Beth Gibbons
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| Beth Gibbons | |
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 Gibbons at Roskilde Festival 2011. |
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| Background information | |
| Born | 4 January 1965 |
| Origin | Exeter, Devon, England |
| Genres | Electronica, jazz, soul, trip hop |
| Occupations | Singer/songwriter |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar, keyboards |
| Years active | 1991–present |
| Labels | Go! Beat Records Sanctuary Records |
| Associated acts | Portishead Rustin Man |
| Website | Official MySpace page |
Beth Gibbons (born 4 January 1965) is an English singer and songwriter best known as the vocalist and lyricist for the iconic English band Portishead.
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[edit] Early life
Gibbons was born in 1965 in Exeter, Devon[1] and raised on a farm. At the age of 22, she moved to Bristol to pursue her singing career and began singing locally. There she met Geoff Barrow, who would become a longtime collaborator in Portishead. She is also known for her contralto vocal range.[2]
[edit] Career
With Adrian Utley, Gibbons and Barrow released the first Portishead album, Dummy, in 1994 and have produced two other studio albums, a live album, and various singles in the years since. She has also collaborated on a separate project with former Talk Talk bassist Paul Webb also known as Rustin man. (Before she joined Geoff Barrow in Portishead, she auditioned for the singer's slot in .O.rang, the group formed by Webb after Talk Talk's late-Eighties departure from EMI, but Portishead's sudden success pre-empted matters.) In October 2002, they released the album Out of Season in the United Kingdom. The album peaked at number 28 in the UK Albums Chart.[3] It was released in the United States a year later.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Portishead
- Dummy (1994)
- Portishead (1997)
- Roseland NYC Live (1998)
- Third (2008)
[edit] Solo
- Out of Season (2002) with Rustin Man
- Acoustic Sunlight (2003) with Rustin Man
[edit] Other works
- "Orang" in .O.rang's album Herd of Instinct (1994)
- "Jalap" in .O.rang's album Fields and Waves (1996)
- "Lonely Carousel" in Rodrigo Leão's album Cinema
- "Strange Melody" in Jane Birkin's album Rendez-Vous
- "Killing Time" in Joss Stone's Mind, Body & Soul
- Soundtrack for Diane Bertrand's film "L'Annulaire" (unreleased, 2005)
- "My Secret" in Jane Birkin's album Fictions
- "Stranger in this Land" in Fried's album Fried
- "Sing" with Annie Lennox from Songs of Mass Destruction
- Soundtrack for Diane Bertrand's film Baby Blues
- "Requiem for Anna" on Monsieur Gainsbourg Revisited - performed as Portishead
- Soundtrack for Julie Taymor's film "The Tempest (2010 film)" - "Prospera's Coda" by Elliot Goldenthal
- "Mysteries" with Rustin Man from "The Russian Dolls" soundtrack
[edit] References
- ^ "Full Beth Gibbons Biography". Perfect People. http://www.perfectpeople.net/biography/2746/beth-gibbons.htm.
- ^ http://themusic.com.au/sfg/interviews/1674/portishead
- ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 226. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
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