Ian Bourland

Massive Attack's Blue Lines (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

In 1991, a loose-knit collective released a record called Blue Lines under the name Massive Attack, splicing together American hip-hop and soul with the sounds of the British underground. With its marauding bass lines, angular guitars, and psychedelic effects, Blue Lines built on the Caribbean soundsystems and nascent rave scene of the 1980s while also looking ahead to the group's signature blend of epic cinematics and lush downtempo. In the process, Blue Lines invented an entirely new genre called trip hop and launched the career of a rapper named Tricky.

Ultimately, Blue Lines created the sonic playbook for an emerging future: hybrid, digital, cosmopolitan, and rooted in the black and immigrant communities who animated the urban wreckage of the postindustrial city. Massive Attack envisioned an alternate future in sharp counterpoint to the glossy triumphalism of Brit Pop. And while the group would go on to bigger things, this record was both a warning shot and a definitive statement that sounds as otherworldy today as on the day of its release. As Blue Lines's iconic flame logo spun on turntables the world over, Massive Attack and their spaced-out urban blues reimagined music for the 1990s and beyond.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Oktober 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781501339714
• Artikelnr.: 57720637

Autorenporträt

Ian Bourland is Assistant Professor of Art History at Georgetown University, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction1 Cider Punks2 Five Man Army3 The Coach House4 The Tricky Kid Interlude: Living in My Headphones5 The Cherry Bear Organization6 Flammable Materials7 Daydreaming8 Big Wheel Keeps on TurningNotes