Massive Attack #2

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The album release was preceded on October 4, 2009 by an EP, Splitting the Atom.

Many other artists recorded sessions during the duo's post-100th Window era but are not featured on the album: Jhelisa Anderson (also recorded for 100th Window and was not included on that album either), Stephanie Dosen, Yolanda (Quarty of Phantom Limb), Aku and Akwetey Orraca-Tetteh of Dragons of Zynth, Elizabeth Fraser, Dot Allison, Debbie Clare, Mike Patton, Fredo Viola, Beth Orton and Terry Callier. Backing tracks from Grant Marshall's side of Massive Attack's writing are known to have been sent to Alice Russell, Patti Smith and David Bowie respectively during this era but collaboration did not develop, nor did talks with Tom Waits or Tricky respectively, in terms of featuring as guest vocalists on the record, come to fruition. Mos Def and Leslie Feist were also mooted as artists to be recorded, back at the beginning of the era in 2004. Despite online suggestions to the contrary, no recording sessions with Sia ever took place. Post-punks, Mark Stewart and Keith Levine also came into Del Naja's 100 Suns studio in 2009, but it does not appear that they have made any contribution to the album. From the new songs that were played during previous tours many were not included on the record, including songs nicknamed as "All I Want", "Red Light", "Kingpin", "Heartcliff Star", "Marakesh" (an '08 track completely different from another song also provisionally entitled "Marakesh" that became Atlas Air), "Marooned" and "Dobro".

Burial has been supplied with Heligoland's tracks to remix. This connection has been compared to the remix relationship with Mad Professor in the nineties which led to the No Protection album and all of Mezzanine's tracks being given dub remix treatment, many (though not all) having been released on the singles from that LP.

The limited edition of Heligoland will include a special 28-page booklet and a bonus disc of other material, which it is thought will include a number of the commissioned remixes. An EP including songs known from previous tours (such as the working-titled "Dobro") but not included on the album is planned for release in May 2010, according to Robert Del Naja.

Working titles
Of particular interest to Massive Attack fans is the question of which songs played on tour are on the new record. The following songs were played live, becoming known by their working titles, and now appear on the album under final names:

Girl I Love You (was 16 Seeter)
Flat of the Blade (was Bulletproof Love)
Paradise Circus (was Harpsichord)
Atlas Air (was Marrakech or Marakesh)

All of the other songs have either featured on Splitting The Atom or have been performed live previously, apart from "Rush Minute" (as of this time).
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Burial has been supplied with Heligoland's tracks to remix. This connection has been compared to the remix relationship with Mad Professor in the nineties which led to the No Protection album

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Op donderdag 24 december 2009 07:58 schreef Sequencial het volgende:
't Is inderdaad zo'n hoes waarvan ik het niet erg vind dat ik in de cd-kast alleen maar de zijkant zie. Dit in schril contrast met de prachtige hoes van van 100th Window.

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Op donderdag 24 december 2009 10:46 schreef timbob het volgende:

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hmmm. Interessant.

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Op donderdag 21 januari 2010 09:52 schreef Yorrit het volgende:

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zal nog wel minstens een jaar duren.. als t al komt

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Op dinsdag 18 april 2006 11:07 schreef J.A.N.A. het volgende:

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Ik ga nog eens goed luisteren

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Op maandag 1 februari 2010 19:43 schreef timbob het volgende:
Hij staat nu in de luisterpaal bij 3voor12

hier:
http://3voor12.vpro.nl/kijkenluister/overzicht/?type=luisterpaal&node=43040713

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Op donderdag 24 december 2009 08:22 schreef pullup het volgende:
Die cover lijkt me behoorlijk te refereren naar ' A Clockwork Orange' en ik vind hem niet zo lelijk.

[ afbeelding ]

Een van mijn favoriete boeken/films en nu een nieuw album van een van mijn favoriete bands.
Ik kan niet wachten op dat album.

A Clockwork Orange -illuminati Kubrick

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Op dinsdag 11 oktober 2011 15:03 schreef vanhal het volgende:
Super nummer, typisch 3D!

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Op dinsdag 11 oktober 2011 16:10 schreef vanhal het volgende:
Mwa, juist dat dreigende, die gelagerde muziek, ik vind het typisch 3D.
Maar dan, ik ken burial niet.

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Op woensdag 12 oktober 2011 11:23 schreef vanhal het volgende:
Welk album van buriel is een topper?

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Op donderdag 11 oktober 2012 00:21 schreef Hexagon het volgende:
Voor wie van nutteloze muziekfeitjes houdt. Het schijnt dat de DJ in de videoclip van Buffalo stance van Neneh Cherry niemand minder dan Mushroom is. Leuk om daar na zoveel jaren achter te komen.

Neneh Cherry - Buffalo Stance

Op zich ook niet vreemd omdat 3D en Mushroom meegewerkt hebben aan haar debuutalbum

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The lyrics, "Looking good, hanging with the Wild Bunch" are a reference to a collective of DJs and engineers in Bristol, England in the 1980s out of which came Massive Attack and other contributors to the Trip-Hop sound. Cherry recruited Mushroom of Massive Attack to appear in the video for this song, and he also mimed the DJ sections for her performance on the UK TV show Top Of The Pops.

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In light of the Climate Emergency, the Massive Attack tour schedule for 2020 has now been redesigned and reduced.

Science tells us that if global warming emissions peak in 2020, every country and every sector must reduce emissions by around 15% each year (through to 2040) if we are to then limit planetary warming to the critical 1.5°C figure.

In this context, and in advance of the comprehensive report into decarbonisation and smart touring we’ve commissioned from Tyndall Centre Climate Scientists, we’ve also decided to take immediate steps to reduce any high-carbon activities generated by the band - aviation being the key area where those emissions are generated.

In real terms, our 2020 tour cycle will achieve an immediate 31% (tour-by-tour) reduction in our use of aviation.

This reduction will be achieved by switching transportation of band, crew and equipment to rail wherever physically possible, and by curtailing tour cycles. Unfortunately, this does mean taking the tough decision to decline multiple show offers in North America and Australia.

The immediate 31% reduction in the most carbon intensive band activity will sit alongside the first ever super-low carbon live show, where working with Liverpool City Council we will achieve unprecedented reductions in the emissions generated by audience travel – the highest offending area of carbon emissions for any large live music event - at an event powered entirely by 100% renewable energy.

The combination of the Liverpool show model, and the roadmap generated by our wider collaboration with Tyndall Centre Climate Scientists will then form the framework for all Massive Attacks tours going forward, allowing us to achieve greater and faster emissions reductions year on year.

Massive Attack will continue to explore & incorporate innovations to eradicate or greatly reduce any negative carbon impact from our shows, and contribute to the systemic change of our sector overall.