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Featured Style: Trip-Hop

Yet another in a long line of plastic placeholders to attach itself to one arm or another of the U.K. post-acid house dance scene's rapidly mutating experimental underground, Trip-Hop was coined by the English music press in an attempt to characterize a new style of downtempo, jazz-, funk-, and soul-inflected experimental breakbeat music which began to emerge around in 1993 in association with labels such as Mo'Wax, Ninja Tune, Cup of Tea, and Wall of Sound. Similar to (though largely…

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Featured Mood: Autumnal

AllMusic's moods are adjectives that describe the sound and feel of a song, album, or overall body of work. 'Autumnal' refers to music that is appropriate for the fall season, or just albums that may make you think of slowing down, a loss of innocence, or things coming to an end.

Featured Theme: Rainy Day

AllMusic's themes refer to activities or events particularly suited for a song, album or overall body of work. Rainy Day music is exactly what it sounds like. The interpretation is up to the listener as to whether a rainy day should be spent gloomily sloshing through puddles or curled up in a warm room.