Portishead In The Studio

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Published 2008-08-04

Sonicstate dot com's first in a series of interviews with Adrian Utley, band member and producer on the music, the process and the technology of making Third

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All Comments (21)

@cheefadereefa8317 6 years ago

Portishead still sounds up to date.
@royalzaheer7 11 years ago

4 years to make the album. it is quite obvious that no one else controls the portishead machine except themselves. i cant say the same about other people that make music.
@petemk1966 11 years ago

the baby is modular
@TomZentra 11 years ago

"I asked my daddy to show me a dinosaur and he showed me an ARP".
@VYD239 11 years ago

'It's out but it's beautifully in, with it's outness'. 'If you were into Sting, which I'm not, but if you were....' Such brilliant quotes.
@TinnieSingh 11 years ago

The guy is a genius
@chesterwig 2 years ago

Portishead are quality musicians that only put out quality art. Thanks for making the sour time's more life affirming.
@justanaverageperson544 6 years ago

Why do things from 2008 now look like 1988. I was there in that time. Video wasn't that crappy then... was it?
@marcooosization 7 years ago

Fascinating interview, this is the first time I've ever seen a synth set up like this. I wondered how they created such incredible sounds on Third. 4 years of work...wow.
@GauntLife 8 years ago

I'm not at all sure what other commoners, affluent and/or afficionados consider modern day musical genius, but it's quite clear to me that Reznor, Utley, Chemical Brothers, Dan the automator and Dj Muggs are the modern day virtuosos when it comes to production and perfection.
@setphaser 6 years ago

that stuff about the creative process, being stuck, aiming for a particular thing, this is what i love to hear about in interviews it’s inspiring and shows sometimes it’s a slog from one end to the other. not some magical five minute song that wrote itself
@HowardPrice 13 years ago

The best 15 mins I've spent on YouTube in YEARS... AWESOME stuff! Thanks so much for posting this... More, more more......!
@VYD239 11 years ago

Todular
@WearySisyphus 7 years ago

Very good interview, thanks.
@duainebailey 13 years ago

That was brilliant! thanks for uploading and cheers, adrian, for being so normal.
@tallgeese1 8 years ago

Give the baby credit. She hung there 😊
@monsterjazzlicks 15 years ago

Great interview !! Gonna check out some more of this guy !!
@matooli 15 years ago

What an easy-going, top bloke. Thanks for posting!
@psyminder 11 years ago

Little baby stayed calm for almost 15 minutes, that is really awsome, I mean, music is awsome too. jejejejejeje
@tallgeese1 8 years ago

Great interview.