MASSIVE ATTACK vs BURIAL - Paradise Circus
Last week, Burial and Massive Attack dropped the sublime “Four Walls,” which had several movements, one of which sounded as though civilization were unraveling inside one’s ears. Yesterday, the full collaboration was released as a limited edition 12″ “Four Walls/Paradise Circus” with artwork by Massive Attack’s Robert ’3D’ Del Naja.
“Paradise Circus” is up and streaming now and although it was originally released as a Massive Attack track on 2010 LP “Heligoland,” the reworking sounds far more Burial than Massive Attack. That is, one gets the impression (or at least this critic does) that one is walking on a desolate street at 3:00am and the lights are glittering, but everything is empty and abandoned, though there’s no sense of danger or doom.
Have a listen — from Mary Ann Hobb’s XFM show.
The last approximately three minutes are absolutely sublime, with the chord changes and atmospherics at about 10:18 and on being some of the most beautiful of the entire collaboration, the entire year and, indeed, of Burial’s career.
