Del Naja: 'LP not deliberately star-filled'

Robert '3D' Del Naja has said that Massive Attack would never intentionally plan to make a star-filled album.

The band's upcoming LP Heligoland features a number of guest singers, including Damon Albarn, Tunde Adebimpe, Guy Garvey, Martina Topley-Bird and long-time collaborator Horace Andy.

Massive Attack's previous records have also boasted vocals from artists including Shara Nelson, Tricky, Tracey Thorn, Elizabeth Fraser and Sinéad O'Connor.

Del Naja told Metro: "We'd never make a deliberately star-studded album but when you see people such as Damon, Guy, Martina or Tunde perform, you know there are so many possibilities going on inside their heads.

"You can't capture what they do in a nutshell and that's what makes working with them so much fun. It's always going to be really exciting or f**king scary and there's always the fear of failure."

Bandmate Grant 'Daddy G' Marshall added: "Fear is our motivating thing - this could go wrong but we're not going to let it."

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