Been a long time since I left you...

Wandering Star - Portishead
Sheared Box - Portishead
from the Glory Box EP on FFRR (1994).

It's been a while since I've gotten something up here, and the reason for that dear listeners/readers is that my laptop crashed. Since I basically both work and play on that computer every day it was traumatic...but it is back from the fine folks of IBM without trouble and everything intact so here comes the music.

While I was without computing power, somehow old, sad trip-hop tracks seemed to be the best thing going for me. Two are up today from Portishead, the pretty and haunting "Wandering Star," which appeared on their debut album Dummy, and "Sheared Box" an instrumental self-remix of "Glory Box." Good memories come flying back listening to these tunes.

There is a beatbox cat out here in San Francisco, who has made a solid career doing a live-looped all-vocal songs including a pretty stellar rendition of "Wandering Star." Check the styles below from Kid Beyond.



Lots more soon.