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Virgin Records is to use the first Massive Attack retrospective, which is released today (Monday), as a stepping stone for a new studio album which is already near completion and expected to come out early next year.

The record company's managing director Ferdy Unger-Hamilton says Collected, which spans the act's entire career Worn their first album Blue Lines onwards, is an opportunity to turn a new audience onto Massive Attack's music. "There's a whole generation of album buyers out there who don't know Massive Attack, or who know the songs but haven't connected them with the group so we have to get the music in front of them," he says. "We want to remind people about Massive Attack with this album and then move into the new record."

Recording for the new album has been taking place on and off for the past year and has so far included sessions with TV On the Radio, Terry Callier and Faith No More's Mike Patton. Founding member Robert Del Naja is excited about moving forward with new material. "It's been good fun. I tried to coin a phrase for it and ...

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