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Geoff Barrow and Adrian Utley

Matt Everitt talks to Geoff Barrow and Adrian Utley from Portishead about their earliest musical influences, the first albums they bought, the first gigs they went to and their '94 debut 'Dummy'.

Matt Everitt talks to Geoff Barrow and Adrian Utley from Portishead about their earliest musical influences, the first albums they bought, the first gigs they went to and their '94 debut 'Dummy'.

They also discuss Adrian's past as a session guitarist and Geoff's as a drummer, engineer and producer with a deep passion for hip hop and an understanding of sampling, the band's refusal to engage with the traditional music industry, having a bandmate, Beth Gibbons, who never speaks to the media, and the covert, political heart of the group.

1 hour

Last on

Thu 8 Sep 2022 02:00

Music Played

  • Portishead

    All Mine

  • Portishead

    Magic Doors

  • Ron Grainer & Delia Derbyshire

    Dr Who Theme

  • Charles Penrose

    The Laughing Policemen

  • The Barry Gray Orchestra

    No Strings Attached

  • Haircut One Hundred

    Love Plus One

  • John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John

    Summer Nights

  • Cameo

    Single Life

  • Edgar Broughton Band

    Out Demons Out

  • Jim Reeves

    Welcome To My World

  • Billy Cobham

    Stratus

  • Massive Attack

    Safe From Harm

  • Grant Green

    Ain't It Funky Now

  • Lalo Schifrin

    Danube Incident

  • Portishead

    Glory Box

  • Portishead

    Mysterons

  • Portishead

    Revenge of the Number

  • Portishead

    Only You (Roseland NYC)

  • Portishead

    Machine Gun

  • Public Enemy

    Rebel Without A Pause

  • Pet Shop Boys

    In The Night

    • Alternative.
    • Parlophone.
  • Loop

    Arc-Lite (Sonar)

    • SITUATION TWO.
  • EOB

    Brasil

Broadcasts

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  • Thu 9 Sep 2021 02:00
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