Portishead are a 'trip-hop' band from Bristol (named after the titular city West of it). Formed in 1991, it comprises of the two members Beth Gibbons (vocals), and Geoff Barrow (instruments and production) Adrian Utley writes the songs and plays guitar.
Their third studio album, ten years after their previous, is due this year. Their genre of trip-hop describes Portishead's erratic drum parts and heavy use of sampling. It has a slow, spaced out sound.
General
Instrumentation : Drums, female vocals, electronics, electric guitar, bass guitar
Distortion and reverb on guitar
Guitar 'bending'
Regular drum rolls
Strange guitar ‘wokka’ sound during intro and Outro
Basic structure : ABABABAB
Crecendo synth in outro
Drummer uses hard snare
Regular 4/4
Fairly slow tempo (Andante)
Drums are repetive (use ostinato) and do not use a regular beat
Full Structure
Intro : wokka sound and guitar. Drums enter and mysteron sound plays.
Vocals enter (verse)
Guitar riff (with bend)
Verse
Prechorus (no drums "All for nothing")
Main theme returns "Did you really want" Slight mention of wokka (chorus)
Mysteron synth - drums stop before 8 where they return
Verse
Prechorus
Chorus
Outro (mysteron sound) Features sweeping synth, industrial crashes, erratic synth at end. Fades out.
Mysterons - Portishead
Portishead are a 'trip-hop' band from Bristol (named after the titular city West of it). Formed in 1991, it comprises of the two members
Beth Gibbons (vocals), and Geoff Barrow (instruments and production) Adrian Utley writes the songs and plays guitar.
Their third studio album, ten years after their previous, is due this year. Their genre of trip-hop describes Portishead's erratic drum parts and heavy use of sampling. It has a slow, spaced out sound.
General
Full Structure
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