Soul Drift

As I was browsing my neighbours on Last.FM, I kept coming across an American/English duo called Hungry Lucy. I noticed that they had some free tracks & their similar artists were other duos such as Collide & Switchblade Symphony (who I like a lot), so I thought I’d give them a try. I’m very impressed! I like them a lot too. You can download/stream full-length tracks from their Last.FM Page if you like darkwave/trip-hop with female vocals.

For those unfamiliar with these genres, here are some snippets from Wikipedia:

Darkwave (Dark Wave): an umbrella term which refers to a movement that began in the late 1970s, coinciding with the popularity of New Wave. Building upon the basic principles of New Wave, Dark Wave evolved through the addition of dark, thoughtful lyrics and an undertone of sorrow.

In a narrower sense Dark Wave has been used for music that mixes elements of different genres such as gothic rock, synthpop, neofolk, medieval and music styles from the post-industrial era.

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Trip hop: a term coined by music journalist Andy Pemberton in the UK magazine Mixmag to describe the hip hop instrumental “In/Flux”, a 1993 single by DJ Shadow, and other similar tracks released on the Mo’ Wax label and being played in London clubs at the time. “In/Flux”, with its mixed up bpms, spoken word samples, strings, melodies, bizarre noises, phat bass, and slow beats, gave the listener the impression they were on a musical trip. The trip hop description was applied to the musical trend in the mid-1990s of downtempo electronic music that grew out of England’s hip hop and house scenes.

Trip hop gained notice via popular artists such as Massive Attack, Portishead, & Björk, and rock-influenced sound groups such as Ruby, California’s DJ Shadow, and the UK’s Howie B. Morcheeba, originating from Hythe in Kent, and Londoners Glideascope are also often associated with this sound.

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From the Hungry Lucy page, I then went in search for “similar artists” with free/streamable tracks & here are the darkwave/trip-hop/electronic/goth/industrial bands I found:

Android Lust (female vocals)
The Crüxshadows
Ego Likeness (female vocals)
The Last Dance
Lunascape (female vocals)
Technoir (female vocals)

I also suggest having a listen to Collide on MySpace (or you can download tracks on their official site) & Switchblade Symphony on MySpace!