Massive Attack is one THE most influential groups to emerge out of England in the 90's. A part of the Trifecta of Trip Hop music, accompanied by Tricky, and Massive Attack (all of which were kind of inter breeding anyway, so where does the division n start? I don't know) they have morphed from Electronica act into more of a digital composer group. Which is good, since just about any act that comes out of Electronic music, no matter what the genre, tends to get very old, very quick.
First off, ask your self: Do you isten to house music? How about Dub? No? Me either. Absolutely hate both. BUT! Technically these are the flavors in Massive Attack. But way more low key. None of that head throbbing rave style beat mixture that can drive anyone not tripping on E to an instant migraine. Most of us are more than likely been exposed to Massive Attack through the single Teardrop which seems to end up in commercials for everything and most recently as a opening theme for "House" on Fox. Yeesh.
Recently Massive Attack did the soundtrack to "Unleashed." which sounded great. RZA, of the late Wu-Tang Clan also contributed but who gives a shit?
Their Catalogue is big, to say the least.Only four original albums, but what seems like dozens of remixes for various artists. If you've got a P2P search engine, typre in Massive attack and look at how many of them there are. Funnily enough most of them suck. It's really their own work that resonates well. But they gotta pay the bills somehow. So if you've never listened to any of it, start with Mezzanine or 100th Window as these are the best of their more current work. If you like go back to Blue Lines if you like what you hear. Blue Lines is the reason they are popular, but if you haven't heard it your going to think it sounds dated.
Here is a haunting piece called Butterfly Caught .
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