Black Milk by Massive Attack (featuring Elizabeth Fraser): studio, gear and credits

Black Milk by Massive Attack (featuring Elizabeth Fraser): engineered by Neil Davidge. See the credits and gear, then recreate the sound in your DAW.

Details

Song: Black Milk
Artist: Massive Attack (featuring Elizabeth Fraser)
Genre / Style: Trip-Hop / Electronic / Downtempo
Date(s) Recorded: Late 1997 – Early 1998
Original Record Company & Catalog #: Circa / Virgin Records (WBORCD3 / 7243 8 45599 2 2)
Release Date: April 20, 1998 (Album: *Mezzanine*)
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Personnel and session credits

Chief Recording Engineer(s): Neil Davidge
Programming: Jan Kybert, Neil Davidge, Andrew Vowles
Mixing Engineer(s): Mark "Spike" Stent
Mastering Engineer(s): Tim Young
Musicians & Session Performers:

Elizabeth Fraser - Lead and Backing Vocals
Andrew "Mushroom" Vowles - Turntables, Sampling
Neil Davidge - Keyboards, Synth Bass, Programming
Angelo Bruschini - Textural Guitars (Processed)

Studio and recording technology

Key Outboard Processors & Hardware Units:

Akai S3200 & MPC3000 Samplers, Kurzweil K2000, Mutronics Mutator, Roland RE-201 Space Echo, Eventide DSP4000, AMS DMX 15-80S, Lexicon 480L, Empirical Labs Distressor

Reported gear and setup (not independently verified)

Tracking Studio & Room: Massive Attack Studios (formerly Christchurch Studios), Clifton, Bristol, UK (Inferred: no studio documented in Discogs/MusicBrainz)
Mixing / Overdub Studio: Olympic Studios, London, UK (Studio 2 or 3)
Mixing Console / Desk: Mackie 8-Bus (Tracking in Bristol); Solid State Logic (SSL) 4000 G-Series (Mixdown at Olympic)
Multitrack Tape Machine & Format: Digidesign Pro Tools III (16-track expanded to 24-track via NuBus farm cards, Mac platform) synchronized via SMPTE to a Studer A827 24-Track 2-inch tape machine (15 IPS with Dolby SR for fatness during mixdown)
Studio Monitors: ATC SCM50A (Bristol tracking); Yamaha NS-10M and KRK 9000B (Olympic mixing)

Signal chains covered in the full track sheet

Instrument-by-instrument recording pathways, including: Drum Break / Rhythmic Loop, Sub-Bass & Synthesizers, Lead & Backing Vocals (Elizabeth Fraser), Textural Guitars (Angelo Bruschini).

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