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Portishead is from United Kingdom, tagged "trip hop", "electronic", "downtempo" and "trip-hop" on MusicBrainz. These nine are not the usual sound-alikes. They come from 9 countries on 6 continents (North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania and Asia), listed west to east, and each one shares little or nothing with Portishead's tags. Press play on any of them, or spin your own nine.

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  1. Soul Sauce cover
    1. United States · North America

    Cal Tjader

    latin jazz, jazz

    Nothing like Portishead

    Soul Sauce (Guachi Guara) · Soul Sauce (1965)

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  2. Wonder When - Single cover
    2. Jamaica · North America

    Racquel Jones

    reggae

    Nothing like Portishead

    Wonder When · Wonder When - Single (2015)

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  3. Las Guitarras Tropicales cover
    3. Peru · South America

    Silvestre Montez y sus Guantanameros

    cumbia peruana

    Nothing like Portishead

    El Pajarito · Las Guitarras Tropicales (1968)

    0:30
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  4. Poetas del Tango: Enrique Santos Discépolo cover
    4. Argentina · South America

    Edmundo Rivero

    tango, tango singer

    Nothing like Portishead

    Cafetín de Buenos Aires (feat. Aníbal Troilo y Su Orquesta) · Poetas del Tango: Enrique Santos Discépolo (1996)

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  5. Day One - Single cover
    5. Spain · Europe

    José Padilla

    chillout, ambient

    Nothing like Portishead

    Day One · Day One - Single (2015)

    0:30
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  6. More Than the Best cover
    6. Austria · Europe

    Count Basic

    acid jazz

    Nothing like Portishead

    M.L. In the Sunshine · More Than the Best (1994)

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  7. Angola 72 - 74 cover
    7. Angola · Africa

    Bonga

    semba, folk

    Nothing like Portishead

    Mona Ki Ngi Xica · Angola 72 - 74 (1972)

    0:30
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  8. Big Grief cover
    8. Australia · Oceania

    WAAX

    post-punk

    Nothing like Portishead

    Fade · Big Grief (2019)

    0:30
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  9. Undulate - Single cover
    9. Japan · Asia

    Hakobune

    ambient, drone

    Nothing like Portishead

    Undulate · Undulate - Single (2017)

    0:30
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