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Massive Attack - Live With Me
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Look what my friend did! They made this great mix!
I did the vid and production. They are a great DJ!!! I am excited to see what else they do! Go Check it out!
#Houndsteeth #HowtoDestroyAngels #IvyLab #Magazine #MassiveAttack #BlackLightSmoke #LéahLazonick #NIN #BlackoutPrincesses #mix #music
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🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #CraigCharles
Massive Attack:
🎵 Unfinished Sympathyhttps://denhamaudiouk.bandcamp.com/track/massive-attack-unfinished-sympathy-denham-audio-remix
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Very nice and interesting new album. Sounds like #Bristol.
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Gig review: Massive Attack at Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne 11th August, timeless iconoclasts and rebels deliver once-in-a-lifetime magic 2026 #music #triphop #review #musicreview #music #MassiveAttack #Melbourne #AlternativeMusic #Mezzanine #BlueLines
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Gig review: Massive Attack at Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne 11th August, 2026
Anyone who knows me well knows how much I love Massive Attack.
Not only is their music timeless and ageless, they have left an imprint on the souls and hearts of so many people. Mezzanine is their seminal album of 1998 that contained the worldwide hit song that most people will recognise – Teardrop.
https://youtu.be/u7K72X4eo_s?si=s7pzy1P0AccYkafT
Who is Massive Attack?
Before the gig I went to get my hair done and the Zoomer lass doing my hair had no idea who Massive Attack was. This was a rude awakening that such a band is no longer well-known and it also made me feel old (which is a relatively new feeling and one I am still grappling with). Asking her what music she liked and she told me country music and Ed Sheeran. This was a level of deep cringe I wasn’t prepared for, but I tried to not show it in my face.
If you don’t know who Massive Attack is then this is a great introduction into why they are completely unique. Their music is an iconoclastic blend of dark Dub, Reggae, Hip-hop and Ambient – in other words – Trip-hop. When I was young, I loved a lot of the Trip-hop, Rap, Techno, Trance, House and Drum & Bass and these tastes continue even now.
https://youtu.be/Owog55voMcs?si=20n5V9PMXHeSYGSZ
Anyway about the gig itself. It was bewitching and hypnotic and did not disappoint at all. It was just as sonically satisfying as their albums Blue Lines, Protection and Mezzanine are, but with added layers of complexity to the intensity of the music. The visual storytelling of the live experience was a powerful addition to their already complex, velvety and haunting sound.
The visual display was not simply a background jumble of randomness but was the real centrepiece. Visual storytelling and messaging were spot-on in capturing the Zeitgeist of our muddled and deeply troubling times.
Whenever an artist delivers a political message at a concert, I am unclear of the cut-through with other people. I wonder if they feel it as profoundly as I do?
Massive Attack’s political messaging is strongly anti-capitalist, anti-fascist, anti-colonial, anti-racist, anti-Zionist stance. They have a pro creativity and a brutal pro-reality stance instead. This adds texture and depth to their mesmeric iconic music.
On looking out at the vast sea of people in Melbourne, I wondered do they care or are they indifferent to Massive Attack’s political provocations? Are they happy to simply go to an event, not think and go home?
With Massive Attack this was never going to be an option. This is music to make every single person there stop and think deeply about their extremely vulnerable position in our emerging, very real and quite frankly terrifying world of hyper-surveillance, hyper-corporatisation, militarised violence and hyper-concentrated media landscape. Yes – all of those fucked up topics that nobody ever wants to discuss, not in polite company and certainly not in the media.
Shoring up a collective response to the level of power-grabbing, corruption and fuckery is also hard for many face (grown lazy as we are on a Western diet of wealth and ease combined with fear) to stomach: underground resistance and revolt.
Before today, I don’t think anyone has accurately summarised the future we all stand to inherit as a result of the increased AI corporatisation, AI militarisation and AI surveillance – death, chaos and destruction, there I fucken said it! Terrifying innit!
Massive Attack and their awesome audiovisual storytelling have managed to encapsulate all of the above and infuse the whole experience with a disturbing, signal-smashing, restless energy. Bringing terror, awe, beauty and wonder into a live show is no small feat. And so it was a true masterpiece of immersive art.
When listening to a Massive Attack album, especially Mezzanine, one gets the sense of entering through a mirror darkly, into a hyper-real, often brutal reality of the world.
In saying how truly amazing it was, I feel so sorry for those who couldn’t get a ticket. This amount of algorithmic gymnastics my partner had to go through to get the tickets was an absolute miracle.
The big irony: the event was a algorithmically complex and hyper-surveilled
There is an enormous irony to this event that I would like to unpack for you. Massive Attack’s gig showcased the terror of surveillance, as the detailed faces of people in the crowd were tracked and projected live onto the big screen.
The venue, Rod Laver Arena employs extremely detailed and intricate facial recognition and data services courtesy of Palantir (yes those c*nts, the global techno-military complex used quietly and precisely to kill children in Gaza and elsewhere).
Back to cosy little Australia – this facial recognition software captures every pimple and pore on the faces of music-lovers who come to the event.
This, Rod Laver Arena claim in their privacy policy is used and then disgarded if someone is not on their banned list. However, there is no auditing or ability to tell whether or not this is actually the case.
There is a clause in the Privacy Policy about ‘obtaining sensitive information’: you know like someone’s racial or ethnic identity, political leanings, sexual preference, and whatever else they fucken feel like.
If you’re not outraged about it, then you obviously don’t understand the gravity of that sort of omnipresent power yet. A true Orwellian nightmare I am sorry to say. However the fact still remains, what is to be done to stop it?
If people are surveilled to that degree by Palantir and other shadowy “security” organisations, then it effectively weakens and atomises resistance movements before they even begin.
Media concentration effectively negates and paints those who resist as being ‘trouble-makers’ or ‘anarchists’ – as though a just, private, dignified, healthy and environmentally abundant world is a crazy thing for human beings to need and want!
Anyway I’ve gone really deep on this one, but this is effectively a brain dump of my deepest concerns for the future we all face, masterfully captured into a two hour long sonic journey by Massive Attack.
Like the good little consumer I am, I bought two overpriced Massive Attack T-shirts. I had my face and body analysed for my ethnicity, age, class, gender, political views, union affiliations.
I submitted to the unknowable, all-knowing algorithms of the ether to be ranked as a ‘material risk to civilisation’ or as ‘placid, peaceable human livestock’. I’m still not sure where I fit on that spectrum.
Encircled by facial recognition surveillance, I thanked myself silently that I didn’t wear my Keffiyeh to the gig and I felt a little bit ashamed that I didn’t wear it proudly at the same time.
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Massive Attack - The Spoils ft. Hope Sandoval
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Massive Attack, Young Fathers - Voodoo In My Blood
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Just saw #MassiveAttack here in #Melbourne. I gotta admit, i cried a little when Horace Andy sang Big Wheel, and Safe From Harm did me in.
Amazing.
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@gusseting/117067366458370949
"The show presents themes including algorithmic bias, fake news, context collapse, and the industrial-military complex. Using live data feeds, generative content, and real-time facial recognition, it highlights the profound technological shifts shaping our world.
The experience, often confrontational, challenges audiences to question whether recent technological advancements are guiding us toward utopia or catastrophe."
https://www.uva.co.uk/features/massive-attack-world-tour-2024-2025
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#melbourne selling your #massiveattack ticket? I'm buying general admission...
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🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #MorningShow
Massive Attack:
🎵 Unfinished Sympathyhttps://denhamaudiouk.bandcamp.com/track/massive-attack-unfinished-sympathy-denham-audio-remix
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I #MassiveAttack sono stati banditi da Singapore per avere esposto la bandiera della #Palestina https://www.ilpost.it/2026/08/04/massive-attack-singapore-bandiera-palestinese/?homepagePosition=4
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Massive Attack band says Singapore police detained, questioned them after concert
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🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #Early
Massive Attack:
🎵 Be Thankful for What You've Got -
Massive Attack - Karmacoma The Napoli Trip
I think this might be my favourite version of the song.
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Hmm.
I'm just listening to the Protection-era singles from the Massive Attack Singles 90/98 box set and, comparing them to my original singles, I've noticed there's a couple of omissions. (I'm pretty sure I noticed when I bought the set originally, but still...)
Three (Dom T's House Of Fortune Mix) is missing from the Protection disc, and Sly (Underdog Version) is also not on the Sly disc. I wonder why that is? I don't think it'd be a space issue.
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𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗔𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗻𝗼𝗲𝗺𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗲 '𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲ë𝗹𝗲 𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴'
De Britse band Massive Attack is "verrast en teleurgesteld" dat de bandleden na een optreden in Singapore eind vorige maand werden aangehouden en ondervraagd door de politie. Op Instagram reageerde de band voor het eerst op het incident.
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Massive Attack speak about ‘surreal experience’ of being banned from Singapore over Palestinian flag https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/aug/03/massive-attack-singapore-ban-palestine-flag #MassiveAttack #Music #Culture #Singapore #AsiaPacific #WorldNews
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Massive Attack speak about ‘surreal experience’ of being banned from Singapore over Palestinian flag
By Press AssociationBritish band say they are ‘proud to have made this impromptu expression with our fans in Singapore’, where open display of all foreign flags is banned
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/aug/03/massive-attack-singapore-ban-palestine-flag
#MassiveAttack #Music #Culture #Singapore #AsiaPacific #Worldnews #TheGuardian #PressAssociation
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"You are my angel (are my angel)
Come from way above..."
- Angel, #MassiveAttack , from 1998's #Mezzanine. -
#MassiveAttack banned from #Singapore after #ProPalestine display at show
by Tessa Wong, July 31, 2026
"Singapore authorities are investigating Massive Attack after the British band reportedly expressed #ProPalestinian sentiments during a performance in the city-state.
"According to local media reports and eyewitness accounts on social media, two members of Massive Attack held up a Palestinian flag at the show on Wednesday, and reportedly shouted '#FreePalestine', with some in the audience joining them.
"The BBC has contacted the organisers of the Singapore show and Massive Attack's management company for comment. Neither have responded yet.
"Singapore has strict rules on public speech and what it deems as demonstrations, arguing that it is necessary to regulate them to protect social harmony.
"Authorities have previously investigated public events related to the Israel-Gaza war. Earlier this year they fined several people for organising an unauthorised walk in support of the #Palestinian cause.
"In response to BBC queries on Friday, a spokesperson for the police and the media authority said that 'reports were lodged and investigations are ongoing'.
"The spokesperson also said that the media authority is investigating a possible breach of licence conditions. Performances in Singapore, including concerts, usually require a permit.
"The BBC has asked Singapore authorities whether the band members or anyone involved in the production of the show have been detained or barred from leaving Singapore pending investigations. Authorities have yet to respond.
"Massive Attack is currently on a world tour, with Wednesday's performance their only date in Singapore. Their next show is due to be held in Seoul on Saturday.
The band, which pioneered the trip-hop genre, has long been known for its openly political stance on a number of issues, including the war in #Gaza."Massive Attack's frontman #RobertDelNaja was arrested earlier this year when he took part in a demonstration in London. He was accused of showing support for #PalestineAction, which is a proscribed organisation in the UK."
Read more:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyle421806oArchived version:
https://archive.ph/H6rUw#WorldPol #FreePalestine #FreeGaza #BibiIsAWarCriminal #IsraeliWarCrimes
