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Adrian Thaws (born January 27, 1968), better known as Tricky, is an English rapper and musician important in the trip-hop and british music scene (despite loathing the “trip-hop” tag).
He is noted for an asthmatic whispering lyrical style that is half-rapped, half-sung. As a producer and a musician he is known for having an aversion to perfection preferring to build up 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. He drew his influences from rap Public Enemy to post-punk (he covered a Siouxsie and the Banshees’s song
Tattoo).
He was in Massive Attack and appeared in the movie The Fifth Element as well as the music video forParabola by Tool. He has collaborated extensively with other artists on tracks on his various releases, including Björk, Alanis Morissette, Cyndi Lauper, Anthony Kiedis, John Frusciante and Flea (of the Red Hot Chili Peppers), Martina Topley-Bird, and Alison Goldfrapp of Goldfrapp also many others.
After his initial success in the latter 1990’s, he started his own label called Durban Poison. Currently he is heading a new imprint called Brown Punk. A new album, titled Knowle West Boy was released in the first half of 2008.
Tricky originally said in an interview with Raygun in October 1996 that he wanted to make an ‘out-an-out punk record’ and that “I thought it was going be heavier. I thought it was just going to be an out-an-out punk record. But you end up straying. What I wanted to do was a total fast album.
He is noted for an asthmatic whispering lyrical style that is half-rapped, half-sung. As a producer and a musician he is known for having an aversion to perfection preferring to build up 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. He drew his influences from rap Public Enemy to post-punk (he covered a Siouxsie and the Banshees’s song
Tattoo).He was in Massive Attack and appeared in the movie The Fifth Element as well as the music video for
Parabola by Tool. He has collaborated extensively with other artists on tracks on his various releases, including Björk, Alanis Morissette, Cyndi Lauper, Anthony Kiedis, John Frusciante and Flea (of the Red Hot Chili Peppers), Martina Topley-Bird, and Alison Goldfrapp of Goldfrapp also many others. After his initial success in the latter 1990’s, he started his own label called Durban Poison. Currently he is heading a new imprint called Brown Punk. A new album, titled Knowle West Boy was released in the first half of 2008.
Tricky originally said in an interview with Raygun in October 1996 that he wanted to make an ‘out-an-out punk record’ and that “I thought it was going be heavier. I thought it was just going to be an out-an-out punk record. But you end up straying. What I wanted to do was a total fast album.
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tricky - council estate (south rakkas remix)
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Tricky - School Gates
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Tricky - Cross to bear
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Tricky - Coalition
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Pumpkin
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Hell Is Around the Corner
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Suffocated Love
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You Don't
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Shoutbox
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CovinS wrote:
His slow(er) tracks are really good, but his upbeat/dance stuff isn't so hot.
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Talidauk wrote:
wicked the guy is a weirdo i love him
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TaZaRNRS wrote:
Why does "Triky" redirects to here? He is a seperate artist, who does psytrance.
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infectedmodes wrote:
Join us! We Love British Bands.
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firimituri wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynBMuuwaoR8
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firimituri wrote:
and this too http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZGajxAZEQE
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squallevan wrote:
just amazing performance in bucharest !
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firimituri wrote:
why didnt u sing suffocated love or demise in bucharest?:(( anyway, this is a video from the concert: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlAXW00owbU&feature=channel
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Zoidberking wrote:
Who cares that Tricky was absolutely high and sometimes couldnť open his mouth? His show in Prague was amazing and I still can't believe what frisson did his voice make to me...Perfect!
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mircea23 wrote:
Awesome show in Bucharest!
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pierzo wrote:
23 XI Krakow - realy nice show
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retimaria wrote:
I quite agree with u jae__moon.
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arawicz wrote:
last night in Warsaw... http://fotoamatorszczyzna.blox.pl/2008/11/288-Tricky-jest-rockerem.html
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sobieraju wrote:
I hope this evening will be unforgettable ! ;)
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Jadzwinga wrote:
+++++ I am going tomorrow to see it live :-)))))))))))
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huoh wrote:
Tricky absolutely slays live
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if it's chillout,i have 10 legs and 14 hands
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mreza wrote:
it was tricky presents grassrots ,album 5 songs , female vokal on one u will live with yourself but it is me who will have to live ...
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retimaria wrote:
Oh my god, I just saw him and it was beyond all expectations. He took my breath away with his energy and of course his "asthmatic whispering":D It was really enchanting. I think I'm in love:)
Events
- Nov 28 Tricky Fuzz Club, Athínai, Greece
- Nov 30 Tricky Élysée Montmartre, Paris, France
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Tricky
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- kompotich tagged Tricky with electronic and trip-hop. yesterday afternoon
- jdura, de_joslin, mitysoap and 15 other people added Tricky to their libraries. yesterday afternoon
- Crystaldeath_ created the Spanish wiki page for Global Underground: Afterhours 2 (disc 1). October 2008
- vielleichtmal connected Tricky to the group trip-hope.com. August 2008
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