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Massive Attack
OffStereo builds narrated music history shows around real records. Massive Attack runs through 8 of them, each one placing them inside a wider story. They appear most often alongside Portishead, Tricky and U2.
Shows where Massive Attack appears
Bristol's Dub-Infused Echoes
Bristol's sound system roots birthed Massive Attack's trip-hop, Smith & Mighty's breakbeats, and Roni Size's drum & bass, shaping UK electronic music from the 80s to dubstep.
2 of 8 tracks — Safe From Harm · Unfinished Sympathy
Danube to Dissonance: Sour Times
Lalo Schifrin's cinematic suspense, heard on 1967's More Mission: Impossible, becomes the eerie foundation Portishead, Massive Attack, and Tricky sample to define Bristol's trip-hop sound.
1 of 8 tracks — Protection
U2, Bristol trip-hop
Brian Eno's ambient influence and Bristol's trip-hop scene, led by Massive Attack and Portishead, push U2's 90s sound from stadium rock to electronic deconstruction.
1 of 8 tracks — Teardrop
90s Soundscapes: A Library's Evolution
The 90s explode with Nirvana's alt-rock, then diversify into Dr. Dre's G-Funk, A Tribe Called Quest's jazz-hip-hop, and Massive Attack's trip-hop, reshaping the decade's sound.
1 of 8 tracks — Teardrop
Hayes' Soul, Tricky's Shadow
Tricky's Maxinquaye transforms Isaac Hayes's 1971 soul samples into dark, gritty trip-hop, a sound that defines Bristol's mid-90s scene alongside Massive Attack and Portishead.
1 of 7 tracks — Karmacoma
Bristol trip hop
From Massive Attack's "Safe from Harm" to Tricky's 'Maxinquaye,' Bristol's dub-infused underground forges a global sound, even as its pioneers reject the "trip-hop" label.
2 of 6 tracks — Safe from Harm · Unfinished Sympathy
Sampled Souls: Citizen to Sympathy
From Mahavishnu Orchestra's sampled vocals to Weather Report's intricate jazz fusion, Bristol's Massive Attack and Portishead forge trip-hop's haunting atmosphere.
2 of 7 tracks — Unfinished Sympathy · Safe from Harm