Massive Attack and reggae
ALON
about them in the NY Daily news today , I want to . The article
featured a picture of Horace Andy , a Jamaican singer of
considerable significance ]. It referred to him as being vocalist
for MA . I was nearly Knocked off my seat !!! [boy , am I out of
the loop . talk about "frozen in time" ]
The reviewer didnt make any indication of H A`s prominence
what-so-ever . [this is NYC for JAH`s sake !!! ]
peace & respect
alon
TYLER COWEN
reggae? Are any of the group members from jamaica, for instance? Who
are their main influences? Any help would be much appreciated...
Tyler Cowen
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Brian M Tremblay
: Could anyone offer me any details on the link between Massive Attack and
: reggae? Are any of the group members from jamaica, for instance?
The core group is three, but they have associations with a bunch of
singers, including Horace Andy, who's recorded on all three of Massive
Attack albums. Massive Attack also started a new lable, Melankolic
Records, and released the career-spanning _Best Of..._ aka _Skylarking_
compilation (not to be confused with the Studio 1 lp of the same name.
: Who are their main influences?
Mad Professor, On-U Sound, Horace Andy, I suppose, and hip hop of some
sort must be in thier colleciton.
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Joshua B
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Massive Attack have had a successful media run with their new CD,
Mezzanine. They got the cover of many "alternative" rock magazines (I
get to browse through a lot of these at work), but almost nowhere was
Horace Andy's involvement in the group seriously covered, even though
he sings on all three of their albums. I find Mezzanine to be an
instant classic, almost a perfect album. Beware though, the songs are
very dark. Horace sings in his lower register, and doesn't strain for
the high notes. Horace finds himself in a whole new element and adapts
magnificently. Most of the album has a dub feel, but not strictly dub
reggae. It's awesome.
BTW, Massive Attack's genre is trip hop, a also shared (imitated
perhaps?) by other groups like Portishead, Morcheeba, Mono, etc.
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Joe Paps
>Could anyone offer me any details on the link between Massive Attack and
>reggae? Are any of the group members from jamaica, for instance? Who
>are their main influences? Any help would be much appreciated...
>
>
>Tyler Cowen
>tco...@gmu.edu
>,
Like it is already said in some of the posts, Massive Attack is THE
so-called trip hop initiator. Their music is great: a mix of hip-hop,
soul, reggae and dub.
Their 3 albums are classics, and they did one remixed by Mad Professor
(No Protection): heavy dub and effects.
Their reggae influences are enormous. In fact, they did put back on
the scene this great man: Horace Andy. They even made him very well
known in countries like France. He sings in everyone of their albums
and they used many of his songs in their albums.
The 3 guys from Massive and Tricky are claiming their reggae
influences, coming from the time they runned a sound-system (The Wild
Bunch).
Go check out their music! it is a must.
Respect
Martin Engel
> Who are their main influences? Any help would be much appreciated...
In the booklet of their first album 'blue lines' is a section
'inspired by' and they list (among others): studio one and joe gibbs
On mezzanine they sampled John Holt
bye,
martin
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Phil Darby
party rockers with there Soul/hip-hop sound system whilst they didn't
play that much reggae they came from the UK sound system culture.I can
remember Wild Bunch DJ Milo mixing L.L. Cool J's 'I nead a beat' beat
for beat into a Sly & Robbie tune (title escapes me) and then beat for
beat into Dennis Edwards 'Don't look any further' and bringing the
house down. Grant (Daddy G) is also a big reggae lover with an
outstanding Studio 1 collection. Check my 'back in the day' Wild Bunch
flyers from my friend Rich's Massive homepage
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/avalanche1/wildb.htm
Laters
Phil Darby
Steely
>
> Could anyone offer me any details on the link between Massive Attack and
> are their main influences? Any help would be much appreciated...
>
> tco...@gmu.edu
> ,
On the subject of reggae/pop mix's...
Does any one know of 'Audioweb' ? They are a rock/reggae combination,
quiet good, they covered the Clash tune 'Bank robber' mixed with
Half Pint's 'No complain' and came up with a suprisingly good version.
--
Raspect,
Steely,
Birmingham, UK.
'Behold, i send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves,
be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves'
St Matthew 10:16.
Christopher Durning
Protection; it is *fabulous* dub music !
Chris D.
Brian M Tremblay
: On mezzanine they sampled John Holt
No, they *covered* John Holt, with "Man Next Door." But they *sampled*
the Cure for the same song. This is one of the Horace Andy vocals, btw.
Brian M Tremblay
: Their 3 albums are classics, and they did one remixed by Mad Professor
: (No Protection): heavy dub and effects.
Mad Professor remixed a couple of tunes off the new _Mezzanine_ cd. They
are both on the "Angel" 12-inch single, featuring Horace Andy. There are
three remixes of this tune, one by Mad Professor. Plus a Mad Prof dub of
"Group Four."