Adrian Utley (Portishead)'s Synth Collection Tour

Source visited Portishead's Adrian Utley in his home studio to get his reactions to the Arturia MiniBrute analog synth. While we were there Adrian gave us a tour of his analogue synth collection (the stuff that was there, that is!).

Massive thanks go to Adrian Utley for kindly letting us visit, and for sharing his thoughts.

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[Boutrosbrother]

What is the organ or synth which is beneath the old minimoog??? they pass it over, looks an interesting thing

[SourceDistributionTV]

I wondered about that one too! Didn't ask about that on the day, does anyone know? He's got a Yamaha CS60 there too which we discussed briefly too but didn't make the final cut, and of course as he mentions, loads of other things being repaired or in storage elsewhere!

[remork138]

Philips Philicorda GM754. not quite a synth, but sounds lovely.

[SourceDistributionTV]

Good spot sir!

[seifukusha]

oh god, 6:09, what a sound. is that a built in spring reverb? lovely...

[SourceDistributionTV]

Yep. Spring reverbs and modulars are a match made in heaven...

[synthdemo]

great man and a great interview/tour, also enjoyed the MiniBrute video. Thanks for sharing this, particularly nice to see a video with such a well informed interviewer too, makes all the difference.

[kemicon]

Oh this thing on the floor. Just an SH-101. No biggie... put it back on the floor then? Right. Cheers.

[vuk yu]

Guy has build a part of heaven in his house, pretty sick.

[ChrisBBeats1]

what is that colourful thing on the shelf above the MS20?

[EtcEtcAndEtc]

NEVER MIND ALL THIS BLEEPY STUFF ADE, WHERE ARE YOUR GUITARS?!

[gladbeast]

looks like an early Phillicorda..

[4everColReb]

Had to chuckle when he said, "the Arp 2600 is having some sort of keyboard problems"... Didn't every single one ever made have keyboard issues? Such a shame for such a terrific sounding machine.

[TheAuralab]

great video!TX!

[david rush]

The Minimoog Adrian used for live gigs sounds like the one I had restored and then sold to him in px for an SH101 !

[LifevsMusic]

its unbelievable that if you can easily download digital copies of these for free... i dont want to imagine how much money was spent into that studio. anyway the analog sound is faaaaar far beyond the digital softsynths of today.

[therealKINDLE]

Did anyone else laugh in excitement like a little girl at Christmas?! Gosh I'd KILL to go & talk with Adrian about all these wonderful old synths. If you listen to Portishead's 3rd, which is probably one of the most expressive albums ever made, you can hear so much analog & organic detail that at parts you're overwhelmed with it all & become lost in it. In a way, Beth had less a spot light than in Dummy because of how powerful the synths were! Just madness!