MASSIVE ATTACK

MASSIVE ATTACK website : https://massiveattack.ie/

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Massive Attack is a music group from Bristol, England. Massive Attack are considered to be one of the most influential bands of the electronic music genres. They are also been seen as one of the founders of trip hop.

Origin Bristol, England, UK

Genres Trip hop

Years active 1988–present

Members:

Robert Del Naja

Daddy G

Andrew Vowles

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→ UNFINISHED SYMPATHY 

Their debut album Blue Lines was released in 1991, with the single "Unfinished Sympathy" reaching the charts and later being voted the 63rd greatest song of all time in a poll by NME.

DEVELOPMENT

Unfinished Sympathy began as a fugitive melody floating around in Shara Nelson’s sub-conscious during the sessions for Blue Lines. When co-producer Jonny Dollar(Sharp) accidentally heard her humming the melody to herself, he urged her to sing it to him and loving the melody so much he hastily arranged a late-night jam in the studio – just a keyboard and drum machine with singer Shara Nelson extemporising her melody she had come up with on the day to music. Other Massive Attack members then began adding their own contributions to the song, with Mushroom’s DJ skills perhaps most notably adding that extra something to the song with his scratching and sampling qualities.

The billowly string arrangement, which was the final part of the puzzle was the brainchild of Jonny Dollar, who first laid down synthesized strings, then brought in a 40-piece string section to dupe the part, conducted by string arranger Will Malone in none other than the famous Abbey Road Studios in London.

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