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6 unusual facts about Massive attack


Georgina Spelvin

In 2009, she appeared as herself in the video for Massive Attack's song "Paradise Circus".

Grant Marshall

:"Grant Marshall" is also the name of the musician better known as Daddy G (of Massive Attack).

Homes Under the Hammer

Since the programme is not intended for release on home video formats, the music is included under a 'blanket licence agreement' and therefore viewers can hear tracks by high profile artists such as Portishead and Massive Attack that would usually be 'unaffordable', uneconomic or simply refused to other higher budget BBC productions that are intended for home release.

Man Next Door

The song has been covered by numerous other reggae artists including Dennis Brown, UB40 and Horace Andy who also sang in a more electronic version of the song for the Massive Attack album Mezzanine.

MIA/NYC NonStop

In this episode, when Tim Speedle (Rory Cochrane) walks outside of the house to take pictures, "Teardrop", by Massive Attack plays.

The Inner Mounting Flame

The track "You Know, You Know" was sampled in Massive Attack's "One Love", Mos Def's "Kalifornia", Black Sheep's single "Similak Child", David Sylvian's "I Surrender", Cecil Otter's "Rebel Yellow" and Blahzay Blahzay's "Intro" from Blah Blah Blah album.


Amber Rose

Rose has also made cameos in music videos such as Ludacris' "What Them Girls Like", Young Jeezy's "Vacation", Nicki Minaj's "Massive Attack", Fabolous' "You Be Killin' Em" and Wiz Khalifa's "No Sleep".

Baluji Shrivastav

Shrivastav has performed and taught all over the world and has recorded a number of albums with a wide range of contemporary artists including doves (band), Stevie Wonder, Massive Attack, Annie Lennox, Oasis, Kaiser Chiefs, Guy Barker and Andy Sheppard.

Daybehavior

During 1998 and 1999 they, recorded their follow-up album with Kevin Petri, engineer on Massive Attack's debut album Blue Lines (1991).

Destined Records

Destined Records was set up for the club output of producer Matt Schwartz, known for his work on Massive Attack, his Deepest Blue project and the producer behind hundreds of club records from Tall Paul, Arthur Baker and other DJs.

Do You Ever Wonder

The song "Do You Ever Wonder" was written by British singer Carlton McCarthy, best known for his work with Massive Attack and Smith & Mighty.

Fly Music

The channel broadcast a range of music videos and profiles of alternative artists (such as Goldfrapp, Björk, Massive Attack, Hercules & Love Affair, Antony & the Johnsons, MGMT, etc.), throughout the day during named strands.

Jerry Fuchs

He was a recording and touring member of The Juan MacLean, and also played live and/or on the recordings of other outfits including Holy Ghost!, LCD Soundsystem, Massive Attack, Moby, Cloudland Canyon, and MSTRKRFT.

Karmacoda

Karmacoda (whose name is an homage to Karmacoma, a song by British trip-hop collective Massive Attack, a nod to their impromptu formation (karma) and a description of their loop-based musical style (coda)), began as a studio project effort between founding members B. and Heather Pierce when they met in 2000 and realized their mutual interest in trip hop and drum and bass.

Lupine Howl

Lupine Howl spent some time working with fellow Bristolians Massive Attack in 2000, assisting them with recording sounds for their upcoming fourth album, which was eventually released as 100th Window in 2003.

Matt Schwartz

1998 Co-write 'Dissolved girl' – Massive attack (featured on The Matrix) Virgin records UK Charts #1 album (Mezzanine)

Maxence Cyrin

In 2005, he released Modern Rhapsodies on FCom, the label founded by DJ Laurent Garnier, where he reinterprets iconic themes of electronic music from artists like Massive Attack, Depeche Mode and Aphex Twin as a solo pianist.

Mechanical Angel

According to the band website, the artists that were most influential to Mechanical Angel's music include primarily Nine Inch Nails, Akira Yamaoka, Depeche Mode, Graeme Revell and Massive Attack.

Mustt Mustt

The song "Mustt Mustt" was remixed by British trip hop group Massive Attack and was a club hit in the United Kingdom, being the first song in Urdu to reach the British charts.

Petter Wallenberg

In 2013 he released his debut album "Legends", featuring collaborations with amongst others Neneh Cherry,  Ari Up of The Slits, Nicolette of Massive Attack fame, Yo Majesty and Victoria Wilson James from Soul II Soul.

Raw Like Sushi

Massive Attack's Robert Del Naja co-wrote "Manchild", and fellow member Andrew Vowles aka DJ Mushroom performs on "Kisses on the Wind", "The Next Generation" and "So Here I Come".

Stephanie Dosen

Since then, Dosen has appeared on the BBC TV programme Later... with Jools Holland and on the Australian TV rock quiz entertainment show RocKwiz, and has worked with Massive Attack and The Chemical Brothers.

Swarathma

In October 2008, Swarathma entered the Yash Raj Studios with John Leckie and Massive Attack producer Dan Austin to record two tracks for a compilation album funded by the British Council.

The Mekano Set

The group cite an eclectic list of influences including Curve, Talk Talk, Kate Bush, Hawkwind, The Chameleons, David Sylvian, Leftfield, Massive Attack, Joy Division, Public Image Limited, The Sisters of Mercy, The Clash, Depeche Mode, New Order, Gilles Peterson's Worldwide radio show,Twin Peaks, Whitley Strieber and Situationism.

The Wolfgang Press

Allen's list of "important records" as of 1995 included De La Soul's 3 Feet High and Rising, Massive Attack's Blue Lines and "anything from Nick Cave and The Fall."

Wilson's Heart

An acoustic version of Massive Attack's "Teardrop," the show's opening theme, can be heard in the middle of the episode in a short montage, by José González.


see also

Andrew Vowles

Apart from his contributions to Massive Attack, Vowles also appears as a DJ and co-producer on Raw Like Sushi, Neneh Cherry's 1989 debut album.

CheyTac Intervention

On the Discovery Channel TV show Future Weapons April 9, 2007 episode "Massive Attack" the host Richard Machowicz, a former United States Navy SEAL, made 3 out of 6 shots, hitting a human-sized sheet of metal at a distance of 2,530 yards (2,313 m) at Arco Pass in Idaho.

Horace Andy

1990 saw Andy's profile further raised when he began collaborating with Bristol trip hop pioneers Massive Attack, going on to contribute to all five of their albums (the only artist to do so), most notably with "Angel" (a new version of "You are My Angel") released on their third album, Mezzanine and most recently on their 2010 release Heligoland, on the tracks "Splitting the Atom" and "Girl I Love You".

Lou Cowell

Cowell has worked with the likes of Massive Attack’s Neil Davidge, Joni Mitchell’s Phil Brown, and the production duo Bacon & Quarmby (formed by Kevin Bacon and Jonathan Quarmby).