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Portishead is reforming, putting out a new album, and curating the next installment of ATP (All Tomorrow's Parties, the music festival I attended at the surreal Butlins Minehead).

I DESPERATELY wish that I could go back for this!  Portishead is one of my all-time favorite acts.  This will be their first full set of new material in ten years.  Beth Gibbons' voice is seriously one of the sexiest things ever.  I'd listen to her sing just about anything.  Since they're curating the show they'll probably end up playing at least two or three sets, and show up at random sets to perform with the artists they've selected.  For those who aren't familiar with ATP, the curating artists invite acts that they dig, have been influenced by, or have been associated with.

I was pretty much entirely unfamiliar with the Dirty Three ATP lineup, but I still had a wonderful time (here's the lineup for the upcoming installment; perhaps you'll have more luck with it that me).  Groups like Portishead usually have pretty good taste in music.  If I were in the UK I'd be there in a second just to see Portishead, even if the rest of the lineup consisted of buskers and middle school marching bands.  But Aphex Twin is also going to be there <drool>.  PORTISHEAD AND APHEX TWIN!!!  To me, they represent all that is good about electronic music.  You never know what you might get with an Aphex show.  He might spin some hardcore DnB tracks, mix it with some tripped-out acid stuff, and then finish the set off with some of the most beautiful ambient music you've ever heard.  Or he might just get bored and make some weird noises.

The bottom line is that I really, really, REALLY want to go to this festival.  Too bad I'm not in England.