Massive Attack have revealed the cover art for Heligoland, the new album due out February 8th. The artwork is by Robert Del Naja (3D) himself. Here's the tracklisting, it's got all kinds of Damon Albarn going on (he is the vocalist for "Saturday Come Slow", plays the keyboard on "Splitting The Atom", and also plays some bass(?).Heligoland Tracklist:01. Pray For Rain (vocals - Tunde Adebimpe)02....
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I love learning about music history and one of my favorite things (despite it being a major weakness of mine) is following sampled music back to its roots. It's SO cool to hear the original tunes that contain a guitar riff, drum loop or horn section that we immediately identify from a newer tune. (Did you know that Lil Wayne's "A Milli" is based on a reggae sample from a particular remix of A ...
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.Massive Attack have announced details of their first UK tour in three years, set to kick off in September.The band, who are gearing up to release a new album around the time of the tour, will call at venues in cities including London, Manchester, Glasgow and Newcastle. Tickets go on sale on Friday (April 24) at 9am (GMT). Massive Attack will play: London Brixton 02 Academy (September 17, 18...
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Massive Attack have been appointed as curators of this year's Meltdown Festival. The annual music fest takes place at Southbank Centre and has been curated by David Bowie, John Peel, Jarvis Cocker, Patti Smith and many more. Massive Attack have worked with Portishead, Mos Def, Tricky, Sinead and many more during the last 3 decades. It will be fantastic to see who they choose for the festival...
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The 2008 Meltdown Festival is looking sharp! The Southbank Centre event is curated by Massive Attack this year and they've chosen a mixture of classic electronica, roots reggae, fun hip hop, dub to dubstep and more! In addition to the bands, there will also be visual artists and special performances, like Vangelis' Blade Runner Soundtrack performed live by the Heritage Orchestra and mixed by ...
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Well, looking at the date of my last post, it has been longer than I usually care in-between. I will have to rectify that. At any rate, I was toodling around YouTube trying to find a track or so from tis album to share with a friend on Facebook when I stumbled on this gem and I had to share it here with you all. Choregraphed movement artisticalyy treated all awash in this dubbed out gem of a co...
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Legendary trip-hop duo Massive Attack are set to release their highly anticipated 5th studio album H
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From CMJ New Music Report: Massive Attack will release its fifth album, Heligoland, on February 9 via Virgin. The new record will be the duo's first studio full-length since 2003's 100th Window, and the British trip-hop progenitors roped in quite...
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Massive Attack is back with an EP containing four new songs, two of which are remixed. If you notice on the track list, all the songs feature a guest vocalist, such as TV on the Radio’s Tunde Adebimpe. Horce Andy guest-vocals on “Splitting The Atom,” a chilly, yet intriguing track that premiered on BCC Radio [...]
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As it's a little long, the post will be split in to two parts, with some interesting and illuminating background to the story coming in Part 2...Listen to the track as you read the post. The song is from Shinjuku Zulu's "Various Chimeras Instrumentals" CD at iTunes "HERE":http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playlistId=203659809&s=143441&i=203659840Hands with more cracks...
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Zane Lowe premiered a new Massive Attack song ‘Splitting the Atom’ on BBC Radio One last night. It’s taken from a new EP Splitting the Atom out in October with an album to follow in February. The EP looks like this:1. Splitting the Atom featuring 3D, Daddy G and Horace Andy2. Pray For Rain featuring [...]
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Massive Attack are set to release their new album in February next year. Full details and list of contributors inside!
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Gah, could this new Massive Attack stuff be any more epic? Here's a preview of the Damon Albarn track off their new album...he made a surprise appearance at their Brixton show on Thursday. Just beautiful. Thanks to Brenna for the tip!I've just heard the Martina Topley Bird track, and it's pretty haunting stuff too.
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Definitely some intense visuals; got that matrix-esque soundtrack vibe to it mixed with a 007: James Bond video art direction and you get “United Snakes.” Visuals were created by ripped polygons or meshes of vector form renders in simple black and white. A lot of imagery/metaphors — “No spoiler here”But if you want to read [...]
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Loving this Gorillaz’s esque hip-hop track from Massive Attack’s ep, “Splitting The Atom”, that sounds quite freaky.Massive Attack - Splitting The Atom (Ft. The 3D, Daddy G, and Horace Andy)
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