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Tag: Massive Attack

Somatic Moon Set To Release Latest Single ‘Sober’

December 13, 2018

With a release date just before Christmas, New York based Somatic Moon’s song ‘Sober’ is a heart-wrenching song, written about a long battle with addiction. It’ll be available on all major digital platforms from 20 December.

The Lautreamonts: It’s A Sewing Machine Meeting An Umbrella On A Dissecting Table

September 10, 2018

With a sound which they describe as “something as beautiful as the meeting of a sewing machine and an umbrella on a dissecting table” comes The Lautreamonts, from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Trip-Pop Artist Paulaa In Conversation About ‘All These Stories’

March 13, 2018

London based trip-pop artist Paulaa is making waves with her new track, ‘All These Stories’ from her upcoming EP and she tells us more about the message behind the track and her hopes for the future.

THE WILD BUNCH – New Book Tells The Story Of Massive Attack, Trip Hop And The Influential ‘Bristol Scene’

February 9, 2018

Emerging from the Bristol Party scene of the late 1980s, Massive Attack have been hailed as one of the most original and influential groups…

FAMILY TIES – Rose Berlin of Father-Daughter Duo SPC ECO On Working With Dad Dean Garcia and New Album ‘Calm’

January 9, 2018

Father-daughter combos are as rare as hen’s teeth in the music industry, but for London-based duo SPC ECO, it’s clearly a formula that works. The…

INSTANT LAMA – Cocteau Twins Multi-Instrumentalist Robin Guthrie Re-Mixes New Ummagma Release

August 10, 2017

Canadian-Ukrainian space pop duo Ummagma have unveiled the new video for their collaboration with Cocteau Twins co-founder Robin Guthrie. Taken from their forthcoming LCD EP, Lama, features…

TOGETHER APART – Maverick Producer Dean Garcia On His New Transatlantic Collaboration With Preston Maddox of The Bloody Knives

June 29, 2016

Dean Garcia tells Matt Catchpole about the making of What We Want, working with his daughter and the tantalising prospect of reuniting with Curve’s Toni Halliday.

SHINE ON – The Shimmer Band Unveil Debut Single ‘Shoot Me (Baby)’

February 13, 2016

Matt Catchpole introduces us to Bristolian band, The Shimmer, with their new song, ‘Shoot Me (Baby)’.

Eyes Of A Blue Dog – Hamartia

June 26, 2015

The second album, Hamartia, from the Anglo-Norwegian trio, Eyes Of A Blue Dog, is a splendid mixture of ambient electronica and alternative pop styles…

Essentially Pop Talks to Neil Davidge

October 2, 2014

You may not recognise his name, but you’ll know the work of Neil Davidge. He’s best known for the production of Massive Attack’s ‘Mezzanine’…

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