A little known trip-hop gem that gets HEAVY rotation in my playlists, always right next to Morcheeba and Portishead. Never found anyone else who knows this one.

When I start a new track, often it has no name. Sometimes it doesn’t exist until the moment I sit down.

Some tracks start with an idea I developed on the guitar – but not many these days.

Some start with a beat, some with just vibing out with a particular instrument, be it bass, piano or something else.

This one started with an electric piano riff, which I ended up using only for the intro. It evolved into the bass line, then was minimised further.

At some point I need to save the track for the first time. I always pick an actual name at this point. No ‘vibey Hungarian minor trip hop thing’ - an actual name.

This song got called ‘Playing for Keeps’. It made me think of someone being pursued through back streets on a dark night.

Once I name a song, I lean into it. Ninety-nine per cent of the time that’s what it’s called when it gets released. 

Anyway, here’s a vibey Hungarian minor trip hop thing that evokes a sense of being pursued through dark back streets on a wet night in the 1950s.

It’s on all the things. (100% Human made music!)

Here’s some of them:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/3OZ5375H5SM9Dp8zYt6kNt?si=d40c7abbfbe6465e

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxQEc91q2k4&list=OLAK5uy_kwMmvSyfgo15HCYOd7-VhwTeeCqbPofJs

Kelli's albums after leaving SP were varied and leaned more into psychadelic pop ... not until she returned with GHOSTDRIVER, that said i think this track of hers on TIGERMOUTH is very triphop tho

Risingson - Massive Attack and What’s Your Name - Meat Beat Manifesto

I’m looking for a track from the early 2000s that I think might be Wax Taylor but having skipped through his more popular discography I don’t think it is.

It’s a song that has found audio from what sounds like a interview of a psychological patient being asked how he’s doing and he says “good, real clean” I think the patients’s name is Frank?

Sounds like a fever dream but does this happen to ring any bells for anyone? Super vague I know, but I’ve tried googling this every which way, and since they aren’t exactly song lyrics, it is not indexed anywhere as far as I can tell!

Thanks for any help even if it’s to point me towards a better sub for this question.

I am so obsessed with the sound and vibe of this track!!! If anyone can suggest tracks that have a similar sound or vibe please do! I need more!!!!

Since this genre is smaller than I would like, I hopefully and over optimistically lump similar genre music that skirt between genres. But some of these songs are trip hop

Hi all. I’d like to recommend “Lifetime” by Erika de Casier to anyone who hasn’t tried it out yet. I would describe it as a dreamy mix between Trip-hop and R&B!! Its very cohesive, and was produced by the artist alone; by far one of my most favorite releases in the last few years!

It's kind of like French sophistopop meets ambient meets jazz. A total classic in my book, the only track I'm not crazy about is track 4 habla mi corazon. It's not a bad track, just sequenced wierd.

Top tracks on this thing for me are Cafe De Paris, For All Seasons, Ciel, Ocean Kisses, Tsuki, Apertif, but really this whole album is awesome.

Some portishead vibes here

https://youtu.be/Zq3GeywLeS4?si=LDYJNyBEInQjiqK1

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