British trip-hop band Portishead achieved international success in 1994 with
their album Dummy. The duo of multi-instrumentalist Geoff Barrow and singer Beth
Gibbons was born in Bristol in 1991, not far from the Somerset township from
which it takes its name. Already known for his work with Massive Attack, Neneh
Cherry and Tricky, Geoff Barrow welcomed studio guitarist Adrian Utley and sound
engineer Dave McDonald to his new project. After scoring a short film entitled
To Kill a Dead Man, Portishead set about recording the album Dummy for the
independent label Go! Discs for the a...