Portico Quartet

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Portico Quartet
Portico Quartet members at the Cully Jazz Festival.
Portico Quartet members at the Cully Jazz Festival.
General information
origin London , England
Genre (s) Contemporary jazz , electronic music
founding 2005
Website www.porticoquartet.com
Current occupation
Drums , piano , electronics
 Duncan Bellamy
Saxophone , piano , electronics, synthesizer
Jack Wyllie
Double bass , electronics
 Milo Fitzpatrick
Hang , synthesizer
 Keir Vine
former members
hillside
 Nick Mulvey

Portico Quartet (2014-2017 Portico ) is a British band that combines jazz with electronic music .

history

Portico Quartet was founded in London in 2005 . At the beginning of the band's history, she combined elements of contemporary jazz , ethnic music (mainly through the use of a slope ) and minimalism . For their debut album Knee-Deep in the North Sea , the band was nominated for the 2008 Mercury Music Prize .

In 2011, founding member Nick Mulvey left the band. In 2013, his successor Keir Vine left the band, which meant they lost their landmark at the time - the Hang. The band name was changed to Portico shortly afterwards and the trio signed a contract with the renowned independent label Ninja Tune . Her music, which has already become more and more electronic in the past , now differs significantly from the previous albums on the first Ninja Tune album Living Fields . With the album Art in the Age of Automation , the band returned to the old quartet line-up; their music also approached the sound of the first albums again.

Discography

  • 2007: Knee-Deep in the North Sea ( Real World Records )
  • 2010: Isla (Real World Records)
  • 2012: Portico Quartet (Real World Records)
  • 2013: Live / Remix (Real World Records)
  • 2015: Living Fields (as Portico; Ninja Tune )
  • 2017: Art in the Age of Automation (Gondwana)
  • 2019: Memory Streams (Gondwana)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Portico Quartet biography. AllMusic, accessed February 16, 2015 .
  2. ^ Living Fields / Portico. Ninja Tune, accessed February 16, 2015 .