''Offbeat: A Red Hot Soundtrip'' is a compilation album from the Red Hot AIDS Benefit Series produced by Paul Heck. It combines elements of ambient,

spoken word Spoken word refers to an oral poetic performance art that is based mainly on the poem as well as the performer's aesthetic qualities. It is a late 20th century continuation of an ancient oral artistic tradition that focuses on the aesthetics of ...

, and

trip hop Trip hop (sometimes used synonymously with " downtempo") is a musical genre that originated in the early 1990s in the United Kingdom, especially Bristol. It has been described as a psychedelic fusion of hip hop and electronica with slow tem ...

to expand the ideas of artistic collage and spiritual transcendence of ''"the Beats"''. The album is an offshoot of a larger project called The Beat Experience, which explored the legacy of the Beat movement.

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# "Intro - Transnational Lullabye" performed by

Skylab Skylab was the first United States space station, launched by NASA, occupied for about 24 weeks between May 1973 and February 1974. It was operated by three separate three-astronaut crews: Skylab 2, Skylab 3, and Skylab 4. Major operations ...

— 0:20 # "Ryu-Ki" performed by

DJ Krush , better known by his stage name DJ Krush, is a record producer and DJ. He is known for his atmospheric instrumental production which incorporates sound elements from nature and extensive use of jazz and soul samples. Early life Ishi was born in ...

— 6:02 # "Train (Interlude)" performed by

Christian McBride Christian McBride (born May 31, 1972) is an American jazz bassist, composer and arranger. He has appeared on more than 300 recordings as a sideman, and is an eight-time Grammy Award winner. McBride has performed and recorded with a number of j ...

— 0:49 # "Looking for the Jackalope" performed by

Laika Laika (russian: link=no, Лайка; – 3 November 1957) was a Soviet space dog who was one of the first animals in space and the first to orbit the Earth. A stray mongrel from the streets of Moscow, she flew aboard the Sputnik 2 space ...

— 4:11 # "Krazy Groove" performed by Christian McBride — 2:01 # "Don Cherry (Interlude)" performed by Skylab — 0:46 # "Black Dada Nihilismus" performed by Amiri Baraka +

DJ Spooky Paul Dennis Miller (born September 6, 1970), known professionally as DJ Spooky, That Subliminal Kid, is an American electronic and experimental hip hop musician whose work is often called by critics "illbient" or "trip hop". He is a turntabli ...

— 4:12 # "Surrounded by Flowers/I.K.B. 95 (Interlude)" performed by Skylab — 0:36 # "Cartridgemusic" performed by

tomandandy Tomandandy is an American musical duo from New York City, consisting of members Thomas Hajdu and Andy Milburn. While they are best known for their work scoring films, their portfolio includes music for television commercials as well as televisi ...

— 3:57 # "Rain Rain/The Phone Call" performed by Skylab — 2:13 # "Murder of Lawyers" performed by

Soul Coughing Soul Coughing was an American alternative rock band composed of vocalist/guitarist Mike Doughty (also known as M. Doughty), keyboardist/sampler Mark Degli Antoni, bassist Sebastian Steinberg, and drummer Yuval Gabay. Soul Coughing developed a d ...

— 5:10 # "I Control (Audio Collage #2)" performed by

Meat Beat Manifesto Meat Beat Manifesto, often shortened as Meat Beat, Manifesto or MBM, is an electronic music group originally consisting of Jack Dangers and Jonny Stephens that was formed in 1987 in Swindon, United Kingdom. The band, fronted by Dangers (the only ...

— 5:22 # "Hip No Therapy" performed by

Barry Adamson Barry Adamson (born 11 June 1958)Biography
. Barryadamson.com. is an English pop and rock music ...

— 7:00 # "Why Do I?/Trepanation #1 (Interlude)" performed by Skylab — 0:27 # "It Goes Back" performed by David Byrne — 3:45 # "Laughing Groove (Interlude)" performed by Christian McBride — 0:51 # "Incidental One (Interlude)" performed by

Mark Eitzel Mark Eitzel (born January 30, 1959) is an American musician, best known as a songwriter and lead singer of the San Francisco band American Music Club. Biography Eitzel spent his formative years in a military family living in Okinawa, Taiwan, Ohi ...

and My Bloody Valentine — 0:51 # "Wait" performed by

Tortoise Tortoises () are reptiles of the family Testudinidae of the order Testudines (Latin: ''tortoise''). Like other turtles, tortoises have a shell to protect from predation and other threats. The shell in tortoises is generally hard, and like oth ...

— 4:35 # "I.K.B. 95 (Interlude)" performed by Skylab — 0:18 # "Characteristic Beat" performed by

Emergency Broadcast Network Emergency Broadcast Network is a multimedia performance group formed in 1991 that took its name from the Emergency Broadcast System. The founders were Rhode Island School of Design graduates Joshua Pearson, Gardner Post, and Brian Kane (author ...

— 3:48 # "Pinball/Wisions of Rotterdam" performed by Spookey Ruben — 1:44 # "Temporally Displaced" performed by DJ Spooky — 4:08 # "Itsofomo (Interlude)" performed by Ben Neill — 0:25 # "Incidental Peace" performed by My Bloody Valentine — 5:36 # "Trepanation #3 (Interlude)" performed by Skylab — 0:14 # "Republican Party" Moby — 1:29

References

{{Red Hot Organization Red Hot Organization albums 1996 compilation albums albums produced by Tchad Blake Indie rock compilation albums TVT Records compilation albums

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