What is No Protection?
Q: What is No Protection?
A: No Protection is a dub remix of Massive Attack's second album Protection.
Q: Who did the remix of No Protection?
A: The remix was done by the British dub producer Mad Professor.
Q: How did Mad Professor get involved in the project?
A: Mad Professor was contacted by Massive Attack after Protection was released to remix a song for a single.
Q: What did the band ask Mad Professor to do after the single was remixed?
A: After the single was remixed, the band asked Mad Professor to listen to more of the album to find the possibility of more remixes.
Q: What did the project eventually become?
A: The project eventually became a track by track remix of almost the entire album.
Q: How did Mad Professor approach the remixes?
A: Mad Professor heavily edited the original material to form a slow, pulsating mix in which the beat is emphasized, reverb is extensively used and the occasional vocals fade in-and-out in normal dub fashion.
Q: How does No Protection compare to the original album?
A: According to the text, No Protection is more textured than the original, but loses any sense of the jazzy feel of Protection.
