DJ Andy Smith - Portishead & Massive Attack "Sampled" Mix (12/03/2011)

Shouts to GRANDGOOD for the heads up, by way of Andy Smith: "As part of the 'Sampled night' at Bar Music Hall in London on 3/12/11 (a night of original samples next to tracks that sampled them) I decided to do a short set of Portishead samples and tracks and then decided to do the same with early Massive Attack (& Wild Bunch) samples and tunes as well. It carries on into 80's Hip Hop samples and tracks after this that I might put up one day. It was 9.00 clock in the evening (somebody from the bar even told me to turn it down at one point as people were eating - That's appreciation for you!!!)"

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[video] Front Page "Pay (per) CutS"

Not sure what's iller, the fact that homey took it back to Dummy-era Portishead, or honeydip in her undies.

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[video] Anika "Yang Yang"

Produced by Portishead's Geoff Barrow.

Bonus Beats Anika "Yang Yang"

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[video] Portishead "The Truly Spectacular"

Apparently this short came with the box set of Third; shouts to PDS.

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[video] Portishead "Chase The Tear"

Buy the track HERE.

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[video] Quite Nyce & Radar Ellis Meet Geoff Barrow

I'm jealous. Geoff is a legend, and while on tour in the UK, Raydar & Nyce got to work on a track with him. Check out the studio session:

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Portishead: Observer Interview

Here's the intro of a new interview with Portishead in The Observer:

This is how the new Portishead album starts. A friendly voice says something vaguely introductory in Brazilian-Portuguese. There's a bit of subdued chatter in the background, and the reassuring plink of a distant piano, as if you're arriving at a half-empty Latin nightclub. Then a huge pummelling beat comes in (Geoff Barrow insists that he was 'massively unhappy' with this rhythm for many long months, but it sounds pretty unstoppable now). Sawing strings summon up a demonic echoing cowbell, before this in turn gives way to ominous slashes of spaghetti western guitar - the sort of thing you'd expect to hear just before a hired gun played by Lee Van Cleef accidentally shoots an innocent child.

I need this album.

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Portishead THIRD News

Some Portishead news, via their website:

We're pleased to announce that we'll be releasing our album, titled THIRD. on April 14th 2008.

The album has 11 tracks and is 49 minutes 13 seconds long.

Yum. They will also be on tour in March, April and May:

Oporto Coliseum Wednesday March 26
Lisbon Coliseum Thursday March 27
Milan Alcatraz Sunday March 30
Florence Sashall Monday March 31
Munich Tonhalle Wednesday April 2
Berlin Columbiahalle Thursday April 3
Copenhagen KB Halle Friday April 4
Cologne Palladium Sunday April 6
Amsterdam HMH Monday April 7
Manchester Apollo Wednesday April 9
London Hammersmith Apollo Thursday April 10
Edinburgh Corn Exchange Saturday April 12
Wolverhampton Civic Sunday April 13
Coachella Festival Saturday April 26
Paris Zenith Monday May 5
Brussels Forest National Thursday May 8
Barcelona Primavera Sound Thursday May 29

Tickets are on sale for Oporto, Lisbon, Milan & Florence now. UK shows are on sale Friday January 25th, Amsterdam on Saturday 26th, Copenhagen on Monday 28th, Paris 31st January, Munich & Berlin on Saturday 2nd Feburary, Cologne on Saturday 9th, February Brussels tba.

Save your duckets, early!

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Portishead LIVE at ATP (Dec. 7th 2007)

Shouts to dude on DOA who linked these clips. The assumption is that these are new tracks, for I haven't heard them. No word on the names, though. Get invovled:

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3rd Portishead LP: March 31, 2008

Quick Portishead news: word is that they've received a release date for their untitled 3rd album: March 31st, 2008. Hopefully this sticks, and we get to explore their musical minds further.

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Portishead's Album 3 almost complete?

Spotted on Idolator, via Gary Savelson, via the Portishead blog:

we went to london for a fews days to finish up. we worked in molko 9 back in ~Bristol now working on some art work and getting the live stuff together. i think one more day messing about with it and it will be done. then into the wonderful world of mastering.. [joke] also the amazing MADLIB is playing with us at ATP and im putting a footy team together for a little 6 a side comp for a laugh. cheers geoff

If you go through some of the other posts, it looks like things are (finally) coming together on this one. Might have to knock out an all-Portishead Dub Session to celebrate. Maybe once the fam and I move into the new War Room.

Portishead's official website

Portishead on MySpace

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