Massive Attack

The band were a 'trip hop' group formed in 1988 in the city of Bristol. They began with Daddy G and Andrew Vowles aswell as graffiti artist turned rapper Robert Del Naja meeting as members of the partying collective named 'The wild bunch' - one of the first homegrown sound systems in the UK. Soon enough, once the wild bunch folded, the three of them joined together to create their first single, 'Daydreaming' in 1990 which featured vocals from Shara Nelson and raps from Tricky. After this followed arguably the best song the group created named 'Unfinished Sympathy'. This song was a string arranged track at Abbey road studio, scored by Will Malone, and soon went on to be voted the 10th greatest song of all time by a poll in the Guardian. 

In 1991, the group composed its most well renowned album 'Blue Lines' with its peak chart position being 13 which at the time didn't seem brilliant, but over time the album is now scene as the best. Blue lines was truly innovative for the dance genre and seen as he first ever 'trip hop' album. Due to this album, Massive Attack gained their rapid popularity and respect in the music world. 

Blue Lines:

1.	"Safe from Harm" (featuring Shara Nelson)
2.	"One Love" (featuring Horace Andy)
3.	"Blue Lines"
4.	"Be Thankful for What You've Got" (featuring Tony Bryan)
5.	"Five Man Army" (featuring Horace Andy)
6.	"Unfinished Sympathy" (featuring Shara Nelson)
7.	"Daydreaming" (featuring Shara Nelson)
8.	"Lately" (featuring Shara Nelson)
9.	"Hymn of the Big Wheel" (featuring Horace Andy & Neneh Cherry)

Unfinished sympathy used an interesting and popular video at the time which featured Shara Nelson walking along the busy streets of New York. Interestingly, the video is filmed in one continuous tracking shot and so was unique for videos at the time, which were normally rather extravagent and bold though Unfinished Sympathy was so natural and normal. The video though, contained many small things that went on in the background like Daddy G walking with his son behind, or and elderly  couple kissing each other against a wall - all these little aspects are what made the video so interesting and fitting to the song. This song is similar to "Bittersweet sympothy" by The Verve which features the idea of walking down a busy street and focusing on the people around him. The song though, features two unlikely things which compliment each other brilliantly. We have this repetitive electronic beat in the background merging with the angelic voice of Shara Nelson, which overall makes a perfectly sounding song.

Baillie Walsh was the director of many of Massive Attacks videos, and he is also know for directing many big films and other videos. He managed to create very interesting videos that went against the norm of others at the time. Director Baillie Walsh creates visual stories best described as sumptuous. A love of lush atmospheric music and surroundings, combined with a dramatic precision and technical craftsmanship set his high-profile commercials, music videos and films apart.

Street Culture

We have a lot of cultures around the world, one that the youth is familiar with is Street Culture. Street Culture is a Cultural aspect of the streets in cities and towns where you find the youth expressing the creativity they have instilled within them. Popular styles of urban centres. This is a view of the streets as shared spaces, made for the benefit of all that use them. Street culture thrives in urban centres such as New York, Barcelona, Berlin, London and Sydney. These are the places street culture is born and from there it spreads to places like Jozi where it all comes to life. Street culture is by far very interesting. It is modern, always pushing the limits of any set idea whether that’s fashion, art, design, music or sport. It is the creative forces in the city.

In Unfinished Sympathy, we see the way in which street culture thrives through the city streets of New York. In the video, we are not met with many high class business men in suits - but every day people maybe of a working class roaming a less expensive part of the city. We see the clothing of street culture which is very different between lots of people. Some were rather outlandish clothes seen by the two black women throwing food, though others were of a biker gang lurking around and graffiti on the wall. All of these are therefore highlighting the different variants of street culture that exist in society.

Post Punk

Post-punk (originally called new music is a broad type of rock music that emerged from the punk movement of the 1970s, in which artists departed from the simplicity and traditionalism of punk rock to adopt a variety of avant-garde sensibilities. Inspired by punk's energy and DIY ethic but determined to break from rock cliches, artists experimented diversely with sources including electronic music, free jazz, and black dance styles like funk, disco, and dub; novel recording and production techniques; and ideas from art and politics, including critical theory, modernist art and literature.  Communities that produced independent record labels, visual art, multimedia performances and fanzines developed around these pioneering musical scenes, which coalesced in cities such as London, New York, Manchester, and San Francisco.

The early post-punk vanguard was represented by groups such as Siouxsie and the Banshees, Wire, Magazine, Gang of Four, Public Image Ltd, the Pop Group, Joy Division, Throbbing Gristle, the Slits, Cabaret Voltaire, the Cure, the Fall, Au Pairs, Talking Heads, Pere Ubu and Devo.  The movement was closely related to the development of ancillary genres such as gothic rock, neo-psychedelia, no wave and industrial music. By the mid 1980s, post-punk had dissipated while providing the impetus for the New Pop movement as well much subsequent alternative and independent music.