Bands like Massive Attack

Kosmiche · 2 May 2010 at 15:50

I'm usually a rock/metal listener but thanks to spotify ive been listening to music I wouldnt normally. And I stumbled on massive attack. Obviously Ive heard the singles but I didnt know the rest of their work was so good.

As the thread title implies, Im searching for more music that is like massive attack, perhaps some bands I wont have heard of.

Thanks in advance

MotherMayI · 2 May 2010 at 15:56

Sort of depends what era of Massive Attack you mean, but give these a try:
Portishead, Bonobo, Morcheeba, Lamb, Sneaker Pimps, DJ Shadow, Thievery Corp, Alpha.. And that Japanese guy that died recently whos name completely escapes me.

IceBus · 2 May 2010 at 16:00

Emancipator and Coldcut are also worth a look

reflux · 2 May 2010 at 16:04

Anything in the 'trip-hop' genre really. Portishead are a good bet.

cotton_flex · 2 May 2010 at 16:05

MotherMayI's list is what I would check out. Also add Tricky to that list.

LavaMonkey · 2 May 2010 at 16:05

Zero7

georges · 2 May 2010 at 16:17

bonobo

jp_bl_68 · 2 May 2010 at 16:21

Some of Dreadzone's stuff is similar to Massive Attack's earlier work.

shorttricky · 2 May 2010 at 16:32

Portishead and Tricky are a great start, they've both worked with Massive Attack.

Death in Vegas are worth a try as well. Maybe Ghosts by NIN as well.

EDIT:
Monkey Mafia and David Holmes too...

Shamikebab · 2 May 2010 at 16:58

Zero 7 is a great suggestion.

MotherMayI · 2 May 2010 at 17:59

jp_bl_68 said:
Some of Dreadzone's stuff is similar to Massive Attack's earlier work.

Yeah, forgot about them - Dreadzone are well worth checking out. Thoroughly good fun live as well if you ever see them playing near you.

gillywibble · 16 May 2013 at 12:15

Last.fm has a similar artists search option -

http://www.last.fm/music/Massive+Attack/+similar

Shamikebab · 16 May 2013 at 12:26

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Weazle · 9 Jun 2013 at 13:17

I'm the same, mostly into rock/metal now but I went through an electronic music & trip hop phase around the late 90's

Some of the stuff I've got on my mp3 player that has trip hop influences:
Lamb
Portishead
DJ Shadow
Tricky
Blue Stone
Beth Orton (mix of folk and electronic on some albums)
Tweaker
101A (Japanese band)
UNKLE
Leftfield
Ruby (London band)
CocoRosie
Collide
Sneaker Pimps

manic111 · 10 Jun 2013 at 21:37

Have a look at some of Sia's solo stuff as well - she's sung a lot for Zero 7.

Hellsmk2 · 10 Jun 2013 at 22:58

Zero7 and Bonobo are absolutely nothing like massive attack. Both amazing, but like chalk and cheese in this case.