the dark prince of trip-hop is back & i dig it!!! filmed at his local boxing club in Paris, Tricky's new video by Fleur & Manu sees him striking out alongside real fighters and trainers... HOT!
...here's what Tricky had to say in light of his upcoming album:
Every album is a learning experience and this is concentrated in music, there's no dilution. I'm comfortable in my own skin, comfortable with being in the light. I'm not just a kid from Knowle West trying to build a future, I have some experience, I can experiment, I can be honest, and honestly, musically, I can be touched. I used to hide in the shadows when i played live, now i perform. I used to hate doing interviews, now i feel honoured that people would be interested in what I have to say. I've spent my life going between cultures; Mixed Race is about that, and in a very direct way.
this brings me back the the phenomenal speech Marianne Williamson wrote for Madiba's inaugural ascension to the presidency of South Africa:
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
back to the music! what really does it for me here is Tricky's usage of the Peter Gunn theme as the main riff. back in the 80s' heyday of music videos, the Art of Noise's version was played often on my very first
