Is the Trip-hop music scene gone?

You might be asking what is trip-hop? Is it a music genre? Is still currently played? Which artists or bands are a good example of this kind of music?

Well, first of all you should know that this movement originally started in United Kingdom, particularly in Bristol about the mid 90's.

A combination of strings, down-tempo electronic music and a bit of hip hop and, sometimes, acid jazz. The main musical characteristic of Trip-hop is the "blue" sound that not only the music but the lyrics involve.

The atmosphere of this music style relies on nostalgia, bittersweetness, sense of loss, longing and sadness.

I am very sure that sometime in your life you have listened to this kind of music I am talking about...

Who hasn't heard Massive Attack, Portishead, Zero 7 or Lamb?

Those are good examples of what was Trip-Hop...and when I say WAS it is because today this musical genre is gone, at least its original sense or musical bases.

The last thing I heard about pure Trip-Hop was the album Third that Portishead released last year...which was a good return for this legendary band.

Nowadays the popular music that is play in commercial radio or that hit the charts in the UK doesn't seem to have "space" for Trip-hop...while in the 90's Glory Box by Portishead, Teardrop by Massive Attack, Destiny by Zero 7 Gabriel by Lamb and some songs of Morcheeba, Tricky, Hooverphonic and UNKLE were massive in the UK.

Do you think someday will see the return of this genre? Do this bands can possibly get together again and create more innovative trip-hop music?

Is there any currently artist or band in the UK that plays Trip-Hop scene?

If you want to know more about this music and its artists, I suggest to take a look at this website:

http://www.triphop-music.com/

Or you might find useful to listen to the music of Massive Attack, Portishead, Lamb, Hooverphonic, Morcheeba, Zero 7, Frou Frou, Mandalay, Mono and many others.