Portico Quartet - Art in the Age of Automation (Limited Transparent Blue & Green Double Vinyl)

Gondwana Records

£26.08

Format: 2 x Vinyl LP
Catalogue No.: GONDLP018LE
Barcode: 5050580752726
Release Date: 26th February 2021
Genre: Jazz (Acid Jazz)

01: Endless
02: Objects to Place in a Tomb
03: RGB
04: Art in the Age of Automation
05: S/2000S5
06: A Luminous Beam
07: Beyond Dialogue
08: Rushing
09: Current History
10: Mercury Eyes
11: Lines Glow

Mercury Prize-nominated Portico Quartet has always been an impossible band to pin down. Sending out echoes of jazz, electronica, ambient music and minimalism, the group created their own singular, cinematic sound over the course of three studio albums, from their 2007 breakthrough 'Knee-Deep in the North Sea', and 2010 John Leckie produced 'Isla', to the self titled record 'Portico Quartet' in 2012. Now rebooted as Portico Quartet after a brief spell as the three-piece Portico, the group are set to release their fourth studio album Art In The Age Of Automation this August on Manchester's forward thinking indy jazz and electronica label Gondwana Records. It's an eagerly anticipated return, with the band teasing both a return to their mesmeric signature sound and fresh new sonic departures in their new music. Featuring the singles Endless and A Luminous Beam.

"On Art in the age of Automation they are back to the best and enjoying this new found vigour" DiS ********

Dj Mag **** Uncut **** Mojo **** Blues & Soul ***** Arts Desk **** All About Jazz ****

Tour Dates
OCT 07 ST PETERSBURG - ERARTA
OCT 08 MOSCOW -WINZAVOD
OCT 10 PRAGUE - AKROPOLIS
OCT 11 OLOMOUC – JAZZ CLUB TIBET
OCT 13 SOUTHAMPTON – TURNER SIMS
OCT 19 LONDON – SCALA – SOLD OUT
OCT 20 ROME - MONK
OCT 21 BRATISLAVA – JAZZ DAYS 2017
OCT22 ZURICH - MOODS
OCT 26 PARIS - CAFÉ DE LA DANSE
OCT 28 BRISTOL – THE LANTERN - SOLD OUT
NOV 4 ISTANBUL – ZORLU CENTER
NOV 8 ROTTERDAM – BIRD
NOV 9 AMSTERDAM – PARADISO
NOV 10 MANCHESTER – RNCM
NOV 16 VIENNA – GRELLE FORELLE
NOV 17 HAMBURG – UBER JAZZ
NOV 18 BERLIN – RADIALSYSTEM V