The group's most recent release is the 2016 EP Ritual Spirit, which featured guest appearances from Roots Manuva, Young Fathers, and Tricky. Massive Attack has also released a number of non-album singles, EPs, and compilations. The album was another critical and commercial success, and it cemented the group's legacy as one of the most important electronic music groups of all time. In 2010, Massive Attack released their fifth and final studio album, Heligoland. However, it still managed to sell over two million copies worldwide. The album was a departure from the group's previous sound, and it received mixed reviews from critics. Massive Attack's fourth album, 100th Window, was released in 2003. The album was another critical and commercial success, and it cemented Massive Attack's status as one of the most important electronic music groups of all time. They returned in 1994 with their third album, Mezzanine. The album's standout track, "Unfinished Sympathy", is widely considered to be one of the greatest songs of the 1990s.Īfter the release of Protection, Massive Attack took a five-year hiatus. It featured a more polished sound than Blue Lines, and it included guest appearances from Tracey Thorn and Horace Andy. Massive Attack's second album, Protection, was another critical and commercial success. The album's sound was a perfect melding of the group's diverse influences, including soul, hip hop, and dub. It was a critical and commercial success, and it established Massive Attack as one of the leading lights of the trip hop scene. The album was released in 1991 and featured the singles "Safe from Harm" and "Unfinished Sympathy."īlue Lines, is considered to be one of the most important records in the history of electronic music. In 1988, the trio decided to form their own production team and began working on songs that would eventually be released as the group's debut album, Blue Lines. The three of them would go on to form Massive Attack.
The collective included Grant "Daddy G" Marshall, Andrew "Mushroom" Vowles, and Robert "3D" del Naja. They mix a wide range of musical genres, including reggae, punk, and R&B. The band's origin goes back to 1983 and the formation of the Wild Bunch, an influential sound system/DJ collective from the U.K. Over the course of their career, they released five studio albums, each one innovating on the sound of trip hop and pushing the genre in new directions. The group was composed of Robert "3D" Del Naja, Adrian "Tricky" Thaws, Andrew "Mushroom" Vowles and Grant "Daddy G" Marshall. PRODUCTION TALKSīe “in the know!” Receive information on ticket sales and Armory Events by joining our Mailing List.Formed in 1988 in Bristol, Massive Attack was an English trip hop collective that helped shape the sound of electronic music for years to come.
Please note that there will not be After Hours following the October 4 performance. Join us after performances when the bars will be open in our historic period rooms for libations with fellow attendees. (212) 933-5812 (10:00am–6:00pm M–F) AFTER PARTYĬelebrate closing night at the Armory After Party on Friday, October 4! Tickets include admission to the sold-out final performance and the official after party in our historic rooms with an open bar, local eats, and live DJ. Or call the Park Avenue Armory Ticket Hotline WARNING: Strobe lights are used during this performance There is no traditional seating available for this performance.
Performances are sold out, but a limited number of tickets are still available for our Armory After Party fundraiser. This groundbreaking production includes performances by Massive Attack and places the audience at the center of arresting stories of politics and power over the past 30 years.Ĭreated by Adam Curtis and Robert Del Najaĭesigned and staged by Robert Del Naja and United Visual Artists in collaboration with Es Devlin “Music and celluloid have been used together countless times but never quite like this.”Īn extraordinary collaboration connecting the dark, intense music and visual work of Robert Del Naja of Massive Attack with the thought-provoking vision of documentary filmmaker Adam Curtis, this site-specific event is a new kind of imaginative experience that integrates music, film, politics, and breathtaking moments of illusion in a hallucinatory ride through the dreams and hidden realities of our strange, anxious age.Ĭollaborating with Del Naja and Curtis are a visionary team of artists and designers that also includes the innovative art and design practice United Visual Artists (whose commissions for venues such as Tate Modern and the Victoria and Albert Museum intersect sculpture, architecture, live performance, and digital installation).
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