Tricky
Adrian Thaws better known as Tricky, is an English rapper and musician important in the trip-hop and british music scene.
He is noted for an asthmatic whispering lyrical style that is half-rapped, half-sung. As a producer and a musician he is known for having an aversion to perfection preferring to build up a dark, rich and layered sound. Culturally, Tricky bridges white and black Britain particularly in his fusion of rock and hip-hop, high art and pop culture. He drew his influences from rap Public Enemy to post-punk (he covered a Siouxsie and the Banshees’s song Tattoo).
He has worked together with Massive Attack and appeared in the movie The Fifth Element as well as the music video for Parabola by Tool. He has collaborated extensively with other artists on tracks on his various releases, including Björk, Alanis Morissette, Cyndi Lauper, Anthony Kiedis and Flea (of the Red Hot Chili Peppers), Martina Topley-Bird, and Alison Goldfrapp of Goldfrapp also many others.
He also recently produced several new solo works that have been featured in television programs such as CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, The L Word and Girlfriends. As well as this Tricky contributed a track to a compilation entitled Monsieur Gainsbourg Revisited, the track is called "Au Revoir Emmanuelle".
Tricky's is currently busy at work with the musical acts signed to his Brown Punk record label. The album ‘Tricky Presents....’ features a brand new track from Tricky, alongside tracks by The Gospel featuring Kira, The Dirty and Laid Blak who are just a few of the artists on the Brown Punk Roster.
“Brown Punk represents a positive movement where you find intellectuals mixing with the working class, rock mixing with reggae and indie mixing with emo.”
