NEWS |
2010 |
27th February 2010
Robert and Grant recently appeared on KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic in Los Angeles with interview and guest playlist selection. You can listen to the show at KCRW.
http://www.kcrw.com/music/programs/mb/mb100224massive_attack
18th February 2010
Zane Lowe's Radio One show yesterday featured Massive Attack in session from Maida Vale studios, performing Babel and Splitting The Atom, plus an interview with Robert about touring the new album, Heligoland. You can listen to the session HERE... (starts around 1:09).
FACT review Heligoland
Heligoland poster opposite The Louisiana - Bristol, England
12th February 2010
We've always been into telling a story - 3D gives The Independent an exclusive inside view of the Heligoland.
10th February 2010
Shipshape & Bristol Fashion: Massive Attack Interviewed;
9th February 201
8th February 201
1 Pray for Rain (feat. Tunde Adebimpe)
2 Babel (feat.Martina Topley-Bird)
3 Splitting The Atom (feat. Horace Andy)
4 Girl I Love You (feat. Horace Andy)
5 Psyche (feat. Martina Topley-Bird)
6 Flat of the Blade (feat. Guy Garvey)
7 Paradise Circus (feat. Hope Sandoval)
8 Rush Minute
9 Saturday Come Slow (feat. Damon Albarn)
10 Atlas Air
6th February 2010
5th February 2010
4th February 2010
The HeligolandRemix EP is now streaming exclusively on Facebook, featuring remixes by Gui Boratto, Tim Goldsworthy, Ryuichi Sakamoto & Yukihiro Takahashi, She Is Danger and Breakage. You can listen to the tracks HERE and also comment, share them with friends or pre-order from iTunes. (You must be signed in to Facebook and also a member of Massive Attack's fanpage to access the remix player).
Also launching this week is the Heligoland 'Tweatre', which is an exclusive Twitter platform allowing users to view the specially-commissioned short films that complement tracks from the new album and directly 'tweet' about each video from within the platform. You can currently watch films for Splitting The Atom, Paradise Circus and Flat Of The Blade, with more to follow shortly. (You will have to have a Twitter account to access Tweatre).
BB6 6 Music Week recently broadcast a Massive Attack special, featuring new interviews with Robert and Grant, plus tracks spanning their career (including 'Paradise Circus' from Heligoland). You can stream the programme from iPlayer or download as a podcast from the Music Week website.
Steve Lamacq also recently interviewed Massive Attack about Heligoland on his 6Music show, which you can listen to (and download) here.
Tickets for Massive Attack's Australia and New Zealand tour are now available; for dates and further details (including an exclusive Australia-only tour CD version of Heligoland) go to massiveattack.com.au/
3rd February 2010
The deluxe format will be available from next week: triple heavyweight vinyl containing Heligoland and exclusive remixes plus a CD of the LP. The 12" book has original art by 3D and the cover is a one-off black glitter design. This is the only physical format that will feature all the art and looks beautiful. It can be pre-ordered via the Vinyl Factory website and from your favourite vinyl shops.
Heligoland 'Tweatre', an exclusive Twitter platform which allows you to view the specially-commissioned short films that complement tracks from Heligoland, has now launched. You can currently watch films for Splitting The Atom, Paradise Circus and Flat Of The Blade, and directly ‘tweet’ your thoughts about them. More films to follow shortly...
29th January 2010
This month's Guardian Music Weekly podcast has a special feature on Heligoland, with tracks from the upcoming album plus a new interview with Robert; you can stream or download it HERE
28th January 2010
The Heligoland Remix EP is now streaming exclusively on Facebook, featuring remixes by Gui Boratto, Tim Goldsworthy, Ryuichi Sakamoto & Yukihiro Takahashi, She Is Danger and Breakage. To listen to the tracks, click HERE... (You have to be signed in to Facebook and will be given the option to join Massive Attack's fanpage in order to access the player).
25th January 2010
24th January 2010
BBC Radio 6 music - Massive Attack Exclusive 24th Jan 2010
"Massive Attack join us for an exclusive interview before the release of their new album 'Heligoland'. The boys also talk about collaborating with Damon Albarn and the Bristol music scene. Make sure you listen out for a special 6Music/Massive Attack announcement..."
Download the podcast here -> http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/musicweek/
23rd January 2010
FROM VICE MAGAZINE:
RECORDS
Music Reviews
MASSIVE ATTACK
Heligoland
Virgin
7 Heligoland doesn’t sound nearly as bad as an album seven years in the making should. If the ice-age gap between records means that 3D’s mojo has died—and it probably has—then he’s at least managed to edit his set vigilantly enough to cut out the crap, polishing what remains into an authentically unimpregnable Massive Attack growl. Like the Prodigy’s recent rave from the grave, their return is a pleasantly unexpected fresh helping of more of the same. Heligoland is no Blue Lines. But neither is it trip-hop’s Chinese Democracy. It’s... fun.
GEOFF STARSAILOR
www.viceland.com/int/v17n1/htdocs/records-309.php?source=db
LITERARY
Book Reviews
WILD DAYZ
Beezer
Tangent Books
I am so sick of being sent photo books about 80s rap culture that I could carve “WILDSTYLE” into my thigh with a spoon at the sight of another one. But what we haven’t had before is a book about 80s rap culture in Bristol. Bit of a curveball. There are only two drawbacks to the book. One is that the best photo in the book is on the inside cover, where it kind of gets a bit overlooked. And the other is that way too much of it is given over to full-page spreads of 80s graffiti, which, compared to the absolutely amazing photos, are dull as fuck. Still, this is the best hip-hop photo book we have seen in a long time.
tangentbooks.co.uk
22nd January 2010
20th January 2010
Heligoland is now available to pre-order on iTunes, amazon, play.com, hmv and everywhere else internationally. iTunes will release the deluxe ‘LP’ version and there are bonus tracks on the digital formats. A special triple vinyl / cd format with additional art will also be available. The iTunes version is a new format which has 6 additional tracks – two which are only available on iTunes but it also has exclusive art. The Vinyl will be an enhanced version of the standard artwork as well as new works and photos not available anywhere else.
19th January 2010
Finally got up to the Wild Dayz exhibition. Here's a short clip - check Flikr for some photos and more.
18th January 2010
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RCRD OF THE DAY: Massive Attack - Girl I Love You (feat. Horace Andy) (She Is Danger Remix)
In their twenty-plus years of existence, trip-hop pioneers Massive Attack have released only four albums, the most recent being 2003's 100th Window. Seven years later, they're finally turning the page with the guest-heavy Heligoland, due out on February 9 through Virgin. "Girl I Love You" is on there in its original form, endowed with a vocal from frequent collaborator Horace Andy, but here it resides in the hands of rising London duo She Is Danger, who evidently have no interest in jettisoning the group from their comfortably murky, melancholy beat-swamp. Aqueous loops, subterranean bass–the familiar elements are all there for a welcome, triumphant return.
http://rcrdlbl.com/artists/Massive_Attack/track/Girl_I_Love_You_feat_Horace_Andy_She_Is_Danger_Remix
2nd January 2010
Lodown Issue #69 features Massive Attack
http://www.lodownmagazine.com/index.php?page=27&modaction=showItem&id=1376
1st January 2010
This is the beginning of the end.
