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Unfinished Sympathy is a Trip hop act. Their sound grew out of Franz Schubert, J. J. Johnson, John McLaughlin, Mahavishnu Orchestra and Pixies. Those roots explain a lot about how Unfinished Sympathy arrange songs and choose their tones. Their influence carried into Tina Turner, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 8 connections around Unfinished Sympathy, reaching back through Franz Schubert and forward to Tina Turner. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
"Unfinished Sympathy" is a song by the English trip hop group Massive Attack. It was released on 11 February 1991 under the temporary group name Massive. The song was written by the three band members Robert "3D" Del Naja, Andrew "Mushroom" Vowles and Grant "Daddy G" Marshall, the song's vocalist Shara Nelson and the group's co-writer and co-producer Jonathan "Jonny Dollar" Sharp. It was released on 11 February 1991 as the second single from the band's first album, Blue Lines (1991), on the band's Wild Bunch label distributed by Circa Records. The name "Massive" was used to avoid a radio ban, as the track's release coincided with the Gulf War. Produced by Massive Attack and Dollar, the song incorporates various musical elements into its arrangement, including vocal and percussion samples, drum programming and string orchestration, composed by Jonny Dollar and later arranged by Wil Malone.
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Unfinished Sympathy grew out of Franz Schubert, J. J. Johnson, John McLaughlin and Mahavishnu Orchestra, went on to shape Tina Turner. 8 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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