Acid Jazz Archive: Massive Attack gig, yesterday, Amsterdam

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as promised, a review of the gig from last night. It started off very =
well as I managed to replicate the tickets for the show in the copyshop =
and made a big profit selling them( Thanks Paul!) as well as being able =
to bring a bunch of friends. Funny, Mushroom and 3d came walking to the =
club and my friend asked them if they wanted to buy tickets for the =
show! ( he had recognised them) Later in the show 3d asked the public =
how many people had been paying to get in and half of the crowd rose =
their hands....

On with the music First, there was a show by Alpha of the Melankolic =
label, which I personally found to be very boring (a sort of Attica =
Blues clone but of lower quality) and I was glad when Massive entered =
the stage.

They played about 18 songs, new ones and classics. The new songs are =
very dark and they used a lot of guitar. I think they are moving away =
from the hip hop-dub influence and are moving to a dub-rock side. =
Mushroom did not have a lot of input in the whole show and looked as if =
he spent the whole day in one of Amsterdam's famous coffeeshops. One of =
the new songs was a very slow and brilliant dubtrack with Horace (Andy) =
singing over it. The majority of the songs were intense and the use of =
guitars wasn't annoying but adding to the atmosphere of tension and =
darkness.
I even started to compare their music with the music of Tool ( a rock =
band who uses a lot of tension on their songs). The new female vocalist =
(I didn't catch her name) did her first performance in front of an =
audience and put down a great show, great voice, especially when she =
combined it with Horace's, you can't compare her voice with Shara =
Nelson's or Tracey Thorn's, hers is just different but good. I think =
that the album will have to grow on you because the songs are not as =
easily accessible as the songs from the other two albums. Besides of the =
fact that 3d was shouting "thank you Paradiso" a couple of times (while =
he was playing in the Milkyway) it was a great show. It was good to hear =
the classics again and see Horace perform and having a lot of fun on =
stage.

There were some people filming the whole show for Spanish television (I =
believe Canal Plus) so Spanish subscribers be on the lookout.

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as promised, a review of the gig = from last=20 night. It started off very well as I managed to replicate the tickets = for the=20 show in the copyshop and made a big profit selling them( Thanks Paul!) = as well=20 as being able to bring a bunch of friends. Funny, Mushroom and 3d came = walking=20 to the club and my friend asked them if they wanted to buy tickets for = the show!=20 ( he had recognised them) Later in the show 3d asked the public how many = people=20 had been paying to get in and half of the crowd rose their=20 hands....

On with the music First, there was a show by Alpha = of the=20 Melankolic label, which I personally found to be very boring (a sort of = Attica=20 Blues clone but of lower quality) and I was glad when Massive entered = the=20 stage.

They played about 18 songs, new ones = and=20 classics. The new songs are very dark and they used a lot of guitar. I = think=20 they are moving away from the hip hop-dub influence and are moving to a = dub-rock=20 side. Mushroom did not have a lot of input in the whole show and looked = as if he=20 spent the whole day in one of Amsterdam's famous coffeeshops. One of the = new=20 songs was a very slow and brilliant dubtrack with Horace (Andy) singing = over it.=20 The majority of the songs were intense and the use of guitars wasn't = annoying=20 but adding to the atmosphere of tension and darkness.

I even started to compare their = music with the=20 music of Tool ( a rock band who uses a lot of tension on their songs). = The new=20 female vocalist (I didn't catch her name) did her first performance in = front of=20 an audience and put down a great show, great voice, especially when she = combined=20 it with Horace's, you can't compare her voice with Shara Nelson's or = Tracey=20 Thorn's, hers is just different but good. I think that the album = will have=20 to grow on you because the songs are not as easily accessible as the = songs from=20 the other two albums. Besides of the fact that 3d was shouting = "thank you=20 Paradiso" a couple of times (while he was playing in the Milkyway) = it was a=20 great show. It was good to hear the classics again and see Horace = perform and=20 having a lot of fun on stage.