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Sep 21, 2009 · As intrinsically linked with Bristol’s cultural legacy as the lavishly rejuvenated Colston Hall itself, Geoff Barrow has in the past 18 months have blown away all traces of his comparative wilderness years. Although a long time coming, his alma mater Portishead’s matter-of-factly titled third album sold over a million copies, and Invada Records, the label […]
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]
Feb 3, 2020 · Mon Feb 03 2020 - 05:00 "We're big Lankum fans," Geoff Barrow says over the phone one January evening. "To sound unique within something you think has been done so much that it can never transform ...
Aug 22, 2024 · Move Over and Give Us Some Room: Portishead’s Dummy at 30 On this day in 1994, Beth Gibbons, Geoff Barrow, and Adrian Utley became paradigmatic protagonists, vanguards of the future and ...
May 28, 2024 · Surprise-releasing the album goes against conventional wisdom, notes Geoff Barrow: the band’s drummer and vocalist, who also co-runs their label Invada. “What happened with the industry after Covid was, ‘We need to sell the album upfront to get it into shops, and this is the way it has to be, and it has to be on a Friday,’” he says.
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 ...
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 ...
