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Adrian Nicholas Matthews Thaws (born 27 January 1968), better known by his stage name Tricky, is a British record producer [5] and rapper. [6] Born and raised in Bristol, in southwest England, he began his career as an early member of the band Massive Attack, alongside Robert Del Naja, Grant Marshall & Andrew Vowles.
Nov 1, 2019 · From his troubled Bristol childhood, the rapper Tricky charts his success from petty criminal to trip hop pioneer in his new memoir “Hell is Round the Corner”.
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Mar 15, 2024 · A contrary, baffling and spasmodically brilliant evening ended with “Here My Dear”, and Tricky murmuring in riddles for 20 minutes over an incessantly repeating guitar riff.
Oct 16, 2019 · Tricky, real name Adrian Thaws, rose to prominence performing with Bristol trip-hop band Massive Attack in the late 1980s. In his memoirs, Tricky recounts growing up in the "white ghetto" of...
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- Where are you in the world right now, and what’s the setting like? I’m in Berlin. I’m in my manager’s little office. It’s like, 27 degrees [Celsius] out.
- What is the first album or piece of music you bought for yourself, and what was the medium? That’s easy. That is The Specials’ album, and that was…oh wait, no no no. That’s a lie.
- You were raised by your grandmother. What were some of the biggest lessons you learned from her when you were growing up? That’s an easy one as well. Once I was walking out of the gate, and she used to watch me walk up the road, and for some reason, she goes, “Your problem is that you have a problem with reality.
- If you had to recommend one album for someone looking to get into electronic music, what would you give them? That’s a difficult one. I would say Prince.
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Sep 5, 2020 · By Ben Cardew. Genre: Electronic. Label: False Idols. Reviewed: September 5, 2020. After a string of misfires, the UK musician’s 14th album translates unimaginable loss into some of his most darkly...
Oct 18, 2016 · In a lock-up in New York are the mementoes Tricky has amassed over more than 20 years in music. Among the fan mail from David Bowie and signed autographs from boxer Johnny Tapia are mountains of...
