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Posted on Tuesday, June 17th 2014 in Editorials by Richard
Tags: 2014 tour, live, top 10, youtube
For this post, I’m going to be offering up my own top 10 moments (with video evidence courtesy of YouTube!), of Massive Attack performing live from their birth as a live band in the mid-nineties, up until last year’s controversial Adam Curtis co-production.

Posted on Saturday, March 1st 2014 in News by Richard
Tags: interview, neil davidge, review, slo light, soundcloud, youtube
I think if your on this site, reading this now, then Mr. Davidge doesn’t need much of an introduction – he’s been the man behind the curtain with regards to Massive Attack, for near enough two decades now, quietly getting things done in the studio co-writing and producing alongside D&G. He’s been a integral part of the band in that time, not desiring any of the spotlight that usually comes with being in a world renowned outfit, such as Massive Attack, even though it looks like that’s finally about to change.

Posted on Friday, February 14th 2014 in News by Richard
Tags: 2014 tour, adam curtis, live, uva
Just a quick post, that the first clutch of live dates for Massive Attack’s 2014 summer tour have been released. So far they are all festival dates around Europe (Iceland’s in Europe, right?), but I would suspect they will also be doing their own self-contained shows as well.

Posted on Thursday, October 17th 2013 in News by Richard
Tags: battle box, jupiter bokonjdi, robert del naja, vinyl factory
Just when I started thinking that 3D’s Battle Box project had quietly been abandoned since it’s inaugural 12″ single last November, he’s just gone a spun the new track from it on us, in what promises to be an ongoing series of new material.

Posted on Saturday, September 21st 2013 in News by Richard
Tags: art of massive attack, fire sale, poll, robert del naja, vinyl factory
If your reading this, then there’s good chance you’ve heard the news that 3D is to release an art book (a visual companion, if you will) on the history of Massive Attack. I think it’s an exciting prospect for many fans, since he’s teased it quite often in interviews in the least few years, and to many fans (myself included), the band’s visual identity has made almost as big an impression as their music down through the years.

Posted on Friday, July 5th 2013 in News by Richard
Tags: adam curtis, live, manchester, review, twitter, youtube
After nearly six months of waiting since its announcement, the event billed succinctly as “Massive Attack V Adam Curtis”, opened to an expectant crowd of roughly 2,000 at Manchester’s Mayfield Depot. The shroud of secrecy over this unusual pairing was finally lifted; so what would they have in store for us.

Posted on Thursday, June 20th 2013 in News by Richard
Tags: adam curtis, live, manchester, new york, ruhrtriennale
With only 2 weeks left to go until its premiere at the Manchester International Festival, we are finally getting some idea of what the coming together of Massive Attack with filmmaker Adam Curtis may well entail, with the online release of a trailer for the shows.

Posted on Thursday, May 16th 2013 in News by Richard
Tags: radiohead, robert del naja, soundtrack, thom yorke, uk gold
Thom Yorke of Radiohead and Robert Del Naja (who should need no introduction on here) are jointly scoring the soundtrack to an upcoming film documentary entitled “The UK Gold”. The documentary is getting its world premiere at London’s Troxy Theatre on the 25th June.

Posted on Thursday, May 2nd 2013 in News by Richard
Tags: art of massive attack, fire sale, lazarides, london, robert del naja
While alot of fans (including myself) eagerly await the upcoming Massive Attack V Adam Curtis shows this summer, in the interim anyone in London this May or June may want to take note of a special one-off exhibit by Massive Attack’s 3D that will be taking place at the Lazarides art gallery.
Branded “Fire Sale”, the exhibit will be a career spanning showcase of Robert Del Naja’s artwork from his early 1980′s graffiti on the streets of Bristol to his more recent screen prints from the Heligoland album and everything else in between.

Posted on Tuesday, April 2nd 2013 in Editorials by Richard
Tags: media usage, soundtrack, top 10, youtube
It’s cliche to say Massive Attack’s music has got somewhat of a cinematic edge to it. As if its the music to a film that has yet to be made. At least that’s what I keep reading in countless interviews with the band.
And I guess the claim that there is a filmic quality to their music is given alot more credibility when you consider just how many times its been licensed for film and TV. So for this blog post I’m going to be listing some of my favourite uses of Massive Attack’s music in the movies.