strange "case "contemporary British jazz scene, the Portico Quartet are a young quartet from London who for years has performed in small events and the streets of the capital. It was not difficult in fact, half of the last decade, finding out the National Theatre, their favorite location.
In 2007, almost by chance, get the contract with the Babel Label and the first album, Knee-deep in the North Sea, immediately acclaimed as a masterpiece of the new British jazz (jazz album of the year for the magazine Time Out ) so that the four find themselves on the stage of London Jazz Festival ... literally from the streets to the stars! In 2009 he released his new album Isla , this time for the Real World Record .
characteristic of the group is the use of 'Hang , metal percussion instrument invented in 2002 by a Swiss company and the typical twang and sweet, able to create atmospheres that ethereal and delicate, a true mark Factory band. Plays forced the songs Cittagazze and Zavodovski Island .
The Portico Quartet, captive for their unique sound and unique, will be on stage at Jazz Re: Found Sunday, June 13.
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