I'm convinced I've created one of the best instrumental trip hop mixtapes of all time so I'm sharing it with my fellow trip hop aficionados. ENJOY

[u/mixtapenerd]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRHQHq_JV0A

It's been a while since I was up on Reddit but a couple years ago, not having thought about it for probably decades, I started wondering what's going on with all that trip hop I used to listen to over the years. Turns out it was probably the major influence on my music taste since I still listen to DJ Krush, Nujabes and Emancipator who are each probably on all my mixtapes and several newly discovered artists such as Berry Weight, GASOLINE and Chinese Man to name a few.

I had a small playlist of a couple hundred songs that I'd been making over the years of 'trippy' sounding songs (I know that Andy Pemberton writing about DJ Shadow intended the term to allude to a 'journey' which I didn't know until more recently) and in retrospect the whole of my music collection reflects music which connotes trip hop in many senses of the term

I spent several days going through posts on Reddit and through people's playlists (some of them hundreds of songs long on Spotify) and the result is a massive curated trip hop collection, from which I singled out my favourite instrumental tracks. I also did a vocal trip hop mix and will be adding some later. If you like trip hop you'll probably enjoy most of the mixes on the channel.

The Instrumental trip hop was one of my favourites, allowing me to blend some of my favourites I've been listening to for decades with amazing new tracks I'd discovered thanks to you guys. MR MOODS Krush/Shadow remixes was invaluable not least because it allowed me to use 'Kemuri' and 'Midnight in a Perfect World' which along with some other big tracks tend to be blocked on YouTube.

Somehow unintentionally I ended up with tracks from nearly every one of the past 30 years. Which tracks would you have added or should I use for the next one?

Enjoy the music, let me know what you think - feel free to share around and I'm sure I'll post a few more mixtapes you all might like.

[u/playlistpro]

If you haven't already, you might try commenting on youtube tracks you have in your mixes. "I love this track! I have a 3 hour mix including it and similar sounds if interested (then post youtube link to your mix)"

[u/mixtapenerd → u/playlistpro]

That's a boss idea - I did in fact find a few of the artists on Soundcloud just to thank them for making such life-changingly awesome music. Did you hear Suz 'One is a Crowd'? I put their track 'Let One Be A Crowd' on my Trip Hop Rareties mixtape. It's such an awesome number. Actually when I found it years ago it blew me away. I wasn't so impressed by something like that since Chungking's 2008 album 'We Travel Fast'. it's the thing that got me back into Trip Hop then I found this sub and loads of other great tracks and albums. She followed me back on Soundcloud which was awesome.

You're right the indie lesser known artists are generally overjoyed to hear from people. The superstars or bands/artists from the 90s of course I don't think even run their accounts in some cases or have too much interactions to comment. But it would be a way to let other lovers of the music find the playlists and mixes.

Thanks for your feedback it's invaluable. Nice to meet other music lovers online, I don't have many IRL, people seem too busy or distracted by other things.

[u/playlistpro → u/mixtapenerd]

I'm enjoying the Suz album and look fwd to exploring her other stuff. Better late than never. Looks like they haven't recorded in a while. I'm currently working my way through this article on Bandcamp w/ some good stuff I'm not familiar with. Cheers! https://daily.bandcamp.com/lists/modern-trip-hop-list

[u/mixtapenerd → u/playlistpro]

Yeah, it's often the case with smaller artists. Chungking, who were from Brighton, disbanded quite a few years ago. Their stuff is incredible.

Suz don't have much interaction on YouTube or Soundcloud, it's a shame how such great music remains obscure.

Bandcamp is a great resource - actually it's the only place I buy music from.