Wind Down Wednesday: Massive Attack vs. Burial - Paradise Circus

Man, there’s something about this track that just makes it so visceral, for lack of a better word. There’s practically no melody or beat, and there’s only an occasional voice that anchors the song. Everything about it seems to just float off into space. But what’s even stranger is that this song is almost simultaneously floating yet it still manages to smack you across the face whenever it shifts forms. Just as you begin to space out, something grabs your wandering mind and sits it back into place, with all of your undivided attention placed on the almost non-existent song. It’s by far one of the strangest juxtapositions that I’ve heard in recent memory, which makes the finished product that much more potent. 

Unlike some other music made by either of these two artists, this track is impossible to multi-task to. That haunting voice seems to pierce through every other thought in your mind. It’s the kind of song where the only thing you can do is sit down and take it all in. With that being said, I’d like to repeat an oft-quoted phrase: Turn on, tune in, and drop out.