried the innovations of Jamaican soundsystem culture, the sweet refuge of Lovers Rock, the bliss of club jazz dancefloors and post-rave chill-out rooms. It went mainstream with Massive Attack, Portishead, Tricky, DJ Shadow, Kruder \u0026amp; Dorfmeister, and Björk; and with record labels like Ninja Tune and Mo' Wax. To the artists' despair, the music was tagged with a silly label and packaged as music for the boutique and the lounge; made respectable with awards and acclaim. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut the music at its best still sounds experimental and dramatic; and its influence lingers through artists like FKA twigs, Sevdaliza, James Blake, Billie Eilish, and Lana Del Rey. This short book is a guide to 'trip-hop' in its context of the weird 1990s: nostalgia and consumerism; pre-millenium angst and lo-fi technology; casual exoticism amid accelerating globalization and gentrification. This book presents a survey of the music and its leading artists, packed with recommended listening, essential tracks, great remixes, and under-recognized albums.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRJ Wheaton\u003c\/b\u003e lives in Toronto and works in book publishing. He has been writing about music for twenty years and his work has appeared in outlets including \u003ci\u003eThe Oxford American\u003c\/i\u003e and DaCapo's \u003ci\u003eBest Music Writing\u003c\/i\u003e series. He is the author of \u003ci\u003ePortishead's Dummy \u003c\/i\u003e(2011)\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ein Bloomsbury's \u003ci\u003e33 1\/3\u003c\/i\u003e series.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50678997778706,"sku":"9781501373602","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_313c2c81-38ea-4d0d-81a1-a48ce05c37f7.jpg?v=1733899317","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/trip-hop-9781501373602","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}