There is a very wide range of intruments and techniques used by the band in this song, such as guitars, Synthetiser, drums (electronic, or drumbox), vocals, and many effects added by computer, such as the distortion on the drum-set, to give an effect of somekind of dirty drums, the guitar had some reverb and abit of distortion, looping, fades, and also the Big CD scratches that DJs do in shows at the beginning of the song. The vocals sounded very sad and scary, like if it was haunted. The chorus might have some influences from jazz.
The tempo is andante, because it is in a walking speed, not very slow, but slow. The time signature is the most commonly used, it is a 4/4. The repetition is omny present in this piece as it is in a ABABABAB structure, with fades at the beginning and the end.
The Band
The band was formed in 1991, by keyboardist/multi-instrumentalist Geoff Barrow and singer Beth Gibbons. Barrow had previously worked with two other trip hop artists from Bristol, Massive Attack and Tricky. They named the band after Barrow's home town, Portishead.
After releasing a short film (To Kill a Dead Man) and its accompanying music, Portishead signed a record deal with Go! Beat Records and their first album, Dummy, was released in 1994, and featured heavy contributions from guitarist Adrian Utley. In spite of the band's aversion to press coverage, the album was successful in both Europe and the United States, spawning two hit singles, "Glory Box" and "Sour Times". Portishead has often been used as accompanying music in the media. Dummy won the 1995 Mercury Music Prize.
Their second album, Portishead, was released in 1997, and featured the single "All Mine". A live album featuring new orchestral arrangements of the group's songs was recorded primarily at Roseland in New York City, and released in 1998. A video of the concert, released shortly afterwards, was well received. 1999 saw a cooperation with singer Tom Jones for a track on his album Reload.
Portishead_Mysterons
There is a very wide range of intruments and techniques used by the band in this song, such as guitars, Synthetiser, drums (electronic, or drumbox), vocals, and many effects added by computer, such as the distortion on the drum-set, to give an effect of somekind of dirty drums, the guitar had some reverb and abit of distortion, looping, fades, and also the Big CD scratches that DJs do in shows at the beginning of the song. The vocals sounded very sad and scary, like if it was haunted. The chorus might have some influences from jazz.
The tempo is andante, because it is in a walking speed, not very slow, but slow. The time signature is the most commonly used, it is a 4/4. The repetition is omny present in this piece as it is in a ABABABAB structure, with fades at the beginning and the end.
The Band
The band was formed in 1991, by keyboardist/multi-instrumentalist Geoff Barrow and singer Beth Gibbons. Barrow had previously worked with two other trip hop artists from Bristol, Massive Attack and Tricky. They named the band after Barrow's home town, Portishead.
After releasing a short film (To Kill a Dead Man) and its accompanying music, Portishead signed a record deal with Go! Beat Records and their first album, Dummy, was released in 1994, and featured heavy contributions from guitarist Adrian Utley. In spite of the band's aversion to press coverage, the album was successful in both Europe and the United States, spawning two hit singles, "Glory Box" and "Sour Times". Portishead has often been used as accompanying music in the media. Dummy won the 1995 Mercury Music Prize.
Their second album, Portishead, was released in 1997, and featured the single "All Mine". A live album featuring new orchestral arrangements of the group's songs was recorded primarily at Roseland in New York City, and released in 1998. A video of the concert, released shortly afterwards, was well received. 1999 saw a cooperation with singer Tom Jones for a track on his album Reload.