Trip Hop - Post-trip Hop

Post-trip Hop

After the success of Massive Attack, Portishead and Tricky albums in 1994 and 1995, a new generation of trip hop artists emerged with a more standardized sound. Notable "post-trip-hop" artists include Esthero, Morcheeba, Sneaker Pimps, Alpha, Jaianto, Mudville and Cibo Matto. They integrated trip hop with other genres – including ambient, soul, IDM, experimental industrial, atmospheric drum n bass/jungle, liquid dubstep, breakbeat, drum 'n' bass, acid jazz, and new age. The first printed record for the use of the term "post-trip hop" was as late as October 2002 when British newspaper The Independent used it to describe Second Person and their hybrid sound. Trip hop developed into a diversified genre that is no longer limited to the "deep, dark style" of the early years, eliminating the original impression of trip hop as "dark and gloomy".

Trip hop has influenced artists outside the genre, including Gorillaz, Emancipator, Nine Inch Nails, Radiohead, Travis, How to Destroy Angels, Beth Orton, The Flaming Lips, Bitter:Sweet, Beck, Deftones as well as Icelandic singer Björk, who utilized the genre throughout her 1995 album Post. Australian pop singer Kylie Minogue's 1997 album Impossible Princess featured strong trip hop styles on several tracks, as well as also mixing in sounds of rock and jazz

Various prominent artists and groups, such as Janet Jackson, Kylie Minogue, Madonna, Björk, and Radiohead, have incorporated trip hop in their work. Trip hop has spawned several subgenres which have evolved over the ages, including Illbient, (dub-based trip hop with influences of ambient and industrial hip hop), all part of a post-trip hop scene which encompasses a wider range of styles and influences.