Category Archives: Downtempo

Also: trip-hop, bristol sound, acid jazz, instrumental hip-hop, etc.

Mandalay “Insensible”

When everybody was waiting for new Portishead album, suddenly rumor appeard, that material finally has been released. The album was realy good and in Portishead guise, but You could hear that it is not Beth Gibbons singing. In fact it was a Mandalay album “Solace”, but gossips were so strong that Portishead had to officialy deny, that it is their music.

I think it was quite unjust story for Mandalay becuse their music was really good but unfortunetely covered by disapointment that “it is not Portishead”. Below my favourite track from this album: