Photo by Luca Moschini
The curtain has fallen on the 2024 edition of Todays Festival, and the echoes of the last concert, that of Massive Attack, still resonate powerfully in the minds and hearts of those who were lucky enough to attend it.
On Monday, September 2, the Confluence Park was transformed into a secular temple, where music became a collective ritual, a profound reflection on humanity and the world we inhabit. It was not a simple concert, but an immersive experience, a cathartic journey into darkness and hope.
Massive Attack, masters of electronica and trip-hop, have woven a hypnotic and engaging sound pattern, made of pulsating bass, melancholic melodies and evocative samples. Their songs, from classics like “Teardrop” and “Angel” to more recent tracks, have been reinterpreted and reworked, creating a continuous flow of emotions and suggestions.
But the real strength of the concert was its visual and conceptual dimension. The screen behind the band projected a continuous flow of images, data, news, slogans, faces, landscapes, symbols. A sensorial bombardment that laid bare the contradictions of our time: the climate crisis, wars, migrations, social inequalities, technological drift.
Massive Attack's music thus became a sonic commentary on a restless and disoriented era, but also a call to resistance, awareness, action.
The audience, heterogeneous in age and origin, participated with emotional intensity, dancing, singing, reflecting. The atmosphere was full of energy, but also of respect and meditation. At the end of the concert, the applause was long and liberating, as if to seal a shared and unforgettable experience.
Massive Attack left the stage in silence, as they had arrived. But their music and their message continue to vibrate in the air, to remind us that the future is in our hands, and that hope, even in the darkness, cannot be extinguished.
Click here to see photos of Massive Attack in concert in Turin (or browse the gallery below).
Massive Attack: the setlist of the concert in Turin
Intro Film/In My Mind (Gigi D'Agostino cover)
Risingson
Girl I Love You
Black Milk
Take It There
Gone
Mini-pop
Voodoo in My Blood
Song to the Siren (Tim Buckley cover)
Inertia Creeps
Rockwrok (Ultravox cover)
Angel
Safe From Harm
Unfinished Sympathy
Karmacoma
Teardrop
Levels
Group Four
In My Mind (Dynoro & Gigi D'Agostino cover)
Daniel D`Amico for SANREMO.FM