Song Info On Dissolved Girl

Primarily Found On:

Mezzanine

Also Found On:

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The End Credits of the film "The Jackal" (Endtrack), Long Way Round: Music From The TV Series – OST

First Released On:

20th April 1998

Duration:

06:07

Variations/Remixes:

Endtrack - This is an early demo version of Dissolved Girl which differs significantly in it's arrangement compared to the finished product on Mezzanine. It is also probable that Sara Jay's vocals on this version is from a different vocal take to the regular version. It is featured only during the end credits seqence of the film "The Jackal", a movie which debuted in US cinemas on the 14th November 1997 a full six months before the final version of Dissolved Girl would be released on Mezzanine.

Credits:

Written by Robert Del Naja, Grant Marshall, Andrew Vowles, Sara Jay and Matt Schwarz

Produced by Robert Del Naja, Grant Marshall, Andrew Vowles and Neil Davidge

See Mezzanine info section for further credit details by clicking here.

Sampled:

N/A

Covered:

N/A

Vocalist(s):

Sara Jay

Lyrics:

History:

Sara Jay, the vocalist of Dissolved Girl was a unknown singer from Sheffield who was a discovery of Massive Attack's manager Marc Picken, who believed she would be an ideal addition to the Mezzanine recording sessions. Dissolved Girl was originally conceived and recorded as a early demo version (which would eventually be heard on The Jackal soundtrack) just before the beginning of the 1997 tour. Massive Attack would then proceed to take Sara Jay on tour with them and perform this early demo version of Dissolved Girl as a preview to the forthcoming album Mezzanine which would not be released for nearly another year.

Additional Info:

Matt Schwarz who was a guest writer (the only such one on Mezzanine) on Dissolved Girl, went on to become one half of the electronic music duo Deepest Blue who would score many club hits in the UK and abroad in the years to come. It is the only collaboration he has done with Massive Attack.

One of three songs recorded with vocalist Sara Jay, the other two being Wire and an unknown, unreleased song.

Live Appearances:

The early demo version of Dissolved Girl (also known simply as Endtrack) was played live throughout the duration of the 1997 tour, which was a tour where several other Mezzanine-bound tracks were first debuted live. It's live debut to be exact was at the Royal Dublin Showgrounds,in Dublin,Ireland on 21st June 1997. Sara Jay herself provided vocals for the track on this tour. Sara Jay along with Dissolved Girl have never appeared on a subsequent tour, meaning that the regular version of Dissolved Girl found on Mezzanine has never been played live in that form.

Despite the above fact, it could be argued that part of Dissolved Girl was played continously throughout the 1998/1999 tour as part of Euro Zero Zero, an alternative version of Eurochild. At the end of the live version of Eurochild played on the 1998/1999 tour, Angelo Bruschini, Massive Attack's guitarist would play a rocking guitar solo that lasted about a minute that is the exact same as the one found on the midpoint of Dissolved Girl.

Quotes:

3D on the meaning behind Dissolved girl - "This was us being with Sara at that particular point. Again, I don't want to dwell on these same dysfunctional relationships, but thats what its about and I think she was going through a similiar thing to what we had been going through herself and that's what the song is about really. It's about how you relate to another person what they expect of you and what you expect of them - the same as Angel really - the idea of what you expect from a woman and power she might have over you" [Mezzanine Interview Disc - March 1998]