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Bristol, United Kingdom (1987 – present)

The pioneering force behind the rise of trip-hop, Massive Attack were among the most innovative and influential groups of their generation; their hypnotic sound — a darkly sensual and cinematic fusion of hip-hop rhythms, soulful melodies, dub grooves, and choice samples — set the pace for much of the dance music to emerge throughout the 1990s, paving the way for such acclaimed artists as Portishead, Sneaker Pimps, Morcheeba, UNKLE and Tricky, himself a Massive Attack alumnus. Their history dates back to 1983 and the formation of the Wild Bunch, one of the earliest and most successful sound-system/DJ collectives to arrive on the UK music scene; renowned for their seamless integration of a wide range of musical styles, from punk to reggae to R&B, the group’s parties quickly became can’t-miss events for the Bristol club crowd, and at the peak of their popularity they drew crowds so enormous that the local live music scene essentially ground to a halt.

When the Wild Bunch folded during the mid-’80s, two of its members — Andrew Vowles (Mushroom) and Grant Marshall (Daddy G) — teamed with local graffiti artist 3D (born Robert del Naja) to form Massive Attack in 1987; another Wild Bunch alum, Nellee Hooper, split his time between the new group and his other project, Soul II Soul. The group’s first single, “

Daydreaming,” appeared in 1990; it featured the sultry vocals of singer Shara Nelson and raps by Tricky, another onetime Wild Bunch collaborator.

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Antisepti-K wrote:
43 minutes ago

Paradise Circus <3

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henrifernandez wrote:
1 hour ago

Saw them last night at Brighton Dome. Outstanding, amazing, beautiful, emotional and electrifying gig. Superb graphics and light show and brilliant music new and old. Loved it. Shara Nelson/unfinished sympathy...jawdroppingly good after, what, 19 years? Amazing.

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ElLumsdinho wrote:
2 hours ago

Rolling Stone is shite. NME is shite. Pitchfork is shite. At the end of the day, it's all a difference of opinion. You either like it or you don't. Of course, they weren't going to use songs like Dobro because it was leaked via YouTube and everybody had heard the songs before the album was released. Just enjoy Heligoland for what it is and if not, go listen to Portishead.

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LasVegasCritic wrote:
8 hours ago

Splitting the Atom made the Top 10 EPs of 2009 list on www.LasVegasCritics.com here: http://www.lasvegascritics.com/reviews/top-10-eps-2009.html

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EGY_DeViLS wrote:
9 hours ago

Angel<3

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android1985 wrote:
yesterday evening

oh nvm... Rolling Stone gave 3 1/2 stars to Mezzanine and Protection, 3 to 100th Window, 2 to Danny the Dog. It's already a good sign if they repeat the 3 1/2 stars of the consensus I guess.

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android1985 wrote:
yesterday evening

and finally someone with the audacity to give this one a perfect rating: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/cdreviews/7167384/Massive-Attack-Heligoland-CD-review.html :) (unfortunately it won't count for metacritic)

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android1985 wrote:
yesterday evening

"On metacritic it's 73% out of 100. It's pretty good." It needs to add P4k's 50 and Onion's 58, but it also needs to add URB's 90, so that should kinda even it out? :S I'm so hoping RS gives this at least an 80... that's the least they could do, after giving a perfect 100 to U2's latest last year...

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feeras wrote:
yesterday evening

my favroite group of all time ....

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jamesdean20 wrote:
yesterday evening

Girl i Love U!

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yinxianghecheng wrote:
yesterday evening

On metacritic it's 73% out of 100. It's pretty good.

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Denima wrote:
yesterday evening

i think that the Paradise Circus is the best! ;D

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yaghma wrote:
yesterday evening

new album is getting better by each listen, but of course nothing close to their previous work

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auriez wrote:
yesterday evening

well i am pleasantly suprised... i like it alot ^^

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egzystencjal wrote:
yesterday evening

They wanted to make "big back" like Portishead with "Third". Definitely they din't it. Heligoland is they worst album.

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ridderbanaan wrote:
yesterday evening

The album is out and here I am going back to Portishead's Third. Guess I'm allready sick off Heligoland.....

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pigeondetective wrote:
yesterday afternoon

NME gave Heligoland 6/10 . another poor review from them

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PJoTr3K wrote:
yesterday afternoon

nice band

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AlderWright wrote:
yesterday afternoon

Bring back rainbow to the hetero boys!

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JessiCANnot wrote:
yesterday afternoon

Heliogland or whatever it's called http://outroversion.blogspot.com/2010/02/downloading-few-albums.html

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