About a month ago, one of my co-workers referred me to Portishead — a band from Bristol, England, and named after the town of Portishead outside of Bristol.

I went right ahead and bought their debut album, Dummy, and all I can say is - wow! I have listened to it on and off since I bought it, and it is absolutely stunning. I sincerely hope, that when I go out and buy one of their other albums, that it will follow up on the great expectations I have inside of me.

According to Wikipedia, the genre of their music is called trip-hop (whatever that means). After having listened to them myself, I think it is jazzy and has an electronic sound to it, but, still, not what I would call electronic jazz. I have only listened to this one album, so it might have to be moderated a little.

Nevertheless, if you are the least of bits into music like that (or you feel like trying something new), this would definitely be one place to start.