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After a hiatus, London electronic Jazz outfit Portico Quartet has returned with a new album, and we have them in studio to play two tracks from the record, 'Endless' and 'A Luminous Beam.' Their compositions meld acoustic and electronic soundscapes, jungle-style breakbeats and loose percussive grooves. As the title of current album "Art In The Age Of Automation" suggests, they're not interested in musical regression, but rather in "What it means to make music in the modern age, to mix human art and computer art."
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[@ryanwilliam129]

Birds with no direction learn to listen to the heavenly wailing of the ocean. By this vibration, they find their migratory patterns. Now with direction... Each preforms it’s dance, the other’s keep their direction in accordance to the ocean’s deep wishes. One after the other drops from the cliffside like rain drops catalyzing a storm. And now their floating cloud has dried, but the Earth below has found new nourishment.

[@getjac]

Feeling flows like birds aflocking Hands are moving, ticking tocking Slowed down movements warp this walking Waves of wind consume you Sand dunes fall and form again Temporal mountains erase and ascend The wind of the body and breath of the land Informing granular nothing Reaching out and pulling back Its edges flow and never crack An ever-searching amnesiac Returning to itself You cup your hands and try to hold What’s never new and never old Your grasp an insufficient mold A trite and fruitless effort A soft rain comes to meet the ground Each drop adds to the growing sound The many lost again are found Returning to themself Starlings flutter up in the sky Flowing falling flying high Their perpetual attempt to unify a continuous shift in pattern A deafening moan erupts from the clouds Its resonance carries a message avowed A scarred white body comes from the shroud The leviathan’s here to feast Moving forward mouth held agape No hope for exception or for escape A core of bird lost and forced to reshape Filling the spaces between The newly formed flock falls into the sea The whale follows close a cold guarantee That all that exists as separate and free Must soon return to itself

[@charlestoner]

Thank you for taking me into an adventure

[@sollinw]

I dont know why but ur music always makes me cry

[@sofgeorgiou]

...the saxophone...

[@sofgeorgiou]

..the saxophone...

[@halo1579]

listening to this while reading art in the age on mechanical reproduction is a total trip

[@luervo]

Saw them in 2016. Best band to see live on stage, they play with the soul.

[@johsenfirgunsen8571]

These are necessary songs

[@ChilledPones]

Saw these guys last night at a Jazz festival. Still tripping in the Cosmos of their music.

[@polobede9054]

On est bien là dans l'esprit de portico , celui d'un groupe qui suit sa voie .Merci GONDWANA d'avoir laissé éclore cette petite merveille , ainsi que les Mammal Hands

[@vinniecentz]

It was hard but there you go. Tracklist: 1. Endless (improvised intro) 0:05 2. Endless (actual start) 1:28 3. A Luminous Beam 9:11

[@DEFACTO9]

.... and the rest... how could you not love RGB? Give yourself some time....

[@didg9566]

Love the mix between electronic sound and instrumental jazz, so well balanced and inspired, amazing!

[@bFOURdwZEROlf]

This is the only thread I'm able to grasp for life onto.

[@SilverSalver1]

Great organic sound with a twist of ambience...most excellent.

[@Waynegee7]

Excellent!

[@michalinacienkowska40]

it sounds like a piece from a movie with a great soundtrack

[@dimitrifert3321]

That snare drum sounds exquisite !

[@DeejayRach0]

yessssss

[@ivarssonjorgen]

Just brilliant! Art In The Age Of Automation is a must have.

[@marvinthiessen3454]

I heard this today on the radio (89.1 KMHD, Portland, Or.) while driving to do an errand. It wasn't as electric as Herbie Hancock from the 1970's, but it took my attention away from the day-to-day mundane tasks we all have to do and set my mind at ease. That alone is worth a listen. I just might look for this album at Everyday Music. First song was way better.

[@deniz5050]

Great to see Endless played live, next time actually hiring a montage person might help to avoid an average frame being 0.85 second long

[@thevinylist]

This is truly Amazing.

[@martinratcliffe5987]

Woooooow

[@OUCGN]

Opened my 3rd ear

[@Arepoh]

Rollo Tomasi I do understand what is 3rd ear. Zeeeeehaaa!

[@rhadakhattab1924]

Same here !

[@kameleon-ye9iu]

love this comment

[@gabilll]

BEST COMMENT!

[@mattvincent6814]

Thank you for this music.

[@ikkepic]

For me The Living Fields is still the best album! This band with the singer Joe Newman, such a perfect combination! 👏👏👏

[@TheHifiEnvelope]

This is sublime. Reminds me of my favorites like Dif Juz, Bark Psychosis, and Four Tet.

[@AdamWoodhams]

Beautiful band. Good to hear that live kit.

[@rapresent8261]

Hope to see this band next week. It's post indie world music rock. When the Foals were good it's got that rhythmic vibe. BTH the bassist, the most ignored is the literal bass line

[@RobertDGordon]

I love it when amazing music 🎶 appears in my suggestions. Off to iTunes I go 🔥🔥🔥

[@marianagarciamejia660]

Saw them in Scala 2016, amazing.

[@TheGreenKingdom]

Love their sound

[@Grnvolpe]

Love to see this group back

[@FREEAGAIN432]

Really enjoy this music & the timing of it all is one of my favorite parts.. It's so nice & spacious, meditative sort of.. Really gives my imagination lots of room to breathe while still guiding me on a journey. Well done! Amazing musicianship, spectacular listening & interplay or colors & genres. Fine electronic & acoustic balance!

[@OurNeighborsCat]

So sophisticated, never written that word out before haha

[@kameleon-ye9iu]

awesomeness with a cherry on top

[@smkh2890]

Lovely to jam to!

[@paulr8548]

Beautifully awesome, going on the 01March 2019 au science museum London

[@kareemshams4541]

The drum groove at 10:15 reminds me of Radiohead's Lotus Flower

[@matthewrister]

I love these guys

[@pjpanopticum4623]

Amazing

[@derickmocke6740]

Nice combination...enjoyable! Thanks!

[@tungotungo718]

Great music! Thank you!

[@dawnuddaded853]

Love this! Bought the eponymous album. Getting this one.

[@manelperes9019]

Beautiful performance!

[@INADRM]

Such a beautiful sound

[@Wunlerve]

amazing musicians

[@markkraman886]

Atmosphere Trance Jazz x Electronica

[@martinocampo4734]

beautiful

[@janglebot]

Came here for the music, stayed for the jackets.

[@rhadakhattab1924]

Jonathan Angle 😂😂😂

[@Kamoisabozz]

yoooo, lmao

[@mikagami69]

Like Polyphia's shirts, only more hip!

[@SKragseth]

Really cool and calming vibes. Could listen all day. More drum solo's! lol

[@MrArtenow]

So cool !!!

[@pawelec66]

Love it

[@quietdropsedit]

Dope.

[@gardikagigih5704]

a music lesson : 'how to play effectively with your instruments!'

[@rembeadgc]

Very nice. Sort of trancey. I'd love to hear these guys recorded by Manfred Eicher on the ECM label. Seeing some of the comments below... if one isn't into music as atmosphere, atmosphere as music, musical atmosphere or atmospheric music...with passion...they might find it monotonous. Music can develop and expand in many dimensional directions other than what one typically hears on the radio. There is maturity to this music.

[@Drumsholic]

Amazing music guys!!!!!!!!!!!

[@noleasmipensamiento]

pleaaseee portico come to Chile!!! i love your music since I listened to Isla 💜💜

[@makkoch]

Really good! High quality sound!. love it !!

[@SebowTube]

Brilliant !!

[@Eliozzzzzz]

wow!!!

[@lysanderverschuur861]

Awesome

[@donjoseteodoro]

Muy buenos! Me encanta

[@TatzeTheBlackOne]

fantasic sound ;)

[@BHAKTIBROPHY]

9:28 simple yet sweet beat. Nice!

[@noriyukiiwasaki8281]

カッコイイ！It's cool!

[@MERWYNBETANCOURTH]

por fin algo que suena fresco en este mundillo!!! gracias!

[@willyroza2924]

excelente. vou ouvir dirigindo

[@Solo-kn9zp]

Очень круто, одни эмоции

[@cheneyrobert]

👏👏👏👍🏻🥂

[@shorinjikempo8146]

NICE

[@PhotoLighthouse]

WHOA!

[@willywonders4454]

Wow

[@zlinos139]

5 stars

[@laurabonsai]

¡maravilla!

[@PeterMuskMusic]

art in the age of instrumentation

[@a0800]

Tan sutil como brutal.

[@obudaifourty9]

Just EarFUNtestic............... :)

[@ihar.welder]

wizards 💪

[@AtariFan]

Brawo

[@jomaajomaa8703]

واو رائع جميل

[@luervo]

Saw them at Denovali 2016, they are a completely unique experience

[@rhadakhattab1924]

Luis Cuervo saw them few days ago in London and OMG

[@rhadakhattab1924]

Saw them 1 month ago...there are bands to be lived !

[@thedrexCO]

damn

[@fcaldana24]

Amazing! Anyone knows how the keyboard player is making those crystal sounds on track 2? I saw he pushed a button on his Phophet 8

[@PeterMuskMusic]

8:32 ísjaki sounds :3

[@briscoelang2436]

Cool band cool concept. Any pro in new england or ny want to try this?

[@jongray8659]

Pier 0ne Imports Rock.

[@maxm5456]

Many Evolutionary Ecologists say goosebumps are currently vestigial traits. This video may change that.

[@wilko527]

808 state all grown up.

[@quentin_lnh]

Bonobo vibes

[@pistonpistache]

Great, but what is exactly doing the drummer with the MPC ? Effect like delay ?

[@maneek]

Pretty sure the ambient pad / texture and the bass drum kick are assigned to that fader. Once everyone comes in and he starts playing the real kick, he stops using it.

[@esekion1]

It sounds like Cinematic Orchestra but it s sounds good.

[@georgesfilleau-laporte6721]

it sounds like the Cinematic Orchestra AND it sounds good!

[@CyMBoLiK33ViBeZ]

Do they all need Mpc

[@argiletonne]

I'd like to hear the snare a little more defined louder in the mix, it's a nice sounding snare which will require the listener to turn up the volume to hear the snare but the bass is so loud it will not work well so turn down the bass a little bit turn up the snare.

[@elithepitbulldog2209]

argiletonne I'd like to own that Snare drum. Yamaha Elvin Jones signature model

[@rosies3622]

[@manocchs9369]

Anyone know the name of the steel drum type instrument they're playing?

[@GGGames1000]

Hangdrum

[@crisserna735]

A Luminous Beam at 9:26 is sooo influenced by Lotus Fower - Radiohead.

[@rhadakhattab1924]

Cris Serna hmmm intersting never thought about it 🤔

[@mayraalcantar2828]

what kind of saxofon is that? i want one

[@saultie]

It's an less-commonly shaped soprano, which are usually straight like a clarinet, whereas this one is curved like the longer saxes, i.e altos, tenors, etc.

[@RubenStevens1]

Anybody know what sort of sax that is? I've never seen one that small before.

[@matheuscandido1242]

Ruben Stevens it's a curved soprano or a sopranino, i'm not sure

[@RubenStevens1]

Cheers bro

[@TheXyz3L]

the beginning sounds like something from Rainbow Six Siege

[@IARGARATEK]

Where is Thom Yorke?

[@aleksandarjankovic1531]

In your poes

[@windows98rules63]

Radiohead vibe

[@bluesilkdesigns]

windows 98 rules - I was thinking the same! The bass and drums on “A Luminous Beam”

[@derekhart410]

Used to love them when Nick Mulvey was in the group. Not so crazy about the electronica stuff

[@Grnvolpe]

Derek Hart. Same here. Big fan of their first two albums