Shpongle (pronounced /ˈʃpɒŋɡəl/) is a psychedelic downtempo or Psybient music project. The members are Simon Posford (aka Hallucinogen) and Raja Ram (one third of The Infinity Project). Their sound has sampled eastern ethnic instruments and western contemporary synthesizer-based psychedelic mus

Ambient, Contemplative, Subtle, Trance, Trippy

Chicago native Nathaniel Jones, aka DJ Pierre is one of the most legendary and genre forming artists in the history of American electronic music. His group Phuture's 1988 tune 'Acid Tracks' caused a stir in Great Britain when the track, rather unintentionally, became an anthem of acid house, the pr

Gritty, Kinetic, Techno/house/big beat, Trippy

DJ Spooky was born Paul D. Miller in 1970 in Washington DC. His father was a lawyer and Howard University professor who passed away when Miller was only three years old, leaving his son an extensive collection of records. Though his father was absent, the record collection allowed Miller to get acqua

Citational, Dissonant, Eclectic, Trip-hop, Trippy

Tricky, the Bristol-born rapper, producer, and malcontent, is credited with bringing the trip-hop genre to fame with his 1995 debut release, "Maxinquaye" (although the artist himself has rejected the label trip-hop as a musical category). Listeners first heard Tricky's vocals on tracks he wrote for M

Distorted, Moody, Trip-hop, Trippy, Visceral