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Sunday, July 6, 2008

Third Floor - Portishead’s “Third” Reimagined by The Noise/Floor Crew

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Many people have been endlessly asking me, “What about the Portishead remix album? What about the Portishead remix album? When is it going to be done?” Well it is finally done and ready for consumption. For those who dont know, The Noise/Floor Crew, started by Lady Foursquare, Angel Alanis (my partner in War Games) and myself, has been in the process of remixing the entirety of Portishead’s “Third” since about a month before it came out.

It began as one critically acclaimed remix of “Machine Gun” that was begging for more drums and snowballed into an all out reinterpretation of Portishead’s minimal masterpiece. Most are by NFC but we enlisted a couple of other producers, namely Flufftronix, 12th Planet, ASiH and A. Black, to round out the album. A few tracks were left in a somewhat recognizable state but most were torn to shreds and reassembled into an almost unrecognizable form. The individual tracks cover a broad range of styles from house to electro to minimal to maximal that all came together to make one hell of an album.

Is it better than the original? Am I allowed to ask that given my involvement? I guess it depends what you’re into, but our take certainly brings it out of the lofty art-rock realm and without dumbing it down. Anyways, I’ll quit talking it up and let you be the judge. As this is not a sanctioned remix album, I’m curious to see what Portishead will say about this since, in the past, they’ve been so staunchly against remixes of their own music. Below is a link to the entire album in a tidy .zip along with a lengthy (tl;dr) description of who Noise/Floor Crew really is. I thought I’d also give it to you track by track as well but I’d recommend listening to it as a whole album. And be sure to go to somewhere besides itunes (damn the man) and buy Portishead’s album as well.

Third Floor - Portishead’s “Third” Reimagined by The Noise/Floor Crew (ALBUM ZIP)

1. Portishead - We Carry On (Noise/Floor Crew Rmx)

2. Portishead - Nylon Smile (War Games Rmx)

3. Portishead - Magic Doors (Noise/Floor Crew Rmx)

4. Portishead - Threads (Guest Mix By Flufftronix)

5. Portishead - Machine Gun (Noise/Floor Crew Rmx)

6. Portishead - Plastic (Noise/Floor Crew Rmx)

7. Portishead - Silence (Noise/Floor Crew Rmx)

8. Portishead - Small (Guest Mix By ASiH + A. Black)

9. Portishead - Hunter (12th Planet of N.F.C. Remix)

10. Portishead - The Rip (Noise/Floor Crew Rmx)

11. Portishead - Deep Water (Noise/Floor Crew Rmx)

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posted by Local Hero at 10:54 pm  

54 Comments »

  1. [...] earlier this year has been in the tubes for awhile, and has just been spat out onto the internets: PORTISHEAD REIMAGINED. It’s an album consisting of remixes entirely sourced from Portishead’s album Third; [...]

    Pingback by Portishead Reimaged* at Flufftronix — July 7, 2008 @ 1:01 am

  2. Stupendous!! Well done.

    Comment by DaDa KingZ — July 7, 2008 @ 1:29 am

  3. AWESOME!!!! Thank You So much!!!!! Long life to Trashmenagerie
    GG les mecs super blog, j’adore continuer super travail.

    Et Merci ^.^ )b

    Comment by DjuZ — July 7, 2008 @ 1:42 am

  4. [...] Link (via) Tags: Album, Music, Portishead, Remix [...]

    Pingback by Portisheads „Third“ Remixed - Nerdcore — July 7, 2008 @ 3:08 am

  5. [...] laufen lassen. Das Ergebnis wirft zurecht die Frage auf, ob das Original noch das bessere ist. Link [via] Tags: Portishead | Remix Ähnliche [...]

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  6. [...] The Noise/Floor Crew hat sich dem Meisterwerk von Portishead angenommen und eine eigene Version daraus gebastelt. Hört selbst: [...]

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  7. [...] Noise Floor Crew hat sich dem Werk nun angenommen und dabei sämtliche Titel einmal durch den Mixer gedreht, bis kein Sample mehr an seiner [...]

    Pingback by Portishead’ Third Remixed - I am Jeriko — July 7, 2008 @ 11:15 am

  8. [...] Die Noise/Floor Crew, hat Portisheads “Third” gemixt. Das Remix Album steht jetzt auf Trash Menagerie als Download bereit. Einige Tracks sind verdammt gut, tanzbar, aber nicht besser als das Original. [...]

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  9. [...] ZIP liegt direkt hier, mehr Hintergrundinfos und die einzelnen Songs als Stream gibt’s bei TRASH MENAGERIE. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. RSS [...]

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  10. awesome, great job guys!

    :D

    Comment by narx — July 7, 2008 @ 10:18 pm

  11. Amazing, I absolutely love what you’ve done with this album!! I have a huge crush on Plastic and Small, but the truth is I really dig every single tracks!
    Thank you et bonne continuation, ce site est genial :)

    Comment by Stellatokyo — July 7, 2008 @ 11:45 pm

  12. Yo. I just wanted to drop in and say thanks to everyone who wrote and blogged this. Personally, I think I like what Rupert and Angel did on Nylon Smile almost the best. They rock rock rock! Fluff and Infiltrata’s jamz we’re super tight too. There were a lot of late nights in Casa Noise with me and Angel wondering if people would even give a crap. So, Merci! Keep it donk.

    Comment by Lady Foursquare of Noise Floor Crew — July 8, 2008 @ 12:48 pm

  13. You take my breath away! I’ve never heard better remixes of [P]~songs and I just want to thank you! First of all for your empathy - you handled the o-songs in the right way, wonderful, really! And: you made [P] 100% danceable! Fantastic! Thank you!!!

    Kisses & greetings from Germany! ***

    Comment by biscuit — July 8, 2008 @ 1:42 pm

  14. It was a blast to do.. And I cannot wait to wrap up all the new music with Local Hero and the rest of the gang..:-)

    Thanks for all the good feedback everyone..
    :-PPPPPP

    a

    Comment by Angel of noise floor — July 8, 2008 @ 2:09 pm

  15. EXCELLENT mix. Most “non-professional” album mixes suck ass, but this is excellent. I’m totally rocking out to the “Machine Gun” mix right now.

    Comment by LT — July 8, 2008 @ 5:52 pm

  16. [...] O coletivo Noise Floor Crew resolveu remixar todas as faixas de Third por conta própria, sem nenhuma solicitação da banda ou da gravadora. Como não tinham os masters abertos, usaram as faixas do jeito que elas foram lançadas no cd, e o resultado ficou espetacular. Tem aqui pra baixar. [...]

    Pingback by Quatro fatos sobre Third « .:william/paiva:. — July 8, 2008 @ 6:02 pm

  17. Sick, sick, sick!!!!! I just got bitchslapped by all this funkyness!
    Three cheers for all involved!
    -Joe Nemo

    Comment by Joe Nemo — July 8, 2008 @ 9:11 pm

  18. Amaaazing!

    Comment by Cleber — July 9, 2008 @ 1:23 am

  19. Great stuff guys! This is the future of Music!

    Comment by Dj Rob Edwards — July 9, 2008 @ 2:20 am

  20. Great stuff, I especially like the remix of “The Rip”. While listening to the original I always felt like something is missing. Now the life is there with your remix!

    Comment by Sebastian — July 9, 2008 @ 3:25 am

  21. [...] Zu arm für die MPU a bit like life, quite interesting in parts but no substitute for the real thing « Unwaehlbar, Teil 87 Portishead’s Third Remixed 9 Juli 2008 Ganz grossen Musiksport gibts hier. [...]

    Pingback by Portishead’s Third Remixed « Zu arm für die MPU — July 9, 2008 @ 4:21 am

  22. [...] aber Schlag auf Schlag: Soeben ist ein komplettes Remix-Album erschienen, welches sich man bei trashmenagerie.com anhören und herunterladen kann - Pflicht für alle [...]

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  23. this is the zbornak to my dorothy!

    Comment by Anonymous — July 9, 2008 @ 4:53 pm

  24. [...] bootleg self-assigned remix of Portishead’s latest album, Third, which is available here and [...]

    Pingback by Exclusive: Chicago crew remixes Portishead’s ‘Third,’ calls it a digital love letter — July 10, 2008 @ 8:24 am

  25. [...] Das komplette neue Portishead Album als Remix. [...]

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  26. brilliant stuff guys! especially number 2 just rocks the shit out of the decks!

    Comment by dbe — July 10, 2008 @ 11:25 am

  27. Dope, hook it up

    Comment by Orlando — July 10, 2008 @ 2:21 pm

  28. The sickness is maddening people!!! Well done NFC, Well done!!!

    Comment by A. Perkins — July 10, 2008 @ 2:25 pm

  29. Shit is dope… Plastic, Hunter and RIP are my favorites but, they are all really great remixes. The question is what else is Noise Floor Crew going to come out with? You all better keep your eyes open and your ears to the floor, big things for this crew boys and girls…

    Comment by Prosthetic Pressings — July 10, 2008 @ 2:38 pm

  30. These remixes are amazing. Angel Alanis and Lady 4 Sq are the shit.

    Comment by TT — July 10, 2008 @ 3:16 pm

  31. Portishead, ahhhhhh, what better artists could you pick… after the 10 year lull of their music production. i was in a gassy dream world as witnessing the remix production of this masterpiece album in it’s entirety.

    purely amazing! excellent job my friends.

    …now feed me some more dammit!

    Comment by skittlez — July 10, 2008 @ 3:48 pm

  32. these tracks are the hotness.

    Comment by Keith MacKenzie — July 10, 2008 @ 3:50 pm

  33. Awesome!!! A really great album, you’ve totally nailed it with this.

    Was it done using uncompressed audio?? If so, could you put it up in FLAC format for those of us who HATE lossy audio?? This is one album I’d LOVE to own in glorious full-fat quality….

    Comment by Nigel — July 10, 2008 @ 4:11 pm

  34. AWESOME…thanks for this, it’s amazing, you totally nailed it with this.

    Was this done using uncompressed audio?? If so, could you put this up in FLAC format for those of us that HATE lossy audio?? This is one album that I’d LOVE to own if glorious full-fat quality…

    Comment by N.A.S. — July 10, 2008 @ 4:18 pm

  35. siiick shit.. the production is tops

    Comment by Dimitri — July 10, 2008 @ 4:29 pm

  36. bigups old school chi town rave crews!!!!! still holding it down in the ‘08…..wheres the balloons!!!?? :)

    Comment by frosty — July 10, 2008 @ 4:35 pm

  37. Portishead, ahhhhhh, what better artists could you pick…
    and after the 10 year lull of their music production. i was in a gassy dream world as witnessing the remix production of this masterpiece album in it’s entirety.

    purely amazing! excellent job my friends.

    …now feed me some more dammit!

    Comment by skittlez — July 10, 2008 @ 4:37 pm

  38. OMG!!! This is FANTASTIC WORK!!! I am so loving them!! GREAT JOB to all!!!

    Comment by Ravennena — July 10, 2008 @ 5:12 pm

  39. Love it!!!!!

    Comment by jackie — July 11, 2008 @ 1:15 pm

  40. Out-fucking-standing!
    Never had Portishead sounded so fresh.
    Looking forward to more stuff from NFC

    Comment by pilsen — July 11, 2008 @ 1:16 pm

  41. Love it! Well done!!!

    Comment by Hypr — July 14, 2008 @ 12:36 pm

  42. [...] quiser baixar o álbum completo com as 11 faixas remixadas, é só acessar o blog Trash Menagerie, ou se preferir, tem o link direto para download [...]

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  43. [...] bet you want more [...]

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  44. Noise floor crew Blog up. :-)

    http://www.noisefloorcrew.com

    Comment by angel muzik — July 20, 2008 @ 9:19 pm

  45. [...] Get the mix here from Trash Menagerie [...]

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  46. Got a WAV version PLEASE?

    Comment by jimthing — July 24, 2008 @ 12:51 am

  47. [...] Smith’s session [Wnyc.org] Immortal Technique interviews at Urb Magazine & Prefix Mag Dance crew remix entire of Portishead’s Third album Courtney Love gets sued over Nirvana sale [Pitchfork Media] Will Russia outlaw emo? [Prefix Mag] [...]

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  48. [...] nicht mehr ganz aktuell, aber durch wiederholtes hören immer wichtiger für mich geworden: die remixvariante des aktuellen portishead-albums von the noise/floor-crew. reinhören oder runterladen auf trash menagerie. [...]

    Pingback by zachlblog » Blog Archive » portishead remixed — July 24, 2008 @ 6:55 pm

  49. [...] July 25, 2008 · No Comments If you were sort of underwhelmed by Portishead’s return, Third, I suggest downloading the remix album by Noise/Floor Crew. They definitely amp the atmosphere up, turning the album’s many moody songs into club bangers, but it works. Download here. [...]

    Pingback by Portishead remixes « Illiot Gould — July 25, 2008 @ 10:38 am

  50. firgggin ascap sent us an email about this.. weird

    Comment by Angel of noise floor — July 27, 2008 @ 4:54 pm

  51. Cool. It took almost a day to find this info. Thanks, great job. :)

    Comment by Janet23 — August 3, 2008 @ 2:34 pm

  52. you took out the soul, the darkness, the grit, the angst. And added - pop, cheese, and predictability. Ouch.

    Comment by ouch — August 24, 2008 @ 11:41 am

  53. Noise floor crew Blog up.

    Comment by yeni oyunlar — September 25, 2008 @ 7:03 am

  54. [...] Portishead – The Third (Reimagined by the Noise/Floor Crew) via Trash Menagerie [...]

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