Portico Quartet are a 4-piece modern
jazz group from
London and
Southampton. Their sound is made distinctive by the use of the
hang, a 21st Century percussion instrument used on all their tracks. The group is composed of Jack Wyllie (soprano and alto saxophone), Duncan Bellamy (drums), Milo Fitzpatrick (double bass), and Nick Mulvey (hang and percussion).
After nearly two years of playing mainly small gigs and
busking regularly outside the
National Theatre in London, they signed to
Babel Label in 2007. Their first album,
Knee-deep in the North Sea was released on 5 November 2007, coupled with performances at the
London Jazz Festival at
Purcell Room together with pianist
Michiel Borstlap and drummer
Bill Bruford.
They are now signed to
Real World Records and have released their second album 'Isla'. Portico chose their name after the area of London.
Knee-deep In The North Sea
The band's debut album 'Knee-deep in the North Sea' was nominated for the 2008
Mercury Music Prize. The week after the awards show it debuted on the
UK Top 200 Albums Chart at #186.It was
Time Out's best jazz album of 2007.
Credits
Recorded and Mixed at Livngston Studios, London on 7th, 8, 9 February and 6th, 7, 8 August 2007<br>Produced by Portico Quartet<br>Co-Produced, Engineered and Mixed by
Sonny.<br>Assisted by
Kevin James Feazey and Simone Filiali<br/>Mastered...
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