{"id":87018,"date":"2012-04-18T13:32:22","date_gmt":"2012-04-18T17:32:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/87018\/massive-attack-moby-destroyed\/"},"modified":"2012-04-18T13:32:22","modified_gmt":"2012-04-18T17:32:22","slug":"massive-attack-moby-destroyed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/87018\/massive-attack-moby-destroyed\/","title":{"rendered":"MASSIVE ATTACK &amp; MOBY DESTROYED"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font face=\"helvetica\" size=\"3\">The first two Massive Attack albums (Blue Lines and Protection) are trip-hop classics.\u00a0 Highlights include Unfinished Sympathy, Protection and Karmacoma (sung by Shara Nelson, Tracey Thorne and Tricky respectively).\u00a0 The band&#8217;s music became much darker on Mezzanine (1998).\u00a0 Prior to its release, nobody thought of Massive Attack as a rock band.\u00a0 However, there are rock elements all over Mezzanine.\u00a0 Most of the tracks start softly and some of them end almost menacingly (after slowly building up and growing in intensity, as more and more layers are added).\u00a0 Later in the year, a singles box set was released.\u00a0 It contains all eleven singles, from the first three albums (including all remixes and b-sides).<\/font><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Massive Attack - Eurochild\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xR9bRK0HsVc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"helvetica\" size=\"3\">Five years later, Massive Attack&#8217;s fourth album (100th Window) was released.\u00a0 Compared with Mezzanine, it is weak.\u00a0 One of the original members (Mushroom) left, after the Mezzanine tour.\u00a0 He didn&#8217;t like the new direction; dominated by the eternally moody 3D (Robert Del Naja).\u00a0 100th Window is even darker than Mezzanine.\u00a0 It is a deceptive album, because the rhythms are quite light and there is an airy feel throughout.\u00a0 But the air is dense.\u00a0 The themes are dark and the vocals (mainly Sinead O&#8217; Connor) are fragile.\u00a0 During the seven year gap between 100th Window and Heligoland, Massive Attack released a singles collection and made a soundtrack (for the film Danny The Dog, starring Bob Hoskins and Jet Li).\u00a0 Heligoland is a mixed bag; featuring a variety of vocalists and a variety of styles (from the Ghost Town feel of Splitting The Atom to the Kid A style of Flat Of The Blade).\u00a0 On the whole, it is a good album.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Massive Attack - Paradise Circus\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2PfDqqfiLqQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"helvetica\" size=\"3\">Timo Maas&#8217; debut album (Loud) was released on the Perfecto label in 2002.\u00a0 The singles (Help Me, Shifter and To Get Down) were all floor-fillers and attracted remixers such as Fatboy Slim and Deep Dish.\u00a0 Three years later, the second album (Pictures) was equally popular.\u00a0 It is more focused and features Brian Molko on vocals (on First Day and Like Siamese).\u00a0 Other vocalists include Neneh Cherry (who also worked with Massive Attack) and Kelis.\u00a0 Both albums are well-produced and intriguing; full of surprises.\u00a0 Timo Maas has made many remixes and continues to work as a DJ.<\/font><\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gJA5iuafWMs<\/p>\n<p><font face=\"helvetica\" size=\"3\">Miss Kittin and The Hacker initially worked together, on First Album (2001).\u00a0 They toured extensively before embarking on solo projects.\u00a0 Miss Kittin&#8217;s debut album (I Com) was well received.\u00a0 It&#8217;s an interesting mix of electro, house, techno and dub.\u00a0 A remix album was released in 2005 (it includes remixes by LFO and Modeselektor).\u00a0 Batbox is more consistent.\u00a0 The production is better too.\u00a0 I always enjoy revisiting Batbox.\u00a0 Miss Kittin and The Hacker teamed up again in 2009.\u00a0 Their second album (Two) is patchy.\u00a0 However, it does contain enough material to make it worthwhile (eg. 1000 Dreams, Electronic City and Inutile Eternite).<\/font><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Miss Kittin - Playmate of the Century\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cFsqaEDW9V8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"helvetica\" size=\"3\">Moby was one of the rave pioneers, in the early nineties.\u00a0 Listening to his latest output, it&#8217;s hard to believe it.\u00a0 He (Richard Hall) started deviating from rave music in 1996 (on his dreadful album, Animal Rights).\u00a0 The sudden change to a raw &#8216;punky&#8217; sound was a bad decision.\u00a0 He alienated virtually all of his fans.\u00a0 He bounced back in 1999 with the gargantuan Play; combining blues with subdued dance rhythms.\u00a0 He attracted a mainstream audience.\u00a0 More than ten million copies were sold.\u00a0 The following album (18) has a similar feel, but it lacks the vitality and charm of Play.\u00a0 There are few highlights.\u00a0 Even the Play b-sides collection is better.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"helvetica\" size=\"3\">Hotel was released in 2005.\u00a0 For the most part, it is good (but not great).\u00a0 Fans of Moby&#8217;s ambient output may enjoy the limited edition, which contains a bonus disc full of light and pleasant background music (mainly soft piano, synth swirls and atmospheric effects).\u00a0 The singles collection was released at the end of 2006.\u00a0 It includes one exclusive song, with Debbie Harry on vocals.\u00a0 It sounds like Erasure.\u00a0 Last Night was released in 2008.\u00a0 Moby unwisely decided to go back to his rave roots (mixed with a bit of electro, house and disco).\u00a0 The album is almost completely devoid of merit.\u00a0 Two albums have been released since then &#8211; on Moby&#8217;s own record label.\u00a0 They&#8217;re even worse than Last Night.\u00a0 Album sales have plummeted.\u00a0 The title of the last album is apt (Destroyed).<\/font><\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ed0yPQjuqkw&#038;feature=related<\/p>\n<p><strong><font face=\"helvetica\" size=\"4\">Further listening<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Massive Attack &amp; Madonna - I Want You. (HQ)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/06xOqTMW5oU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Golden Boy &amp; Miss Kittin - Rippin Kittin (HQ)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VTYJZtnUuF0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3rYORXW_qU0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first two Massive Attack albums (Blue Lines and Protection) are trip-hop classics.\u00a0 Highlights include Unfinished Sympathy, Protection and Karmacoma (sung by Shara Nelson, Tracey Thorne and Tricky respectively).\u00a0 The band&#8217;s music became much darker on Mezzanine (1998).\u00a0 Prior to its release, nobody thought of Massive Attack as a rock band.\u00a0 However, there are rock [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[5057,5059,5060,108,5058],"class_list":["post-87018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","tag-massive-attack","tag-miss-kittin","tag-moby","tag-music-2","tag-timo-maas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87018"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87018\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}