Life with Music: November 2014

Trip-hop, also known in the past as the "Bristol sound" since that's where this musical movement started, is a type of dance music that it's played on electronic instruments and with a slow beat.
Trip-hop has a mostly organic sound that rarely puts value on electronic instruments.
Guitars aren't used often, but when they are used it's in a moderate proportion, while drums and vocals are the main instruments.
It's common for Trip-hop and Downtempo to be confused, even though Trip-hop is generally Downtempo, but not all Trip-hop songs are downbeat and most of them are dark and tensioned, unlike Downtempo music. Because of the confusion between the styles Downtempo musicians are also considered as Trip-hop.
Fun fact, at first bands like "Portishead" have been considered Alternative rock in lack of a better term at that time.