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Aug 22, 2024 · Here’s a quick history lesson for anyone who doesn’t know: Geoff Barrow was working at the Coach House Studios in Bristol and, in 1991, he became a tape operator for the legendary trip-hop act ...
Aug 22, 2024 · Multi-instrumentalist Geoff Barrow rejected the whole idea of an anniversary celebration, as he wrote on social media, "I've always been the kind of person who moves forward and doesn't rely on ...
Invada Records. Geoffrey Paul Barrow (born 9 December 1971) [1] is an English music producer, composer, and DJ. He is a member of the bands Portishead, Beak, and Quakers, and he has scored several films. Portishead was formed in 1991. He named the band after the small coastal town near Bristol where Barrow grew up. [2]
Aug 22, 2019 · 25 Years Later. Portishead ’s debut album Dummy came out 25 years ago on August 22, 1994. Considered by many as one of the best albums certainly of the 90s, it is also celebrated by many as one of the best records of all time. Ahead of the album’s anniversary, Portishead's Geoff Barrow and Adrian Utley spoke with me for nearly three hours ...
Jun 17, 2022 · The show was the first time the trio, comprised of Geoff Barrow, Beth Gibbons and Adrian Utley, had performed since their 2015 set at Benicàssim Festival in Spain, and for it, they played just five songs, ‘Mysterons’, ‘Wandering Star’ and ‘Roads’ from 1997’s Dummy, and ‘Magic Doors’ and ‘The Rip’ from their last album, 2008’s ‘Third’.
May 28, 2024 · There is a more candid, spontaneous feel to things: the end of ‘Denim’ leaves in a clip of Barrow telling the band he has to take the dogs out. ‘Secrets’ opens with another snippet of chatter over a drum machine: the erratic tweaks to its cut-off and echo suggesting this is not a rehearsed part, but one of many exploratory first takes on this album that made the cut.
Dec 9, 2022 · By 14, Barrow was really into hip-hop and electro. He loved ‘Planet Rock’ by Afrika Bambaataa and the Soulsonic Force, “It’s got a roughness and an evilness to it,” he said, before adding: “I was the body-popper who became the scratcher. We’d go into local towns where there were the blokes who were our arch enemies and we’d ...
