Tom Waits and Tricky collaborate, equals: “Tom Waits on acid”
First Justice and the Chili Peppers and now this...
As if a Red Hot Chili Pepper/Justice collaboration wasn't daft-sounding enough, along comes an unlikely duet of equal proportion. Ex-Massive Attack and trip-hop legend Tricky has officially announced a partnership with experimental-barfly Tom Waits.
The matchmaking began with Island Records founder Chris Blackwell first contacting Waits with the proposal, before feeding back to Tricky: "We talked on the phone six months ago", Tricky told Teletext's Planet Sound. "Tom's not usually a fan of other people, but Chris said he likes me. Tom invited me to chill out with him in San Francisco, and when I've got time, I will".
"It's almost like me and Tom were fated to work together. I can't imagine what will come out of it, but I know it'd be a brand new type of music, different to him or me", he continued.
"I was compared to 'Tom Waits on acid' when I first came out. I didn't know his stuff then, but it led me to checking him out and I love it".
We recommend keeping an eye out for the upcoming "different" sounding album, because if the pair's previous work is anything to go by, a combination of the two is unlikely to grace the airways of Sunshine FM's Fun Hour any time soon.
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