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Tricky: The Exorcist

Tricky's show was an act of casting out the innermost forces of darkness and was just 100% perfect.
08 december 2001, Paradiso, Amsterdam (NL)

Tekst: Sven Schlijper

Publicatiedatum: 13 december 2001

Saturday (12-8-2001) it was Amsterdam's renewed chance to meet Adrian Thaws aka Tricky and band when they played at the relatively small Paradiso. It was Tricky's third gig in Holland this year, having played the 013 in Tilburg the day before and the Lowlands festival in august.
Style-blender Tricky emerged from the Bristol trip-hop scene in 1995 with his debut album Maxinquaye (named after his late mother that died when Tricky was only four years old). This album proved to be a revolution by mixing mellow raps, ambient soundscapes, rock idiom, dub and experimental use of samples. This blending of styles combined with a strong connection to Massive Attack type trip-hop would turn out to be Tricky's feature trademark for years to come.
Playing the large Alpha-stage at Lowlands festival in blistering heat, Tricky ploughed his way through a mellow, druggy and typical trip-hoppy set. Once sucked into the music the set was compelling and mind-blowing. But in this insanely hot, midday environment, the performance lacked the appropriate atmosphere.
The small club Paradiso seemed the perfect place to create the right scenery for an intimate, superb Tricky show in the best trip-hop style. Things proved to be different this night, very different.
The opening act (Dub Pistols Sound System) was apparently brought along on tour to make Tricky look and sound good. This ensemble was awful. Using a DJ and two MC's, Dub Pistols performance boiled down to three guys trying hard, but only succeeding at embarrassing themselves. First and foremost because of the silly and infantile sing-a-long choruses, secondly because of their appalling looks. I mean: an Ibiza-bronzed "Rammstein"-looking MC with peroxide blond hair performing junior high raps, come on!
When Tricky took the stage things were to change, for the better, for the best! Tricky played a hard-rocking set, Almost entirely stripped from the well-known trip-hop vibe this set could easily have been played with just the standard rock outfit featuring drums, bass and electric guitars. The key- and sampleparts were drowned in the massive blows of distortion the rest of the band delivered. But who cared for these subtleties tonight anyway? It was a rockshow at its best. Energetic, compelling, raw, powerful and combined with Tricky's rasping harsh or at other times even whispering haunting vocals this show turned on all senses for around ninety minutes. Tricky's legendary performance with his erratic, frantic moves, him not facing the crowd or even turning his back on the audience completely, added an almost surreal touch of exorcism to the show. The Tricky-Kid was letting out his deepest emotions, clearing the way for the audience to join in this art of purification. The mellow " Pumpkin" and " Overcome" where quickly followed up by hard-rocking tracks, not giving the demons a chance to regain possession.
Maybe not the typical Tricky show, this act of casting out the innermost forces of darkness was just 100% perfect and strangely appropriate in this former church the Paradiso is.