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1996
Protection was widely considered a disappointing follow-up to Massive Attack's groundbreaking debut, Blue Lines. Where their debut bent all of the conventional hip-hop, dub reggae, and soul rules, Protection essentially delivered more of the same. Perhaps that's the reason why Mad Professor's remix of the album, No Protection, was welcomed with open arms by both Massive Attack fans and critics. Mad Professor has returned the group to their experimental, cut-and-paste dub reggae and hip-hop roots. He has gutted the songs -- twisting and reassembling the vocal tracks, giving the songs deeper, fuller grooves and an eerily seductive atmosphere. In other words, he has made Protection into a more daring and fulfilling album with his remixes. Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All-Music Guide
TRADUCTION: Protection était largement considérée comme une suite décevante des débuts fracassants de Massive Attack, Blue Lines. Où leur premier opus pliait toutes les conventions du hip-hop, du dub reggae et du soul, Protection proposait essentiellement la même chose. Peut-être est-ce la raison pourquoi le remix de l'album No Protection par Mad Professor a été accueilli les bras ouverts, aussi bien par les fans de Massive Attack que par les critiques. Mad Professor renvoya le groupe à leurs racines expérimentales, copier-coller de dub reggae et hip-hop. Il a étripé les chansons, tordant et réassemblant les parties vocales, donnant aux chansons des grooves plus profond, plus intenses et une atmosphère séductrice et féérique. En d'autres termes, il a fait de Protection un album plus osant, satisfaisant avec ses remixes. Une pure merveille pour les fans de dub, de reggae et d'ambiant - Album confié à Mad Professor, producteur mythique du reggae des années 70... In the spirit of '70s dub clash albums, of which Massive Attack V Mad Professor was an active participant, Massive Attack V Mad Professor wholeheartedly embrace the genre (sci-fi comicbook cover and all) and hand over the masters to their No Protection album to be royally dubbed-up, save for two tracks from the original, Eurochild and Light My Fire. The result holds few surprises, with the Massive Attack V Mad Professor for the most part paying little attention to the modern remixing technique of adding sounds to the tracks, instead paring each down to the necessary drums and bass with old school-styled cuts and spiralling echoes being wildly over-employed, rendering this rather more likely to be enjoyed by serious dub fans rather than those of the Bristolian collective. Shame. Tom Doyle pour Q
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