Murat Güneş

Succintness in sound, after Utley

In the 2008 Sonicstate video, Adrian Utley talks about how Portishead prefers sounds that are “succinct”. They want the sound world to be self-contained and self-defining, they want one thing happening at any given time, and the many-fold layering that works for many musicians doesn’t work for them.

References:

  • Sonicstate interview video with Nick Batt, since removed from YouTube channel, but backed up.
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