Portishead are alive and curating ATP!!

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Rober Academy’s favourite festival organization in the whole world, All Tomorrow’s Parties announced weeks ago a new edition of its pre-Christmas event, curated by Portishead. The much celebrated authors of trip-hop classic “Dummy” gave their first signs of life in years and confirmed that they are getting to the finishing steps on the recording of their new opus. In The meantime, their chosen artist for ATP’s “Nightmare Before Christmas” are, so far:

BORIS »
OM »
PORTISHEAD »
APHEX TWIN »
JULIAN COPE »
SPARKLEHORSE »
ONEIDA »
BLACK MOUNTAIN »
CRIPPLED BLACK PHOENIX »
FUZZ AGAINST JUNK »
SEASICK STEVE »
TEAM BRICK »
EARTH »
A HAWK AND A HACKSAW »
KLING KLANG »
LADYTRON »
THURSTON MOORE (SOLO) »
AUTOLUX »
JAH SHAKA SOUNDSYSTEM »
SUNN O))) »
FRANçOIZ BREUT »
GLENN BRANCA PRESENTS NEW WORK FOR GUITARS WITH SPECIAL GUESTS »
GLENN BRANCA WITH THE PARANOID CRITICAL REVOLUTION »

With more names to be added to the already impressive line-up soon.

To celebrate it, they are rumoured to be responsible for posting this Mash-Up in you tube: