E-mail: info@f-cat.de | Telefon: +49 (0)30 26 103 29-20 
Tickets
You can get your tickets via the local concert promoter.
See tourdates.
Progressive Jazz, World music
Portico Quartet
| England
Booking-Agent:
Frank Abraham
+49 30 261032920
fa@f-cat.de
Press reviewsPRESS QUOTES
“Portico developed a remarkable breadth of Expression” Jazzthing, february 2011
"Moments of rapturous beauty.” Tagesspiegel, 3. March 2011
“Isla feeds on Steve Reich mathematics, Radiohead dread, African desert grooves and ECM northern melancholy to travel into a new, chiming caernous sound-world that is both exotic and hypnotic” **** stars MOJO
“A melodic accesibility and cinematic scope as liable to woo fans of Radiohead as patrons of Ronnie Scott’s” **** stars Q
“genuinely innovative.. there isn’t a band that sounds remotely like them… **** stars” Observer Music Monthly
“Portico Quartet’s bewitching mix can sound like a noirish jungle cruise scored by Wayne Shorter and Steve Reich.” LA Times
"Amazing and unique. Imagine Radiohead playing Jazz." Libération (France)
"Portico Quartet are skillfully mixing jazz with post-rock and ethnic influences." Télérama (France)
"Wonderful and Hypnotic" L'Humanité (France)
"An incredible album." Rolling Stone (France)
"A unique sound blending jazz, minimalist music and pop." Der Spiegel
"Improvisations full of intensity." Die Zeit
"...a brand new sound never heard before." Frankfurter Rundschau
"A rich sound full of pop appeal." Jazzthetik
"Fresh and original" Madame Magazine
"Music that sounds like an imaginary soundtrack." Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
"A unique and fresh sound. Jazz for the future." Nöjesguiden (Scandinavia)
"Fascinating, fresh and soulful mood-creating music that rewards repeated listening to jaded ears." Phonograph (Scandinavia)
“Achingly cool…a haunting sound that echoes in your head long after they have stopped playing” The Sun
“A Joy to listen to, full of depth and detail” Word Magazine
“hauntingly mesmeric soundscpaes” ****stars Record Collector
"an excitingly expansive collection that retains the trademark hypnotic tone of their flying saucer-shaped 'hang'" Metro
“like Acoustic Ladyland performing in a chillout zone.. highly atmospheric” **** stars Jazzwise
“there’s nothing quite like their groove based and atmospheric jazz. not so much world music as alien music” Jazz Journal
“A phenomenon in the making” The Independent
... magical sound in abundance. The simplicity of such a small ensemble is deceptive - there is a lot going on here. ***** Southsonic (UK)
They are seductively absorbing live... The Guardian
...palpable coolness. The hooks are unmistakably jazz...offering atmosphere and ingenuity in bucketloads.***** Artrocker
...lapping, gently rising... **** Press review from: Financial Times (Live review from Anvil, Basingstoke)
"Nominated for the Mercury Prize and rightly considered a modern masterpiece resulting in a thrilling listen."
Play.com
...this is an accomplished and extremely satisfying listen...The ensuing (Knee-Deeep In The North Sea) album really does underline their talents… It's relaxing, inspiring, chilled out and a great listen… The live tracks, meanwhile, show just how expansive and enjoyable they are live… assured, ambitious and growing in stature with each new show. indieLONDON Online
...a work of genuine grace and innovation... For musicians in their early twenties this is a remarkably mature debut,… Subba-Cultcha Online
Best is a version of the title track, recorded in Copenhagen, which builds the drama with a long, trippy opening and free-form sax climax. It shows how the quartet's confidence to let the music breathe on-stage has grown. **** MOJO
"This unforgettable disc shimmers with brilliance." BBC Music Magazine
“Haunting, beautifully austere sound” Metro
“Hummable melodies” the Sun
"The group generates pieces with a recognisably human pulse – ECM with a little extra passion, if you will..chamber jazz with a Late Junction twist" Sunday Times
"Floating somewhere between jazz and modern classical music, this young group make a strikingly original sound." The Times
