Music : Maxinquaye
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0731452408921
Format: Explicit Lyrics
Label: Island
Manufacturer: Island
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Island
Release Date: April 18, 1995
Sales Rank: 21133
Studio: Island
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Less experimentally brash than his more recent release, Tricky's debut CD Maxinquaye is actually a better introduction to the British hip-hopper turned international trip-hopper than his later work. The dozen smoldering, moonlit tracks are less concerned with loopy aural exaggeration than they are with showcasing Tricky's slow-mo rap and singer Martine's sexy soprano. With the exception of the stellar "Pumpkin," (featuring vox from Alison Goldfrapp), the duo mix a colorful palate of rhythmic vocals, throbbing backbeats and gravelly electronic textures. Toss in large doses of sexual innuendo and Maxinquaye becomes a libidinous foray into languor and lust. --Nick Heil
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I HAVE MANY MAXIVE ATTACK AND PORTISHEAD CDS, I BOUGHT TWO TRICKY CDS; MAXINIQUE AND PRE-MILLINEUM. MAXINIQUE IS THE ONE TO HAVE. IT CONTINUES THE MELLOW THEME OF HIS PREVIOUS COLLABORATIONS. I'D STAY AWAY FROM PRE-MILLINEUM, IT'S DOES SOMETHING TO TRICKY'S VOICE THAT CAN START A HEADACHE...SOME OVER OR UNDER SYNTHESIZED NOISE.
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Listening to Maxinquaye, it's clear that Tricky had to break with Massive Attack. His vision was just too different. Maxinquaye is a dense, heavily textured album, more like a sound collage than a pop record. Massive Attack's albums, by contrast, have a clean and direct pop approach, especially Protection, which prompted Tricky's departure.
Maxinquaye feels "dirty," in the sense of something fertile and organic, fashioned from soil and resin. There are no clean distinctions between instruments. "Hell Is Round The Corner" pulses with weird, wafting samples of vocals and keyboards, glued to the lazy drums, like honey languidly dripping down the wall of a huge beehive. Tricky's bizarrely distorted, insect-like vocals complete the analogy. The percussion is recognizable as an instrument, but it has none of the clean thump of the drum machines used in typical electronica. The bone-dry rattle in "Ponderosa" doesn't quite sound like a live performance, but it doesn't sound like a machine either. It's like something the hive played by itself.
Of course, Tricky's style still owes a lot to Massive Attack. Like them, he varies his vocalists (there are four in all, including him). He doesn't even take the lead until the fourth track, and even when his voice is prominent, it usually shares the song equally with Martina Topley-Bird, the album's main voice. She's quite a find. Her voice expresses absolute detachment, occasionally tinged with resignation. Her performance ... Read More
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I just picked up this disc after getting heavy into Massive Attack, and I must say, it really is incredible. Tricky seems to have taken everything I love about Massive Attack, and cranked the knobs up to 10. Dark, brooding, and paranoid to the limits, Maxinquaye really puts the "trip" into trip hop. I think Tricky has gotten his hands on some serious weed here, and I'm glad he has.
If you're into heavy beats and a desolate vibe, you will love the time you spend tripping with Tricky.
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I am so glad I bought this CD. Tired of the top 40 crap that is played to death, I wanted something different and I definitely found it in Maxinquaye.
The music has a dark and sensual vibe to it. Trip hop is such an accurate description of Tricky's music. The vibe created here, takes you to a place where you can just chill and let the music carry you away.
I am a lousy reviewer, but this cd is amazing. If you love dark, moody and sensual music, this is definitely a purchase I recommend.
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Maxinquaye is definitely a breakthrough album--perhaps the Nevermind of trip hop. What's amazing about this CD, especially in the context of so many others in Tricky's catalogue, is that while it is able to maintain the uncompromising creative feel that is ubiquitous of Tricky in his first few albums (basically continuing up to Angels With Dirty Faces), this album is also pretty easy to access for most listeners. Other CDs Tricky has released, while often equally creative and hypnotic, are much harder to grasp for most people. So Maxinquaye makes a wonderful way for someone who is interested to cut their teeth on Tricky's ideas before jumping into something much more esoteric like Nearly God. What's also nice is that this album tends to explore multiple musical perspectives with an equal command of each one, going from up-tempo beats to hazy grooves fluidly.
Those looking for Portishead need not apply. Tricky's music, even Maxinquaye, is by default a bit more challenging than that of his contemporaries. But perhaps that's why it is so enjoyable: between his raspy vocal stylings and Martina Topley-Bird's gorgeous singing, wrapped in all of the dark grooves and sexy beats, is something magical that time cannot remove. If you're looking for something to inspire you and give you a truly intelligent interaction with your music, this is where it's at.
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