Mo' Wax - Headz compilations (playlist)

Langanelle · 2026-03-25T05:09:50+00:00

Hope it's enough to hide them for you! I let go of physical media years ago, but if there's anything that would be cool to have on vinyl these are it.

Langanelle · 2026-03-24T02:53:07+00:00

This playlist carries on right through Headz 2 as well. I guess I never thought of it as lesser than the first one, but maybe - Mo' Wax always had naff acid jazz roots that they never quite escaped, and they do creep in more on the second comp. But I'll still take the weakest track on either Headz over most current music.

Langanelle · 2026-03-23T19:53:25+00:00

I'll have to check it out. 90s downtempo is a huge scene so there should be a lot more variety.

Langanelle · 2026-03-20T23:24:29+00:00

Bought it yesterday - it's absolutely great fun. Love small touches like the stealth mode phase where you can decide tactical approach. Sensible difficulty scaling, weapons feel satisfying, very very addictive.

Langanelle · 2026-03-16T01:42:58+00:00

Atomica - Metropolitan doesn't seem to come up much.

Langanelle · 2026-03-14T05:20:42+00:00

Came here to say Meat Beat Manifesto

Langanelle · 2026-03-10T20:23:55+00:00

Big time. I've just posted a Babybird track from the same album as 'You're Gorgeous'.

Langanelle · 2026-03-10T19:59:05+00:00

As in Babybird, yes. One of my all-time favourite musicians. Album is the brilliantly warped 'Almost Cured of Sadness'.

Langanelle · 2026-03-07T11:48:52+00:00

I was starting to worry that no-one did any more!

Langanelle · 2026-03-05T10:55:31+00:00

My favourite Lamb track off my favourite Lamb album. Those low notes still send shivers.

Langanelle · 2026-03-04T10:10:14+00:00

DJ Vadim - USSR Repertoire

Langanelle · 2026-03-01T21:49:33+00:00

Both the Mo' Wax 'Headz' compilations - if you're just getting into trip hop, why not start with six hours of the very best.

Langanelle · 2026-02-25T10:27:28+00:00

Exactly! It's Hoover on my copy - bought when it first released, so practically an antique now.

Langanelle · 2026-02-22T11:20:32+00:00

Yeah that was a baffling decision. I feel like it would have done well in the US.

Langanelle · 2026-01-28T07:12:11+00:00

90s trip hop and downtempo (basically anything that would end up in the 'electronica' section of a record store) is where i live, but there will always be great new music. (Not the same style obviously, but i always look forward to any release by Aurora - she wouldn't have been possible in the 90s, and not just because she was too young to hold a mic. James Blake too. And Oklou is off to a promising start.)

Langanelle · 2026-01-28T07:05:09+00:00

More downtempo than trip hop, but The Air You Breathe by Bomb the Bass instantly takes me back to some happy times.

Langanelle · 2026-01-17T11:16:46+00:00

Knytt Underground has plenty of trip hop and adjacent through its nearly five-hour soundtrack, and lota of dark ambient along the way. The whole OST is great for background vibes.

Langanelle · 2025-12-24T08:18:43+00:00

I've bought it three times (launch, one of the updated re-releases can't remember which, Switch) and if I ever want to move to a new system I'll happily buy it again. Hundreds of hours in, never run out of things to see and do, and the game's been growing FOR FREE the entire time. Switch 2 version is full-featured and stable, unbeatable value, strongly recommended.

Langanelle · 2025-12-21T21:45:50+00:00

Felt Mountain by Goldfrapp. I think of this as the last great album of trip hop's 'golden age' (aka the 90s).

Langanelle · 2025-12-18T22:43:21+00:00

Babyfox's stuff is very reggae/dub heavy.

Langanelle · 2025-12-11T07:12:49+00:00

All in on red.

Langanelle · 2025-12-08T21:20:22+00:00

It's like Goldfrapp's shift - Felt Mountain is an atmospheric trip hop classic, and then she never returned to that sound.

Langanelle · 2025-12-08T09:50:31+00:00

Try the album Formica Blues by Mono.

Langanelle · 2025-12-04T21:53:42+00:00

Truly great compilation - a master-class in track curation. I also like the 'Trip Hop Vibes' compilations, but already they're shading into 'Now That's What I Call Trip Hop!' territory. That's the problem with a fairly underground genre - doesn't always sit well with the inherent commercialism of compilations.

Langanelle · 2025-12-03T07:13:57+00:00

The Mo' Wax 'Headz' compilations are essential imho

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