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Portico Quartet

Portico Quartet

Portico Quartet

Third album from the London group, melding electronica, experimental jazz, dance and rock

ADM rating[?]

7.3

Label
Real World
UK Release date
30/01/2012
US Release date
07/02/2012
  1. 9.0 |   DIY

    A playful, daring and capricious listen, and one of the first truly remarkable records of 2012
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  2. 8.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    Portico Quartet is a superb release, each track roaming freely
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  3. 8.0 |   BBC

    Portico Quartet (the album) is a mazy, fluid, ethereal suite of chamber jazz to get properly lost in
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  4. 8.0 |   Independent on Sunday

    Portico move even further away from conventional notions of jazz into full-on Ravey Davey Gravy-land. And it's great
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  5. 8.0 |   Uncut

    These instrumental landscapes run the gamut from ECM-ish ambient to the heavy-duty electronica of Aphex Twin or Flying Lotus. Print edition only

  6. 8.0 |   musicOMH

    It remains to be seen how their change of direction will sit with fans of their previous work, but based purely on its own merits it's a marvel
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  7. 8.0 |   Mojo

    An exercise in sheer musical abandonment. Print edition only

  8. 7.0 |   The Digital Fix

    If you have the time and the mind-set, and are prepared for the fact that it won’t always be an easy ride, Portico Quartet is a fascinatingly diverse piece of work
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  9. 7.0 |   hhv.de mag

    When in the past, the Portico Quartet brought together Soft Machine, Steve Reich and the music of AACM-members, they’re now also interested in what’s going on in London’s club-scene. As a result, their sound has become less light but also more heterogeneous
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  10. 7.0 |   The Independent

    It's great. Real-time playing is blended with loops and samples
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  11. 6.0 |   The Guardian

    Portico have found a contemporary sound to thrill their fans and attract new listeners
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  12. 6.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    By treating most of the live instrumentation through pedals and computers and embracing, almost fully, their interest in electronic sounds, it’s left the album feeling a little lifeless
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  13. 6.0 |   Q

    The former buskers continue their evolution with a more electronically inclined album. Print edition only


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