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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]
Apr 23, 2017 · On 14th December 2013 the death occurred of Professor Geoffrey Barrow at his home in Edinburgh at the age of 89. His qualities and achievements as one of the greatest of all Scottish medieval historians have been justly praised and enumerated by David Torrance in an obituary, which appeared in the Herald on 20th December, and by Dauvit Broun in a warm appreciation, which appeared in the same ...
Beak (band) Beak are an English experimental electronic rock music band formed in 2007. Until September 2024, the band comprised Geoff Barrow (of Portishead), Billy Fuller (of the Sensational Space Shifters) and Will Young (of Moon Gangs); Young replaced Matt Williams (MXLX, Fairhorns) in 2016. [1][2] In 2024, Barrow announced his departure.
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 ...
Browse 196 geoff barrow photos and images available, or start a new search to explore more photos and images. Geoff Barrow of Beak performs on stage as part of Bazar Curieux Fextival on December 5, 2009 in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
May 28, 2020 · Geoff Barrow is a musician, producer and film score composer based in South West England. He is co-founder of the bands Portishead and Beak, and has had international success touring and producing music in one form or another for the last 25+ years. Latterly his film work has brought acclaim and, together with his regular collaborator Ben Salisbury, has scored several films of the writer ...
Dec 9, 2021 · Around the time that Portishead was formed, Barrow was also gaining a reputation as a studio whizz and remixer. He worked with greats such as Primal Scream, Paul Weller and Depeche Mode and even helped to write ‘Somedays’ off Neneh Cherry’s 1992 album Homebrew in what is the clearest indication of the work ethic instilled in Barrow from his youth.
