7/16/2008

Very pleasing video interviews with Adrian Utley from Portishead

Sonic State spent a long time talking to Adrian Utley from Portishead about their new album 'Third'. The album is tiresome, but the videos are lovely, Adrian and daughter in his nice house/studio (in Bristol?), talking about the fun of making music. Part 1, Part 2, Part 3. Shame they spelt his name wrong on the title card...

16 comments:

  1. Anonymous11:47 am

    "The album is tiresome"

    !

    It's a masterpiece you mean surely?

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  2. I love the bit in the interview where the only justification he can come up with for making such a depressing record is that it was a bit rainy at the time.

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  3. great videos. . nice "little home studio." i thought that was it in the first video, but then he starts walking around in the middle of the 2nd video..

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  4. Anonymous1:23 pm

    @tom

    lol!

    well they were never gonna make a happy album were they? :)

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  5. Anonymous4:01 pm

    Every time I read someone else whining about the album, I fire it up and enjoy it thoroughly again. So, thanks. ;)

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  6. Anonymous4:06 pm

    What's the keyboard he talks about in part 1? Seal Orchestra?

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  7. Anonymous6:01 pm

    No it's a SIEL Orchestra although I'd quite like to hear a seal orchestra!

    http://www.vintagesynth.com/misc/siel_orchestra.shtml

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  8. Anonymous6:56 pm

    Darn, I thought I'd fixed that typo, I will and I am heading for my detention class now.

    Glad you enjoyed them Adrian is a top chap.

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  9. It's reasonable to not like the record - but on the basis of being depressing? Tom, have you heard a Portishead record before?

    I'm baffled.

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  10. Anonymous12:20 am

    looks like Bristol to me- somewhere around Kingsdown Parade possibly.

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  11. Anonymous12:29 am

    yes i'm slightly shocked too

    tim whitehall king of blogtronica don't like portishead, i feel all sad and lonely :-(

    nobody loves me ... etc

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  12. Anonymous8:58 am

    "How do you protect yourself?...'cus you get this sort of timewarp"

    Yea, 10 years to make one album says it all really.

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  13. thank you so much for this!

    what an articulate and approachable guy...

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  14. This is really great, thanks!

    Can't really understand anyone not liking the album but never mind. :)

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  15. Anonymous11:59 am

    Go and read the Wire review...

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  16. Nice to see he experiences some of the same music-making constraints I do, e.g. trying to tweak a synth whilst looking after a small child!
    re: the album, I'm torn. In my opinion it contains some of the best ever and worst ever Portishead tracks.

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