During the spring of 2020, Robert "3D" Del Naja worked on a politically-themed audio-visual Massive Attack EP called “Eutopia”, consisting of three tracks created across five cities during the COVID-19 global lockdown period, with documentary filmmaker Mark Donne, AI Art pioneer Mario Klingemann and vocal collaborations with Algiers, Young Fathers and US poet Saul Williams.[4] The spirit of the EP was inspired by Thomas More's 16th century book Utopia to address the need for global change amid COVID-19 pandemic.[5]
Professor Standing of the SOAS University of London said in an interview on the university website: "The collaboration began when Massive Attack contacted me after the pandemic hit, which was shortly after my new book came out in March. I think they had read or at least seen my earlier book, which is my analysis of the ethical and economic foundations of basic income."[7]
Visuals
The visuals for the music videos were co-written and co-produced by Robert Del Naja and documentary filmmaker Mark Donne,[8] using artificial intelligence manipulated by Mario Klingemann.[9][10] He has previously collaborated with Massive Attack and filmmaker Adam Curtis on the Mezzanine XXI show.[11]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Robert Del Naja and Euan Dickinson
Costa Rican diplomat Christiana Figueres (seen above, third from left) who contributed to drafting the 2015 Paris Agreement discusses approaches to combatting climate change on the track "#CLIMATEEMERGENCY"