Portico Quartet

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Portico Quartet

13 Nov 2008

The Arches, Glasgow, Mon 24 Nov The Portico Quartet’s debut album Knee Deep in the North Sea was attracting considerable attention even before it was included among this year’s Mercury Prize nominations, including a prestigious award as Time Out’s…

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2 Oct 2009

Various Warp Box Set (Warp) Celebrating the twentieth birthday of the groundbreaking Sheffield electronica label we get a mammoth ten-disc box set of 10in EPs with the label’s artists covering each other, new unheard tracks, special one-off mixes…

Mercury Music Prize 2008 shortlist announced

22 Jul 2008

The shortlist for the Mercury Music Prize 2008 has been announced.

Portico Quartet and Basquiat Strings

14 Feb 2008

JAZZ Voodoo Lounge, Edinburgh, Tue 19 Feb The Portico Quartet have been grabbing a lot of attention since the release of their debut album last year. Part of the buzz has definitely centred on the unusual instrument at the heart of their distinctive…

Portico Quartet

15 Nov 20074 stars

JAZZ Knee-Deep in the North Sea (Babel Vortex) The first release on the new label jointly run by Oliver Weindling’s The Babel Label and the London jazz club The Vortex features the debut album from a young group attracting a lot of attention at the…