PORTICO QUARTET - ISLA (LP)

Portico Quartet Isla on 180g LP + Download Voucher w/ Bonus Track

Portico Quartet are four guys in their early-twenties who live in London and play instrumental music. Their accidental discovery of the unique Swiss-made hang formed the core of their fresh, signature sound, ambient and evocative, cerebral yet poignant, a music that seems pleasingly familiar yet thrillingly new: post-jazz, or world music of the future.

Citing such diverse influences as Steve Reich, Miles Davis, Philip Glass and Toumani Diabate, the group have rocketed from street busking in London to a Mercury Prize nomination and sold-out shows at the Barbican. They’ve grown independently as a band, drawing from many sources, but completely defying categorization as jazz, world music, contemporary classical, or rock.

Isla was recorded at Abbey Road, where producer John Leckie (Radiohead, Baaba Maal, Spiritualized) helped refine and clarify their arrangements while the band sculpted their sound with loop pedals, real-time electronics and overdubs. Nevertheless most of the album was recorded live in the studio.

Growing up as a band of friends immersed in the global jukebox, they understand the power of performance, and the potential of music to communicate through its most basic elements: rhythm, harmony, melody and timbre. Includes voucher to download all the tracks on the LP, plus an extra track from the CD, "Shed Song (Improv No 1)."

Portico Quartet Isla Track Listing:

1.  Paper Scissors Stone
2.  The Visitor
3.  Dawn Patrol
4.  Line
5.  Life Mask (Interlude)
6.  Clipper
7.  Life Mask
8.  Isla