| Tricky | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Adrian Thaws |
| Also known as | Tricky Kid |
| Born | January 27, 1968 |
| Origin | Knowle West, Bristol, England |
| Genre(s) | Trip-hop |
| Occupation(s) | producer, mixer, musician |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, Keyboards, Harmonica |
| Associated acts | The Wild Bunch Massive Attack |
| Website | http://www.trickyonline.com/ |
Adrian Thaws (born January 27, 1968), better known as Tricky, is an English trip hop musician in the British music scene (despite loathing the "trip hop" tag). Events 98 - Trajan becomes Roman Emperor after the death of Nerva. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. British people, or Britons, are the native inhabitants of Great Britain and their descendants or citizens of the United Kingdom, of the Trip hop is a music Genre also known as the Bristol sound or Bristol acid rap. He is noted for a whispering lyrical style that is half-rapped, half-sung. As a producer and a musician, he is noted for a dark, rich and layered sound. Culturally, Tricky bridges white and black Britain, particularly in his fusion of rock and hip hop, high art and pop culture. Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. Hip hop music, also referred to as rap music, is a Music genre typically consisting of a rhythmic vocal style called rap which is accompanied with High culture is a term now used in a number of different ways in Academic discourse whose most common meaning is the set of cultural products mainly in the Popular culture (or pop culture) is the Culture — patterns of human activity and the symbolic structures that give such activities significance and importance — His debut album Maxinquaye was nominated for the Mercury Prize and voted Album of the Year by NME Magazine. Maxinquaye is the debut album of Bristol England Rapper / producer Tricky, released in 1995 The New Musical Express (better known as the NME) is a Popular music Magazine in the United Kingdom which has been
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Tricky was born in Knowle West, Bristol, England. Knowle West is an area of Bristol, England. It has a poor reputation among Bristol residents and is one of the more deprived districts within the city though many Bristol ( ˈbrɪstəl is a city, Unitary authority and ceremonial county in South West England, west of London England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland His father left the family before he was born and his mother, Maxine Quaye, committed suicide when he was four. He named his solo album after her - Maxinquaye - and once said that though he hardly knew her he feels like she's speaking through him with his words. Maxinquaye is the debut album of Bristol England Rapper / producer Tricky, released in 1995
Tricky's family includes a great diversity of ethnic backgrounds, including Jamaican, Spanish, British, Amerindian and many others. He cites that his family is incredibly varied in appearance, one cousin white, one seemingly Asian, one very dark-skinned and looking mostly of African heritage (Melody Maker Jan. 11, 2007).
He spent his youth with his grandmother, who often let him watch old horror movies instead of going to school. At 15 he began to write profound lyrics ("I like to rock, I like to dance, I like pretty girls taking down their pants" MixMag '96), though not with the ambiguity and tricky-ness that showed up later on his albums. At 17, he spent some time in prison because he bought forged £50 notes from a friend, who later informed the police. In an interview, Tricky said: "Prison was really good. I'm never going back" (NME '95). The New Musical Express (better known as the NME) is a Popular music Magazine in the United Kingdom which has been
Eventually he met DJ Milo and hung out with a sound system called The Wild Bunch, which by 1987 evolved into Massive Attack. A sound system is a group of DJs and engineers contributing and working together as one often playing and producing one particular kind of Music. The Wild Bunch were a sound system outfit based in the St Pauls district of Bristol, England from 1983 to 1986 Massive Attack are an English Trip hop group founded in 1988 by Robert Del Naja, Grantley Marshall, and Andrew Vowles in Bristol He received the nickname 'Tricky Kid' and at 18 he became a member of the Fresh 4, a rap group built from The Wild Bunch. He also rapped on Massive Attack's acclaimed debut album Blue Lines (1991). Blue Lines is the debut album by British Electronica group Massive Attack, released on April 9, 1991 (see 1991 in music But as soon as making music turned into a business he didn't like it anymore. Though Tricky also appeared on Massive Attack's next album, Protection, he never had the feeling of being a part of the band and never really enjoyed it. Protection (1994 is Bristol -based Trip-hop collective Massive Attack 's second Album.
In 1991, before the release of Massive Attack's album Blue Lines, he met Martina Topley-Bird. Blue Lines is the debut album by British Electronica group Massive Attack, released on April 9, 1991 (see 1991 in music Martina Topley-Bird is a British vocalist who first gained fame as the featured female vocalist on Trip hop pioneer Tricky 's debut album Maxinquaye Some time later she came to his house, and mentioned to Tricky and Mark Stewart that she could sing. Mark Stewart is the name of several notable people Mark Stewart (martial artist, a martial artist founder of IJKD (International Jeet Kune Do Martina was only fifteen years old, but her 'honey-coated vox' impressed them and they recorded a song called "Aftermath" (though The Face '95 mentions that the first song they recorded together was called "Shoebox"). The Face was a Magazine started in May 1980 by Nick Logan out of his publishing house Wagadon Tricky showed "Aftermath" to Massive Attack, but they weren't interested. Massive Attack are an English Trip hop group founded in 1988 by Robert Del Naja, Grantley Marshall, and Andrew Vowles in Bristol So in 1993 he decided to press a few hundred vinyl copies of the song. He cut it directly off of the tape, so that the song is basically "just bassline and hiss". (NME '94). Finally, this white label got him a contract with Island Records and he started to record his first solo album. This article is about the vinyl records for other uses see White Label (disambiguation. Island Records is a Record label that was founded by British record producers in Jamaica.
He left Massive Attack to release his debut album, Maxinquaye. Maxinquaye is the debut album of Bristol England Rapper / producer Tricky, released in 1995 The album was a massive success and Tricky was catapulted to international fame, something he was notably uncomfortable with. This was because the impact of his album truly set the stage for trip-hop within the black community in the United Kingdom. Trip hop is a music Genre also known as the Bristol sound or Bristol acid rap. Tricky was able to do so much with his music by incorporating different musical genres in his sound, but ultimately making sure he made the overall product his own. In fact, the Maxinquaye album review by the Rolling Stone magazine read, "Tricky devoured everything from American hip-hop and soul to reggae and the more melancholic strains of 80s British rock. The soul, according to many religious and philosophical beliefs is the self-awareness, or Consciousness, unique to a particular living Reggae is a Music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s "[1] It is of importance to note that Tricky paid tribute to early hip-hop artists whose music was, and still is, influential in the hip-hop scene. He also incorporated commercial pop music into his music without taking the edge and power away from his music and lyrics. By having early hip-hop and pop samples in his music, he found a way to appeal to both audiences, which rarely happens. As Hesmondhalgh and Melville wrote, "Tricky showed his debt to hip-hop aesthetics by reconstructualizing samples and slices of both the most respected black music (Public Enemy) and the tackiest pop (quoting David Cassidy’s “How Can I Be Sure?”). David Bruce Cassidy (born April 12, 1950) is an American prolific character actor of stage Singer and Guitarist. " [2] In mixing all of these elements together, Tricky was able to create more than just music people could dance to at clubs. He created “a mercurial style of dance music that immediately finds it own fast feet”. "[1] Tricky accomplished a difficult feat as an artist in the music industry by making dance music that not only had a good beat, but also had important lyrics voicing out about race, sexuality, and roles in society.
Tricky failed to complete a number of lyrics for the Massive Attack album Protection and gave the band some of the lyrics he had written for Maxinquaye instead. Protection (1994 is Bristol -based Trip-hop collective Massive Attack 's second Album. When Massive Attack was asked about why the lyrics were the same in a Radio interview on CFNY (Toronto) they jokingly said that it was because he was lazy. Different versions of the same songs appear on both albums - called "Overcome" and "Hell is 'Round the Corner" on Maxinquaye and "Karmacoma" and "Eurochild" on Protection.
Tricky found it difficult to cope with the huge success of Maxinquaye and he subsequently eschewed the laidback soul sound of the first album to create an increasingly edgy and aggressive punk tinged music that echoed his personality as he became more erratic and unreliable.
In 1996, the opening track of his second album Nearly god is a cover of a Siouxsie & the Banshees number called 'Tattoo'. Siouxsie & the Banshees were a British rock band which formed in 1976
By the time Pre-Millennium Tension was released Tricky was increasingly irritated with the press, particularly articles written in The Face magazine. Pre-Millennium Tension is the third album from Tricky, released in 1996 The Face was a Magazine started in May 1980 by Nick Logan out of his publishing house Wagadon The Face had been an early champion of Maxinquaye, but saw Tricky as more a duo than a solo project. Maxinquaye is the debut album of Bristol England Rapper / producer Tricky, released in 1995 The Face published an article claiming that vocalist Martina Topley-Bird had to single-handedly bring up the child that Tricky had fathered. Martina Topley-Bird is a British vocalist who first gained fame as the featured female vocalist on Trip hop pioneer Tricky 's debut album Maxinquaye
He has also been concerned with racial stereotyping of the media. In the documentary Naked & Famous he explains how photographers want him to frown angrily in photos, because that's how black artists are marketed. He points to a recent cover of The Big Issue, where he has a more ambiguous, confused look on his face, as being more how he feels. Founded by John Bird and Gordon Roddick in September 1991, The Big Issue produces an award winning entertainment and current affairs In the song "Tricky Kid" from Pre-Millennium Tension, he writes "As long as you're humble/Let you be the king of jungle. "
Throughout his work, Tricky blurs the normally clear sexual definitions found within hip hop. Despite the heavy influence he drew from American hip hop in his debut album, Maxinquaye, he fights against typical sexual representations by, for example, dressing as a woman on the side sleeve of his album cover. Maxinquaye is the debut album of Bristol England Rapper / producer Tricky, released in 1995 [3] Within many of his tracks he blends elements of varying types of music, and use his lyrics to create a much more ambiguous and blurry reality of sexuality. [4]
In 1995 during the making of Icelandic singer Björk's album Post, the two were romantically involved. Björk Guðmundsdóttir (born 21 November 1965 is an Icelandic Singer-songwriter, Composer, actress and music producer. Post is the third studio album by Icelandic Singer-songwriter / Musician Björk. The two kept this a secret from the press, feeling the tabloids would never leave them in peace. After their relationship ended, Björk began a short lived relationship with drum and bass artist Goldie with whom Tricky famously had a fist fight at a Florida night club which contributed to his reputation for instigating fights, which then led to the commonly known term - "tricky lookin' motha fucker". Björk Guðmundsdóttir (born 21 November 1965 is an Icelandic Singer-songwriter, Composer, actress and music producer. Clifford Joseph Price, better known as Goldie (born 19 September 1965 in Walsall, England) is an English Electronic music artist Tricky contributed writing on the Post tracks "Enjoy" and "Headphones". Post is the third studio album by Icelandic Singer-songwriter / Musician Björk.
One of his most well known confrontations was with a journalist that mentioned his daughter with Martina. This lead to the single Can't Freestyle wich was often thoughht to be a myth until it was released on the internet in 2000. Others believe that this song is actually about his poor relationship with Finley Quaye, who may be his half-uncle, but Tricky seems to question their related-ness in this song.
Tricky has guest starred on a number of albums, including a notable appearance on Live's fifth studio album, V. Live (ˈlaɪv rhymes with "five" (also typeset as LIVE) is an American Alternative rock / Post-grunge band from York, V, originally titled Ecstatic Fanatic, is Live 's fifth album released in 2001 This appearance came as Tricky and Live's lead singer Ed Kowalczyk had developed a close friendship, with Kowalczyk contributing vocals to 'Evolution Revolution Love', a track on Tricky's album Blowback. Edward Joel Kowalczyk (born July 16, 1971) is the lead singer for the band Live. Blowback is the sixth album of Bristol, England Rapper / producer Tricky, released in 2001
Tricky has also acted in various films. He appeared in a significant supporting role in the 1997 Luc Besson film The Fifth Element, playing the right-hand man Michael to evil businessman Mr. Luc Besson (lyk bɛsɔ̃ born 18 March 1959 is a French Film director, writer and producer. The Fifth Element is a French 1997 Science fantasy, action, Comedy, Techno thriller film directed by Zorg. He reportedly put off actor Gary Oldman (who played Zorg) because, while he had his back to the camera, he was eating a Twix bar, to Oldman's anger ("He's facking eatin' a Twix!") [1]. Gary Leonard Oldman (born 21 March 1958 is an English actor writer director, producer, Voice-over artist and occasional Musician who Twix is a chocolate-covered Chocolate bar made by Mars Inc, consisting of a Butter cookie centre topped with Caramel and coated in He also appears briefly in both the 1997 John Woo directed Face/Off (his single "Christiansands" is also played during his brief cameo) as well as the 2004 Olivier Assayas film Clean, playing himself, and had a large role in the music video for "Parabol/Parabola" by Tool. John Woo Yu-Sen (born May 1, 1946) is an internationally and critically acclaimed Chinese Film director and producer. Face/Off is a 1997 Action film directed by John Woo and starring John Travolta and Nicolas Cage. Olivier Assayas (born January 25, 1955) is a French Film director and Screenwriter. Clean is a 2004 Film directed by French director Olivier Assayas, starring Nick Nolte and Maggie Cheung Tool is an American rock band that was formed in 1990 in Los Angeles, California.
In 2001 Tricky appeared in online advertising for the webisodal show We Deliver, [2] about a marijuana delivery service in NYC. The City of New York Though he didin't actually appear in any episodes, in the advertising it appears as if he's a customer of the service.
Tricky's website last reports him busy at work with the musical acts signed to his Brown Punk record label. He also recently produced several new solo works that have been featured in television programs such as CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, The L Word and Girlfriends. CSI Crime Scene Investigation is an American crime drama Television series that trails the investigations of a team of Las Vegas The L Word is a Television Drama series on Showtime that portrays the lives of a group of Lesbian, Bisexual and Girlfriends is a popular American sitcom that premiered on September 11, 2000 on As well as this Tricky contributed a track to a compilation entitled Monsieur Gainsbourg Revisited, the track is called "Au Revoir Emmanuelle". Monsieur Gainsbourg Revisited is a Tribute album to the works of late French singer/songwriter Serge Gainsbourg.
In October 2006, soundgenerator. com reported that Tricky would release a new album in 2007. The February 2008 issue of music magazine MOJO reported that Tricky's new album would be released in April 2008, but it was not.
Titled, Knowle West Boy, it was reported to chronicle his upbringing on a tough Bristol council estate. It is currently scheduled for release in the U. K. on July 7, 2008 (September 9th, 2008 in the U. S. ), with the first single, Council Estate coming out June 30.
A Web site promoting the new album, knowlewestboy.com, is now online and features audio and video samples.
He has also been confirmed to play the Festival Internacional de Benicassim, on July 19, 2008. Overview The FIB or Festival Internacional de Benicàssim (Benicàssim International Festival is a music festival held in Benicàssim ( Spain
| Year | Song | UK singles | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | "Ponderosa" | - | Maxinquaye |
| 1995 | "Aftermath" | 69 | |
| "Overcome" | 34 | ||
| "Black Steel" | 28 | ||
| The Hell EP (Tricky vs. Maxinquaye is the debut album of Bristol England Rapper / producer Tricky, released in 1995 Nearly God is the second album by Tricky, released on 29 April 1996 Pre-Millennium Tension is the third album from Tricky, released in 1996 Angels with Dirty Faces is the fourth album of Bristol, England Rapper / producer Tricky, released in 1998 Juxtapose is the fifth album of Bristol, England Rapper / producer Tricky, in collaboration with DJ Muggs Lawrence Muggerud (born January 28, 1968, in Queens New York) of Italian and Norwegian decent and better known as DJ Muggs, is Cypress Blowback is the sixth album of Bristol, England Rapper / producer Tricky, released in 2001 Vulnerable is the seventh album of Bristol, England Rapper / producer Tricky, released in 2003 A Ruff Guide is a compilation album of Bristol, England Rapper / producer Tricky, with songs from the albums released The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company (OCC on behalf of the British record industry Tha Gravediggaz) | 12 | The Crow: City of Angels | |
| "Pumpkin" | 26 | Maxinquaye | |
| 1996 | "Poems" | 28 | Nearly God |
| Grassroots EP | - | - | |
| "Christiansands" | 36 | Pre-Millennium Tension | |
| 1997 | "Tricky Kid" | 28 | |
| "Makes Me Wanna Die" | 29 | ||
| 1998 | "Money Greedy" / "Broken Homes" | 25 | Angels with Dirty Faces |
| 1999 | "For Real" | 45 | Juxtapose |
| 2000 | Mission Accomplished EP | - | - |
| 2001 | "Evolution Revolution Love" | - | Blowback |
| 2002 | "You Don't Wanna" | - | |
| 2004 | "Anti Matter" | - | Vulnerable |
| "How High" | - | ||
| 2008 | "Council Estate" | - | Knowle West Boy |