For all the well-deserved fanfare that accompanies Portishead, it’s surprising that Geoff Barrow’s other trio, Beak>, seems to have mostly stayed under the radar. The group’s 2009 self-titled album was a lesson in live minimal synth/bass/drum alchemy, and this cover of Pink Floyd’s classic “Welcome To The Machine,” recorded for a Mojo Magazine sampler CD, delivers the same.

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