Four 80 East kicks major ass. The link below has samples and stuff. Cool music.
http://www.four80east.com/
Yes, it is!
Did you buy the box set with like...5 japanese paper sleeve editions of a couple of Goblin albums???
I also think Paatos have a certain trip-hop vibe in them, though they don't fit in that genre. Nevertheless a great band which should appeal to most trip-hop fans.
Is the first track from Buio Omega on there???
edit: Shit, I see you like Secret Chiefs 3. Me too. One of my all-time favourite bands!!!!
Love them too. Hard to pick my favourite album though. But Kallocain does have that extra DVD disc with live stuff. Lovely!
Their voices are nothing alike. The only thing they have in common (to my ear) are boobs.
Edit: It's not even the huskiness. It's the mood of it. The tone. The sweetness vs anguish. Their vibrato.
Of course, Portishead must be an influence, but I don't think they sound alike.