Tag: Massive Attack
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RC 333: Three Birds Repeating
An episode dedicated to the number 3 and the birds that come and say hello when I paint and draw…and spookily the birds of Rhiannon, the Adar Rhiannon whose songs can wake the dead and lull the living to sleep. They also can simultaneously appear close and far, hence the artwork. From new age to…
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Bootie’s Fleetwood Mashed
Finally Adriana has finished the long-awaited Fleetwood Mac mashup compilation, Fleetwood Mashed. I know this has been decades in the making – we discussed this back in 2009 when I was making my own Fleetwood Mac mashup album, which had a rather limited scope compared to her 38 track Tusk-level behemoth! In fact glad to…
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Sunshine Teardrop
Not usually down with tribute mashups (they can seem a bit like ambulance chasing) but this is so good and obviously genuine from DJ Schmolli I will make an exception. Massive Attack’s Teardrop vs Bill Withers ‘Aint No Sunshine’ and even an original Schmolli guitar solo – that makes it something else, gives it some…
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Coming Out Part 2 – Falling Down
“The first time ever I saw your faceI thought the sun rose in your eyesAnd the moon and stars were the gifts you gave” And the second Coming Out part is about falling in and out of love…from the mid-90’s dance songs sampling Ewen Macoll’s ‘The First Time Ever I Saw His Face’ (via Roberta…
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New Music: Hope Sandoval and Primal Scream
Loving the Lee Hazlewood / Nancy Sinatra style vibes from ex-Mazzy Star’s Hope Sandoval (and also singer of one of the best songs of the 21st Century – Massive Attack’s Paradise Circus). This is her band with one of My Bloody Valentine, and featuring on this track Kurt Vile. Blissful psych country. The video makes…
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RIP Mark B
Around the new year UK hip hop lost a great rapper and producer, Mark Barnes aka Mark B (of Mark B and Blade fame). I held off saying much because I wanted something more official than a tweet from others confirming it. I was hoping it was a rumour, but I guess this confirms it…