Podcast appearances and mentions of Adrian Utley

In onda Gigi Longo. Musiche: Ziad Rahbani, Dave Okumu & The 7 Generations, Clarissa Connelly, SANAM, Cesare Basile, Cassie Kinoshi's Seed, Ruth Goller, Stefano Pilia con Alessandra Novaga e Adrian Utley, Iosonouncane, Yang.

In onda Gigi Longo. Musiche: Arooj Aftab, Maverick Persona, Tempunaut, Steve Beresford, Yoshiko Sai, Luciano Berio, Stefano Pilia con Alessandra Novaga e Adrian Utley, Francesco Lurgo, Iosonouncane, ES.

Descrito como "música noir para um filme ainda não feito", "Dummy" (1994) marca a estreia do Portishead, trio britânico formado por Beth Gibbons, Geoff Barrow e Adrian Utley. Um dos marcos do movimento trip hop, o trabalho não apenas revelou preciosidades como "Glory Box", "Numb" e "Sour Time", como fez do trio de Bristol um dos mais importantes e influentes do período. Para celebrar o aniversário de 30 anos do disco, Cleber Facchi (@cleberfacchi) e Renan Guerra (@_renanguerra) conversam sobre o álbum que combina momentos de maior melancolia com faixas deliciosamente provocantes. Gostou do podcast? Então apoie a gente em ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠apoia.se/podcastvfsm

Tomorrow's episode of Electronically Yours features an alumni of the podcast, Will Gregory. In this second episode, Will discusses his first ever Moog Ensemble album, and his love of electronic music in general. Those who have never witnessed a Moog Ensemble live concert are really missing out – they are unique… He is of course most famous for being half of electronic pop band Goldfrapp, and for his collaborations with Adrian Utley from Portishead. Ladies and gentlemen – one of the great champions of electronic pop music, Will Gregory... If you can, please support the Electronically Yours podcast via my Patreon: patreon.com/electronicallyours

Portishead sind Protagonisten des Trip Hop, der in den Neunzigern an der englischen Südküste entstand. Hip Hop Beats gepaart mit Soundtracks von Spionagefilmen und einer Sängerin, die an der Welt leidet. So kreierten Adrian Utley, Geoff Barrow und Sängerin Beth Gibbons einen unverwechselbaren Sound. Musikradio360 folgt der Band und der Solokarriere ihrer Sängerin.

This month's deep dive Listen Closely album is:Portishead - Dummy (1994)The debut album from the Bristol trio of Geoff Barrow, Beth Gibbons, and Adrian Utley was released during the summer of Blur's Parklife and Oasis's Definitely Maybe. Dummy was a darker, stranger record that would become a trip-hop classic that paired hip-hop, jazz, and electronic textures with Beth Gibbons spine-tingling voice and twangy tremolo guitars that belong in spy movies.The winner of the 1995 Mercury Music Prize, Dummy features the singles ‘Sour Times', ‘Glory Box', and ‘Numb', and is notable for it soulful turntable-sampling, melancholic film noir atmosphere. A modern classic indeed. We delve deep into how the band met, what trip-hop and the Bristol sound was, how the band got their name, how Dummy became hugely popular and a bit of a dinner-party LP ripe for sexy background music in film and more.The hosts of the Nialler9 Podcast (Niall Byrne and Andrea Cleary) present the Listen Closely series of listening parties on the Big Romance's warm Toby Hatchett soundsystem, featuring a focus modern classic album and a chat around it on the last Wednesday of the month.The Portishead - Dummy Listening Party happens Wednesday March 27th at The Big Romance.Thanks to Georgia Hallion for editing the podcast.* Support Nialler9 on Patreon, get event discounts, playlists, ad-free episodes and join our Discord communityListen on Apple | Android | ACAST | Patreon | Pocketcasts | CastBox | Stitcher | Spotify | RSS FeedShow notesSongs played on the Nialler9 Podcast Spotify PlaylistKEXP 25 year anniversary interview in 2019Dummy SamplesPitchfork's review by By Philip Sherburne Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Adrian Utley is one of the most versatile and creative musicians the UK has produced. His work with artists such as Jeff Beck, Patti Smith and Glenn Branca is testament to this.  Shooting to prominence in the mid 1990s with Portishead, Adrian's beautifully judged, nuanced playing - with its unique jazz and soul sensibilities - set the band apart from their contemporaries in what would become known as the trip-hop scene.  Dummy, Portishead's debut album, would go multi-platinum. The band continues to have a lasting influence in terms of production values, musicianship and sheer style.   Adrian accepted an invitation to join me for this episode of Life on the Fretboard after an online conversation about our shared love of the work of Fred Frith - a pioneer in the improvised and exploratory music scene.  Shortly after, I was invited to film an original 1958 Gibson Flying V. Those of you familiar with my work will understand my trepidation to go it alone with a guitar that was so far out of my comfort zone, so I asked Adrian if he'd like to join me in exploring one of the rarest and pointiest electric guitars known to humanity. I was a little taken aback at the speed with which he accepted. I made a video of us exploring that Flying V: https://youtu.be/VM95mN7eDC0 Once we had finished with the pointy beast, we sat down to record this conversation. Adrian shares his memories of working with Jeff Beck and Glenn Branca and we talk about Adrian's love of all guitars, from vintage L-5s to dumpster-find acoustics. We also chat about learning to love limitations, the Fender Jazzmaster, the best footwear for wah-wah pedal usage, and that solo from the song "Glory Box."  Here's a reminder if you need one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnMTK8EdsOc I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did. Be advised there is adult language throughout.  This episode of Life on the Fretboard was brought to you by the kind sponsorship of Elixir Strings https://www.elixirstrings.com. I use Phosphor Bronze 12-53s on all my acoustic guitars We are also brought to you by Microtech Gefell Microphones https://www.microtechgefell.de  I used a pair of their M300 small diaphragm models to record this interview and you're hearing my voice on the M930 model. To support this podcast please use this Tip Jar link https://michaelwattsguitar.com/tip-jars/4745 Your Host,  Michael Watts https://www.michaelwattsguitar.com https://www.youtube.com/user/michaelwattsguitar https://www.instagram.com/michael.watts.guitar/  Learn more about the Fretboard Journal and our new, 53rd issue here: https://www.fretboardjournal.com  

Welcome back, everyone. It's been a minute, but it looks like that minute is up—the tenth season of The Anhedonic Headphones Podcast is upon us. It's the 54th episode overall since the show began, and in the first episode of the new season, Kevin welcomes his first in person guest in three years, Anastasia Stier.  The two talk about poor mental health, how you never grow out of being an emo kid, and fixating on Julien Baker. For additional information about Anhedonic Headphones, please click here; or follow Kevin on Instagram and on Twitter. And please give the podcast he co-hosts with Alyssa Savino, A Reasonable Day, a listen.  Intro Music: “6 Underground,” written by John Barry, Chris Corner, Liam Howe, and Ian Pickering; performed by Sneaker Pimps. Becoming X, Clean Up, 1997. Closing Music: “Numb,” written by Beth Gibbons, Geoff Barrow, and Adrian Utley; performed by Portishead. Dummy, Go Disc, 1994.  Music Credits: “I Won't Stay Long,” written by Sam Nash; performed by Sixpence None The Richer. Sixpence None The Richer, Squint, 1997. “Telethon,” written by Emily Haines; performed by Emily Haines and The Soft Skeleton. What Is Free to A Good Home?, Last Gang, 2007. “Reckless” written and performed by Tilly and The Wall. Wild Like Children, Team Love, 2004.  “This Is Our Emergency,” written and performed by Pretty Girls Make Graves. The New Romance, Matador, 2003. “Empty,” written and performed by Metric. Live It Out, Last Gang, 2005. “Sea of Love” written by Philip Baptiste and George Khoury; performed by Cat Power. The Covers Record, Matador, 2000. “Buttoned Down,” written and  performed by Straylight Run. The Needles The Space, Universal, 2007. “This is The Last Time,” written by Aaron Dessner, Bryce Dessner, and Matt Berninger; performed by The National. Trouble Will Find Me, 4AD, 2013. “Hurt Less,” written and performed by Julien Baker. Turn Out The Lights, Matador, 2017 “I'll Never Smile Again,” written by Ruth Lowe; performed by Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra and Frank Sinatra. Victor, 1940.  

En este episodio de El Álbum Esencial conversamos sobre “Dummy”, el álbum debut de Portishead, lanzado el año 1994.

A banda britânica de indie rock Sorry - uma das mais criativas e inovadoras da cena rock underground atual - lançou recentemente seu segundo álbum, “Anywhere But Here”. O novo trabalho não passou despercebido pelo Balada Musical, que destaca a faixa “Key to the City”.  Depois de "925" - álbum que embalou os lockdowns dos fãs de indie rock durante a pandemia de Covid-19 em 2020 - o quinteto britânico Sorry volta à cena com “Anywhere But Here”. Assessorados por Adrian Utley, da Portishead, o novo trabalho da banda conta com 13 faixas no total, transitando entre o grunge, garage rock, com uma pitada de trip hop.  Com letras extremamente reflexivas e emocionais, o trabalho é visto pela crítica musical como uma tentativa do grupo de se abrir um pouco mais e se mostrar mais acessível ao público, saindo um pouco da bolha melancólica e intimista que é uma grande característica do Sorry.  “Key to the City”, que descreve o fim de um relacionamento, foi a faixa escolhida para esta edição do Balada Musical. A vocalista Asha Lorenz, que compôs essa faixa, afirma que quis dar a ela uma batida folk anos 1970 e "ares cinematográficos". Aumente o som! Ouça o podcast clicando no player ou acesse-o no Spotify ou no Deezer.

We had the pleasure of interviewing Alison Sudol over Zoom video! London-based, American singer-songwriter and actress Alison Sudol releases her autobiographical new album Still Come The Night via Kartel Music Group. Formerly known under the moniker A Fine Frenzy, this intimate album is an impassioned effort that signals the welcome return of a unique artist, a powerful voice armed with candid lyrics and authentic musicianship. Written and co-produced by Alison with London-based multi-instrumentalist, producer and composer Chris Hyson - half of adventurous collective Snowpoet - Still Come The Night owns its intimate sound to the backdrop at Giant Wafer studios, situated in an area of outstanding natural beauty, nestled between sheep fields in the Welsh countryside. Chris recruited Welsh twin brothers Lloyd and Alex Haines on drums and guitar and engineer Alex Killpatrick to join them at Wafer. There they worked together from morning until midnight, writing song after song, creating a hushed intimacy and sense of space among, even, the many layers of songs with their subtle harmonies and intricate instrumentation. While making the core of the album (those four songs were written by Alison while isolating at her friend's farm with her partner), she just found out she was pregnant when the world suddenly stopped, filming on Fantastic Beasts - the movie franchise in which Alison stars as Queenie Goldstein - had been indefinitely suspended, the tour with Goldfrapp postponed, and for some reason she couldn't taste or smell anything. The mood in London was strange, tense. No one knew how long this thing would last, and the risk for pregnant women. There, without any wifi, set with the changing seasons and the quiet solitude of their borrowed cottage as the backdrop, the first songs of her intimate and introspective yet powerful, poetic record came quickly and quietly. London went into lockdown. Days later, they lost the baby. When Alison began writing Still Come the Night, she knew that she wanted to make an album to process the different stages of grief that she and her partner experienced with the loss of their first baby in pregnancy. This new album spans the emotions of Alison's journey, from the exhilaration of early love into the tightrope walk of excitement and uncertainty of pregnancy and ultimately through the complex and mysterious landscape of grief. Now based in London, Alison Sudol is an American singer-songwriter, musician, actress and video director. Having released three critically acclaimed albums under the name A Fine Frenzy during which she toured with Rufus Wainwright and opened for The Stooges at SXSW. Making her comeback to music as Alison Sudol in 2018 she released two EPs, Moon and its follow-up, Moonlite both co-produced with Yard Act and Gruff Rhys' producer Ali Chant, and featuring Portishead's Clive Deamer and Adrian Utley and John Parish. Her acting credits include the Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them franchise and the critically acclaimed TV series Transparent and Dig. We want to hear from you! Please email Tera@BringinitBackwards.com. www.BringinitBackwards.com#podcast #interview #bringinbackpod #AlisonSudol #StillComeTheNight #FantasticBeastsAndWhereToFindThem #NewMusic #zoomListen & Subscribe to BiB https://www.bringinitbackwards.com/follow/ Follow our podcast on Instagram and Twitter! https://www.facebook.com/groups/bringinbackpod

This month our Cinema Curator explores all things Arcadia and beyond with musician / sonic explorer Adrian Utley and UWE MA Curation placement Steph Read.Mark discusses Adrian's creative process and later live performance of the score written by him and Will Gregory for Paul wright's archival experimental 2017 film Arcadia at St. George's and Steph's curated season at Watershed, Out of Arcadia, including Andrew Kotting's Gallivant and John Akomfrah's The Nine Muses.

This episode is a double whammy – it features a fascinating chat with two of the most engaging and talented luminaries of the electronic and trip hop scenes – Will Gregory and Adrian Utley. Will is best known as the lead keyboardist, producer and composer of the electronic music duo Goldfrapp, having started his illustrious career performing and recording with Tears For Fears, Peter Gabriel, The Cure and Portishead. Adrian Utley is the driving force behind Portishead, a magnificent guitarist and synthesist, he has a wildly diverse range of creative collaborations and productions under his belt including Marilyn Manson, Jeff Beck and Marianne Faithfull. They also regularly work together on Will's project The Moog Ensemble, with which Martyn has performed. Two great friends who are amongst the most innovative figures in the UK music in the last 30 years… Ladies and gentlemen, put your hands together for Will Gregory and Adrian Utley...

Portishead guitarist, composer and producer Adrian Utley joins VOX to chat about musical influences, gear, the sonic possibilities of the guitar and much more. 

Hoy nos sumergimos en el suculento universo privado de Portishead, una propuesta musical que desde Bristol sacudió al mundo entero. Geoff Barrow, Beth Gibbons y Adrian Utley, 3 discos en casi 30 años de carrera. Todo un fenómeno paranormal que analizamos en nuestro especial. Espacio patrocinado por: CARMEN VENTURA, NORBERTO BLANQUER, JORDI, ROSA RIVAS, INFESTOS, 61 GARAGE,MIKELVAS, ISRAEL, TOLO SENT, ANXO, RAUL SANCHEZ, VICTORGB, EDUARDO MAYORDONO, BARON75, EDUARDO VAQUERIZO, LIP, ALEJANDRO GOMEZ, DANI RM, JOCIO, RULKTO, AYTIRO SAKI, MARCOS, PABLO ARABIA, CARLOS CONSEGLIERI, JEKY LOSABE, CESMUNSAL, LARUBIAPRODUCCIONES, RUBIO CARBÓN, PILAR DÍEZ y varios oyentes anónimos. ¡¡¡GRACIAS!!

Hoy nos sumergimos en el suculento universo privado de Portishead, una propuesta musical que desde Bristol sacudió al mundo entero. Geoff Barrow, Beth Gibbons y Adrian Utley, 3 discos en casi 30 años de carrera. Todo un fenómeno paranormal que analizamos en nuestro especial. Espacio patrocinado por: CARMEN VENTURA, NORBERTO BLANQUER, JORDI, ROSA RIVAS, INFESTOS, 61 GARAGE,MIKELVAS, ISRAEL, TOLO SENT, ANXO, RAUL SANCHEZ, VICTORGB, EDUARDO MAYORDONO, BARON75, EDUARDO VAQUERIZO, LIP, ALEJANDRO GOMEZ, DANI RM, JOCIO, RULKTO, AYTIRO SAKI, MARCOS, PABLO ARABIA, CARLOS CONSEGLIERI, JEKY LOSABE, CESMUNSAL, LARUBIAPRODUCCIONES, RUBIO CARBÓN, PILAR DÍEZ y varios oyentes anónimos. ¡¡¡GRACIAS!!

Today's guest deejay is Jonathan Ammons, a journalist, radio producer, and musician living in Asheville, North Carolina. You can find his music on Bandcamp and listen to his radio show from WPVM and Pacifica Radio Network at the Dirty Spoon. Jonathan is yet another amazing person I was introduced to through my old friend, Steve Howard (listen to Steven's SOUNDWAVE mix here). Meeting Jonathan is one of the unexpected pleasures in the evolution of SOUNDWAVE. I launched SOUNDWAVE to help cope with the stress of the pandemic. In the first few months of COVID-19 it seemed that stepping outside your house might kill you. If that wasn't terrifying enough, my family was scattered about the country so for a long time it was just me and my dog. That took a toll on me and my usual distractions, music, reading and television, could not hold my interest at all. In fact, they annoyed me or angered me. The only thing that provided any comfort was ambient, classical, experimental and instrumental music. I reasoned that if that music was giving me solace it might help others as well so I launched SOUNDWAVE. Very soon afterwards I decided to invite the talented people I know who might enjoy or, more importantly, need to share a mix of their own. And that very quickly led to asking my friends who they knew personally who might want to participate in the show. That decision introduced me to such wonderful people as Adrian Utley, Hannah Peel, Charles Hazlewood and Jonathan. I don't really know Jonathan, though. We've just had a few email exchanges arranging today's show but through his mix I feel I know him more intimately than I might know him through a dozen conversations. That's all projection, of course, but that is the power of music. It bypasses the rational and hits on emotional truths, which is why I launched SOUNDWAVE in the first place. Jonathan Ammons “Wishful Thinking” Tim Hecker “Chimeras” Wojciech Golczewski “Abner's Wake” Jonathan Ammons “Open Eyes” Ben Goldberg “Demonic Possession is 9/10ths the Law” Oliver Patrice Weder “Sol's Lullaby” Ian William Craig “Mountains Astray” Goldmund “The Flag of Columbia Shall Float O'er Us Still” Villages “Life Expectancy” Jonathan Ammons “Dead Leaves” --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/soundwavemix/message

Our guest deejay is Hannah Peel. Until a few weeks ago I wasn't familiar with Hannah and had only become acquainted with her when I asked SOUNDWAVE guest deejay, Charles Hazlewood, who he knew personally that might be interested in sharing a mix on the show. Charles put me in contact with Portishead's Adrian Utley and Hannah Peel. Adrian's mix was lovely and Hannah's mix is no less so. On today's show Hannah will take you to some very surprising places and she begins her mix with a track from Joni Mitchel. So unexpected! You're in her capable hands so enjoy the journey. I know you're going to love today's show. As I said, I was unfamiliar with Hannah but I've been getting up to speed. And you should, too, because Hannah's music is also unexpected. Her songs can be delicate and achingly familiar. She''ll paint impressionistic music with swathes of sound but will also delight you with covers of pop songs from the ‘80s performed on music boxes. I catch myself singing Soft Cell's “Tainted Love” constantly thanks to Hannah. Join us again next week when our guest deejay will be Jonathan Ammons. Joni Mitchel “A Case of You” Darkstar “Blurred” Mort Garson “Music to Soothe the Savage Snakeplant” Nick Drake “River Man” Bobby Krlic “The House that Härga Built” Caroline Shaw “Plan & Elevation: IV. The Orangery” The Hermes Experiment “Uh Huh, Yeah” Julianna Barwick “Labyrinthine” --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/soundwavemix/message

I'm very excited about today's show because our guest deejay is Adrian Utley! Most likely you know Adrian from Portishead, the band that put trip hop on the map late last century. Or you many know Adrian more recently for the work he did with Will Gregory for the soundtrack to the motion picture Arcadia, which I featured on the first episode of SOUNDWAVE. Adrian is a man who cares deeply about his craft and his love of sound and music is expressed in any project he is involved with. I want to give special thanks to Charles Hazelwood for putting me in contact with Adrian. After Charles's mix for SOUNDWAVE went live I asked him who he knew personally who might be interested in participating in the show and he suggested Adrian and Hannah Peel (who will be our guest deejay on next week's show). It's little things like that that make this show feel special and more intimate. At least to me, anyway. Okay, time for me to wrap this up. My family and I are going to take a little but much needed vacation and get away from the wildfires and earthquakes that have wracked California. I hope you are safe and well. See you next week. Adrian Utley Pulled by Magnets “Nowhere Nothing” Philip Glass “Music in Similar Motion” Townes Van Zandt “Sky Blue” Asher Gamedze “Movement Three: Synthesis” Robert Fripp & Brian Eno “Evening Star” Sonic Youth “Dirty Boots” Lee Morgan “Search for a New Land” Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds “Into My Arms” --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/soundwavemix/message

Portishead may remain the most interesting enigma of the 1990s. First is Beth Gibbons, who channels Liz Fraser of the Cocteau Twins, Billie Holiday, and Jane Birkin into an unmatched vocal for the decade. Second is Geoff Barrow, creating 60s and 70s sounding spy movie and spaghetti western sound scapes via downtempo, gothic, and hip-hop samples and influences, with the tone-perfect playing of Adrian Utley on guitar. Though cast with trip-hop peers Massive Attack, DJ Shadow, and Bjork, Portishead forge an entirely unique path.   Songs In This Episode: Intro - Sour Times 21:07 - Glory Box 31:19 - Wandering Star 36:25 - Roads Outro - Mysterions   Support the podcast, join the DMO UNION at Patreon. Listen to the episode archive at DigMeOutPodcast.com.

Portishead may remain the most interesting enigma of the 1990s. First is Beth Gibbons, who channels Liz Fraser of the Cocteau Twins, Billie Holiday, and Jane Birkin into an unmatched vocal for the decade. Second is Geoff Barrow, creating 60s and 70s sounding spy movie and spaghetti western sound scapes via downtempo, gothic, and hip-hop samples and influences, with the tone-perfect playing of Adrian Utley on guitar. Though cast with trip-hop peers Massive Attack, DJ Shadow, and Bjork, Portishead forge an entirely unique path.   Songs In This Episode: Intro - Sour Times 21:07 - Glory Box 31:19 - Wandering Star 36:25 - Roads Outro - Mysterions   Support the podcast, join the DMO UNION at Patreon. Listen to the episode archive at DigMeOutPodcast.com.

ARTIST OF THE WEEK: PORTISHEADListen and learn....How did they meet?What was the first breakbeat Geoff learned to mix?What do they have in common with Ghostbusters?...and so much more. www.bipbopboom.livePIRATE RADIO FOR PARENTS. JOIN THE MUSICAL REVOLT. 

We chat to Portishead's multi-talented synth fiend, Adrian Utley, whose music production skills are almost as impressive as his collection of vintage Moogs! And don't get us started on his guitars... We talk all things music, drawing inspiration from the great outdoors, and how the right mix of madness and genius is what made Portishead so uniquely creative.

In a conversation with All Songs Considered's Bob Boilen, Ed O'Brien reveals how he made Earth, an album that's both boldly colorful and intimate.Earth is an album that feels both boldly colorful and intimate — one that reflects the two landscapes that underlie this record: Brazil and Wales.Mark Ellis, who works under the name Flood, largely produced this album. He has not only a long history of working on big productions from U2 to PJ Harvey, but also has a child in the same school as Ed O'Brien's and so the two have become close friends. That friendship accounts for the warmth on this record. There are also some extraordinary players, including Radiohead bandmate Colin Greenwood, guitarist Adrian Utley from what Ed calls the other "head" band, Portishead, drums from Omar Hakim and Wilco's Glenn Kotche, bassist Nathan East, singer and guitarist Laura Marling and the list goes on. On March 23, Ed O'Brien posted on social media that he most likely had the coronavirus but was expecting a full recovery. Our conversation on April 2 begins with an update on his health.Stay in touch with our newsletter: www.npr.org/musicnewsletter

BONZIE calls into the show to discuss her music as she quietly works on her latest album! “BONZIE has released her second full-length album called Zone on Nine. Fully written and produced by Ferraro herself, it features performances by Adrian Utley of Portishead, Nate Walcott of Bright Eyes, and co-production with Jonathan Wilson (Father John Misty, Conor Oberst) and Ali Chant (Perfume Genius, Youth Lagoon).”

01. Cul de Sac - China Gate 02. King Kong Ding Dong - Heya 03. Amen Dunes - Baba Yaga 04. Low - Poor Sucker 05. Anne Briggs & Adrian Utley & Will Gregory - Bonny Boy 06. Carl Orff - Berceuse (Menschen und Wind) 07. Coil - Bankside 08. Eric Malmberg - Kålmasken 09. Hal Blaine - Love-In (December) 10. Andrea Belfi - Strata 11. Tangled Thoughts of Leaving - Sublunar 12. Godspeed You Black Emperor! - John Lee Hooker outro (live) 13. Βlindoldfreak - Everything Ends Here

Award winning writer Irish writer Joseph O'Neill's 2008 novel Netherland was endorsed by American President, Barack Obama. Good Trouble is his first collection of short stories. Arcadia, the new film from the BAFTA award-winning Scottish director Paul Wright (whose debut feature For Those in Peril premiered at Cannes in 2013), explores our complex connection to the land we live in. Combining over 100 film clips from the last 100 years and a grand, expressive new score by musicians Adrian Utley from Portishead and Will Gregory from Goldfrapp it is described as a "a folk horror wrapped in an archive film." Mufaro Makubika won the Alfred Fagon Award 2017 for Shebeen for best new work by a black British playwright. Set in 1958 in the writer's hometown of Nottingham, where many of those who had arrived on the Windrush had settled, Shebeen shines a light on a community under siege on the eve of the St Ann's race riots. Shebeen is directed by Matthew Xia and is currently on at the Theatre Royal, Stratford East. Christo and Jeanne-Claude are celebrated for their ambitious sculptural works that intervene in urban and natural landscapes around the world and temporarily alter both the physical form and visual appearances of sites. This summer the Serpentine Galleries presents a major exhibition of the artists' work, which draws upon their use of barrels to create artworks. Simultaneously, Christo presents The London Mastaba, his first outdoor, public work in the UK. The sculpture takes inspiration from mastabas - benches with two vertical sides, two slanted sides and a flat top - which originated with the first ancient civilisations of Mesopotamia. It will float on The Serpentine lake in Hyde Park from 18 June to 23 September. Measuring 20m in height by 30m and 40m, the sculpture consists of 7,506 horizontally stacked barrels, specifically fabricated and painted in shades of red, white, blue and mauve. BBC 2's Japan's Secret Shame tells the moving story of 29 year-old Japanese journalist Shiori Ito, who in May 2017 shocked Japan when she went public with allegations that she was raped by a well-known TV journalist. Following Shiori over a year, the film portrays the consequences Shiori faced by speaking out in Japanese society.

Miles Davis - trumpeter, composer, bandleader - is championed by Adrian Utley of Portishead. "He's always been really important in my life, right from early on when my dad used to play him. It was part of the atmosphere of our house." From the early years with Charlie Parker and on via Kind of Blue to playing in front of 600,000 hippies on the Isle of Wight, Miles Davis was a musician who never stood still. "Always listen for what you can leave out," he used to say, and Portishead's seminal nineties album Dummy seems to have taken advice from the man. According to Adrian Utley, "The darkness and the sense of space is the thing that I have assimilated from Miles ... he's in my DNA." With Richard Williams, author of The Blue Moment: Miles Davis's Kind of Blue and the Remaking of Modern Music,. Presented by a sceptical Matthew Parris, and produced by an enthusiastic Miles Warde.

Im März geben die Programmverantwortlichen der Hamburger Elbphilharmonie das Zepter erneut aus der Hand und bieten mit der Reihe „Reflektor“ zum zweiten Mal einem Künstler die Gelegenheit, sich ein Wochenende lang musikalisch im Hamburger Konzerthaus auszutoben. Nach Bryce Dessner wird nun Yaron Herman diese Ehre zuteil. Für dieses Vorhaben hat der französisch-israelische Pianist vor allem MusikerInnen um sich geschart, die, wie er, Musik als grenzenloses, vereinendes Projekt begreifen. Eröffnet wird das Wochende am Donnerstag, den 8. März mit einer Kollaboration von Herman mit dem Dirigenten David Greilsammer, dem in Genf beheimateten Orchester Geneva Camerata und einer „Classical & Jazz Madness“. Ebenfalls auf der musikalischen Gästeliste des verhinderten Basketball-Profis Herman steht die albanische Jazzsängerin Elina Duni, die zusammen mit Fred Thomas und Gitarristen Rob Luft britischen Folk und Indie-Rock auf die Bühne des Kleinen Saals bringt. Der Freitag gehört dann Yaron Herman und seinem Trio. Im Großen Saal der Elbphilhamronie beweist Yaron in Begleitung von Sam Minaie am Bass und Ziv Ravitz am Schlagzeug, dass sie zu den besten Nachwuchsjazzern Europas gehören. Mehr über sein Projekt und wie sich die Zusammenarbeit mit den verschiedenen MusikerInnen gestaltete, hat Yaron Herman unserem Moderator Michael Hager im aktuellen Elbphilharmonie Podcast erzählt. Außerdem geht es diesen Monat im Elbphilharmonie Podcast um das Festival „Elektronauten“, das im Juni in der Elbphilharmonie stattfindet und sich den Pionieren der elektronischen Musik widmet – mit Auftritten von Manuel Göttsching, Adrian Utley von Portishead und vielen mehr.

There is plenty to get your ears and eyes into in April as we celebrate the creative connections between film and music through screenings and performances as a part of Filmic.Mark Cosgrove, Cinema Curator at Watershed, talks about the initial inspiration behind Filmic, some of the past highlights and what to look forward to this month – including film season Celebrating Female Composers plus live performances of the scores to Under the Skin and Koyaanisqatsi.

With Francine Stock A soundtrack special with David Arnold's notes on Independence Day, which has more saluting than any other movie, according to the composer. Adrian Utley of Portishead and Will Gregory of Goldfrapp discuss their new score for Carl Dreyer's silent masterpiece The Passion Of Joan Of Arc. Neil Brand reveals how John Williams put the magic into Harry Potter.

Portishead's Adrian Utley explains and demonstrates why he loves the special sound of the Minimoog analog synthesizer and how he used it in the creation of the recent Portishead cover of ABBA's SOS.

The massively successful Kordbot Kickstarter campaign is our first topic, then the extremely weird robotic drummer arm from Georgia Tech, the work of Barry Gray and our recent interview with Charles Hazlewood and Adrian Utley that Gaz shot which leads to some interesting stories from Mark and Dave, our Sonicstate Live @Bristol gig on the 26th March, and finally Rich Hilton joins us from Maui, where he was playing with Chic.

The massively successful Kordbot Kickstarter campaign is our first topic, then the extremely weird robotic drummer arm from Georgia Tech, the work of Barry Gray and our recent interview with Charles Hazlewood and Adrian Utley that Gaz shot which leads to some interesting stories from Mark and Dave, our Sonicstate Live @Bristol gig on the 26th March, and finally Rich Hilton joins us from Maui, where he was playing with Chic.

With Mark Lawson Dramatist Jez Butterworth talks about the pressures of following on from the success of his play Jerusalem, which starred Mark Rylance. His new play The River stars Dominic West and is being staged in a very small theatre. Jez Butterworth explains the choice of venue, and the unusual ticketing arrangements introduced to cope with demand. Doctor Who and Sarah Jane Adventures writers Russell T Davies and Phil Ford have created a new action thriller, Wizards vs Aliens. In the CBBC series, a 16 year old wizard and his best friend are the only people who can protect Earth from magic hungry aliens. Novelist Matt Thorne and his young son give the verdict from different generations. The idea of music on the move has inspired two specially-commissioned soundscapes to fit specific journeys. Portishead guitarist Adrian Utley has created a piece of music for the National Trust, to accompany a walk at Croft Castle in Herefordshire, and composer Philip Sheppard has written a score to accompany the Gatwick Express rail route between Victoria and Gatwick Airport. They discuss the art of responding in music to very specific locations. Producer Ella-mai Robey.

Portishead, un grupo musical británico, de tendencia trip hop, formado en 1991. Su primer álbum Dummy (1994), con la colaboración del guitarrista Adrian Utley, fue un éxito en EEUU y Europa.