Portishead: Trip Hop Redux
Paul Trynka, Guitar Player, January 1998
PORTISHEAD, THE British band who spawned the trip hop genre, appear to represent the cutting edge of electronic pop, but it's the guitar of Adrian Utley that dominates their blasted, desolate soundscapes.
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