Massive Attack has just released news of new music along with a new App for the Iphone called Fantom. They are also set to start a European tour for 2016.
There is a lot of news coming out of the Massive Attack world and it all should have fans very excited. To start, A European tour that has already kicked off in 2016 that will take the group to major European countries like England, Germany, Scotland and the Netherlands to name few. With the next show to be on 25 of January in Leeds, England at the O2 Academy and the final show to be in Paris, France at Zenith on 26 and 27 of February. Massive Attack will be accompanied by Young Fathers for almost every one of these shows. For a full list of tour dates see below.
The major news comes from the release of the band’s new app for the iPhone called Fantom. According to Pitchfork, the app is “a sensory music player that remixes and reforms songs uniquely using variety of environmental variables including location, movement, time of day, heartbeat and the integral moving image camera.” As reported by Pitchfork a press release by the band said, “In addition to a constantly evolving listening experience, ‘Fantom’ also allows users to create and record unique audio-visual clips which can be shared and saved and easily shared via socials, SMS and peer-to-peer channels.”
Along with the release of Fantom, Massive Attack has released four new tracks on the app for users. The tracks are titled “Dead Editors,” Ritual Spirit,” “Voodoo in My Blood” and “Take It There.” According to the songwriting credits for the new tracks, “Voodoo in My Blood” is a Young Fathers collaboration, which makes sense in regards to the ongoing tour. While the tracks cannot be heard in their entirety, they can be heard in parts by “remixing” them in real-time.
Massive Attack Tour Dates:
01-19-20 Dublin, Ireland – Olympia Theatre *
01-22-23 Glasgow, Scotland – O2 Academy *
01-25 Leicester, England – De Montfort Hall *
01-27 Leeds, England – O2 Academy *
01-28 Manchester, England – The Apollo *
01-30 Birmingham, England – O2 Academy *
01-31 Portsmouth, England – The Guildhall *
02-01 Brighton, England – The Dome *
02-03-05 London, England – Brixton O2 Academy *
02-07 Copenhagen, Denmark – Tap 1 *
02-09 Esch Alzette, Luxembourg – Rockhal *
02-10 Brussels, Belgium – Palais 12 *
02-12-13 Milan, Italy – Fabrique *
02-14 Padova, Italy – Geox Theatre *
02-16 Cologne, Germany – Palladium *
02-17-18 Berlin, Germany – Tempodrom *
02-20 Vienna, Austria – Gasometer *
02-21 Munich, Germany – Tonhalle *
02-24 Eindhoven, Netherlands – Klokgebouw *
02-25 Amsterdam, Netherlands – Heineken Music Hall *
02-26-27 Paris, France – Zenith *
* with Young Fathers
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