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That sound! What a huge shock when, in 1994, a trio of Bristol balance his music both absolutely new but at the same time, totally revivalist. A balancing act while grace and songs ... Ha, those songs!

New, Dummy is, in the electro-sensual accaparation a legacy which we also crosses much John Barry or Ennio Morricone, Henry Mancini, vintage and therefore he is also, in which sources it refers, retro-modernist might say. Otherwise, the magic that makes an album a real social phenomenon, a reference on which to build many other careers (to Hooverphonic Morcheeba through Neneh Cherry and so on, they will recognize), wishes to the balance between the two trends, the successful transformation of an old grammar gleaming new literary style. And the quality of the songs, of course! Eleven wonders wadded through the tube, the huge, relentless, flawless tube, Glory Box so totally indestructible, so timeless that it continues to haunt the airwaves today ' hui not look older than a day from the moment of its release.
It is the magic of Portishead have managed to combine a delicate electronic groove with a compositional eloquence of extreme classicism, have managed to create environments where the dream may turn into a nightmare at any time (because is not that Dummy light, certainly not!), succeed in communicating sensuality of another world inhabited by the magnificent voice of Beth Gibbons, precious arrangements perfect partner Geoff Barrow and Adrian Utley, in a timeless welcome as always that total.

Dummy is a great album, so everyone knows, if you have not had the opportunity to, you grab that little time of History of Music, you will not regret it.

Beth Gibbons - vocals, Production
Geoff Barrow - drums, Rhodes piano, string arrangements, production, programming
Adrian Utley - guitar, bass guitar, theremin, hammond organ, string arrangements Production
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Gary Baldwin - Hammond organ
Clive Deamer - drums
Andy Hague - trumpet
Dave McDonald - nose flute
Richard Newell - drum programming
Neil Solman - rhodes piano, hammond organ
Strings Unlimited - strings