I-Massive Attack ingelinye lamabhendi asungula futhi anethonya esizukulwaneni sabo, inhlanganisela emnyama nevusa inkanuko yesigqi se-hip-hop, imiculo ethokozisayo ne-dubstep.
Umsebenzi wokuqala
Ukuqala komsebenzi wabo kungabizwa ngokuthi ngo-1983, lapho kwakhiwa iqembu le-Wild Bunch. Njengoba idume ngokuhlanganiswa kwezinhlobo eziningi zezitayela zomculo, kusukela ku-punk kuya ku-reggae ne-R&B, ukudlala kweqembu ngokushesha kwaba isikhathi sokuzilibazisa esifiselekayo entsheni yase-Bristol.
Ngemuva kwalokho amalungu amabili e-Wild Bunch u-Andrew Mushroom Vowles kanye noGrant Daddy G Marshall bahlangana nomdwebi wendawo (owazalwa uRobert del Naja) ukuze bakhe i-Massive Attack ngo-1987.
Elinye ilungu le-Wild Bunch, u-Nellie Hooper, uhlukanise isikhathi sakhe phakathi kweqembu elisha nenye iphrojekthi yakhe, i-Soul II Soul.
Amahithi okuqala e-Massive Attack
Ingoma yokuqala yeqembu, i-Daydreaming, yavela ngo-1990, inamaphimbo ashisayo omculi u-Shara Nelson kanye nomrepha u-Tricky, omunye owayengumhleli we-Wild Bunch.
Kulandele ingoma ethi Unfinished Sympathy.
Nakuba kungeyona neze impumelelo enkulu yezentengiselwano, irekhodi lamukelwa ngokufudumele abagxeki abaningi futhi laba umlando osheshayo emibuthanweni eminingi.
U-Shara Nelson, owavela kumathrekhi amaningi e-albhamu akhumbuleka kakhulu, unqume ukwenza umsebenzi wakhe eyedwa maduze nje.
Iqembu libe selishintsha igama lalo laba nguMassive ukugwema noma yimiphi imiphumela evela kunqubomgomo yase-US ebheke e-Iraq.
Buyela esiteji
Ngemuva kokumiswa iminyaka emithathu, i-Massive Attack (eselibuyiselwe igama layo eligcwele) ne-albhamu ethi Protection.
Ngokusebenza futhi noHooper noTricky, bathola nomculi omusha uNicolette.
Izingoma ezintathu: I-Karmacoma, i-Sly kanye nengoma esihloko ikhishwe ku-LP, nayo yahlanganiswa ngokugcwele ngu-Mad Professor futhi yakhululwa ngaphansi kwegama elithi No Protection.
Kwalandela uhambo olude, futhi eminyakeni embalwa eyalandela umsebenzi we-Massive Attack eyedwa wawulinganiselwe kakhulu ekuxubeni kabusha kwamaciko ahlukahlukene, okuhlanganisa ne-Garbage.
Baphinde basebenza noMadonna engomeni ye-albhamu ye-albhamu kaMarvin Gaye. Ekugcineni, ukukhuthaza ukubukeka kwabo emkhosini waminyaka yonke womculo weGlastonbury, ibhendi yakhipha i-EP Risingson ehlobo lika-1997.
I-albhamu yesithathu yobude obugcwele kaMassive Attack, i-Mezzanine, yavela maphakathi no-1998.
I-Mezzanine yaduma kakhulu ngabagxeki futhi yafaka izingoma eziphumelelayo ezifana ne-Teardrop ne-Inertia Creeps.
I-albhamu ibe phezulu kumashadi ase-UK futhi yangena ku-Top 60 Billboard 200 e-US. Kwalandela uhambo lwaseMelika naseYurophu, kodwa uVowles washiya ibhendi ngemuva kokungavumelani nesiqondiso sobuciko ngesikhathi sokuqoshwa kwe-Mezzanine.
U-Del Naja noMarshall baqhubeka njenge-duo, kamuva basebenza nabaculi abafana noDavid Bowie kanye noDandy Warhols.
Kodwa kamuva uMarshall wahamba isikhashana ukuze achithe isikhathi nomndeni wakhe.
NgoFebhuwari 2003, ngemuva kokulinda iminyaka emihlanu, uMassive Attack wakhipha i-albhamu yabo yesine, i-100th Window, ehlanganisa ukusebenzisana nomculi oholayo uHorace Andy kanye noSinead O'Connor.
I-"Danny the Dog," eyakhishwa ngo-2004, yaphawula ukungena kweqembu ekutholeni amaphuzu efilimu futhi, ngokumangazayo, imvamisa izwakala njengomculo wangemuva.
I-albhamu yesihlanu kaMassive Attack ethi, Heligoland, eyakhululwa ngo-2010, yayineminikelo evela kuHorace Andy, umsakazi uTunde Adebimpe, u-Elbow's Guy Garvey kanye noMartina Topley-Bird. Ukungcwatshwa kuxube kabusha i-albhamu ye-Paradise Circus kanye nezindonga Ezine ezingakakhishwa.
Ibhendi yabuya ngo-2016 nengoma engu-4 ye-EP Ritual Spirit, ehlanganisa u-Tricky no-Roots Manuva.
