Adrian Utley

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Adrian Francis Utley (born 27 April 1957) is an English musician and a member of the band Portishead.

Biography

Born in Northampton, Utley is self-taught on guitar, bass and keyboards, and played professionally from the age of 18 in working men's clubs, night clubs, holiday camps, and in cabaret, backing soul artists. During the 1980s he played jazz and R&B; then, in the early 1990s, his interest in electronics, recording and production, led him to join Portishead.^[1]

His production work includes Portishead, The Coral's third album The Invisible Invasion, Joe Volk, Beth Gibbons and Kevin Flanagan.

His film work includes:

• "Sound" - Nicholas Roeg
• "Signs and Wonders" - Jonathan Nossiter
• "Accelerator" Vinnie Murphie - with Will Gregory
• "Baby Cue" Hazel Grian
• "American Psycho" Mary Harron - with Daniel Ash
• "Spiders from Mars" BBC Wildlife on One, David Attenborough

References

External links

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