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Alan Abrahams, the man behind Portable, emerged out of the ruins of a post apartheid South Africa. Growing up in an impoverished Cape Town township, tagged “Beverly Hills” by the locals, Abrahams was always immersed in his sisters ritual of getting ready for a night out to a soundtrack of 80’s soul, hi life and hip hop. Inspired by the first batch of Chicago house records, the foundations were laid for his future in music. Experimenting with ways of combining traditional African rhythms with the 4/4 sound of house, Abrahams completed various projects in South Africa. Most of which gave a commentary to the political turmoil of the country at the time. Abrahams inevitably became frustrated by the geographic isolation of the country and relocated to London in 1997. In the UK Abrahams went on to complete various releases for internationally recognized labels such as Context and Background Records before starting up his own label, Süd Electronic in 2002. As well as doing many of London’s alternative spaces, Portable’s live appearances have included a special Context night at Batofar in Paris; a spot in London with Farben, Juan Atkins and Andy Vaz; a micro tour of Japan with Background Records; and an appearance at The Kiosk in Frankfurt. Portable was also recently part of The Wire Magazines 20th birthday celebrations in Paris. A promotion of the album “Cycling” has taken him to Japan, Germany and France. The later part of 2004 saw the release of Portable's Flicker e.p. which co-incided with two tours of the States and a debut in Mexico city. 2005 took saw the Portable sound reach as far afield as Brazil in South America, with cities including Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo. Discography 2003 Distance Karot EP 2003 Context 10 Context FM Compilation 2003 Cycling Background Records Album 2003 Sound Variation Remixes Sound Variation Compilation 2003 Futuristic Experiments 6 Background Records Compilation 2003 One second ago or less Background Records EP 2002 More Things Change Süd CDR 2002 Gridshift Süd EP 2002 Futuristic Experiments 5 Background Records Album 2001 Patterns and Signals Context fm EP 2001 Thredes and Vaynes Context FM Compilation Plus Soundtrack for short film As In As In directed by Dimitri Romanella Remix for Jeff Milligan on Revolver Records Remix for Band of Holy Joy on Rough Trade Records |
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