‘Mezzanine’: How Massive Attack Took Things To A Whole New Level

‘Mezzanine’: How Massive Attack Took Things To A Whole New Level

By 1998, Bristol’s finest, Massive Attack, were regarded as among the best artists of their generation. The collective had impressed with both Blue Lines and Protection, taking their audience on a particularly British post-rave adventure, at turns blissed-out and somewhat dark in nature. In the run-up to the release of their third album, however, to quote their collaborator Tricky, pre-millennium tension was really kicking in: the group had take…