Massive Attack
Massive Attack is an English Trip-Hop band that formed in 1988 in Bristol. The band consists of three members: Robert "3D" Del Naja, Grant "Daddy G" Marshall, and Andy "Mushroom" Vowles. The three met as member of 'The Wild Bunch' which was one of the first soundsystems in the UK. They were very dominant on the Bristol club scene in the mis-1980s.
Trip-Hop is a 'downtempo' version of Hip-Hop. It was called this because it is like a slowed down version of Hip-Hop.
Massive Attack have released 13 albums and 29 singles/EP's. The first album 'Blue Lines' contained the single 'Unfinished Sympathy'.
The band were forced to change their name temporarily to 'Massive' because their manager thought that they wouldn't get as much, if any, airtime on the radio because the Gulf War was ongoing. He thought 'Massive Attack' was too insensitive and conttroversial for the time. because of this nearly all the copies of 'Unfinished Sympathy' are just printed with 'Massive' on them and about 25% of the initial UK printing of 'Blue Lines' have just 'Massive' on them.
The bands manager, Cameron McVey and his wife provided crucial financial support and assisstance to the early career of Massive Attack. They even payed the band regualr wages through their Cherry Bear Organisaton.
Blue Lines is often considered the first Trip-Hop album but the term wasn't used widely until around 1994.
The first song probably produced for Blue Lines was Daydreaming. The strength of this demo was the reason that Massive Attack got signed to Circa Records in 1990, which led them into the successful career they have now.
The majority of Blue Lines was recorded in the bands manager's house in London.
The album reached No. 13 in the UK album charts. The album was a combination of so may genres that it established Massive Attack as one of the most innovative bands of the 1990s.
Trip-Hop is a 'downtempo' version of Hip-Hop. It was called this because it is like a slowed down version of Hip-Hop.
Massive Attack have released 13 albums and 29 singles/EP's. The first album 'Blue Lines' contained the single 'Unfinished Sympathy'.
The band were forced to change their name temporarily to 'Massive' because their manager thought that they wouldn't get as much, if any, airtime on the radio because the Gulf War was ongoing. He thought 'Massive Attack' was too insensitive and conttroversial for the time. because of this nearly all the copies of 'Unfinished Sympathy' are just printed with 'Massive' on them and about 25% of the initial UK printing of 'Blue Lines' have just 'Massive' on them.
The bands manager, Cameron McVey and his wife provided crucial financial support and assisstance to the early career of Massive Attack. They even payed the band regualr wages through their Cherry Bear Organisaton.
Blue Lines
Blue Lines was released on 8th April 1991. It was released on the group's Wild Bunch label through Virgin Records. The album was remastered and the new version was released on 19th November 2012.
Blue Lines is often considered the first Trip-Hop album but the term wasn't used widely until around 1994.
The first song probably produced for Blue Lines was Daydreaming. The strength of this demo was the reason that Massive Attack got signed to Circa Records in 1990, which led them into the successful career they have now.
The majority of Blue Lines was recorded in the bands manager's house in London.
The album reached No. 13 in the UK album charts. The album was a combination of so may genres that it established Massive Attack as one of the most innovative bands of the 1990s.
Unfinished Sympathy
This song was written by the band's three members: 3D, Daddy G, and Mushroom, as well as the song's vocalist Shara Nelson and the band's co-producer Jonny Dollar.
It was the album's secong single and was released on 11th February 1991.
The song incorporates various musical elements such as vocal and percussion samples, drum programming, and string orchestration.
When released as a single it reader number one in the Dutch Top 40 and became a Top Twenty hit in the singles charts of countries including the UK and Switzerland.
The video that accompanied the song was a memorable video of the song's vocalist, Shara Nelson, walking down a street in a Los Angeles neighbourhood.
The video was shot with a long continuous shot, it begins the shot on a street gang and then shifts over to Shara walking down the street. Both 3D and Daddy G feature in the video's background.
Some of the people in the background of the video weren't actors, they were just extras. The gang at the beginning of the video was a real gang that lived in LA. Some of the other people in the background just couldn't be bothered to move out of the way.
Baillie Walsh
Walsh is a British music video and film director. He is best known for directing the 2008 film 'Flashbacks of a Fool' starring Daniel Craig. But Walsh has also directed music videos for clients such as Massive Attack, Boy George, Kylie Minogue, New Order, and Oasis.
Street Culture
The idea of what street culture is can depend heavily on who is asked. Some people instantly think of gangs and violence, while other think of music, dance, and fashion.
Elijah Anderson, an American sociologist, argued that the 'flight of the middle class, an ineffective law enforcement system, and a prominent underground economy' are to blame for the oppositional culture, where inner-city residents rely on the "code of the street". The success of this code relies on the use of violence to gain social status, which creates a culture where the path to money respect is through deviant lifestyles.
Post-Punk
Post-Punk, which was originally called 'New Musick' is a type of rock music that emerged from the punk movement of the 1970s. In this movement, artists moved away from the simplicity and traditionalism of punk rock. The artists were determined to break free from the rock cliches and so they experimented with sources such as: electronic music, and free jazz. They also experimented with novel recording and production techniques, as well as ides from art and politics.
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