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// Subscribe // // About // On his stunning new album “Lost Dialect”, Eric Hilton speaks in his mother tongue, the 12-bit vernacular of Trip-Hop, a genre he helped bring to life as a co-founder of the legendary downtempo electronic music act Thievery Corporation. Across ten expansive tracks, the artist/producer uses old-school skills to craft new school chill in a genre that is currently enjoying a resurgence - but for Hilton at least, trip-hop never really went away. “This a classic, experimental trip hop record. I went back to a comfort zone for a minute, an old-school simple approach,” says Hilton. “The techniques of making trip hop music are like lost dialects I can pull out and revisit. I find a groove that I can’t stop listening to and go from there, dress up that experience, add atmosphere and effects to expand the audio landscape. I keep it simple and don’t overdo it with plug-ins. It’s all about the conversation between the elements, and how things p
