Good instrumental lounge/trip hop music??

Question

I am Ok with words but prefer none...I like Massive Attack and Thievery Corporation, and Zero 7 and stuff like that...any suggestions??

Answer 1

You might want to try some stuff by DJ Shadow, particularly from his "Endtroducing..." album. Some notable tracks:

"Building Steam With A Grain of Salt"
"Changeling/Transmission"
"What Does Your Soul Look Like (Part 4)"
"Midnight In A Perfect World" (my favorite)

And according to Rhapsody, these other artists in the Trip-Hop category might interest you:

Frou Frou
Goldfrapp
Air
Everything But The Girl
Medeski, Martin and Wood
Morcheeba

p.s. - If you think you might like other kinds of hip hop instrumentals, you might also wanna check out some stuff from Fat Jon (aka - Fat Jon The Ample Soul Physician, member/producer of Five Deez and one of the main contributors to the Samurai Champloo soundtracks; also featured on Adult Swim). His notable, more ambient, trip hop-like tracks:

"14 Years" (Album: "Humanoid Erotica")
"Dreamers" (Album: "Lightweight Heavy")
"Darkness" (Album: "Afterthought")

Also, check out:

- Nicolay (my pick: "City Lights, Volume 1")
- Jay Dee, aka - J Dilla (my pick: "The Official Jay Dee Instrumental Series - Unreleased, Vol.1")
- Madlib (my pick: "Shades of Blue")
- Nujabes (my pick: "Metaphorical Music")
- Obsidian Blue (my picks: "Soul Conditioning" and "Freon")
- Katrah-Quey (my pick: "Mid-November")
- Flying Lotus (my pick: "1983")
- Agent Smith (my pick: "20,000 Leagues Under The Mainstream")

To my knowledge, all of the artists in the above list have MySpace pages.

Hope this helps. :)

Answer 2

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