�������t¶��

In the 90s, Massive Attack led a wave of delirious downbeat dance music dubbed trip-hop in an area that saw their two biggest hits - Unfinished Sympathy and Teardrop Back then, few people gave serious thought to the environmental impact of touring.

Portishead’s return in 2008, “Third,” was uncompromising, dissonant and volatile, bristling against the ways trip-hop had been smoothed into background music during the group’s hiatus.

The singer has called it a "confidently optimistic" record, inspired by her love of psychedelia, trip-hop and Britpop.

“This one felt like it wanted to lean more electronic, a little bit more of that trip-hop influence that I’ve dabbled with over the years,” she says of her embrace of the genre which blends hip-hop and electronica.

The two have compromised on “chill hotel lobby music” such as the English trip-hop duo Zero 7.