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1991 - Blue Lines 1994 - Protection 1995 - No Protection 1998 - Mezzanine 1998 - Singles 90 98 (Box Set) 2003 - 100th Window 2004 - Danny The Dog OST Rare

[img]http://cover6.cduniverse.com/MuzeAudioArt/120/123528.jpg[/img] Bluelines cover.jpg Massive Attack - 01 - Safe From Harm.mp3 Massive Attack - 02 - One Love.mp3 Massive Attack - 03 - Blue Lines.mp3 Massive Attack - 04 - Be Thankful For What You've Got.mp3 Massive Attack - 05 - Five Man Army.mp3 Massive Attack - 06 - Unfinished Sympathy.mp3 Massive Attack - 07 - Daydreaming.mp3 Massive Attack - 08 - Lately.mp3 Massive Attack - 09 - Hymn Of The Big Wheel.mp3

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[img]http://cover6.cduniverse.com/MuzeAudioArt/160/169515.jpg[/img] Protection cover.jpg Massive Attack - 01 - Protection.mp3 Massive Attack - 02 - Karmacoma.mp3 Massive Attack - 03 - Three.mp3 Massive Attack - 04 - Weather Storm.mp3 Massive Attack - 05 - Spying Glass.mp3 Massive Attack - 06 - Better Things.mp3 Massive Attack - 07 - Eurochild.mp3 Massive Attack - 08 - Sly.mp3 Massive Attack - 09 - Heat Miser.mp3 Massive Attack - 10 - Light My Fire (Live).mp3 protection - texty.txt

[img]http://cover6.cduniverse.com/MuzeAudioArt/210/219308.jpg[/img] No protection cover.jpg Massive Attack - 01 - Radiation Ruling The Nation (Protection).mp3 Massive Attack - 02 - Bumper Ball Dub (Karmacoma).mp3 Massive Attack - 03 - Trinity Dub (Three).mp3

Massive Attack - 04 - Cool Monsoon (Weather Storm).mp3 Massive Attack - 05 - Eternal Feedback (Sly).mp3 Massive Attack - 06 - Moving Dub (Better Things).mp3 Massive Attack - 07 - I Spy (Spying Glass).mp3 Massive Attack - 08 - Backward Sucking (Heat Miser).mp3

[img]http://cover6.cduniverse.com/MuzeAudioArt/260/269206.jpg[/img] Mezzanine cover.jpg Massive Attack - 01 - Angel.mp3 Massive Attack - 02 - Risingson.mp3 Massive Attack - 03 - Teardrop.mp3 Massive Attack - 04 - Inertia Creeps.mp3 Massive Attack - 05 - Exchange.mp3 Massive Attack - 06 - Dissolved Girl.mp3 Massive Attack - 07 - Man Next Door.mp3 Massive Attack - 08 - Black Milk.mp3 Massive Attack - 09 - Mezzanine.mp3 Massive Attack - 10 - Group Four.mp3 Massive Attack - 11 - (Exchange).mp3 mezzanine - texty.txt

[img]http://cover6.cduniverse.com/MuzeAudioArt/750/755755.jpg[/img] CD 01 CD 02 CD 03 CD 04 CD 05 CD 06 CD 07 CD 08 CD 09 CD 10 CD 11 singles90-98 cover.jpg

Massive Attack - 01 - Daydreaming (Album Version).mp3 Massive Attack - 02 - Daydreaming (Luv It Mix).mp3 Massive Attack - 03 - Daydreaming (Brixton Bass Mix).mp3 Massive Attack - 04 - Daydreaming (Luv It Dub).mp3 Massive Attack - 05 - Any Love (2).mp3

Massive Attack - 01 - Unfinished Sympathy (Original).mp3 Massive Attack - 02 - Unfinished Sympathy (Nellee Hooper 7 Mix).mp3 Massive Attack - 03 - Unfinished Sympathy (Nellee Hooper 12 Mix).mp3 Massive Attack - 04 - Unfinished Sympathy (Perfecto Mix).mp3

Massive Attack - 05 - Unfinished Sympathy (Instrumental).mp3

Massive Attack - 01 - Safe From Harm (Original).mp3 Massive Attack - 02 - Safe From Harm (7'' Version).mp3 Massive Attack - 03 - Safe From Harm (12'' Version).mp3 Massive Attack - 04 - Safe From Harm (Perfecto Mix).mp3 Massive Attack - 05 - Safe From Harm (Just A Groove Dub).mp3 Massive Attack - 06 - Safe From Harm (Just A Dub).mp3

Massive Attack - 01 - Hymn Of The Big Wheel (Original).mp3 Massive Attack - 02 - Hymn Of The Big Wheel (Nellee Hooper Mix).mp3 Massive Attack - 03 - Home Of The Whale.mp3 Massive Attack - 04 - Be Thankful For What You've Got (Perfecto Mix).mp3 Massive Attack - 05 - Any Love (Larry Heard Mix).mp3

Massive Attack - 01 - Sly (Album Version).mp3 Massive Attack - 02 - Sly (7 Edit).mp3 Massive Attack - 03 - Sly (7 Stones Mix).mp3 Massive Attack - 04 - Sly (Underdog Mix).mp3 Massive Attack - 05 - Sly (Underdog Double Bass & Accapella).mp3 Massive Attack - 06 - Sly (Cosmic Dub).mp3 Massive Attack - 07 - Sly (Eternal Feedback Dub).mp3

Massive Attack - 01 - Protection (Album Version).mp3 Massive Attack - 02 - Protection (7 Edit).mp3 Massive Attack - 03 - Protection (Underdog's Angel Dust Mix).mp3 Massive Attack - 04 - Protection (Radiation For The Nation).mp3 Massive Attack - 05 - Protection (The Eno Mix).mp3 Massive Attack - 06 - Protection (J Sw!ft Mix).mp3

Massive Attack - 01 - Karmacoma (Album Version).mp3 Massive Attack - 02 - Karmacoma (Portishead Experience).mp3 Massive Attack - 03 - Karmacoma (Napoli Trip).mp3 Massive Attack - 04 - Karmacoma (U.N.K.L.E. Situation).mp3 Massive Attack - 05 - Karmacoma (Bumper Ball Dub).mp3 Massive Attack - 06 - Karmacoma (Ventom Dub Special).mp3 Massive Attack - 07 - Blacksmith Daydreaming.mp3

Massive Attack - 01 - Risingson (Album Version).mp3 Massive Attack - 02 - Superpredators.mp3 Massive Attack - 03 - Risingson (Underdog Mix).mp3 Massive Attack - 04 - Risingson (Otherside).mp3 Massive Attack - 05 - Risingson (Underworld Mix).mp3

Massive Attack - 01 - Teardrop (LP Version).mp3 Massive Attack - 02 - Teardrop (Scream Team Remix).mp3 Massive Attack - 03 - Teardrop (Mad Professor Mazaruni Vocal Mix).mp3 Massive Attack - 04 - Teardrop (Mad Professor Mazaruni Instrumental).mp3 Massive Attack - 05 - Euro Zero Zero.mp3

Massive Attack - 01 - Angel (Album Version).mp3 Massive Attack - 02 - Angel (Radio Edit).mp3 Massive Attack - 03 - Angel (Blur Remix).mp3 Massive Attack - 04 - Angel (Mad Professor Remix).mp3 Massive Attack - 05 - Group Four (Mad Professor Remix).mp3

Massive Attack - 01 - Inertia Creeps (Album Version).mp3 Massive Attack - 02 - Inertia Creeps (Radio Edit).mp3 Massive Attack - 03 - Inertia Creeps (Manic Street Preachers Version).mp3 Massive Attack - 04 - Inertia Creeps (State Of Bengal Mix).mp3 Massive Attack - 05 - Inertia Creeps (Alpha Mix).mp3 Massive Attack - 06 - Back She Comes.mp3 Massive Attack - 07 - Reflection.mp3

[img]http://cover6.cduniverse.com/MuzeAudioArt/470/473932.jpg[/img] 100thwindow cover.jpg 100th Window.m3u Massive Attack - 01 - Future Proof.mp3 Massive Attack - 02 - What Your Soul Sings.mp3 Massive Attack - 03 - Everywhen.mp3 Massive Attack - 04 - Special Cases.mp3

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Massive Attack Il battito cupo della metropoli di Claudio Fabretti Band tra le pi interessanti della scena britannica, i Massive Attack hanno contri buito a lanciare il trip-hop, forgiando un'inquietante colonna sonora della vita nelle metropoli [img]http://image.listen.com/img/356x237/2/5/8/4/514852_356x237.jpg[/img]

I Massive Attack sono una delle creature di Bristol, il laboratorio musicale pi f ertile dell'Inghilterra di fine millennio. Qui nato il movimento "trip-hop", che annovera tra le sue file anche artisti come Portishead, Tricky e, pi di recente, Goldfrapp. Uno stile che mescola "hip-hop" di matrice nera, bassi "dub" e ritmi dance, con arrangiamenti da colonna sonora cinematografica. Ma nei brani dei Ma ssive Attack c'e' di piu'. Tra le note cupe dei loro brani, spira aria di reggae

e psichedelia, qualche vibrazione "ambient", oltre a uno spirito punk. Dopo due album di marca prettamente dance e segnati da una particolare ricerca s ul ritmo (Blue Lines e Protection, quest'ultimo remixato in versione "dub" in No protection), e dopo le collaborazioni di grido della loro "mente" 3D (tra cui l 'hit di Neneh Cherry "Manchild"), i Massive Attack sono pervenuti a una svolta n ella loro carriera con Mezzanine, album profondo, intenso e maturo, nonche' il l oro disco piu' "rock". Le atmosfere dance dei primi due dischi, in bilico tra te chno e lounge music, sono state sostituite da un umore oscuro e crepuscolare, de gno erede del miglior dark-rock degli anni '80. "Abbiamo voluto puntare soprattu tto su profondit e prospettiva - spiega Robert Del Naja, alias "3D" -. E' un albu m che d la sensazione del viaggio e si pu ascoltare a vari livelli di coinvolgimen to: se si tiene alto il volume, acquista in immediatezza; se lo si abbassa, dive nta pi imprevedibile". Oltre al leggendario cantante reggae Horace Andy, gi ospite dei due precedenti la vori dei Massive Attack, ha partecipato alla realizzazione del disco Elizabeth F raser, la straordinaria voce dei Cocteau Twins, band di culto del pop "onirico" d'oltremanica. I suoi vocalizzi eterei e suggestivi si sposano bene con la cupa base ritmica, impreziosendo quattro brani, tra cui l'ottimo singolo "Teardrop", che di questa sorta di "dreaming-dub" destinato a rimanere per anni l'incontrast ato capolavoro. Dall'angoscia espressionista di "Risingdon" alla depressione esistenziale di "An gel", dall'umore gotico di "Man next door" alla ballata classica di "Black Milk" , le canzoni di "Mezzanine" spaziano tra generi diversi, inseguendo i gusti dei tre componenti del gruppo, tutti con un passato da dj (oltre a "3D", ci sono Gra nt Marshall in arte "Daddy G" e Andrew Vowles alias "Mushroom"). Restano i timbr i ipnotici stile "Karmacoma" (il loro pi famoso successo) e i bassi "dub", ma, ri spetto al passato, c' un particolare accento sulla chitarra e un'evoluzione verso sonorit pi complesse e oscure. Domina un senso di alienazione urbana, che si rive rbera nei suoni tra allucinazioni narcotiche e momenti di trance, il tutto esasp erato da un uso ossessivo del rap, in chiave quasi ipnotica. "E' un tipo di musi ca dance che non si pu ballare", la definisce Lindsay Baker su "The Guardian". Di certo, con i Massive Attack la dance ha conosciuto nuove frontiere. E l'integra zione tra musica hip hop dei ghetti neri, dance e rock europeo ha segnato un ult eriore passo avanti. In 100th Window (2003) i Massive Attack, da tre che erano, diventano uno solo: R obert "3D" Del Naja, vuoi per divergenze artistiche (Mushroom), vuoi per un volo di cicogna (la paternit di Daddy G). L'album prosegue il percorso segnato dallo splendido Mezzanine, quello di una musica ancora pi oscura e ipnotica.

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100th Window un disco meno d'impatto dei precedenti, che rinuncia agli aspetti p i ballabili (anche se le profonde sonorit dub-elettronica non sono venute meno), a favore di un andamento pi sensualmente seducente, penetrante, per un lavorio len to ma inesorabile, notturno e metropolitano, e che evidenzia una sua capacit psic hedelica. Quest'ultima si pu riallacciare al significato del titolo, un'ultima ce ntesima finestra che rimane sempre aperta, nella nostra psiche, a disposizione a nche dell'inaspettato e del sommerso del nostro subcosciente. Il pulsante incedere del brano di apertura "Future Proof" e la voce da stato d'i pnosi di 3D si accompagnano a un battito cupo, e a un'atmosfera splendidamente m alinconica e pigra; i brani successivi ci introducono le altre due voci del disc

o, Sinead O'Connor nella celestiale "What your soul sings" e il gi noto Horace An dy in "Everywhen", che prosegue nel solco dei due brani precedenti. Le atmosfere si fanno pi drammatiche in "Special Cases" con la O'Connor splendida e quasi irr iconoscibile alla voce, grazie agli archi che disegnano trame orientaleggianti. "Butterfly caught", con 3D di nuovo alla voce, alza il ritmo, ma anche il pezzo pi nero e minaccioso del disco, con un crescendo strumentale calibrato alla perfe zione. Nel brano successivo "A Prayer For England" (il cui testo dedicato all'in fanzia sfortunata britannica) si riconosce la Sinead O'Connor di sempre. Da qui in poi, l'album non offre pi elementi nuovi rispetto ai primi magnifici pezzi, an che se "Small time shot away" e "Name Taken" non si possono considerare riempiti vi. Del Naja per sa piazzare ancora un grande ultimo colpo, torna alla voce per " Antistar": di nuovo un pezzo che guarda a Oriente, anche e ancor di pi grazie al crescendo di archi conclusivo, a suggellare con un capolavoro l'opera. La confusa colonna sonora di Danny Dog, film del 2004 di Luc Besson, lascia per f reddini gli appassionati del loro sound cupo e magnetico. Ventuno composizioni s trumentali scritte, arrangiate e prodotte da 3D e Neil Davidge. Chitarre, campio ni, piano elettrico, archi, pianoforte, ancora i King Crimson nelle pieghe di un pezzo trascinante come "One Thought At A Time". Il dub si affaccia ammantato di sensualit misteriosa e colori jazzy in "Polaroid Girl", mentre il colpo romantic o/estatico arriva nella breve "Sweet Is Good", seguita dalla mancuniana (i New O rder che incontrano gli Stone Roses?) "Montage". A suggellare la loro prestigiosa carriera, lunga ormai pi di tre lustri, arriva n el 2006 l'antologia Collected. Contributi di Paolo Sforza ("100th Window"), J.R.D. ("Blackmailmag")

Massive Attack From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [img]http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/160/120766.jpg[/img] Massive Attack are a trip hop band from Bristol, England. They have released fou r studio albums, two movie soundtracks, one remix album, and a greatest hits col lection. Their musical style has been acclaimed for combining elements of jazz, hip hop, rock, and soul; lately darker, subtler forms of electronic music have b een dominant influences. Massive Attack are constant collaborators and have worked with a diverse mix of artists, from Sinad O'Connor to reggae star Horace Andy to Madonna. Their work ha s also been used in many feature films and television shows, including The Matri x, The Insider, The West Wing and House. They also have a financial stake in a s mall night club, Tube (formerly Nocturne, a private members club that they joint ly owned), in their hometown of Bristol..

History 1980s Massive Attack began as an offshoot of the popular mid-1980s sound system The Wi ld Bunch. The core group consisted of three members, Robert Del Naja ("3D"), Gra nt Marshall ("Daddy G") and Andrew Vowles ("Mushroom"), along with occasional Wi

ld Bunch collaborator (and also Del Naja's roommate) Tricky. In 1988 they releas ed their first single "Any Love," followed in 1991 by their first album, Blue Li nes, featuring the hit singles "Unfinished Sympathy" (with Shara Nelson) and "Da ydreaming." The album, that was produced by Cameron McVey, was well-received bot h critically and commercially, with some polls calling "Unfinished Sympathy" one of the best songs of all time.[1] Blue Lines subsequently became one of the mos t influential British records of the 1990s, ushering in a new genre of music som etimes referred to as the "Bristol sound," but more often labelled trip-hop, a l abel Massive Attack have said they dislike.[citation needed] 1990s Massive Attack in their 1994 video, Karmacoma. In 1994, Massive Attack released their follow-up, Protection, an album that feat ured two string instrumentals arranged by Craig Armstrong and a deeper, more lus h sound than the first. This marked Tricky's last collaboration with Massive Att ack, as he chose to concentrate wholly on his solo career. Tricky used lyrics fr om other songs (chronologically before and after the album's release) at some po ints during the recording. Several of the lyrics from "Karmacoma" shared between Tricky and 3D were later sung by Martina Topley-Bird on Tricky's single "Overco me". On "Eurochild", Tricky borrowed lyrics from "Blank Expression" by The Speci als. Two songs ("Protection" and "Better Things") feature Everything But The Gir l vocalist Tracey Thorn, whom the band collaborated with on a remake of The Marv elettes' hit "The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game" for the Batman Forever sound track. In 1996, the band won a BRIT Award for "best dance act". This was a point of amu sement for the band, as, at the time, none of them knew how to dance.[2] In 1997, the band sampled the music of "Metal Postcard" by Siouxsie & the Banshe es on "Superpredators" for The Jackal movie soundtrack. [3] Massive Attack's third album, Mezzanine, was released in 1998. Mezzanine showed the band moving towards a somewhat dark, tense sound filled with distorted guita rs and a combination of drum machines and live percussion that lacked the laid-b ack, jazzy nature they had occasionally shown in their previous albums. Elizabet h Fraser of the Cocteau Twins sang lead vocals on three tracks. Original member Vowles, dissatisfied with this change in sound, left the band shortly after the release of the album. He was replaced by Neil Davidge, who worked with Del Naja for much of his material on Mezzanine. The release of Mezzanine also led to a ch ange in Massive Attack's live show. In addition to their previous simple set up of a few mics and turntables, the group began incorporating more and more live i nstrumentation into their shows. In addition to their usual numerous guest vocal ists, the trio were now being joined on stage by a live guitarist, bassist, drum mer, and keyboard player, as well as a video screen and lighting effects from Un ited Visual Artists. Also during this time many members including Richie Partrid ge (musician) left the band due to musical differences but the core members rema in. In the 1999 feature film The Matrix, Massive Attack's "Dissolved Girl" is pl aying in the sleeping Neo's headphones when he gets the "Knock, knock, Neo..." m essage on his monitor. 2000s Massive Attack's fourth album, 100th Window, which was recorded without Marshall , was released in early 2003. It entered the Top 10 in the UK charts.

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In 2004, the band, now consisting of Del Naja, Davidge, and programmer Alex Swif t, released an instrumental soundtrack for the feature film Danny the Dog, which was produced by Luc Besson. The film's title was changed to Unleashed prior to the American release, though the album was initially released under the original title as it came out months before the film. 2005 saw the band contribute anoth er soundtrack, this time for the feature film Bullet Boy. The group had also bee n slated to work on music for the film V for Vendetta with past collaborator Cra ig Armstrong but had to leave the project due to scheduling problems. That same year, portions of Massive Attack's song "Teardrop" were used for the t heme song for House, a popular television medical drama. In 2006 the band released a greatest hits compilation, Collected. The two-disc s et includes selected tracks from their studio albums, some rare singles, and two new tracks, "Live with Me" and "False Flags." The DVD layer of the second disc also contains all the group's music videos to date. Massive Attack also returned to the studio to record a new album, tentatively titled Weather Underground. Of the three original members, Del Naja and Marshall have returned to record the g roup's fifth studio album. However, they will not be collaborating with each oth er extensively. Del Naja will be in one studio with producer Neil Davidge, and M arshall will be working from his own studio on the other side of Bristol. Presum ably the pair will work more closely on a finished album after their respective batches of tracks are completed. Dot Allison, Horace Andy, Mike Patton, and Mos Def are expected to contribute vocals. Massive Attack toured North America and Europe in 2006, performing closing spots at summer festivals such as Austin City Limits Music Festival. Mezzanine-era co llaborator Elizabeth Fraser returned to the line-up to provide backing vocals. M arshall was not present for most of the North America performances, because, acc ording to Del Naja on stage, Marshall's wife had delivered a baby. Massive Attack recorded a live session at Abbey Road Studios for Live From Abbey Road on July 29, 2006. Their performance was screened alongside sets from LeAnn Rimes and Dr.John on the Sundance Channel in the USA and Channel 4 in the UK. EMI/Virgin confirmed that the newest Massive Attack album would be out in Februa ry 2007[4]. However, during an interview with Zane Lowe on BBC Radio 1 on Decemb er 19, 2006, Del Naja stated that the release would hopefully be sometime in 200 7, and that the title was now unlikely to be Weather Underground. In February 2007 Massive recorded a live performance in legendary Abbey Road stu dios. Video of three songs and short interviews was aired on BBC beginning of Ma rch 2007. On February 6, 7, and 8, 2007, Massive Attack organized and performed charity co ncerts in Birmingham and the Brixton Academy in London for the HOPING Foundation for Palestinian refugee children. The three sold-out concerts netted over 100,00 0 for the Foundation, and attracted extensive media coverage. It is one of the l argest concerts in the world ever performed for Palestinian children. Controversy During the first Gulf War, several British media channels became d using words suggestive of war and violence, and Massive Attack g to become established) were forced to temporarily change their Massive. Del Naja makes no secret in interviews of his political anxious to avoi (then strugglin name to simply objections to w

hat he sees as U.S. aggression against the Third World in the name of democracy, often expressing regret that he ever agreed to the name change.