Prologue: Beat Bop 1. Trip-Hop 2. Dub-Hop 3. Lovers Hip-Hop 4. Chill Out 5. Cut-Up 6. Contemplating Jazz 7. Abstract Hip-Hop 8. Lo-Fi 9. Blunted Beats 10. Subterranean Abstract Blues 11. Black-Hearted Soul 12. Exotica 13. Hip-Hop Blues 14. Canceled Futures 10 Essential Tracks Acknowledgments Notes
Guides readers through the genre of trip-hop as the first book on the genre in 20 years, right at a time when trip-hop is making a revival in both underground scenes and popular artists.
RJ Wheaton 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 The Oxford American and DaCapo’s Best Music Writing series. He is the author of Portishead’s Dummy (2011) in Bloomsbury’s 33 1/3 series.
A detailed, authoritative, knowledgeable unpacking of a notoriously
conflicting genre written by a diamond-keen cultural critic who's
not afraid to tackle nuanced, difficult topics while still singing
the praises of music he loves to the high heavens. . . . Your
playlists will soon be overflowing.
*Spectrum Culture*
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