{"product_id":"massive-attack-massive-attack-vs-mad-professor-part-ii-mezzanine-remix-tapes-98-colored-vinyl-vinyl-lp","title":"Massive Attack: Massive Attack V. Mad Professor Part II - Mezzanine Remix Tapes '98 (Colored Vinyl) Vinyl LP { vinyl }","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMassive Attack have teased the existence of this album for a few years.\u003c\/i\u003e The story goes that \u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.com\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=Mad+Professor\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMad Professor\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e’s dub mixes of the \u003ca href=\"Protection\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eProtection\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e album (\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.com\/products\/massive-attack-v-mad-professor-no-protection-vinyl-lp\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eNo Protection\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e) did so well that the band commissioned a similar counterpart for their next album, the critical and commercial smash \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.com\/products\/massive-attack-mezzanine-vinyl-2lp\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eMezzanine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e. For whatever reason, the full album never came out. Some of the tracks were included on the highly-collectable 12” singles released in support of the \u003cem\u003eMezzanine\u003c\/em\u003e album more than 20 years ago, but at least a few of them remained unheard or unreleased, and are now being served up in full for the first time ever. It’s remarkable what Mad Pro manages to accomplish using just the core elements of a track. He takes a pure razor and tape approach in “Risingson (Setting Sun Dub 2),” subtly rearranging the song’s parts, juxtaposing disparate loops on top of one another, delaying the hell out of the track’s snare like it’s in bopping around inside a centrifuge for all eternity. By contrast, he constructs an entirely new groove for “Angel (Angel Dust),” detaching the tune from its original manifestation as brooding doom metal lovers rock. The “Teardrop” dub recycles little from the original besides specters of a chord progression, a bastardization of the bassline and tiny snatches of vocals (\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.com\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=Liz+Fraser\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLiz Fraser\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e dubwise = I can now die happily). There are also dubs of “Inertia Creeps,” “Exchange,” “Group Four” (this one’s insanely deep) and non-album cuts “Wire” and “Superpredators” (itself a rework of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.com\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=Siouxsie+\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSiouxsie \u0026amp; The Banshees\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e’ “Metal Postcard”). In lieu of a new \u003ca href=\"Massive%20Attack\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMassive Attack\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e album anywhere in sight, this is the next best thing (truth be told, probably way better), and if \u003cem\u003eNo Protection\u003c\/em\u003e changed your life like it did mine, it’s essential. 8 tracks in total, comes on limited edition fuchsia colored vinyl, with original artwork by \u003cstrong\u003eAidan Hughes\u003c\/strong\u003e (he did the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.com\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=KMFDM\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKMFDM\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e covers) and additional design by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.com\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=Robert+Del+Naja\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRobert Del Naja\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, highly recommended.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003epink translucent colored vinyl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003efirst-ever official release of Mad Professor's full Mezzanine remix album\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eprinted inner sleeve\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003elimited edition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003emusic label: Virgin 2019\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003ereviewed by him downstairs 08\/2019\u003c\/h6\u003e","brand":"Massive Attack","offers":[{"title":"Vinyl LP","offer_id":57431624057163,"sku":"lp-10759","price":4.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0970\/6169\/9915\/files\/mezzrmx.jpg?v=1779697389","url":"https:\/\/vinylvintage.shop\/products\/massive-attack-massive-attack-vs-mad-professor-part-ii-mezzanine-remix-tapes-98-colored-vinyl-vinyl-lp","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}