Massive Attack have teamed up with film-maker Adam
Curtis to create a live show for the Manchester International Festival.
The event will
use the band's music and Curtis' story-telling to form "a collective
hallucination", Massive Attack's Robert Del Naja said.
They will work
with Felix Barrett of theatre company Punchdrunk and Olympic ceremony stage
designer Es Devlin.
Eight
performances of Massive Attack v Adam Curtis will take place in July.
The
collaborators have released few details about what form the show will actually
take.
Curtis, known
for his experimental documentaries examining politics, media and manipulation,
said the production would be "a musical entertainment about the power of
illusion and the illusion of power".
At the 2009
festival, he staged It Felt Like A Kiss, an immersive theatrical experience
with Punchdrunk and singer Damon Albarn that took over a disused five-storey
office block.
Massive Attack,
his collaborators this time, were revered by fans in the 1990s for their
innovative and influential soundscapes that combined soul, dub and hip-hop.
Their new show
will begin on 4 July, the opening night of the 18-day Manchester International
Festival, which specialises in world premieres and one-off events from the
worlds of music, theatre and art.
Other
highlights will include Sir Kenneth Branagh performing in Macbeth in a
deconsecrated church and Mercury Prize-winning band The xx playing 18 gigs to
tiny crowds in a secret venue.
Source: BBC
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