Dodgy, exciting and interesting.

Monstrous and idiosyncratic sounds of musical frame on this album from Massive Attack. Gar bulky and weighty 100th Window appears at first glance. One can not detect this after a few runs, not after 50, not 100, perhaps never. It is precisely this circumstance renders the 9 songs so thrilling and exciting, obviously monotonous, electronic soundscapes open gradually subtle nuances, little subtleties that one can hear only if you stay tuned and quite gets involved in 100th Window. No, just this musical fare not, certainly not catchy. But who expected this from a Massive Attack - Album? That few, so we are dealing with the album that has the most difficult musical approach.

A little dark and pressed appears the musical mood at the 9 titles, so they form a striking unity and let stand the album in a rather harmonious whole. Excellent to this melancholy fits because the voice of Sinead O Connor, who is represented on this album as a guest singer 3 songs she lends her powerful but sad voice. Especially SPECIAL CASES in my ears a real highlight, the menacing and sinister electronic soundscape she meets with sober composure, crackling tension lies in this song. Lifted more floating and dreamy sounds WHAT YOUR SOUL SINGS, delicate fragile harp sounds and spherical background sounds accompany Miss O Connor here, the sounds also quite fragile and trembling. Perfectly balanced and singing sound. A dark and accusatory matter seems A PRAYER FOR ENGLAND, captivating and fascinating. Again, the sound, the song and the melody again act in perfect symbiosis.

The rest of the songs borrow Horace Andy and Robert del Naja her voice. You do not have the charisma of a Sinead O Connor and so the song gets ever to a minor matter and the title of the sophisticated live sound mechanisms. This was probably consciously accepted. Endless the electronic loops and bass meander in some places, there are often the songs from a few striking main elements that float in a monotonous manner to himself, but in many places there are to discover small hidden Klangwunder. A notable example is in my ears even BUTTERFLY CAUGHT that to himself with an iron hammering bassline, wonderful dramatic string sounds were woven in the sound and especially the finale boasts an enchanting beauty. Well, the sung melody in this case is really just a decorative accessory. And also the final Antistar has a perfect stress buildup and an impressive soundscape. Unassuming guitar fragments accompany the singing here initially, then swirling electronic loops the song neatly mess and open into an accompanied by grandiose strings finals. The remaining tracks (which I do not mention here separately) open gradually her face and offer the listener access. Here is heard not a single failure. Only the hidden at the end of endless monotonous soundscape (Hidden Track) is then probably only to strain the total length album.

The design concept of the album is then also beautiful to look at, photo art in impressive form and match the concept. Fasting in color but nice. Intricate electronic soundscapes, this work is not easy but exciting and interesting, and ultimately beautiful.