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	Portishead - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Portishead (IPA: /pɔːtɪsˈhɛd/) is a trip hop band from Bristol, United Kingdom, named after the small town of Portishead, 12 miles west of Bristol.
		A live album featuring new orchestral arrangements of the group's songs was recorded primarily at Roseland in New York City, and released in 1998 with a DVD of the concert soon following.
		Portishead and other so-called trip hop groups have expressed dislike for the term, arguing it is a media invention designed to categorize their otherwise not-so-categorize-able music.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Portishead (641 words)

	Portishead (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Portishead make an almost wholly atmospheric sound -- sinuous, snaky, and slightly ominous -- that nonetheless feels incomplete, amorphous, waiting for something to attach itself to in order to find its meanings.
		When Portishead's debut, Dummy (London), appeared in 1994, it was positioned somewhere between the lounge craze and the advent of electronica.
		Portishead is a calculated sonic collage of trip-hop beats, the crackle and pop of a scratchy pile of old Stax singles, busy signals.
	www.providencephoenix.com /archive/music/97/10/09/PORTISHEAD.html (558 words)

	Sour Times - Articles
		Portishead has only been around for a couple of years, but it already has all the trappings of a full fledged rock 'n' roll legend, including a live orchestra performing with it in concert, a four-figure hotel-bar tab and a reclusive singer who won't do interviews.
		Portishead's presence in the charts is significant, and not just because it's the flagship trip-hop band.
		Trip-hop, schmip-hop: Portishead is the sound of what comes after the sampler and turntable become full-fledged musical instruments, the new world where people's record collections become the music that becomes part of someone else's record collection.
	freespace.virgin.net /sour.times/articles/port11.html (1855 words)

	Portishead (album) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Portishead is the second album from the band of the same name, released in 1997 on GO!
		Tracks written by Geoff Barrow / Beth Gibbons / Adrian Utley, except where noted.
		The music used for the samples throughout the album was recorded by Adrien Utley and Geoff Barrow.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Portishead_(album) (114 words)

	Portishead - Portishead: Reviews, Track Listing, Audio Clips, and more \|\|\| Music.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Portishead [+]'s debut album, Dummy [+], popularized trip-hop, making its slow, narcotic rhythms, hypnotic samples, and film-noir production commonplace among sophisticated, self-consciously "mature" pop fans.
		On the surface, Portishead isn't all that dissimilar from Dummy [+], but its haunting, foreboding sonic textures make it clear that the group isn't interested in the crossover success of such fellow travelers as Sneaker Pimps [+].
		Geoff Barrow [+] and Adrian Utley [+] recorded original music that they later sampled for the backing tracks on the album, giving the record a hazy, dreamlike quality that shares many of the same signatures of Dummy [+], but is darker and more adventurous.
	www.music.com /release/portishead/1 (331 words)

	Portishead : Dummy ---Ink Blot Magazine
		Portishead's blend of dance, hip-hop, jazz, and pop made their single, "Sour Times", an underground hit in America and on MTV.
		After receiving the prestigious Mercury Music Prize for Dummy, Portishead returned to the studio to record their second album, Portishead, which was released in 1997.
		Portishead easily draw you into their lonely world, and their ambient trip-hop entices you to stay.
	www.inkblotmagazine.com /rev-archive/Portishead_Dummy.htm (447 words)

	Anglo Plugging Artist - The British Music Industry's Favourite Pluggers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Portishead will also be touring from November through to Spring 1998 with a smaller group to support the album.
		Portishead is a small town on the edge of the West Country and the sea.
		Portishead is Geoff Barrow, a musician/producer loaded down with ideas on how things should sound and Beth Gibbons a singer with a voice to warm and chill in alternate breaths.
	www.angloplugging.co.uk /artist.cfm?artistID=92 (2219 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Entertainment \| Portishead back after eight years
		Cult British group Portishead have revealed they are writing their third album, their first in eight years.
		Portishead will play alongside fellow Bristol band Massive Attack at Oxfam's Tsumani appeal, held at the Bristol Academy on 19 February.
		Dummy was a critics' favourite in 1994, hailed for its blend of menacing sounds and hip-hop beats married to old soul samples.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/entertainment/4185511.stm (267 words)

	Portishead MP3 Downloads - Portishead Music Downloads - Portishead Music Videos
		Portishead's album debut is a brilliant, surprisingly natural synthesis of claustrophobic spy soundtracks, dark breakbeats inspired by frontman Geoff Barrow's love of hip-hop, and a vocalist (Beth Gibbons) in the classic confessional singer/songwriter mold.
		One Dove's sole album found itself between two stools in a way, partly predicting (along with Massive Attack) the quietly soulful female vocal/moody dance and funk beat combination that came to the...
		The Sabres' second album is a conceptual manifesto of sorts, accompanied by a loose song-by-song narrative of descriptions written by the group.
	www.mp3.com /albums/158224/summary.html (386 words)

	Portishead : Portishead - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect
		Portishead's debut album, Dummy, popularized trip-hop, making its slow, narcotic rhythms, hypnotic samples, and film noir production commonplace among sophisticated, self-consciously "mature" pop fans.
		On the surface, Portishead isn't all that dissimilar from Dummy, but its haunting, foreboding sonic textures make it clear that the group isn't interested in the crossover success of such fellow travelers as Sneaker Pimps.
		Geoff Barrow and Adrian Utley recorded original music that they later sampled for the backing tracks on the album, giving the record a hazy, dreamlike quality that shares many of the same signatures of Dummy, but is darker and more adventurous.
	www.artistdirect.com /nad/store/artist/album/0,,309789,00.html (319 words)

	Portishead does it again and again and... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Released in 1994, Dummy is the album that invented trip-hop as a mainstream style, and it was an album that left many shaken and haunted.
		Portishead carves no new territory, riding instead in the same groove that distinguished their first album.
		The elements that hallowed Dummy are all in evidence here; the spooky samples, the versatile, emotive vocals of Beth Gibbons, the stark beauty of the compositions, the analog hum of the background, the ominousness of crackling horns and swelling strings.
	www.macalester.edu /weekly/Archive/1997-11-06/arts/a3.html (372 words)

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		That a live album was released was always kind of a surprise to me. Portishead does not play the kind of music that would sound very good outside of a studio.
		Portishead is one of the pioneers of trip-hop, a more methodical and electronic version of hip-hop.
		The surprise of PNYC, the album, was it was one of the better live albums of recent memory.
	www.wirehedmag.com /archives/00002/rev3.html (590 words)

	Portishead - Portishead - Music Records Shopping at dooyoo.co.uk
		This is the follow up album to the excellent Dummy from Portishead, which at the time was rated as pure brilliance.
		I got the first Portishead album as a present when it was first released.
		After becomming hooked on Portishead from their album "Dummy," I became a true addict after hearing the album "Portishead." This music sent chills through my body the first time hearing it, and continues to do so.
	www.dooyoo.co.uk /music-records/portishead-portishead (315 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Portishead: Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		This self-titled album simply ups the ante on everything that made their debut so special: the brooding sense of menace, that deep streak of romantic fatalism.
		Portishead was at the vanguard of the '90s trip-hop onslaught, and after a three-year respite, they return with a self-titled second album to reclaim the trip-hop crown.
		If this had been Portishead's first album, everyone would be raving that it was the greatest thing that ever happened in early nineties music.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B000003TSP (1021 words)

	Sour Times - Articles
		The group's album "Dummy" was released here by Go!Beat, the dance arm of Go!Discs, Aug. 22 to a welter of acclaim from all quarters of the press, including dance and rock magazines (Q called it "perhaps the year's most stunning debut album") and daily newspapers such as The Observer and The Times.
		The album is already garnering good press and public response in Europe, where the duo of Geoff Barrow and Beth Gibbons has been on an extensive promotional tour.
		Portishead is known not only for its unusual use of film as a promotional medium, but for the duo's growing reputation as remixers, namely for singles by Gabrielle, Depeche Mode, Primal Scream, Paul Weller, and fellow Bristol band Federation.
	freespace.virgin.net /sour.times/articles/live14.html (1186 words)

	Portishead Album Reviews
		Much like Loveless is the ultimate "dreampop" album and Slanted And Enchanted is the quintessential lo-fi indie rock album, Dummy still stands as the definitive “trip-hop” album, a Bristol-based style that was first introduced on Massive Attack's Blue Lines and which gained further popularity and credibility with Tricky’s excellent Maxinquaye.
		Geoff Barrow is Portishead’s musical mastermind, a studio/sampling wizard who deftly and ingeniously mixes together what sounds like strange spy film effects with spare hip-hop beats, Ennio Morricone-styled Spaghetti western guitar (supplied by Adrian Utley), haunting Hammond organ, and silken string arrangements.
		In short, Portishead the band remain one-of-a-kind leaders of this type of music, and Portishead the album was well worth the long wait.
	www.geocities.com /sfloman/portishead.html (427 words)

	SORTED magAZine, Issue 4, Portishead
		But, the kings of the hill were Portishead, a position attested to at the ‘95 Mercury Awards, when they beat off their fellow Bristolians to claim the coveted prize.
		The new, eponymous Portishead album is a darker, grittier affair than its predecessor "Dummy".
		While "Portishead" is only their second album, it could have been their third.
	www.sortedmagazine.com /archive/magazine/features/portis.htm (1111 words)

	Portishead Commence New Album (Finally)
		Following news of their tsunami benefit concert appearance and after eight years of presumably just dicking about, acclaimed Bristolian outfit Portishead have revealed that they’ve started work on their third album.
		The duo of Geoff Barrow and singer Beth Gibbons released two critically acclaimed albums ‘Dummy’ in 1994 and ‘Portishead’ in 1997, and alongside Tricky and Massive Attack are often credited with popularising the trip-hop movement.
		Portishead will play Oxfam's tsumani appeal concert, alongside Massive Attack, The Coral and Robert Plant at the Bristol Academy on February 19.
	www.xfm.co.uk /Article.asp?id=62566 (254 words)

	Amazon.com: Portishead: Music: Portishead (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The album starts off with a 1-2-3 punch that pretty much trumps the rest of the album - the rest isn't terrible, but they aren't as easily accessible as the first three (they'll grow on you).
		Not as friendly to the ears as the first album, this second attempt begs the listener to let oneself be slowly digested by this new, more mature, slightly different sound.
		Gibbons' songwriting improving with experience, the first album's fl and white composition and contrasts gave way to subtle shades of grey, resulting in a deeper, more refined blend of the vocals, lyrics and arrangements.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000003TSP?v=glance (1700 words)

	Beth Gibbons of portishead releases debut solo album on october 28th!!! - @forums
		Releasing her debut solo album 'Out Of Season' on October 28th, Beth will be taking the album on the road - watch this apace for details of UK and continental shows and then continue work on the next Portishead album, due 2003..
		The album is largely semi-acoustic and deeply moving.
		Im also kind of really excited about the news of portishead finally releasing the ever elusive third album in 2003 at some point, but after all the news for the last couple of years about release dates and the album being done and everything else, its hard to take the news too seriously....
	www.atforumz.com /showthread.php?t=148946 (859 words)

	Portishead - @forums
		I was listening to their first album tonight 'Dummy' its still as brilliant as ever...
		Portishead are probally my fave 'band' ever...Beth is still with Portishead and has apparently already recorded her vocals for the new album, which as someone said is due for release early 2003.
		They also released a 2 disc album called 'Glory Times' Which is mainly remixes from Sour times and Glorybox but also has some other stuff on it...is deffinately worth buying if you can find it...
	www.atforumz.com /showthread.php?t=162976 (617 words)

	Amazon.com: Dummy: Music: Portishead (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Dark and moody, much of the album sounds like a memory...of a place you've been once, or a movie you saw, or music you heard as you drove by an open window or door late one night in the city.
		Portishead's Dummy is so classic and so faithful to the trip hop genre that it has become the unofficial blueprint.
		This album, by far, is one of the greatest albums I have ever heard.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000001FI7?v=glance (1264 words)

	Ink Blot Magazine: The Portishead Mothership (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The sound created by Massive Attack, Tricky, and Portishead has inspired a whole new generation, but there's just something missing that leaves these new bands sounding like Herman's Hermits to the Bristol Big Three's Stones/Beatles/Who.
		Run by their English label, ffrr, this is worth a visit just for the active message boards, though it has plenty of pics and lyrics too.
		Recent and Upcoming Releases Portishead are currently working on a new studio album.
	www.inkblotmagazine.com /portishead_mothership.htm (216 words)

	The Ectophiles' Guide to Good Music - Hooverphonic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		This album almost sounds more like Portishead than the Portishead album, but is a little too repetitive and derivative, particularly in its use of samples.
		While definitely a good album, Hooverphonic doesn't take a whole lot of risks, but fits nicely in to the new genre defined by bands like Portishead and Tricky.
		Overall, the album makes great background or mood music, with nice driving beats, but a few of the sample sounds (like the CB chatter and "the new stereophonic sound spectacular") are more annoying than enhancing.
	ectoguide.org /commentator/riphug@aol.com/hooverphonic (467 words)

	Portishead Lyrics, Photos, Pictures, Paroles, Letras, Text for every songs
		As a result, Portishead appealed to a broad audience — not just electronic dance and alternative rock fans, but thirtysomethings who found techno, trip-hop, and dance as exotic as worldbeat.
		Around the time of Portishead's formation, he had begun to earn a reputation as a remix producer, working on tracks by Primal Scream, Paul Weller, Gabrielle, and Depeche Mode.
		Both Barrow and Gibbons were media-shy — the vocalist refused to participate in any interviews — which meant that the album received little attention outside of the weekly U.K. music press, which praised the album and its two singles, "Numb" and "Sour Times," heavily.
	www.alwaysontherun.net /portis.htm (989 words)

	NME.COM - News - PORTISHEAD-ING BACK! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Find out more about Portishead in the pages of NME Magazine, delivered straight to your door every week.
		Portishead are recording their first album in eight years.
		As previously reported on NME.COM, Portishead - who won a Mercury Music Prize in 1995 for their debut album 'Dummy' - will join Massive Attack for a gig at the Bristol Academy (February 19) to raise money for Oxfam's tsunami appeal.
	www.nme.com /news/111113.htm (316 words)

	Portishead
		Rather than seeking out ever more obscure snippets from the recordings of Johnnie Ray or Lalo Schifrin, what the pair did was record their own strings, record their own breakbeats, even record some original vocals, and had them pressed onto vinyl to then mess about with as though they were old records.
		Utley says that what Portishead wanted on this record was a sound that was "heavier, more ragged and edgy," and if you play it back to back with Dummy there's no denying it is just that.
		Gibbons' is the face and voice of Portishead, but she draws the line there in terms of giving herself to the public.
	www.montrealmirror.com /ARCHIVES/1998/030598/music3.html (622 words)

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