Ever since his debut album (1995), a dark energy has crept through the music of idiosyncratic trip hopper Tricky (Adrian Thaws). At the time, the death of his mother formed the basis for his music. This time, the loss of his daughter Mina, who passed away in 2019, runs through the album. In mostly short, but intense and compelling songs, Tricky - regularly with vocals from the Polish singer Marta
… - exposes his grief. The subcutaneous tension he places in his music is intense and sometimes evokes chilling moments. The many strings put an extra cold charge under his tracks. On Fall To Pieces, Tricky translates his trip hop into a minimal production, so that the music in combination with the vocals takes the form of a daze, as it were. (JvQ)more
