What are some good TripHop, Downtempo bands?

[MorphingDragon]

After literally spending years trying to find what music style I like. My friend gave me his Owl City, Royksopp, Computer Want Me Dead and Weevil CDs. Once I realized it, I was blown away that I actually liked this type of music. The laid back, soft electronica style. (Yea I like most Electronica but still.)

What are some good bands? I've tried looking on Google but Safari keeps on crashing loading links off Google. :o

[cube]

Subscribe to the Dave's Lounge and Chillcast podcasts to find out.

[Mitthrawnuruodo]

I like Moloko (http://itunes.apple.com/no/artist/moloko/id3979359) (and even some of the solo work by Roisin Murphy (http://itunes.apple.com/no/artist/roisin-murphy/id17128885)), but other than that not really found any other acts in the genre that I really like, outside the odd song here and there...

[bartelby]

I assume you've already got Portishead, Tricky and Massive Attack...

[cube]

Cinematic Orchestra, Hooverphonic, Natalie Walker, Bitstream Dream...

[MorphingDragon]

I assume you've already got Portishead, Tricky and Massive Attack...

Never heard of Massive Attack.

Subscribe to the Dave's Lounge and Chillcast podcasts to find out.

Will do.

EDIT: I guess I've got some music sampling to do. :D

[GroundLoop]

Never heard of Massive Attack.

BLASPHEMY!!!

You may also want to give Zero7, Thievery Corporation, Crustation, and Blue Foundation a listen. I also like some of the earlier Morcheeba stuff.

Hickman

[Yojiirill]

One of my favorite indie albums ever is Sepiamusic's Prototype. It's ten tracks of pure ownage.

If you're looking for something free, you should get some Hungry Lucy (http://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/Hungry_Lucy_%282%29).

[Bengt77]

Some have been mentioned before, but these artists from my iTunes library fit the description:

• Abakus
• Air
• Air France
• Andrea Parker
• Aphex Twin (but only the two Selected Ambient Works albums)
• B12
• Bibio
• Bluetech
• Boards Of Canada
• Bonobo
• Broadway Project
• Carbon Based Lifeforms
• Crustation
• DJ Shadow
• Earthling
• Four Tet
• Gare Du Nord
• Hooverphonic
• Howie B.
• Jazzanova
• jj
• Junior Boys
• Kid Loco
• Koop
• Lali Puna
• Lamb
• Massive Attack
• Mirwais
• Moloko
• Mono (the UK trip-hop band, not the Japanese rock band)
• Ms. John Soda
• The Notwist
• Orb
• Portishead
• The Q4
• Rinôçerôse
• Röyksopp
• SCSI-9
• Shpongle
• Shulman
• Talvin Singh
• Tricky
• Zero 7