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26. SEPTEMBER 2021 - TOUR DATES RESCHEDULED,
PRE-ORDER ALBUM
Tricky's European
autumn tour is yet again mostly rescheduled. I've
tried to update the tourdates, but some websites
have conflicting information, so I can't garantuee
it's all correct. Some sources for example declare
October 17 as the start of the tour (for example Ballyhoomedia, Tricky's
official agency for Germany). If you want to
get a glimpse what to expect for this tour, check
out some You Tube videos for his performance at
the Cinzella Festival on August 14 here.
You can pre-order the Lonely Guest album here. It will be
released on CD, vinyl and limited white
vinyl, also for download of course. Tricky already
talked about the Lonely Guest album in December in
the KEPX Interview (watch it on You Tube).
25. SEPTEMBER 2021 - NEW PROJECT "LONELY
GUEST"
Tricky will release
a collaborations album (called "Lonely
Guest") on October 22 on his label False
Idols. Tricky produced the album, and it's
probably a similar project as his Nearly God album
from 1996. A first single called "Pre
War Tension" was already released in July with
vocals from Tricky and Marta (see discography).
Another single ("On a Move") with vocals by Kway
was released on September 21 (listen to it You Tube, check out the discography).
Collaborators on the upcoming album also include
Oh Land, Breanna Barbara, Lee Scratch Perry, Paul
Smith from Maximo Park, Rina
Mushonga, Murkage Dave und JJ. You can find the
tracklist on Pitchfork:
01 Lonely Guest [ft. Marta]
02
Pre War Tension [ft. Joe Talbot, Marta and Tricky]
03
Under [ft. Oh Land]
04
Pay My Taxes [ft. Murkage Dave]
05
Atmosphere [ft. Lee “Scratch” Perry, Marta and
Tricky]
06
Move Me [ft. Marta]
07
Pipe Dreamz [ft. Rina Mushonga]
08
On a Move [ft. Kway]
09
Christmas Trees [ft. Paul Smith]
10
Big Bang Blues [ft. Breanna Barbara]
The album will be released digitally, on CD and
vinyl.
29. JULY 2021 - MISC. RELEASES
I was a little lazy
lately updating the news, sorry for that! Tricky
released a couple of EPs and collaborations, which
you can find in the solo
discography:
- Doorway EP
- Fall To Pieces (remixes)
- Fall To Pieces (live).
The Live recording is in fact the KEPX live
session from November 2020 (see the video with an
interview on You Tube).
Then there were two collaborations (added
to the collaborations
discography):
- Trentemøller
feat. Tricky: No One Quite Like You
- Lonely Guest feat. Joe Talbot, Marta &
Tricky: Pre War Tension.
Lonely Guest are a new project on Tricky's label
False Idols. The press release says that Lonely
Guest "lays at the centre of a new era and network
of artists for False Idols" (quote taken from The Line Of Best Fit).
Sounds promising!
17. DECEMBER 2020 - TOURDATES
POSTPONED
According to
Tricky's official Facebook page his spring
tour 2021 is now postponed to autumn, due to
Covid-19-restrictions. Not all concerts are in the
new list, but it also says more dates will be
added in the new year. So let's hope Berlin and
Hamburg will be rescheduled, too, because I
already have tickets for months! At the moment all
tourdates in Germany, France, UK, Russia , Belarus
and Ukraine are missing.
I've updated the tourdates with the new dates,
take a look here.
Already bought tickets will be valid for the new
date. Some new dates are also added.
5. DECEMBER 2020 - TRICKY ON KEXP
Tricky did a live
show and interview on KEXP, you can watch it on You Tube. It's the first
time he played the new songs from "Fall To Pieces"
live. The arrangements are different than on the
album, musicians were a guitar player, a cellist,
a bassist (sometimes playing keyboards) and the
singer Marta.
In the interview Tricky said he just did a track
with Lee Scratch Perry (and maybe an album later?)
and will release a compilation album called
"Lonely Guest" with 15 tracks. Some of the artists
on the compilation will be known, some unknown.
10. SEPTEMBER 2020 - TRICKY ON BBC 6
Tricky was part of
BBC 6's Desert Island Disco on September 4. He
talks about the new album and plays music that
inspired him. You can still listen to the radio
show here (starting at 1:35:10).
It is available for one month and here is the
tracklist for the tracks he played (I've also
added it to the radio
page):
Billie Holiday: Strange Fruit
Nancy Wilson: (You Don't Know) How Glad
I Am
Madonna: Don't Tell Me
Prince: If I Was Your Girlfriend
Busy Signal: Stay So
X-Ray Spex: I Am A Poseur
BBC 6 seems to love Tricky, the album was also
"album of the day" yesterday._
9. SEPTEMBER 2020 - COMPETITION TO WIN
TEST PRESSING
If you live in the UK you can win a test
pressing of the 20,20 7", you can read everything
on Instagram. The 20,20 vinyl
is part of the Dinked edition of the new album,
which is limited to 800 and extremely hard to get.
I checked every single record store that was
selling it, and it was sold out before and on the
release day. Now some of the stores apparently
have it back in stock. So if you still want to buy
it, check out the following stores: Assai Records, Truck Store Records.
4. SEPTEMBER 2020 - NEW ALBUM
Tricky's new album 'Fall To Pieces' is out today
in different formats: CD, black vinyl, clear
vinyl, red vinyl. There was also a very limited Dinked
edition (limited to 800), which was sold out
very fast as a pre-order. It includes a blue 7"
with the tracks from the 20,20 EP. There are also
different merch bundles availables in the official web store.
3. SEPTEMBER 2020 - BOOK & COMPETITION
Tricky's autobiography "Hell is round
the corner" was published as a paperback on August
31 (originally planned on August 20, but then
delayed). There is also one version with an
exclusive bookmark made of recycled leather with
silver foil Tricky logo (you can order it here).
As you can read on the official website a
competition is starting today:
>>Tricky
invites you to submit your music as response to
new single ‘I’m In The Doorway’. He will listen
to all submissions and select his favourite to
release later this year.
How it works….
– Download
the instrumental here and record your own
vocals
– You should
write your own lyrics and melody instead of
submitting a cover version
– Send your
recording here
by 17 September 2020
– Tricky will
listen through all submissions and we will be in
contact with the winner to arrange mixing and
the release of your track
Good
luck!<<
28. AUGUST 2020 -
RADIO SHOW
Tricky had a radio show at Rinse FM on
August 20, which is still available at Soundcloud. Here is the
tracklist:
Dave East - Really Wit Me
Kollektiv Turmstrasse - Uneins
UB40 - The Earth Dies Screaming
Busy Signal - Stay So
KO - son of a gun
Castanets - I’ll fly away
Roni Size - Dirty Beats
Eli Fross - Situations
Marvin Gaye - Trouble man
Odetta - Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
Chelou - Halfway to Nowhere
Manronix - Cold Getting Dumb
Brigitte Fontaine - Le goudron
Siouxsie And The Banshees - Happy House
Viagra Boys - Sports
Toni Braxton - Please
Amyl and The Sniffers - 70's Street Munchies
Tricky - Silver Tongue - When You Go
Tricky - 'Nicotine Love' feat. Francesca Belmonte
He also did this (with different playlists) on 30.
June 2020, 30. April 2020 and 7. October 2019. I've added
all three to the radio
page.
27. AUGUST 2020 - TWO NEW SINGLES, ONE NEW VIDEO
Tricky released two
single off of his new album "Fall to pieces" (to
be released on September 4). The singles are:
- Thinking Of (feat. Marta), released on July 28.
You can listen to it on You Tube.
- I'm In The Doorway (feat. Oh Land), released on
August 25. You can watch the video (directed
by Mateusz Miszczyński) on
You
Tube.
I've added the singles to the solo discography
and the video to the videography.
23. JULY 2020 - SPRING TOUR
Tricky announced a
European tour in spring 2021. Check out the tourdates for details. When
you signed up to the official newsletter at trickysite.com you already
know this: pre-sale tickets are available from
July 22 on (password: Wake-The-Angels), you can
find the special links to the ticket-websites in
the newsletter or here at the tourdates.
The one for Berlin was wrong, I've added the right
one to the tourdates.
The 'normal' sale starts tomorrow (July 24, 10
a.m. local time).
13. JUNE 2020 - NEW ALBUM 'FALL TO PIECES'
Tricky announced a
new album, it will be released on September 4 and
is called 'Fall to pieces'. The first single is
'Please fall' and out now. You can watch the video
on You Tube or chose your
favorite platform here. The singer for the
album is Marta Zlakowska, who toured with Tricky
for some years now. The video is directed by Marta
Kacprzak. As you can read here, the tracks are mostly
short and end abruptly, the lyrics are dark and
dense, and the music varies from synths, distorted
dial tones and samples. Here's the tracklist:
01. Thinking Of
02. Close Now
03. Running Off
04. I'm In The Doorway
05. Hate This Pain
06. Chills Me To The Bone
07. Fall Please
08. Take Me Shopping
09. Like A Stone
10. Throws Me Around
11. Vietnam
The album will come in different formats (CD,
black vinyl, limited red vinyl, limited clear
vinyl). There are also some bundles with other
merchandise like T-Shirts and totebags on the official site. Probably
Tricky will go on tour soon, because when you
pre-order from the official website you will be
sent a pre-sale link for tickets. The red vinyl
seems a little harder to get, you can buy it here or here. There was also a
version with a signed print here,
but it is sold out now. Then there was a blue
marbled vinyl released by Dinked (read about it here),
limited to 550 copies. It comes with a bonus 7" of
20,20, and an art print, but it is sold out
everywhere, like here
or here, for example. The
tracks on the 7" are: a1. Hate This Pain, a2.
Lonely Dancer, b1. M.
13. APRIL 2020 - NEW EP, TOUR (CANCELLED?),
STEVE MCQUEEN
Tricky released a
new EP called '20,20' on March 6. Check out the solo discography for
details, and I've added the lyrics here.
Also a few eastern European tourdates were
announced for April and May. I'm not sure if these
are cancelled due to the Corona-virus or not.
There is a Steve McQueen exhibition at London's
Tate Modern gallery. In 2001 he did the short film
"Girls" about Tricky recording this song (see
details at the movies
section, the Blowback
minisite or the interview
transcript). But the gallery is closed at
the moment due to Corona. The exhibition was to
last until May 11, maybe it will last longer now?
Who knows... There is a detailed interview with
Steve McQueen in Dazed Digital from February,
where he also talks about his films. The following
part if about Tricky and shooting the film:
Being in such
close proximity with Tricky, with his creative
intensity building as the minutes go on, McQueen
says he gained a real understanding of Tricky’s
“focus, and his intensity.”
“He needs to get
out of control to gain kind of control,” says
McQueen. “To gain control one has to lose
control.”
07. DECEMBER 2019 - NEW VIDEO
Tricky released a
new video for the song "Makes me wonder" from the
Test of Time compilation. You can watch it on You
Tube. Check out the videography
for details.
28. OCTOBER 2019 - SAMPLER, BOOK,
EVENTS
Sorry for the long
gap, but I was extremely busy... Here's what
happened in the Tricky universe in between:
- On August 30 Tricky's label sampler 'Test
of time' was released, you can buy
it at different places, go here to select. It
also
features a new song by Tricky and Marta, his
latest tour singer: 'Makes me wonder' (listen to
it on You Tube). There's
also a remix by Tricky on i and two songs produced
by him. Check out all the details in the solo discography.
- Tricky talked in an interview with The Guardian
about the loss of his daughter Mazy, read it here. He wants to release
some of her music on his next album, two songs are
ready. Getting over her death has been very hard
on him, therapy helps him. But still the whole
world has changed, even music doesn't sound the
same to him.
- There is a letter from David Bowie to Tricky in
the November issue of Mojo, you can buy the print
version here.
- On October 31 Tricky's autobiography 'Hell is
round the corner' will be released. You can
preorder it at Amazon or buy at other
places (hardcover or Kindle). He directed a
trailer that you can watch on You Tube.
- There are some events surrounding the
release of the book. Here are the dates:
October 25: Concorde 2, Brighton
(live performance)
October 26: South Bank Center,
London (book Q&A and signing)
October 26: Queen Elizabeth Hall,
London (live performance)
October 29: Foyles, Bristol (at 1 PM,
book signing)
October 30: Rough Trade East, London
(at 6 PM, book
signing)
- Tricky chose 2 hours of music on Rinse FM
on October 7, listen to it on Soundcloud
or Rinse FM.
- There are some new t-shirts available in the
official store, also the book and Test of Time or
bundles. Go here to take a look.
21. AUGUST 2019 - AUTOBIOGRAPHY DETAILS
& REMIX
Tricky revealed the
title of his autobiography that will be released
on October 31: Hell is round the corner. You can
preorder it at Amazon UK or Amazon Germany, it will be
released as a hardcover book and Kindle. As you
can read here, it is "featuring
contributions from family members, music
industry professions and noted music figures
such as Terry Hall and Shaun Ryder."
And foreshadowing the upcoming compilation "Test
of time" he released his remix of "Colossus" by
Idles as a digital single. This is actually the
first remix Tricky did in 4 years (that I know
of)! More details in the remix discography.
11. AUGUST 2019 - AUTOBIOGRAPHY
IN OCTOBER
Tricky announced on
Facebook that he will
release an autobiography in October. Already in
March an article said the book was aquired by
Blink /Bonnier Books UK, read about it here:
the book is written by Tricky and Andrew Perry,
the idea was born in an interview in 2017. The
book will be released as a hardback for
£20
and has no title yet.
There has been talk about a book for a long time!
At first it should be called "All I hear is words"
(read details about it here),
but it never happened. Last year it should be a
collection of photos, but it hasn't been released
so far. Let's see if it happens this time and what
exactly it will be.
10.
AUGUST 2019 - TRICKY'S DAUGHTER DIED,
SAMPLER TO COME
It has been quiet
for a while now, because on May 8 Tricky and
Martina's daughter Mazy Mina died at the age of
24. According to her bandmates from Collective
404 she commited suicide: "As some of you may know she
had long struggled with her mental health, and
recently tragically took her own life. Mina was a
beautiful soul; brave, caring, and immensely strong.
Through her music she is eternal and will never be
forgotten.” (NME). Which is even more
devastating, because also Tricky's mother commited
suicide when he was young. Tricky posted a video
on You Tube as a tribute to her
on May 28. It features her song "When you go",
released on his album "Adrian Thaws" in 2014. He
wrote:
"I thought I knew what loss was, but now
my daughter is gone I realise I had no idea what it
was after all. It feels like I'm in a world that
doesn't exist, knowing nothing will ever be the same
again. No words or text can really explain - my soul
feels empty. Mazy Mina, my daughter, had two names -
some people called her Mazy, some people called her
Mina. She had an amazing talent for singing and
songwriting; songs which will be finished and heard.
Your words and songs will live on, I will make sure
they do. I haven't had the strength to even look at
a picture of you until now - people will hear your
voice and songs. All my heart - what's left of it.
Love you Mazy Mina, Dad"
Tricky then deleted his Instagram account, but it is
back for about a week now (saying
"account run by management", while before it
was run by himself and he commented a lot). He
announced on Facebook that he will release a
sampler on his label False Idols called "Test of Time" on August 30.
You can see the tracklist and listen to two tracks
produced by Tricky on Bandcamp or other places. It
will also contain a new track by Tricky called
'Makes me wonder' with his tour singer Marta
Zlakowska and a remix by him. The vinyl version is
limited to 300 copies, you can preorder it here and it comes with the
digital version of the album.
26. FEBRUARY 2019 - STUDIO TIME &
FESTIVAL IN FRANCE
It seems Tricky is
recording with a cello in the studio at the
moment, as he hinted at in this Instagram post (and another
one a while ago). On April 5 he will play at the
Chorus Festival in Boulogne near Paris. He's not
listed on the official
website, but is mentioned on their Facebook page.
[Thanks to
Jonathan for this info!]
15. DECEMBER 2018 - NEW YEARS EVE AT
BERGHAIN
Tricky will appear
on new year's eve at Berlin's famous club
Berghain, probably as a DJ? He is listed on the official website in the
'electro acoustic salon' (Halle am Berghain). The
party starts at 1 am on Tuesday, he is almost the
last one in the long running order:
Lotus
Eater [Lucy & Rrose] LIVE | Barker | Etapp Kyle
| Felix K | Mark Ernestus | mxwhd | Pom Pom |
Rabih Beaini | Rachel Lyn |Tricky | Vladimir
Ivkovic. Tricky once played a concert there, you can
read my review here.
24. OCTOBER 2018 - GHOSTFACE KILLAH
Tricky is featured
on the new Ghostface Killah album "The lost tapes"
on the bonus track:
13. Saigon Velour Remix feat. Snoog Doog, E40 and
Tricky. You can listen to the track on You Tube or buy several
formats at Bandcamp or other places.
For details of the very confusing long list of
different formats, most of them strictly limited,
go to the collaborations
discography.
31. MARCH 2018 -
KUTX RADIO SESSION
Tricky appeared live
on KUTX Radio Austin a while ago, watch the
session here. The female singer is
Breanna Barbara, who was on tour with Tricky in
the US in 2017 and did a reworking of "When we
die" (you can download it for free at Bandcamp, see details at the
discography).
They played three songs (When We Die, New Stole,
Armor) and did an interview.
30. MARCH 2018 -
VIDEOS AND U.S. TOUR
Tricky will play
some gigs in the US and Canada in May, also
two concerts in Argentina and one festival in
Moscow this summer (Massive Attack are playing the
same day at this festival, I guess there will be a
little reunion on stage!) and one festival in
Rouen (which seems to be ridiculously cheap, so if
you can: go there!). Check out the tourdates for all the
details.
He also released a video for the "Stripped Down
Tricky Mix" of 'The only way' a
while ago. You can watch it on You Tube. The song is now
finally released officially, before it was only
available on Soundcloud and as a bonus version on
the album (see discography
for details). I forgot to mention another video,
which was released in December: 'New Stole', check
it out here.
I've added both videos to the videography.
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