Hey there I love Glitch Hop and i want add my two cents
Originally Glitch Hop used to be a bass driven, Hip Hop-based beat with a tons of glitches.
Glitches are the quintessence of any
Glitch Hop track.
A glitch is a error of a signal or function. Artists use effects "wrong" on purpose and try
mixing distorted sounds, disonant tones, weird noises, dirty sequences etc. into a interesting track.
Here some "old-school" Glitch Hop stuff:
Kraddy - Android Porn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jr3XJr4FCYk
Pretty Lights - Sunday School
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xyaw__64gU8
edIT - If You Crump Stand Up
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAn4lQyTJfI
My Glitch In The Club (Cryptex Reglitch)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YJOuwpz_lc
A quick fun fact:
Kraddy, edIT, boreta, Ooah who are talented Glitch Hop artists back in the days founded a band together
The Glitch Mob. Ironically they focus more on producing on "adventure electro track" than on Glitch Hop.
It is as if Metallica and Iron Maide (two metal bands) worktogether as
The Metal Mob and start producing pop songs in style of Rebecca Black (definetly not metal).
Somehow Glitch Hop got popular and many artists jump on this hype train even though their track has nothing with the original Glitch Hop. Many labels support this bad practice and many uninformed people demand more of the "new" style than the "old" style.
So over years Glitch Hop has become more into a genre with clean sounds, funky beats and hopping melodies.
TL;DR
Hip Hop + Glitch =
Glitch Hop
...mainstream media abuse this term...
now it is Glitch
Hop