Portakabin Fever

Infobox Album | Name = Portakabin Fever
Type = Album
Artist = Hint


Released = 22 April 2003
Recorded = 2002
Genre = Electronica/Downtempo
Length = ?:?
Label = Hombre
MEX036CD
Producer =
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:jpftxqraldte link]
Last album =
This album = 1st
"Portakabin Fever"
(2003)
Next album =

Hint's debut album, "Portakabin Fever", was released on the Hombre independent record label in association with Ninja Tune on 22 April 2003.

The album reportedly got its name as it was recorded in a Portakabin. The album's inlay features a cartoon drawn by graphic artist Will Barras, in which Hint is depicted fishing in the (imagined) swamp outside his home. The cartoon prompted a comic strip loosely based on James' lifestyle, which was serialised in Japanese magazine, "Plus 81". [cite web| url=http://www.mystrands.com/artist/69854/biography| publisher=My Strands (originally from Encyclopedia of Popular MusicCopyright Muze UK Ltd. 1989 - 2004| work=Hint Biography| title=Hint Biography| accessdate=2007-06-21]

The album was mixed at State of Art, the Bristol-based studio owned by Geoff Barrow of Portishead.

Track listing

# "Actory"
# "The Look Up"
# "Words to that Effect"
# "Why the Top 10 Sucks in 2002"
# "You Little Trooper"
# "Re:Percussions"
# "Quite Spectacular"
# "Plucker"
# "Shout of Blue"
# "Count Your Blessings"
# "Air to Sky"

References

External links

* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/release/9cf9/ BBC Music review]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/collective/A1037026 BBC Collective review]