Trip hop is a music genre also known as the Bristol sound. The trip hop description was applied to the musical trend in the mid-1990s of downtempo electronic music that grew out of the British hip hop and house scenes. It is categorized as a fairly experimental genre, and sometimes with elements of Dance.

With emphasis on breakbeats and sample-heavy, an often moody sound, pioneered by Coldcut's remix of Eric B. & Rakim's "Paid in Full", trip hop gained notice via popular artists such as Massive Attack, Portishead, Tricky, Björk, Thievery Corporation, Amon Tobin, and rock-influenced sound groups such as Ruby, California's DJ Shadow, Cut Chemist, Unkle, and the UK's Gorillaz, Howie B. Morcheeba, originating from Hythe in Kent, Londoners Glideascope and New York's Bowery Electric are also often associated with this sound. The latest additions to this line of performers are Jem, Australia's Spook, Anomie Belle, and the Anglo-Polish experimental collaboration Flykkiller.

This 2CD set of 32 tracks deftly sums up the genre…