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The vinyl chapter: three ways record culture shaped trip-hop

1 Musical melting pot

Trip-hop is a definitive example of a genre in which disparate musical influences collide to create something new and fresh. It’s no surprise that so manyalbum cover includes a nod to the artwork of the Stiff Little Fingers album . Portishead, meanwhile, claim to have more in common with Nirvana than dance acts.

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