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Portico Quartet – ‘Art in the Age of Automation’

September 1, 2017 By Anthony Dean-Harris

It's always been hard to peg down the precise sound of the Portico Quartet. The group with the baddest hang (the steel drum, not the conceptual loitering full of camaraderie) in the game has always had electronica elements melded into jazz sensibilities, and with previous efforts to swing the pendulum away from the jazz genre, it's been even more difficult to know what exactly … [Read more...]

Portico Quartet – “Endless” (Video)

June 27, 2017 By Anthony Dean-Harris

They're back. The difficult to pin down London band with the baddest hang in the game have seemingly returned to a jazzier inclination once more with their upcoming new album, Art in the Age of Automation. At least if that's what their first single, "Endless", can lead us to believe. Check out the video with its collage of assorted images after the jump.Art in the Age … [Read more...]

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