I love the gentle yet energetic high that trip hop gives me. It’s the kind of sound you’re happy to hear at 4 AM in the morning after dancing all night.
Like many great art forms, Trip hop was born out of necessity. The rave scene needed music for its chillout rooms and after parties. Trip hop was the answer.
Like rave music, trip hop is the soundtrack for altered states of mind.
It’s the perfect sound for coming down to. That’s why ravers love it.
The downtempo break beats also make it a favorite for cannabis eaters.
It’s the kind of sound that a stoner can drift away to while surfing the sofa.
As a bass player who loves rave culture I turned to trip hop as a place to express my creativity. Much of trip hop utilizes samples of real instruments. That means I get to do something I love- play my bass- while creating tracks for a scene that I love - the rave scene.
I make simple trip-hop. Just three ingredients: drums, bass, and synthesizer. Occasionally I’ll sprinkle in some guitar for flavor.
It’s the bass that stands out in my tracks. I craft my basslines the old fashioned way, by hand. That’s two fingers plucking on a Fender Jazz bass guitar.
My creative process is equally simple.
I eat a gummy and start plucking notes on my bass. The rest is magic.
-Steve C.
