olive - you're not alone
olive - im not in love
Kosheen - Empty skies

Anyone know?

well, olive if im not mistaken is a dance music outfit. never heard of kosheen, but if theyre anythin like olive im likely better off.

Olive is somewhere between techno, breakbeat and drum 'n bass...

Kosheen's electronica.

Sort of pop orientated drum 'n' bass, no?

Olive is more trip hop like

trip hop = hip hop rhythm
Olive has a real breakbeat, not a hip-hop beat!

trip hop = portishead, massive attack & co, right?

do they all have a hip hop rythm?

I thought I saw Olive been described as trip hop, but I don't know a lot about electronica, so I could be wrong...

the trouble with Olive is that my theory is based on the 'techno remix', the one that everybody has heard 2,000 times on the radio. I really have no idea of what they did after that...

I only know "I'm not alone" and "I'm not in love" (cover of 10cc I guess) and they were sort of more commercial trip hop...
Not special, but not bad either...

Olive is definitely trip hop, according to most music magazines.

I used to have their first album. I sold it after a few listens. I love portishead and massive attack, and the first album from olive is not able to extract that kinda emotional response from me like portishead or massive attack.

olive is too light and poppy for me. if you want to punch someone, punch it real fuc king hard. know what i mean?