Trip-Hop BPM
Trip-Hop is usually mixed around 70-100 BPM, with 90 BPM as a practical DJ target. The reference tracks on this page span 77-172 BPM, so the guide separates core examples from adjacent and outlier records.
Trip-Hop BPM Reference
Trip-Hop: 70-100 BPM, typical 90 BPM.
| Genre | BPM Range | Typical BPM | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trip-Hop | 70-100 | 90 | Bristol-born downtempo with hip-hop drums, dub bass, and cinematic atmosphere. Massive Attack, Portishead, Tricky, Morcheeba. |
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Trip-Hop
Bristol-born downtempo with hip-hop drums, dub bass, and cinematic atmosphere. Massive Attack, Portishead, Tricky, Morcheeba.
- Core DJ range
- 70–100 BPM
- Practical target
- 90 BPM
- Track spread
- 77-172 BPM
- Track evidence
- 10 shown
Use the BPM that makes loops, cue points, and phrase markers behave cleanly in your DJ software.
What BPM Is Trip-Hop?
Trip-Hop sits at 70–100 BPM as a core DJ range, with 90 BPM as a practical target for crate filtering and set planning.
How to Read Trip-Hop BPM in DJ Software
Trip-Hop is usually mixed around 70-100 BPM, with 90 BPM as a practical DJ target. The reference tracks on this page span 77-172 BPM, so use the grid that makes loops and phrase markers line up cleanly.
Track Evidence
This table separates the core DJ range from the tracks shown here, so the page can be useful without hiding bridge records or outliers.
- Tracks shown
- 10
- Track spread
- 77-172 BPM
- Below core range
- 0 tracks
- Inside core range
- 3 tracks
- Above core range
- 7 tracks
- Mean of shown tracks
- 119 BPM
- Median of shown tracks
- 116 BPM
- Evidence level
- 10 tracks, 3 core examples
Trip-Hop Reference Tracks
Resolved Trip-Hop tracks with BPM and Camelot key, separated by DJ fit:
Core Trip-Hop examples
These examples sit inside the 70-100 BPM core DJ range.
Adjacent and outlier examples
These tracks still help explain the Trip-Hop neighborhood, but they should not be treated as core examples without checking the grid.
Gorecki
Lamb
Rabbit in Your Headlights
UNKLE, Thom Yorke
Glory Box
Portishead
Hell Is Round The Corner
Tricky, Martina Topley-Bird
Nice Weather for Ducks
Lemon Jelly
6 Underground
Sneaker Pimps
Trigger Hippie
Morcheeba
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Above the 70-100 BPM core range; check whether it behaves better as halftime.
Above the 70-100 BPM core range; check whether it behaves better as halftime.
Above the 70-100 BPM core range; check whether it behaves better as halftime.
Above the 70-100 BPM core range; check whether it behaves better as halftime.
Above the 70-100 BPM core range; check whether it behaves better as halftime.
Above the 70-100 BPM core range; check whether it behaves better as halftime.
Above the 70-100 BPM core range; check whether it behaves better as halftime.
DJ Overview for Trip-Hop
Use this as a mixing and library-prep description, not an encyclopedia entry.
Mix Into Trip-Hop
Tempo overlap is only one part of the decision. These suggestions separate BPM fit from style fit so same-tempo but unrelated genres do not look like natural transitions.
Reference Artists in Trip-Hop
Artists represented in the current Trip-Hop track sample:
Common Keys for Trip-Hop
Most-used Camelot keys among the Trip-Hop tracks shown here:
Explore Related References
Mixing Tips
Tempo Window
Stay in the 70–100 BPM band for clean mixes; verify unknown tracks with the BPM tapper.
Harmonic Fit
Use the Camelot wheel to find compatible keys before transitioning, especially when Trip-Hop tracks have prominent melodic content.
Tempo Bridges
When bridging into a different tempo, use the key transposer to plan how pitch change affects key, or transition during a breakdown where the beat drops.
Next Reference
Browse the EDM genre BPM chart or the music genre tree to see how Trip-Hop relates to neighboring styles.
Typical Tempo
See tracks at the typical 90 BPM on the 90 BPM tracks page.
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I've been DJing and producing music as "so I so," focusing on downtempo, minimal, dub house, tech house, and techno. My background in digital marketing, web development, and UX design over the past 6 years helps me create DJ tutorials that are clear, practical, and easy to follow.
Author and Methodology
Maintained by Ben Modigell
Ben is the founder of Vibes and builds DJ library, preparation, BPM, and harmonic-mixing tools for working DJs.
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Data used: 10 reference tracks
Evidence: 10 reference Trip-Hop tracks from a 290-track dataset; 3 sit inside the core DJ range and 7 are labeled as adjacent or outlier examples.
Source: Audio features sourced from ReccoBeats (https://reccobeats.com); track metadata via Spotify Search API. Spotify deprecated audio-features for new apps in Nov 2024. Manual label reference tracks use Beatport BPM/key metadata where available.
How this page is made: This page is generated from the Vibes genre taxonomy, curated reference tracks, computed evidence statistics, and reference track metadata where available. AI-assisted research helped draft the taxonomy notes; the visible page is rendered from structured data and reusable page logic.
Genre BPM ranges are practical DJ references, not statistical claims about every track. Different edits, live versions, and analysis engines may report slightly different tempos.
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