339b31b11d A wonderful album. And while Duncan had been primarily the band's drummer and designer to this point, now through his use of a MIDI controller and laptop to trigger and manipulate the hang samples and his own kit sounds, he became the catalyst in rewiring the band's sonic architecture, ushering in a new chapter in the Portico Quartet sound. A bold statement of intent. .an epic journey, a fabulously sequenced aural experience. Assisted by Kevin James Feazey and Simone Filiali Mastered by Andrew Tulloch at The Blue Studio, London Executive Producers Oliver Weindling and Will Gresford Design, Artwork and collages by Duncan Bellamy Photograph by Matt Crossick. Lira (Sweden) . drownedinsound.com . What we have here is an album which grabs the zeitgeist but still stays true to its roots: callipygously shuffling, painlessly seguing, mingling the darkest rags 'n' bones of dubstep, d 'n'b and off-kilter jazz, all the while interweaving heck loads of new-found textures and electronics. The Stool Pigeon.co.uk (Live review from York Hall, London) (UK) .
.combining the best elements from their own ingenuity and faculty help make Portico Quartet not just a more accomplished record than the two that came before it, but a better one. .throbbing, cyclical rhythms, shivering string and synth parts. The Guardian (Live review from York Hall, London) (UK) . The moves further into ambient and electronic based music have taken the fascinating half-classical/half-jazz sound of the band into deeply hypnotic and completely enveloping new territory. A hauntingly beautiful record. Even though the rhythms are anything but rigid, there are textures here that could only have come from the dance palette. A driving force in a scene at the crossroad of club music, electronics and jazz.
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