Portico Quartet - Art In The Age of Automation

“Portico Quartet stake claims to territory occupied by Radiohead, Cinematic Orchestra and Efterklang”. The Guardian ***** 

Mercury Prize-nominated Portico Quartet has always been an impossible band to pin down. Sending out echoes of jazz, electronica, ambient music and minimalism, the group created their own singular, cinematic sound over the course of three studio albums, from their 2007 breakthrough ‘Knee-Deep in the North Sea’, and 2010 John Leckie produced ‘Isla’, to the self titled record ‘Portico Quartet’ in 2012. Now rebooted as Portico Quartet after a brief spell as the three-piece Portico, the group are set to release their fourth studio album Art In The Age Of Automation this August on Manchester’s forward thinking indy jazz and electronica label Gondwana Records. It’s an eagerly anticipated return, with the band teasing both a return to their mesmeric signature sound and fresh new sonic departures in their new music. So much so that their four-night run at Archspace E8 sold out in less than an hour as fans from around the world scrambled for tickets to hear the return of Portico Quartet. 

2x 12"

A1. Endless

A2. Objects To Place In A Tomb        

A3. Rushing

B1. Art In The Age Of Automation   

B2. S/2000S5           

B3. A Luminous Beam          

C1. Beyond Dialogue            

C2. RGB      

D1. Current History

D2. Mercury Eyes   

D3. Lines Glow

 
Gondwana Records, 2017
GONDLP018

[Jazz] [Contemporary Jazz] [Electronic] [Modern Composition] [Experimental]