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Portishead
Signed to label: Island
From: Bristol, Avon
Portishead are one of the founders, if you will, of trip-hop; a merging of hip-hop and ambient beats associated with an assortment of Bristol-area musicians (see also: Massive Attack, Tricky, Alpha). The trio - Geoff Barrow, Adrian Utley and Beth Gibbons - formed in 1991 and to date (March 2008) have released two studio albums and a live LP; their third album, Third, is released in April 2008.
Album discography:
Dummy (Mercury Music Prize winner), 1994
Portishead, 1997
Roseland NYC Live, 1998
Third, 2008
News
- 20/08/2008: The Horrors: Fantasy Faris and Portishead-related new album info
- 07/08/2008: Desert island vids: Portishead pick their YouTube faves
- 09/07/2008: Portishead: new LP plans, touring to be stopped
- 11/06/2008: Portishead on their Public Enemy Primavera collaboration
- 11/06/2008: Watch: Radiohead's cover of Portishead's 'The Rip'
- 19/05/2008: Chart round-up: karaoke nightmares
- 05/05/2008: Chart round-up: "Where do I stand for a corner kick?"
- 30/04/2008: Was Third your last album, Portishead? ‘Perhaps, but I hope not’
- 28/04/2008: Chart round-up: grime, Madge, Chris de Burgh
- 25/04/2008: Purple rain, total pain: Portishead annoyed that Prince is playing Coachella
Features
- 12/08/2008: Label Focus #19: Invada Records
- 29/07/2008: DiS's Pluto Prize: get voting now!
- 18/07/2008: The Weekly DiScussion: who should make the Mercury shortlist?
- 07/07/2008: Singles Round-up (07/07/08)
- 26/06/2008: 2008 to date: our favourites on their favourites
- 23/06/2008: An Essential Dozen: 2008's best albums so far
- 19/06/2008: The Weekly DiScussion: 2008's greatest albums, so far
- 08/06/2008: Primavera Sound 2008: DiS's festival highlights
- 02/05/2008: DiS @ Coachella: Prince, Portishead and The Verve? Pigs might fly...
- 01/05/2008: A Month In Records: April 2008
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