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This is a selection of articles and interviews, you
can see the
pictures in the articles bigger by clicking on
them! Links
to
interviews on the net are indicated by * (Sorry, if
some of the
links are dead, I don't have the time
to check them regularly,
try using the Way
Back Machine). Go here for video and
audio interviews (some of them are on here, too). Go here
for album reviews or to the concertography for
live reviews.
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| _ Melody Maker: MASSIVE ATTACK - WHEELING IN THE YEARS (February 22) Short interview with Massive Attack with Tricky saying a few words. _ |
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| _ NME: THE ORIGINAL PRANKSTER (January 22) Really good article, because it is written by someone, who actually knows what he's talking about. Tricky talks about Aftermath, sampling and his early musical influences. Select: BIG
TIME SENSIALITY (February)
Melody Maker:
DODGY GEEZER (January 29)
Melody Maker:
SLACK MAGIC (May 14)
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| 1995 | ||||
| _ NME: TRICKY UP YOUR EARS (January 14) Tricky talks about the so called trip-hop and Bristol sound ('bollocks'), his time in prison, Massive Attack, Aftermath... Melody Maker:
THE FUTURE SOUND OF BRISTOL - TRICKY KID
(January 21) The Face: THE
WIDE BUNCH (February)
Select:
HAVE YOU SEEN THIS MAN? (unknown date)
Volume:
TRICKY (booklet feature) (unknown
date) The Wire: BLACK
SECRET TRICKNOLOGY (March)
*Intro: IN ALLER
UN-BESCHEIDENHEIT*
(March 20) - IN GERMAN!!!) NME: GET YOUR
KICKS ON ROUTE 666 (April 1)
Spex: DIE
MAGISCHEN KANÄLE (April) - IN
GERMAN!!! The Face:
WHEN HIP HOP MET TRIP HOP (May)
Q: JUST LIKE
THAT! (June) Melody Maker:
DISCO INFERNAL (June 24)
VOX: TRICK 'N'
MIX (September) Q: YOU DON'T WANNA
BE PAINTING YOUR FACE LIKE THAT... (October)
NME: VAMPIRE OF
THE SENSI (October
28) Select:
ALRIGHT, MATE? (November)
Melody Maker:
TRIP HOP (STILL) DON'T STOP (December
23-30) Melody Maker:
MEN OF THE YEAR (December 23-30)
Melody Maker:
TELLY'S ROUND THE CORNER (September
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| 1996 | ||||
| _ Visions: THE DARK STUFF (February) - IN GERMAN!!! Tricky about Massive Attack, his attitude ("anti, anti, anti"), his way of recording and more. The Face: IT'S
A TRICKY WORLD (April)
Select: THE
PRODIGY (April)
- NOT THE ENTIRE ARTICLE!
Select: THE
GEEZER (June)
Rolling
Stone: TRICKY'S TRIP (July) - IN
GERMAN!!! Q Magazine: TRICKY
LOGO (August)
MixMag: HIGH
TIMES AND LOW LIFE (September)
Option: THE
TRICKY QUESTION (September/October)
Detour: VERY
TRICKY (October)
Raygun: THE
MADNESS OF KING TRICKY I (October)
Blah Blah Blah:
DEVIL IN A BLUE MOOD (October)
Fix
Magazine: PROFILE OF A YOUNG MESMER
(November 4) NME: THINGS
THAT GO BUMPKIN IN THE NIGHT (November
9) Telegraph: A MOST ORIGINAL
GANGSTA (November 9)
Rolling
Stone: TRICKY, ON THE EDGE (November
14) Spin: BROTHER
FROM ANOTHER PLANET (December)
Vox: CONVERSATION
TERRORISTS (December)
TIP: MANISCH
INTENSIV (December) - IN GERMAN!!!
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| _ Touch: Cover Story (December 96 / January 97) Good article with Tricky commenting on topics like "Brit Pop" or "getting older" at the end. WOM: TRIPHOP -
AND IT WON'T STOP (January)
-
IN GERMAN!!! Melody Maker: NOW
THEY CALL ME SUPERSTAR (January
11) *Addicted To Noise: TRICKY'S
WISDOM OF THE HEART*
(March) *The Independent: BREAK FROM
TRADITION* (April
13) *Metro Active: TRIP HOP MAGIC*
(August 14-20)
Big Issue: HOW'S
TRICKS (April
21-27) *Varsity:
Q & A WITH TRICKY*
*iMagazine: THE SCENT OF
BLOOD* (December 1)
*MTV: FINLEY QUAYE, TRICKY AND
IGGY POP JAM UNDER DAPPY UMBRELLA*
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| 1998 | ||||
| _ Apeman: OLD SCHOOL BRISTOL LINK UP (February?) This article is not directly about Tricky, but the start of British hip hop in general. Tricky is mentioned a couple of times. *Launch: NEARLY GOD OR JUST A
DIRTY FACED ANGEL?* (March
13) *MTV: FINLEY QUAYE
RELATIONSHIP BREEDS FAMILY FEUD* (March
18) The Face: THE
MAD FATHER (May)
Spin: ANGER AND
MOURNING (Top 40) (May)
Telegraph: DRUGS, VIOLENCE,
HIP HOP... KNITTING (May 30)
Big Issue:
HELL'S ANGEL (May 25-31)
i-D: IT'S A MAD
MAD WORLD (June)
Q: TRICKY JUST
WANTS TO BE NORMAL (June)
Spex: FREMD IN
JEDEM LAND (June) - IN GERMAN!!!
WOM Journal: DER
KLEINE KOENIG...
(June) - IN GERMAN!!! Loop: TRICKY
(June) - IN
GERMAN!!! CMJ: ANGELIC
UPSTART (July) *NME: TRICKY IN ASSAULT ON
MUSIC WRITER* (July)
*JAM: IT'S TRICKY TO SAY NO TO
MADONNA* (July 11)
Musician
Magazine: SHADOWS AND LIGHT (August)
*SKUG: IT'S TRICKY TO SAY NO
TO MADONNA* (August 19)
- IN GERMAN!!! [new]
Q: TRICKY OUT OF
CONTROL (September)
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| 1999 | ||||
| _ Raygun: (NEVER) MIND THE GAP (April) Big interview with Tricky and DJ Muggs. *Intro:
WICKED
VOICES* (June 23) - IN GERMAN!!!
The Face: REALLY
GOD (July) Visions:
WIEDER FIT FUERS RADIO (July/August) -
IN GERMAN!!! Park &
Ride: NIGHT OUT WITH TRICKY
(July/August) - IN GERMAN!!!
Musikexpress/Sounds:
TOLLWÜTEND (July) - IN GERMAN!!!
Spex:
FUNDAMENTALE UNMUTSAEUSSERUNG (July) -
IN GERMAN!!! *NME: SHAUN RYDER TEAMS UP
WITH TRICKY* (July
11) Telegraph:
INSIDE-OUT MAN (July 24)
NME: TRICKY'S
GANGSTER PARADISE (July 31)
Hip Hop
Connection: KID'N'PLAY (August)
*Rolling Stone: TRICKY
COLLABORATORS SPEAK OUT ON JUXTAPOSE*
(August 16) Visions:
BASTARDISIERTE LIEBLINGSMUSIK
(September) - IN GERMAN!!! Select:
JUXTAPOSE (September)
*NME: TRICKY PEELS OFF LABEL*
(October 27)
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| 2000 | ||||
| _ *Simon Reynolds: THE NINETIES - THE BEST AND THE WORST* Have a guess, Tricky is part of the best and not the worst... Most interesting bits: Tricky explains the meaning of 'Abbaon Fat Tracks' and that 'Maxinquaye' should have been the name of Tricky and Martina in the beginning. *NME: TRICKY'S SIGNS OWN
EPITAPH*
(April 3) *NME: TRICKY- MY LIFE STORY*
(April 16) *NME: IF YOU'RE FEELING
SINISTER* (September 26)
*Launch: TRICKY RETURNS*
(September 27) *The Guardian: I DON'T SHOOT
PEOPLE, DO I?* (October 20)
Visions: IM
GESPRÄCH MIT TRICKY (November 28) - IN
GERMAN!!! *NME: TRICKY PEPPERED WITH NEW
IDEAS* (December 20)
Il Mucchio
Selvaggio: TRICKY - L'ENFANT TERRIBLE (December
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| 2001 | ||||
| _ *NME: TRICKY SITUATION FOR ALANIS* (February 12) Short article about the guests on Tricky's new album: Alanis Morissette, Ed Kowalczyk, Cyndi Lauper... Another - very similar - article about the same topic: Q Magazine. *Showstudio.com: STEVE MCQUEEN
& TRICKY*
(April 12) *NME: POST MILLENNIUM TENSION*
(June 1) *MTV: TRICKY WORKS WITH CHILI
PEPPERS...*
(June 6) *NME: MORE TRICKY BUSINESS FOR
ALANIS?*
(June 6) *CMJ: TRICKY, LOOKING FOR
PAYBACK*
(June) Alternative
Press:
REWRITING POP HISTORY
(June) *Laut: DIE LEUTE SOLLEN ETWAS
NEUES HÖREN* (June 20) - IN GERMAN!!
*Daily Telegraph: I'M REAL
COOL WITH MYSELF* (June 23)
*Playlouder: MADGE 'DISS'
TRICKY/ALANIS TRACK*
(June 25) *Jam: TRICKY ACCUSES STP OF
MUSICAL RIP-OFF*
(June 26) Tip: NO MORE
NOSTRADAMUS? (June/July) - IN GERMAN!!
Spex: TRICKY
(TRIGGER) HAPPY (July/August) - IN
GERMAN!! Visions:
ZURÜCK IM LEBEN (July) - IN GERMAN!!
*Gaesteliste: SMOKERS DELIGHT*
(July???) - IN GERMAN!! FHM: TRICKY
(July) - IN GERMAN!! *Amazon: TRICKY BUSINESS*
(July) WOM:
WIEDERERÖFFNUNG (July) - IN GERMAN!!!
Virginmega: THE TRADE OF
TRICKY (July 12)
Intro:
LEKTIONEN IN WEHMUT
(July/August) - IN GERMAN!! *Chartattack: TRICKY WOULD
NEVER DISS ALANIS*
(July 13) *Exclaim: RADIO FRIENDLY*
(July 27) Visions:
BIG NEW TRICKY (August) - IN GERMAN!!
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| 2003 | ||||
| _ *Playlouder: BRUCE WILLIS IS A DICK* (May 15) Tricky talks about his acting experiences from "The Fifth Element" and a possible new film project with Nick Egan. *Intro: WORKAHOLIC*
(May 15) *BBC News: MY MUSIC - TRICKY*
(May 16) *The Independent: TRICKY
CUSTOMER*
(May 16) *Intro: DEEPER IROKESE*
(May 22) - IN GERMAN!! *Playlouder: IT'S
TRICKY*
(May) Student UK: MEET TRICKY
(May 21) *The Age: GAME OVER, START
AGAIN*
(June 20) *Exclaim: QUESTIONNAIRE*
(June 27) Alert
Interviews: TRICKY (June / July /
August) - IN GERMAN!!! *Gaesteliste: WIEDER
BERAPPELT* (July) - IN GERMAN!!!
Filter: A
GYPSY'S LIFE (July / August)
*In The Mix: BLOWING LIFE BACK
INTO THE SONGS.....* (October 27)
*Stylus Magazine: THE
INCREDIBLE WEEK SMOKING, TRIP-HOP DENYING,
PARANOID, SCHIZOPHRENIC WORLD OF TRICKY: THE
MAN WHO FELL OFF*
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| _ *IGN: TRICKY SCORES SOME GIRLFRIENDS* (February 17) Short article about Tricky's appearance in the TV series "Girlfriends", playing the musician Finn. *Pulse Rated: MUSICAL MAVERICK
TRICKY*
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| 2006 | ||||
| _ *Playlouder: BOUT 'BOURG* (February 21) Short article about the release of the Serge Gainsbourg tribute album "Monsieur Gainsbourg Revisited" , which also features a cover by Tricky - "Au revoir Emmanuelle". *MTV: WHERE YA BEEN? THE
ELECTRONICA YEARS*
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| _ *Sound On Sound: CLASSIC TRACKS - BLACK STEEL* (June) VERY interesting feature about the recording of Maxinquaye, has interview parts with the producer Mark Saunders and a lot of interesting reveals about how Tricky was recording Maxinquaye, his use of samples, where the Indian samples in Black Steel (and Ponderosa, probably) came from, up to details about his recording equiment. *Timeout: TRICKY INTERVIEW*
(August 7) *TMZ: 'ENGLISH RAPPER TRICKY
DISHES ON FIGHT'* (September 29)
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| 2008 | ||||
| _ *The Mirror: HIP HOP FUELS VIOLENT CRIME* (May 27) Tricky talks about the influence of Hip Hop on crime and guns... *BBC: TRICKY VS. HIP HOP*
(May 28) *The Stool Pigeon: FISH AND
CHIPS GUY* (June 17)
*Telegraph
UK:
RETURN OF THE BRISTOL ROVER* (June 21)
*Intro: IM NIEMANDSLAND* (June
26)
- IN GERMAN *The Sun: '9/11 IS WHY I
DIDN'T RELEASE AN ALBUM FOR FOUR YEARS'*
(July 3) *Music Ohm: TRICKY INTERVIEW*
(3. August) *Sentimentalist: HONORED TO
MEET YOU* (8. July)
*Spinner: TRICKY HOPES TO MEET
ESTRANGED DAUGHTER WITH SONG* (9.
July) *The Guardian: NO ONE
SPRINKLED SUPERSTAR DUST ON ME* (11.
July) *End Club: TRICKY INTERVIEW*
(July 21) *The Skinny: TRICKY - REAL
GONE KID* (July 30)
*The Wire: THE RETURN OF THE
PRODIGAL* (August)
*Brooklyn Vegan: AN INTERVIEW
WITH TRICKY* (September 4)
*The Quietus: TRICKY ON
ENGLISHNESS AND THE COUNTRY THAT MADE ME*
(October) *The Guide: WHAT'S WIKIPEDIA*
(October 4) FACECULTURE: Tricky
interview (27. October 2008)
- VIDEO *Rhapsody: Q&A VIDEO
INTERVIEW* (no date) -
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| _ *The Independent: TRICKY RETURNS TO THE LIVE ARENA* (February 7) Interview parts mixed with a sort of looking-back to his career. Most interesting part: the mayor of San Francisco once declared September 2 as "Tricky day", he's even got a plaque for it! *Time: TRICKY TAPS INTO THE SOUND OF THE PARIS GHETTO* (February 11) Article about Tricky's concert at Paris' 104 and recording with young french artists. *Tätowier Magazin: TRICKY*
(March) - IN GERMAN *BBC News: TRICKY AND MASSIVE
ATTACK MAKE UP* (December 8)
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| _ *The Observer: I CAN STILL BE VERY DARK IN MY MIND* (September 19) Long interview, begins with almost a flashback to Maxinquaye, talks mostly about Tricky's family. *Oregon Music News: DRECT
BREVITY* (December )
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| _ *All Saints Basements: INTERVIEW & PERFORMANCE* (video) This is a video interview. Tricky also performs an interesting spoken word piece, see it here or here. *Dazed Digital: TRICKY TAKES A
TRIP INTO THE MYSTIC* (no date)
*Inked: TRICKY*
(February 3) *The Guardian: FORMER MANAGER
SUES TRICKY OVER UNPAID FEES*
(November 15) *Icelandic Music Museum:
TRICKY IN ICELAND* (December
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| _ *The Guardian: I THOUGHT I WAS AN UNDERGROUND ARTIST...* (April 18) Interview about the Maxinquaye reunion tour, also Martina has a few lines. *The Independent: AN ENGLISH MAN IN PARIS* (April 28) Interesting interview about what it's like to be famous, his appearance at Glastonbury with Beyonce, drinking too much on tour, the re-release of Maxinquaye and performing it live: "Going back to Maxinquaye has given me a new energy and I feel like doing these shows and working with Martina is closing the chapter and then I’m moving into a new chapter. It’s good." He mentions that he has a double album ready, but False Idols (released in 2013) was only a single one, unfortunately. The track "Armies" is mentioned too as a first single, but it only appeared on Spotify as a bonus track to False Idols, not released anywhere, as far I know... *Antiquiet: TRICKY RECORDING WITH MASSIVE ATTACK* (June 15) Short note about a Facebook post by 3D with a picture of him and Tricky recording songs together in Paris. _ |
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| _ *Rolling Stone: VIDEOPREMIERE 'DOES IT', EXKLUSIV-INTERVIEW* (March 27) - IN GERMAN Short interview about the video for "Does It" and the new album. It also has a short video of the interview. *Fact Magazine: TRICK
SIGNS FIRST ACTS TO LABEL, IS RELEASING A
FRENCH LANGUAGE FILM, EXPLAINS THAT WHOLE
BEYONCE / GLASTONBURY THING* (April
25) *NME: Tricky ON 2011's
SURPRISE GLASTONBURY APPEARANCE*
(April 26) *Gästeliste: DER BESESSENE*
(no date) - IN GERMAN *Fact Magazine: TRICKY RIDES
AGAIN* (April)
*Play Milano: A TRUE IDOL*
(May 9) *Intro: PLATTENHÖREN MIT
TRICKY* (May 15)
*EXBERLINER: TRICKY OF THE
TRADE* (May 20) *The Guardian: I DON'T BELIEVE
DEATH EXISTS* (May 23)
*MTV: INTERVIEW TRICKY*
(May 23) - IN GERMAN *Face Culture: TRICKY VIDEO
INTERVIEW* (May 27) -
VIDEO *Telerama: LE FANTOME DE SA
MERE...* (May 27) -
VIDEO *The Wall Street Journal:
TRICKY BUSINESS: STYLE BUILT ON SAMPLES*
(May 28) *The Independent: CULTURAL
LIFE - TRICKY, MUSICIAN* (May 31)
*The British Masters Chapter
7: TRICKY* (May 31)
- VIDEO *Self Titled Magazine:
INTERVIEW TRICKY* (June 3)
*Faster Louder: FEATURE*
(June 12) *DE Bug: TRICKY GEGEN DEN REST
DER WELT* (June 28) - IN GERMAN *Electronic Beats: AND THEN
THERE WAS AN UNCOMFORTABLE SILENCE*
(July 29) *Headphone Commute:
TRICKY INTERVIEW*
(October 22) *Ladygunn: TRICKY*
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| _ *Freshmilk TV: TRICKY INTERVIEW* (February 4) Video interview that was filmed in December 2013 in Berlin. Tricky talks about how he almost did a movie with Keanu Reeves, about prisons, how he cares more about evolving as a person than about his music and more. *Frankfurter Rundschau: TRICKY - SOZIAL EINGEBETTET* (August 1) - IN GERMAN A short German interview, mainly about the things already in the press release: he likes how Bella Gotti raps because it's so intense and aggressive, most of is collaborators he meets by chance, like Blue Daisy, who produced "My Palestine Girl" (a political lovesong), he stopped smoking weed 3 months ago (with little exceptions), also because his daughter is living with him now. *Opening Ceremony:
SOUND CHECK - TRICKY* (August
20) *Bullettmedia: TRICKY
IS BACK...* (August
25) *BBM: TRICKY INTERVIEW* (August
27) *Die Presse: OBAMA
IST EIN FALSCHES IDOL* (August
30)
- IN GERMAN *The
Skinny: WHEN
ADRIAN MELTS* (September
4) Interesting, but short interview, Tricky talks about David Cameron, that the new album is a "ghetto album", that he wasted a lot of money before but is now living with very few things, that he has more discipline now and that makes his music stronger and that he doesn't believe in religion but in love. *NME: TRICKY INTERVIEW
part 1* / *part 2* (September
9)
- VIDEO In this interview Tricky talks about the background of 'Palestine Girl' (not an autobiographical story, but he did go out with a palestine girl in Paris), he also says that he doesn't like the celebrity hype in our times and that music should be political again, and that guest musicians always come to his house to record in his home studio. Interesting parts about new releases: Francesca's solo album will be released in January and he plans to record new material in October, an album will follow end of next year. He also mentions that Island is planning something for the 20-year-anniversary of Maxinquaye next year, but he has nothing to do with it and can't stop them, because he doesn't own the rights of these songs (!?). *Rockol: LA VENDETTA
DI TRICKY* (September
12)
- IN ITALIAN *BLN.FM: NICHT
KENNENLERNEN MIT TRICKY* (September
17) -
AUDIO *France Culture: NOIR
BRILLIANT* (September
20) -
AUDIO *Fact Magazine: I AM
ADRIAN THAWS* (September
29) -
VIDEO *Faze
Mag: TRICKY KID WIRD ERWACHSEN* (October
21) -
IN GERMAN *Swide:
TALKING ADRIAN THAWS WITH TRICKY* (November
4)
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| _ *Freshmilk TV: TRICKY INTERVIEW* (April 10) - VIDEO Very short video interview, their website is here, the video on You Tube is here. Although it was published in April I'm pretty sure that it's older. Last year they also had an interview like that, and it was filmed in December 2013, published in February 2014 (see above). Tricky talks about his freedom with his label, how recording music is fun and like meditation and what he would change in the music industry. *Red Bull: 20 YEARS OF MAKING MUSIC IS A TRICKY BUSINESS* (May 20) Short interview, most interesting information: Tricky recorded songs with two Russian rappers (Human Skills Of Slow Saga) and is currently recording an album with his old friend DJ Milo! He also talks about Blowback being a gangster album and how he feels approaching 50. *Sound & Recording: INTERVIEW* (July 30) - IN GERMAN Interesting details about the recording of 'Adrian Thaws'. Although it is published in July 2015, it was probably done in September 2014. Because it is in German, I will summarize the main points: - he enjoys the freedom of a small label compared to a major label, because he can do the music he likes without pressure - he is trying to be authentic, that's why he turned down working with U2, because Tricky and U2 don't fit together - Adrian Thaws was done in his home studio -tools he uses for recording are: Moog Sub Phatty, Logic Pro, some plug-ins and a simple keyboard - first he makes very simple demos that catch the vibe of the track, then he puts samples and sounds on his keyboard and plays around with these - Francois Kerjan produced 'Adrian Thaws', they worked together like this: Francois lived in Tricky's house in London at that time, in the morning he went for a run and Tricky prepared the demos for him, then Francois worked on the demos while Tricky went shopping and cooked something, also friends came by, so all in all it was a very relaxed athmosphere - Francois' job was to make the sound better, especially of the vocals, and reduce the demos even more, because Tricky likes reduction - then Tricky talks about Mykki Blanco, I think, but the article printed Bella Gotti, it's a bit confusing - the mastering was done by John Davis at Metropolis, he talked a lot with Tricky about the lyrics and was trying to really get to know the music before mastering it *La Defense Jazz Festival: INTERVIEW* (August 31) - VIDEO Short interview, most interesting information: he recorded a new album called 'Skilled Mechanics', the title is how a CIA guy describes contract killers. The album is rap and Tricky is doing a lot of vocals, so he wants to change his live shows, it will be only him, his drummer and DJ Milo. But probably also a female singer. *Ubikwist: TRICKY INTERVIEW* (October) This is a new magazine and Tricky is on the cover of Issue 1. Go here to see a preview or here to buy the digital issue, a print issue will be out in November. There's an interview with Tricky on pages 17-21 and fashion photos with Tricky and a model named Barbara Fiahlo on pages 74-85. In the interview Tricky talks mostly about his childhood and background and how he wants to speak up now and change things. He wanted to go into politics in England, but it was impossible because he has a criminal record. *The Quietus: 20 YEARS ON: TRICKY'S MAXINQUAYE* (October) Interesting article from Tricky expert David Bennun (he interviewed him in 1995 and 1997) about the experience of listening again to Maxinquaye 20 years after its release. He quotes Tricky: "But if people didn't go out and copy it, I might have done another three or four Maxinquayes. Which is terrible." _ |
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| _ *Liberation: MAINTENANT, IL EST TEMPS DE RACONTER...* (January 18) - IN FRENCH French interview about the new album Skilled Mechanics, why it took so long to work with Milo again, living in Berlin and more. In this interview he mentions that he put out some underground Hip Hop vinyl with Milo in New York (300 copies) that no ones know about! What could that be? Maybe "God's Bass" (see discography here)? Or maybe something else that we don't know about? They had a project with other American and British rappers called Drunkenstein, but I never saw any release of it... *Deutschlandradio: DANKBAR AUCH FÜR DAS DUNKLE IM LEBEN* (January 19) - IN GERMAN This radio interview has a transcript, but you can also listen to it (when you click on "Beitrag hören" or the play symbol in the first pic, unfortunately it is dubbed in German). It's not sooo interesting, but during the interview you can hear the track "Bother" with Luke Harris (starting at about 7.35 min left), which was unreleased at that time. *Flux FM: TRICKY INTERVIEW* (January 19) - AUDIO This is a radio interview with Tricky on FluxFM that he did after the one on Deutschlandradio - he even mentions it in the interview. You can listen to it on Soundcloud, it's all in English and not dubbed! Most interesting news: - Skilled Mechanics are Tricky and Luke Harris with different guests - they want to release a second album next year - the track with Oh Land is 6 years old and was recorded for her album, but because she was dropped from her record label he could use the song - he wants to finish his project with Russian rappers this year (or next year) *030 Magazin Berlin: DIE BEATLES SIND MIR EGAL* (January 21) - IN GERMAN Interesting interview about Berlin, the next single "Boy", that he's not sad about what happened in this life, but happy that it gives him something to write about. He would call "Skilled Mechanics" an urban-soul-album, especially the songs with Milo. He also says that music makes the artist and not the other way around. *Bayern 2 podcast: TRICKY PORTRAIT* (January 21) - AUDIO, IN GERMAN This is a short radio podcast, a mix between a review (calling "Skilled Mechanics" a solid album) and an interview. *Resident Advisor: TRICKY INTERVIEW* (January 21) - AUDIO This is a long and in depth radio interview about a lot of topics, mostly his childhood, Knowle West, racism, Chris Blackwell, how he's hard on himself musically, about performing and drinking and much much more. You can download it on their site or listen to it on Soundcloud. *i-D: IT'S TRICKY...* (January 27) - IN GERMAN Since this interview is in German, I'll try to paraphrase the most important things: - Tricky likes to work with unknown artists, it makes him happy to see his drummer so exited about this release - he releases a song like 'Boy' now, because it's just about him and couldn't be sung by anyone else (and when he releases as Tricky his vocals are not so present) - he recorded the album in summer, Luke and Milo being in his appartment in Berlin, cooking, recording, it was fun - he is very relaxed and happy in Berlin, and that makes it possible to create music, in London he only went out and didn't record much - his songs are mostly short, because he doesn't want to "stretch" them unnaturally, a song tells you when it's finished, he doesn't make singles, but an album - at the end he talks about "Take it there" with Massive Attack: he never thought he would work with them ever again, but now he talked to 3D on the phone and it feels like they are friends again, maybe they will even record more this year!!! *Notion Magazine: TRICKY INTERVIEW* (February 18) Interview about Skilled Mechanics, most interesting parts: he explains how Beijing To Berlin came to be and why he chose 'Unreal' as the last track on the album, also why he can tell different stories on Skilled Mechanics than on Tricky albums. *XLR8R: MOVING FORWARD: TRICKY* (February 25) Interesting interview, because Tricky talks business and about his plans for the futures: if he will do a Tricky album again it has to be a bigger success. But he will probably release another Skilled Mechanics album or other collaborations. He also talks about Massive Attack and their collaboration "Take It There" and that they (maybe) will work together again. *Berliner Zeitung: SÄNGER TRICKY: DIESE METROPOLE...* (February 26) - IN GERMAN Short interview, mostly about living in Berlin... *Berliner Morgenpost: TRICKY: ICH HABE BERLIN GEHASST* (March 1) - IN GERMAN Short interview, again mostly about his life in Berlin. *Mix Online: S.MECHANICS BLEND ORGANIC INSTRUMENTS WITH STUDIO WIZARDRY* (March 3) This is a short interview with Francois Kerjan, Tricky's engineer for the past 7 years. He explains a lot of technical stuff, I don't understand half of it. But if you're into that, have fun. *Thump: TRICKY REMEMBERS 1996, THE YEAR HE WAS NEARLY GOD* (June 13) [new] Interesting interview, because they look back to the year 1996 and the recording of Nearly God, PMT and the Grassroots EP. |
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| _ *Northern Transmission: TRICKY IS FINALLY FREE* (September 1) [new] Most interesting part is about working with Martina: "After seeing what the vibe was, I can say there would be reason for us to make an album again, it was testing the water really." *London in Stereo: TRICKY INTERVIEW* (September 7) [new] Tricky talks about his relationship with his father, his mother's suicide. While earlier he never wanted to give people what they want and lived very 'quickly' he's becoming slower now and accepting where he came from. *Stilbruch: TRICKY* (September 10) - VIDEO, IN GERMAN [new] Video interview, Tricky talks about living in Berlin, his Instagram photos and more. If the above link doesn't work: it's also on You Tube. *France Inter: LE NOUVEAU RONDEZ-YOUS* (September 13) - AUDIO & VIDEO [new] Tricky performs "The Only Way" and "When We Die" live. The above link is to the audio of the full show. You can also watch a video on Facebook or watch the live songs on You Tube: The Only Way, When We Die. *House of Frankie: IN CONVERSATION WITH TRICKY* (September 14)- VIDEO [new] Tricky talks about Berlin, his favorite guest vocalists, his favorite track on the album and more. *New Statesman: PEOPLE WANT THE SHINY STUFF...* (September 21) [new] Interesting interview that goes way back to the beginning of his career, shifting back and forth from the time of Maxinquaye to today (the whole title is >"People want the shiny stuff. We're a bit too real": the rise, fall and return of Tricky<). It also quotes other people like Martina, Mark Saunders, Julian Palmer, Cally Calloman. *TRT World: TRICKY* (September 21) - VIDEO [new] Short feature with interview parts about the new album. *Soultrain Online: TRICKY - LASS DEN GROOVE RAUS* (September 22) - IN GERMAN [new] Interview in German, most interesting part: Tricky already has 6 or 7 tracks for a new album, which will be (surprise, suprise) even better than this one... *live on BBC 6 Radio with Lauren Laverne* (September 22) - AUDIO & VIDEO [new] Tricky was in the studio for an interview and a live performance of "When We Die" with Martina and "The Only Way"!!! The above link is the whole show in audio (the Tricky part starts at 2 hours, 9 mins). You can also listen to a shorter part here (Tricky starts at 19 mins, but it doesn't have "The Only Way") or the part where he talks about his Granddad here. Or you can even watch the live performance of "When We Die" as a video here. |
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