Tipsy

Now I suspect they've been pretty swamped by (better?) soundalikes.

Tipsy are excellent. No love for them on this board? Dense, loungey, fun and very rewarding. On Mike Patton's label. Don't let any of this put you off. A lot like Esquivel and if you know Esquivel thats all the recommendation you'll need.

Esquivel meets David Lynch. It could be a very weird Christmas.

yeah its great stuff. their live shows are worth checking out as well. way more psychedelic and weird.

They are amazing!

Hooray for Tipsy! Any thoughts on which one is best? I am pretty familiar with Trip Tease and Uh Oh but not so with Buzzz. The first two are flawless I think. Its a whole crazy universe.

I love Tipsy. Have every album and listen to them all the time. I was listening to XXXmas today already. Uh Oh and the Remix one are my favourites but they are all excellent and pretty much as good as each other. Get them all!

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In response to the post upthread that compares them to Lemon Jelly and the other one that calls them lounge/techno. One of the best things about them is that there is really no techno elements to their music at all. The remix album has maybe 2 tracks with an obvious drum machine but otherwise there's no bleeps, loops, beat or vocals ever. Most of the remixers respected that. The other albums are just tons of lounge or exotica albums mashed together to make new interesting tunes.

thought this would be about the j-kwon song :(

The track that got me into Tipsy was their remix of Pulp's "This Is Hardcore" - the Swedish Erotica mix as it's known. So amazing.

I cannot think of many who have made such a great trio of albums as Tipsy to so little fanfare. Yeah alright Esquivel said it all before but still there is an impious delirium to them that makes me smile. Some of the more out there stuff they did wouldn't sound out of place on a John Zorn/Dreamers recording. Underrated.

read that as "imperious delirium", which sounds v metal

Ha! try it anyways, despite my clumsy bollocks description. Not much metal but still imperious and occasionally delirious!

they do a lot of one off warehouse secret gigs here in sf and they are killer live. agreed. very underrated band. i dj'ed with one of the members a few years back and his record collection is world class.

wasn't criticizing "impious delirium", which i also love. i'm a fan, fwiw, though a casual one. i like what i've heard (mostly from a friend who adores them), but haven't heard much.

Haven't listened to them in a while, but Uh-Oh was one of my go-to LPs for a good few years.

they are still active?

Don't really know much more than they are from SF and I recall someone telling me they do jingles for a living.