So smooth. Londoner and trip hop legend Martina Topley-Bird’s new album titled ‘The Blue God’ is around the corner and it’s produced by the man—’round the way New Yorker come UK resident—Danger Mouse of Gray Album, DANGERDOOM & Gnarls Barkley fame. We’re excited. The first tease of the record is ‘Valentine’, a morose and thoughtful song about love.

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MP3: Martina Topley-Bird - Valentine (Produced by Danger Mouse) (2008)

Martina Topley-Bird, emerged on the world stage in 1995 alongside trip hop artist Tricky, on his debut solo album, ‘Maxinquaye’. Martina Topley-Bird contributed greatly to some of Tricky’s finest tracks throughout the 1990’s (including all but two on ‘Maxinquaye’). A young Martina Topley-Bird was only 15 when she recorded her first song with Tricky, ‘Aftermath’. Her voice speaks of experience well beyond her age, I was properly and delightfully fooled.

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MP3: Tricky - Aftermath (1993)

Here’s some more favorites from the first pair of Tricky records including a Stereo MCs B-Side remix. And ‘Sandpaper Kisses’ from her 2003 solo debut record ‘Quixotic’:

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MP3: Tricky - Ponderosa (1995)

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MP3: Tricky - Christiansands (1996)

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MP3: Tricky - Makes Me Wanna Die (Stereo MCs’ The Weekend Mix) (1997)

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MP3: Martina Topley-Bird - Sandpaper Kisses (2003)

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