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Description:
Isla (2010 Edition) by Portico Quartet, released 1 May 2015, includes the following tracks: "Dawn Patrol", "Life Mask Interlude", "Life Mask", "Shed Song (Improv No. 1)" and more.
This version of Isla (2010 Edition) comes as a 1xCD. -
"Isla (2010 Edition)" is the captivating second album by Portico Quartet, available here in CD format and released under Pias/Real World. This record showcases the band's unique blend of jazz, ambient, and minimalism, featuring their signature use of the hang drum alongside saxophone, bass, and percussion. "Isla" builds on the Mercury Prize-nominated success of their debut "Knee-Deep in the North Sea," further establishing Portico Quartet as innovators within contemporary jazz. The atmospheric soundscapes and intricate rhythms found throughout this album have earned critical acclaim for pushing genre boundaries. Pias/Real World is renowned for supporting groundbreaking artists across genres; Real World Records was founded by Peter Gabriel to champion global sounds and innovative musicianship.
Without being too ostentatious, Portico Quartet introduces a new perspective in free jazz,a musical genre that is, more often than not, restricted to ...
John Garratt - 30/Aug/2010
Portico Quartet are an instrumental music ensemble from the UK, but nothing about them sounds overtly English. Their sound is comprised of saxophone a...
Ari Stein - 18/Mar/2010
If Radiohead tried to make ‘proper’ jazz and not the half-baked hybrid it attempts to now, it would perhaps sound somewhat like the Portico Quartet.Th...
Greg Inglis - 10/Dec/2009
For the follow up to their Mercury nominated debut, London-based outfit Portico Quartet have drafted in veteran producer John Leckie (Radiohead, Stone...
Kev - 10/Nov/2009
After the stunning success of Knee Deep In The North Sea I wrongly presumed that Portico Quartet would have some difficulty in following that album up...
Ivan Hewett - 23/Oct/2009
The silvery ring of the hang (an aristocratic cousin of the steel pan) may be the Portico Quartet’s trademark sound, but in the end what linge...
John Fordham - 22/Oct/2009
Having invented a unique and very catchy ensemble tone around minimalist loops-music and the melodiously tuned Hang Drum, 2008 Mercury-nominees Portic...
the_archivist - 22/Oct/2009
The recent history of the Portico Quartet almost reads like a fairy story: from busking on London?s South Bank in 2005 to a Mercury Prize nomination t...
William Grant - 21/Oct/2009
Contemporary jazz can be quite the musical conundrum. Jazz, with it’s own heritage, was born from a sense of rebellion - of a need for change. Before ...
ClashMusic - 20/Oct/2009
With their debut, ‘Knee-deep In The North Sea’, garnering them a Mercury Music Prize nomination in the year Elbow won, Portico Quartet have returned a...
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