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Tricky
OffStereo builds narrated music history shows around real records. Tricky runs through 8 of them, 1 that take them as the subject and 7 more where they surface inside someone else's story. They appear most often alongside Massive Attack, Portishead and U2.
Shows about Tricky
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.
Featuring Hell Is Round The Corner · Ponderosa · Christiansands
Shows where Tricky 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.
1 of 8 tracks — Ponderosa
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 — Hell Is Round The Corner
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 — Hell Is Round The Corner
Chickenhead's Sample Chain
Project Pat's "Chickenhead" recontextualizes ESG's "U.F.O." from early 80s New York no-wave, building a Southern hip-hop hit that echoes through Public Enemy and Tricky.
1 of 6 tracks — Ponderosa
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 — Aftermath · Hell Is Round The Corner
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.
1 of 7 tracks — Ponderosa