2001
Newsworthy events from 01'
A new single called 3 Libras is released on this date from the rock supergroup A Perfect Circle, which would contains a brand new Massive Attack remix of the title song. This remix goes by the peculiar name of the "All Main Courses" Remix and spins the original song out to more than double its three and a half minutes, drowning it in a deep, dark collage of looped vocals, haunting keys and otherworldly echoes. According to an interview with 3D which was made public around the same time, in the process of remixing 3 Libras, they also concurrently came up with a entirely new song of their own also called "All Main Courses", which was what they named the remix after. This "All Main Courses" song to this day has never been released or actually heard, even though it probably uses some elements present in the "All Main Courses" remix of 3 Libras.
Massive Attack bought a nightclub in their hometown of Bristol, UK, known as The Silent Peach, which was formerly a basement club situated upon Unity Street in the city centre. The club's former owner Jez Avern-Kramer said he decided to sell up so that he could spend more time concentrating on making a film. At the time of the purchase, it was unknown exactly what the intention of Massive Attack's was in buying this club. It would take until the end of the year, after alot of renovation and pumping much money into the redesigned interior of the club, that it would reopened under the name of Nocturne.
The Moulin Rouge soundtrack is released today and it contained a brand new Massive Attack collaboration with famed singer David Bowie called Nature Boy.
Today saw the release of a new single from American rockers, The Dandy Warhols called Godless. The single contained three seperate remixes of the title song mixed by Massive Attack. This remix work occured after news from late last year, stated that Massive Attack had collaborated on a new song with The Dandy Warhols called preliminary House Of Yes Quote - Corey Taylor (lead singer of The Dandy Warhols) described House Of Yes as - "We did one song so far that's kind of inspired by this crazy dream I had about the film House Of Yes, which is also the song's working title and the only think I can say about it is that it's everything you would think the Dandy Warhols with Massive Attack would sound like. It's low and gooey, with a fat, tight, slow beat, a tight groove, lots of space, acoustic guitar, vocal harmonies. It's like, Wow!" So far this song has never been heard of, or released.
Massive Attack's new nightclub/swanky bar is opened to the public on this date. It is a members only bar located on Unity Street in Bristol, UK. A description of the inside: "you enter via narrow tunnels painted dark red. This opens up onto an incense-scented lounge, where beautiful babes and boys recline on rich leather banquettes. Sushi platters are served by the dashing staff and music is an eclectic mix of ambient sounds that have probably been pre-approved by the owners. Art pieces decorate much of the interior and you’re sure to bump into a celebrity YBA or musician by the bar".
The intention of Massive Attack with Nocturne was to create an intimate bar environment that gets away from the usual pretences of a members club. The theme of the concept is to keep quality high and attitude low. The design reflects this with the use of high end materials; leather cladding on the walls, smouldering chic of intimate arches, Chinese dark wood tables and smoking Buddhas. Quote - Jasper Eyears (the manager of Nocturne) on Massive Attack's partcipation in the club - "Massive Attack have been paramount in the design element and music content whilst Alchemist[caterer] have come in from a caterering background and taken on the operational side of the business, to run the product."
As of 2006, Nocturne name was changed to The Tube and rebranded as such.
The only Massive Attack release of the year occured on this day with the release in UK shops of the Eleven Promos DVD, which comprises all of Massive Attack's promo videos for their singles. It is missing the videos however for Just A Matter Of Time and I Want You. It does thankfully contain the previously unseen video for Angel that due to Massive Attack's initial dislike of how the video turned out, was never actually used for the song's promotion. The Eleven Promos DVD would not be released in North america until later on the following year.
The official Massive Attack is majorly updated on this date and is used to promote the just released Eleven Promos DVD. It allows you to download a multitude of 3D's artwork as PDF images to print out and use as your own individual artwork for the otherwise very minimal packaging of the Eleven Promos DVD. This would be last major update to the official website until the release of January 2003, just before the release of 100th Window.