A rare interview with Tricky, Bristol’s trip-hop phantom

In the wake of his latest album, Different When It’s Silent, Emma Garland sits down with the elusive artist to discuss grief, the question of retirement, and quitting Massive Attack over a portion of chips

A rare interview with Tricky, Bristol’s trip-hop phantom
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“I’d rather shoot myself in the foot, to be honest with you,” Tricky grins. I’ve just asked the trip-hop trailblazer how he strikes a balance between staying true to himself and not shooting himself in the foot. I don’t know what other answer I expected to receive.

For those who weren’t around to observe Tricky’s ascent in the mid-1990s, his 2019 autobiography Hell Is Round the Cornerhellip;

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