If any album deserves a re-issue, it’s Massive Attack‘s 1991 masterpiece Blue Lines. The Bristol collective have spent some time in their studio piecing together original recordings to produce a fully remastered version of this groundbreaking debut. Influenced from the glories of downtempo, electro, soul, reggae, jazz, hip-hop, and god knows what else, the innovative album […]

I’m sitting here in a fog of pain killers and medical marijuana listening to Master Piece, renowned dub-reggae pioneer Lee “Scratch” Perry’s latest offering of lounge-dub and deep trance. I got the vinyl — it’s crisp and warm at the same time like sitting by a fire in a field of snow. It’s September 11, 2012, […]

3D from the talented but-once-amazing Massive Attack (let’s be honest, they were better when they were a foursome… or rather, a whole collective) put together this 48-minute mixtape in support of the Occupy London movement. We’ll throw our support to the Occupy folks — they may not have all the answers, but at least they’re […]

It’s a great day today, as is any day that Bassnectar (aka Lorin Ashton) drops a new mix. His IDJ Mixtape was bonkers, and this BBC Radio 1 DJ Mix recorded in London is just as nice. As Lorin explains, “It’s been SOOOOOO long since I’ve had a chance to put together a good mix […]

Another in our series of great commercials that elevate the artform. Created by French director Edouard Salier, he of the latest and much-blogged-about Massive Attack video “Splitting the Atom”, this Argentinian commercial Coke Quest tells a story in the framework of a football-obsessed South American lad fighting robots. Coke Quest directed by Edouard Salier from […]