Within a year Tricky had released two more full-length albums which were considered even more challenging, without finding the same popularity as his Bristol contemporaries Massive Attack and Portishead.

The more abstract Autechre and Aphex Twin around this time were releasing early records in the " intelligent techno " or so-called intelligent dance music ( IDM ) style, while other Bristol-based musicians such as Tricky, Leftfield, Massive Attack and Portishead were experimenting with the fusion of electronic textures with hip-hop, R & B rhythms to form what became known as trip-hop.

The connection to the Bristol Harbour Railway was closed on 6 January 1964 ; passenger trains to Portishead were withdrawn on 7 September 1964 ; and most local services in the north of the city were withdrawn on 23 November 1964.

Around the 1860s, at the height of the iron and steel era, a pier and a deep-water dock were built by the Bristol & Portishead Pier and Railway to accommodate the large ships that had difficulty in reaching Bristol Harbour.

Ships carrying coal were commonplace in Portishead Docks.

The Portishead power stations were coal-fed power stations built next to the dock.

Portishead " B " power station closed in 1982 and both of its stacks were demolished in October 1992.

Around the 1860s, at the height of the iron and steel era, a pier and a deep-water dock were built, at Portishead, by the Bristol & Portishead Pier and Railway to accommodate the large ships that had difficulty in reaching Bristol Harbour.

The Portishead power stations were coal-fed power stations built next to the dock.

The band were chosen to perform at the ATP I'll Be Your Mirror festival curated by ATP & Portishead in September 2011 in Asbury Park, New Jersey.

The Port of Bristol Authority was the commercial title of the Bristol City, Avonmouth, Portishead and Royal Portbury Docks when they were operated by Bristol City Council, which ceased trade when the Avonmouth and Royal Portbury Docks were leased to The Bristol Port Company in 1991.

The band were chosen by Portishead to perform at the ATP I'll Be Your Mirror festival that they curated in July 2011 at London's Alexandra Palace.

The songs were then mixed with engineer 7-Stu-7 at State of Art-the Bristol-based studio owned by Geoff Barrow of Portishead.

Several examples were withdrawn over the next few years, and two were sold to the Weston, Clevedon and Portishead Railway in 1925 and 1937.

All but one of these locomotives were based on the former Southern Railway, which became the Southern Region under British Railways, with the other based on the Western Region, having been inherited by the Great Western Railway from the Weston, Clevedon and Portishead Railway.

Links to the Great Western Railway were provided at Clevedon and Portishead, and in 1915 a short branch to a wharf at Wick St. Lawrence on the River Yeo was built.

In July 2011, the band were invited by Portishead to perform at the ATP I'll Be Your Mirror at Alexandre Palace in London, where they performed songs from their debut album Taste.

A trio fronted by singer Beth Gibbons, Portishead also included sonic manipulators Geoff Barrow and Adrian Utley.

Nevertheless, Portishead shared the scratchy, jazz-sample-based aesthetic of early Massive Attack ( who Barrow had briefly worked with during the recording of Blue Lines ), and the sullen, fragile vocals of Gibbons also brought them wide acclaim.

Webb also collaborated under the name of Rustin Man with Portishead lead singer Beth Gibbons and released Out of Season in 2002, while Lee Harris featured on the Bark Psychosis 2004 album, /// Codename: Dustsucker.

Another railway also served the town, the Weston, Clevedon and Portishead Light Railway, which opened in 1897 and closed in 1940.

Portishead was also the telephone control centre used by British Telecom ( BT ) for non-direct dialled calls to maritime vessels, a service known as Portishead Radio.

Portishead also had a second, short-lived, railway line: the Weston, Clevedon and Portishead Railway.

Portishead Point lighthouse also known as Battery Point lighthouse

There are also church and youth organisations such as the Portishead Youth Club, a choral society, which was formed in 1955, and an annual carnival.

The label also released new albums by Radiohead, Friendly Fires, and The Horrors and singles by Jai Paul and Portishead, as well as the Adele Blu-ray / DVD, Live At The Royal Albert Hall.

The closure of the power stations at Portishead also made the Portishead Dock redundant, and it was finally closed in 1992.

Out of Season also features contributions from Gibbon's fellow Portishead bandmate Adrian Utley and Webb's former bandmate Lee Harris.

Portishead also co-curated and headlined ATP's first U. S. I'll Be Your Mirror in September 2011 in Asbury Park, New Jersey.

St Mays primary school a small school of just over 105 and also has transport to Gordano school in Portishead

The school is also home to Gordano Valley Church as well as many local clubs and societies including the successful Portishead town band which rehearses regularly on the site.

The band have been chosen by Portishead to perform at the ATP I'll Be Your Mirror festivals that Portishead curated in July 2011 at London's Alexandra Palace, and, in September 2011, in Asbury Park, New Jersey.

On the same festival the following day, Simeon was invited onstage by Portishead to perform " We Carry On ", Portishead homage to Silver Apples.

He was chosen by Portishead to perform at the ATP I'll Be Your Mirror festival that they curated in July 2011 at London's Alexandra Palace.

Notably the band have been chosen to perform at the ATP I'll Be Your Mirror festival curated by ATP & Portishead in September 2011 in Asbury Park, New Jersey.

The band had been chosen by Portishead & ATP to perform at the ATP I'll Be Your Mirror festival that they will curate in July 2011 at London's Alexandra Palace.

The band was chosen to perform at the ATP I'll Be Your Mirror festival curated by ATP & Portishead on September 2011 in Asbury Park, New Jersey.

The band have been chosen to perform at the ATP I'll Be Your Mirror festival organized by ATP & Portishead in September 2011 in Asbury Park, New Jersey.

The band would later perform a cover of the Portishead song " Roads " for the Peaceville Records anniversary compilation " Peaceville X ".

The group performed live at the ATP I'll Be Your Mirror festival curated by ATP & Portishead in September 2011 in Asbury Park, New Jersey.

Geoff Barrow, who went on to form Portishead, was an intern and trainee tape operator at Bristol's Coach House studio when the album was recorded.

McVey ( credited at the time as ' Booga Bear ') and his wife, Neneh Cherry provided crucial financial support and in-kind assistance to the early careers of Massive Attack, Portishead and Tricky during this period, even paying regular wages to them through their Cherry Bear Organisation.

In 2005 Del Naja organised and performed at a charity concert in Bristol for Tsunami Relief with Adrian Utley and Geoff Barrow of Portishead.

The credits of Dummy indicate that at this juncture, Portishead was a duo of Geoff Barrow and Beth Gibbons.

Portishead's Geoff Barrow realised a " boyhood fantasy " when Chuck D of Public Enemy joined the band onstage at the ATP I'll Be Your Mirror festival curated by Portishead in Asbury Park, NJ on October 2011.

During Summer 2011, Portishead performed at a number of festivals in Europe.

On 9 July 2011, Portishead performed at the main stage of Pohoda Festival, Trencin, Slovakia, in front of 20, 000 fans.

On 10 July 2011, Portishead performed at the main stage of Exit Festival, Novi Sad, Serbia, in front of more than 20, 000 fans.

The Bristol and Portishead Pier and Railway opened a branch off the Bristol and Exeter line west of the city on 18 April 1867, the trains being operated by the B & ER and using their platforms at Temple Meads.

Company Flow reunited for a show on October 19, 2007 in Brooklyn, New York City as well as a show on July 16, 2011, and supported Portishead at the inaugural British ' I'll Be Your Mirror ' festival in July 23, 2011.

High and low tides at Portishead Docks in the Bristol Channel.

Portishead ( band ) | Portishead playing live at the venue, 13 April 2008

The band Portishead hosted one of two All Tomorrow's Parties music festivals titled I'll Be Your Mirror on 23-24 July 2011 at the palace.

The name Portishead derives from the " port at the head of the river ".

The main station was near the centre of the village of Portishead, as it was then ; the other was at the Pier.

One generator ( 500 MW ) of four at each of the new power stations had almost the same output of both Portishead Stations combined (" A " Station 200 MW, " B " Station 360 MW ).

The main transmitting station, which was remotely operated, originally consisted of a large array of radio masts at nearby Portishead Downs but was replaced by a single radio mast at Clevedon.