Teardrop on the Fire
I like Massive Attack, especially the collaboration with Mos Def on the Blade 2 soundtrack. But nothing they’ve done stirs my soul like Teardrop, from 1998′s Mezzanine. Most people know it as the theme from House. I’m glad I heard it soon after its release. It was part of a stream of ambient and dance music fed to me by a cow orker who was madly in love with the rave scene even as it was dying, and for which I’m forever grateful, as I’d been ignorant of most of the “electronica” side of music for several years previous. My life is richer for hearing Aphex Twin, Lull, Autechre, Boards of Canada, Orbital, and dozens of others. And, of course, Massive Attack, featuring Liz Fraser:
Fearless on my breath
