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Adrian Thaws (born January 27, 1968), better known as Tricky, is an English rapper and musician who is important in the trip-hop scene (despite loathing the tag) and remains influential on the british scene more generally.
He is noted for an asthmatic whispering lyrical style that is half-rapped, half-sung. As a producer and a musician he is known for having an aversion to perfection preferring to build up a dark, rich and layered sound. Culturally, Tricky bridges white and black Britain particularly in his fusion of rock and hip-hop, high art and pop culture. He drew his influences from rap (Public Enemy) to post-punk (he covered a Siouxsie and the Banshees’s song Tattoo).
He was in Massive Attack and appeared in the movie The Fifth Element as well as the music video for
Parabola by Tool. He has collaborated extensively with other artists on tracks on his various releases, including Bjork, Alanis Morrissette, Cyndi Lauper, Anthony Kiedis, John Frusciante and Flea (of the Red Hot Chili Peppers), Martina Topley-Bird, and Alison Goldfrapp of Goldfrapp also many others.
After his initial success in the latter 1990’s, he started his own label called Durban Poison. Currently he is heading a new imprint called Brown Punk. A new album, titled Knowle West Boy was released in the first half of 2008.
Tricky originally said in an interview with Raygun in October 1996 that he wanted to make an ‘out-an-out punk record’ and that “I thought it was going be heavier. I thought it was just going to be an out-an-out punk record. But you end up straying. What I wanted to do was a total fast album.
He is noted for an asthmatic whispering lyrical style that is half-rapped, half-sung. As a producer and a musician he is known for having an aversion to perfection preferring to build up a dark, rich and layered sound. Culturally, Tricky bridges white and black Britain particularly in his fusion of rock and hip-hop, high art and pop culture. He drew his influences from rap (Public Enemy) to post-punk (he covered a Siouxsie and the Banshees’s song Tattoo).
He was in Massive Attack and appeared in the movie The Fifth Element as well as the music video for
Parabola by Tool. He has collaborated extensively with other artists on tracks on his various releases, including Bjork, Alanis Morrissette, Cyndi Lauper, Anthony Kiedis, John Frusciante and Flea (of the Red Hot Chili Peppers), Martina Topley-Bird, and Alison Goldfrapp of Goldfrapp also many others. After his initial success in the latter 1990’s, he started his own label called Durban Poison. Currently he is heading a new imprint called Brown Punk. A new album, titled Knowle West Boy was released in the first half of 2008.
Tricky originally said in an interview with Raygun in October 1996 that he wanted to make an ‘out-an-out punk record’ and that “I thought it was going be heavier. I thought it was just going to be an out-an-out punk record. But you end up straying. What I wanted to do was a total fast album.
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adelon85 wrote:
hello. European Electronic Artists League starts soon. Voting will take only 7 days. So hurry up voting for your favourite artists.
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s_ergiu23 wrote:
yes, he is a genius
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retimaria wrote:
Knowle West Boy <3
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nikotinte wrote:
For Real.God lirics
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retimaria wrote:
Genius
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madrfadr wrote:
funk with that beats!
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kuntabezkinte wrote:
how high?
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stalker_ozu wrote:
poems
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Zajcik wrote:
round*
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Tanja86 wrote:
hell is around the corner <3
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aaz05 wrote:
OOOWWW MAN!
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LegalPiracy wrote:
Tricky has to be the only artist who doesn't have a single song I don't enjoy.
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LilLoki wrote:
yeahXDD
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ejnschi wrote:
lick it
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dirtiboots wrote:
all kinds of yes.
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richweb wrote:
New Song - 'La Tormenta' by RichWeb - Dark Ambient Dub Visit - http://www.myspace.com/richweb1 or http://www.last.fm/music/richweb or neither
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Lahiri wrote:
Check this out! http://www.lastfm.it/music/And+This+Again/_/Inscrutable
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Zajcik wrote:
smoke it
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fumini-fumoko wrote:
wet it
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