TOM WAITS - WAITS AND TRICKY TO COLLABORATE ON ALBUM

WAITS AND TRICKY TO COLLABORATE ON ALBUM

American cult figure TOM WAITS is to team up with British rapper TRICKY for a bizarre musical collaboration.
The pair is recording an album together, after Waits asked Island record founder Chris Blackwell to introduce him to Tricky, whose music mixes rock, hip-hop and pop.
And Tricky insists they are poised to create a brand new musical genre.
He tells Planet Sound, "We talked on the phone six months ago. Tom's not usually a fan of other people, but Chris said he likes me. Tom invited me to chill out with him in San Francisco, and when I've got time, I will.
"It's almost like me and Tom were fated to work together. I can't imagine what will come out of it, but I know it'll be a brand new type of music, different to him or me.
"I was compared to 'Tom Waits on acid' when I first came out. I didn't know his stuff then, but it led me to checking him out and I love it."