The trio of producers known as Crustation are quite connected in the fertile Bristol trip-hop community -- they played in bands with Portishead's Adrian Utley during the 1980s, and regularly hung out with Ma**ive Attack and Smith & Mighty. They debuted in 1994 with two EPs for Cup of Tea Records (also the home of Monk & Canatella, Statik Sound System and Purple Penguin), and released their debut album Bloom in 1998. ~ John Bush, All Music Guide Show more...

The trio of producers known as Crustation are quite connected in the fertile Bristol trip-hop community -- they played in bands with Portishead's Adrian Utley during the 1980s, and regularly hung out with Ma**ive Attack and Smith & Mighty. They debuted in 1994 with two EPs for Cup of Tea Records (also the home of Monk & Canatella, Statik Sound System and Purple Penguin), and released their debut album Bloom in 1998. ~ John Bush, All Music Guide