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Portishead did not want to be pop stars, they didn’t do interviews, rarely wanted to play live, they didn’t play the game. Yet their debut album, Dummy, quickly became one of the best selling albums of 1995, but not everyone understood what the Bristolian combo were trying to achieve. They stood in stark contrast to the contemporaneous Britpop moment, moody, modern and a supremely British take on American Hip Hop. On tracks like "Sour Times" and "Roads," they were beyond merely background music. The contrast between Geoff Barrow’s retrofuturist beats and Beth Gibbons’ conflicted vocals is best shown on the atmospheric heartache of their third single. This is New British Canon and this is the story of “Glory Box.”

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00:00 Introduction
01:02 The Origins of Portishead
05:48 The Creation of Dummy
09:52 The Process Behind "Glory Box"
13:55 The Impact of Portishead & Dummy

Soundtrack:
Luar - Citrine (soundcloud.com/luarbeats)
Jesse Gallagher - The Inner Sound
B-Side - Pen Unubis
Luar - Anchor (soundcloud.com/luarbeats)

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