Listen to this Rowdy 1998 Portishead XFM Takeover
In 1998, Portishead’s DJ Andy Smith, Geoff Barrow & Adrian Utley took over XFM with two hours of top quality mayhem. They were a bit red-nosed (less than five minutes in they describe an AIR gig as “blindingly French” and a bit later they tease Andy about his “record rubbing”), but the tunes are absolutely on point. Andy even spins some unused Portishead beats along the way. A good time was had by all, and now can be had again, thanks to DJ Andy Smith’s Lockdown tape digitising project. Cheers, Andy!
The rest of his digitised personal cassette collection looks well worth your time, too: Kool DJ Red Alert Kiss FM (1991), Raw Bristol Pirate Radio (1988) …. yes please.