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Portico Quartet Discography of CDs
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Portico Quartet CD (2012) Top Seller
2012 release from the British Jazz/World outfit. Portico Quartet still sound like nothing you ever heard before. The Mercury nominated East London based outfit's unique music has expanded to embrace new sonic territories. Drawing on the inspiration of Electronica, Ambient, Classical, World and Dance music as they take their strange, beautiful, cinematic, future music to exciting new vistas where the inspiration of Burial, Mount Kimbie, Radiohead and Flying Lotus rubs shoulders with the textures of Arve Henriksen and Bon Iver and echoes of Steve Reich and Max Richter. But all underpinned by a shared joy in collective music making as the band push their inimitable music into the future. Produced by the band themselves and brilliantly engineered by Greg Freeman at the Fish Market & Real World Studios, Portico Quartet's eponymous third album is the sound of a band that refuses to stand still.
Recording information: The Fish Factory (08/2011).
Arranger: Portico Quartet.
Personnel: Duncan Bellamy (vocals, drums, electronics); Jack Wyllie (saxophone, piano, synthesizer, electronics); Milo Fitzpatrick (double bass, electronics).
Audio Mixers: Portico Quartet; Greg Freeman.
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Isla CD (2010)
Recording information: Abbey Road Studios (01/20/2009); Fish Factory Stuios (01/20/2009); The End Of Our Garden (01/20/2009); Abbey Road Studios (05/2009); Fish Factory Stuios (05/2009); The End Of Our Garden (05/2009).
Arranger: Portico Quartet.
Personnel: Mizuka Yamamoto, David Larkin (violin); Jose Gandia (viola); Greg Duggan (cello); Jack Wyllie (saxophone, electronics); Duncan Bellamy (piano, drums); Milo Fitzpatrick (double bass); Nick Mulvey (percussion).
Audio Mixers: Portico Quartet; Joe Leckie.
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Knee-Deep In the North Sea CD (2007) 
On its debut CD, KNEE DEEP IN THE NORTH SEA, Mercury Prize-nominated combo the Portico Quartet delivers an unusually meditative brand of world music-influenced jazz that matches a minimalist classical music vibe with a pop/jam band-informed compositional sense. Centered on repeated figures played on the hang (a type of steel drum) and soprano saxophonist Jack Wylie's Wayne Shorter-esque improvisational explorations, Portico Quartet's music should appeal to fans of Weather Report and the Dave Matthews Band alike.
Recording information: Copenhagen Jazzhouse, Denmark (02/07/2007-08/08/2007); Livingston Studios, London (02/07/2007-08/08/2007); Copenhagen Jazzhouse, Denmark (07/02/2010); Livingston Studios, London (07/02/2010).
Arranger: Portico Quartet.
Personnel: Jack Wyllie (saxophone); Milo Fitzpatrick (double bass); Duncan Bellamy (drums).
Audio Mixer: John Leckie.
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Live/Remix CDs (2013)
Portico Quartet CD discography Audio Mixers: Portico Quartet; Greg Freeman.
Photographer: Fabrice Bourgelle.
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Steepless FT. Cornelia (2012)
Portico Quartet albums Track Listing of songs: Steepless; Steepless; Lacker Boo; Lacker Boo;
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 Portico Quartet Songs
Popular or famous Portico Quartet music songs: Dawn Patrol, Line, Clipper, Steepless, Ruins, Life Mask, Isla, Kon Tiki Expedition, Too Many Cooks. More music songs Steps In The Wrong Direction, Prickly Pear, Window Seat, City Of Glass, Cittagazze, Rubidium, Paper Scissors Stone, Pompidou, News From Verona. More music songs Visitor, Zavodovski Island. See All Songs
Portico Quartet Biography
The Artist is a contemporary modern jazz and ethnic fusion ensemble from South London, England. Formed in 2005, the quartet's influences clearly reference modern jazz and African music, as well as minimalists Philip Glass and Steve Reich. Championed by archivist and historian/mixer Gilles Peterson, the Artist's debut release, Knee Deep in the North Sea, was acclaimed as jazz, folk, and world music Album of the Year for 2007 by Time Out magazine, and was a Mercury Music Prize honoree for 2008. Their modern contemporary sound has been favorably compared to the diverse, ethnic-flavored work of Ben Allison, E.S.T., and the Cinematic Orchestra. ~ Michael G. Nastos
Key Personnel
Contemporaries
The Cinematic Orchestra, E.S.T., Ben Allison, Deep Listening Band, Basquiat Strings
Influences
Philip Glass, Weather Report, Steve Reich, Jan Garbarek
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