Is it perhaps only the access to ourselves, this dog first window, which consists of hard and cold glass similar to shatter drives our inner world as the figure on the cover? Only one of 99 other, but while the other window can only provide an outlook Us "100th Window" even enter into Massive Attack's metropolitan vision of isolation and alienation world. Admittedly Massive fans of the first hour seems to be disappointed, but this fourth plant no longer has much in common with the previous albums, but already now I feel that I can no longer live without this CD. Robert "3D" Del Naja, the always pulsating dismal third of the erstwhile trio from Bristol has "100th Window" completed as it were on their own, with the help of Neil Davidge in the production, Sinéad O'Connor and long-term companion Horace Andy as vocal additive in three or . two pieces. Colleagues Mushroom and Daddy G taking maternity leave or have resigned. What awaits us is an album that does not really have much to do with the dubious concept of trip-hop, rather thumping, dark and hot-cold ambient music it is that the listener is revealed here. At the beginning sounds like a phone, like a busy or a dial tone, contact with the outside world is interrupted, "Future Proof" opens the album, the hundredth window opens and we enter into it. Highlights do not really exist, you should try " 100th Window "to be considered as work of art, so that united each bulky mosaic to a musical painting only after repeated listening. This is cold, dark, menacing and strange at the same time soothing and comfort-giving. The bass rumble monotonous and sinister, and at the same time but also pleasant, Del Najas geraunte texts spread a similar impression, and similarly it will also run on all remaining songs. Here and there we expect Asian influences, as in the single "Special Cases", which also takes a long time to warm up, or "anti-star" by which the global aspect of the world of alienation would also be considered. Otherwise it is lyrical to self-doubt (u. A. the grandiose "What Your Soul Sings") or child abuse ("A Prayer for England", in my opinion, the only black sheep of the CD) Musically, however, expect us hard lumps. As already mentioned, "100th Window" must be made a long adjustment period, but this is only once overcome it is for a long time as caught in and stunned by this soundscape. Long will it take until the swirling guitars of "Every When" no longer gets out of the ear, or up the monotony of passive angry "Butterfly Caught" is overdyed. Lange also, to the very simple bassline is ignored in "Special Cases", and you look forward to rather than O'Connors breathy tritone glissandi. "Small Time Shot Away" is a strange dahindümpelndes song that you might imagine in an elevator, and still is behind the simple facade so much more. Sometime you see yourself in a similar attitude towards this CD as the glass figure on the cover. Time and overcoming power but you should bring. In my opinion one of the best albums Massive Attack.
