Untitled (AITAOA #2), by Portico Quartet

Untitled (AITAOA #2)

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World of Echo No one told me there was essentially a B-sides album for Art in the Age of Automation. I got the thrilling surprise that there were two Portico Quartet albums waiting for me when Memory Streams got released.

aNeIAs Just plain good music Favorite track: Double Space.

Dr. Beaf Chilled electro-styled ambient jazz. Slightly odd yet very endearing. Favorite track: Unrest.

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1.	Double Space 02:53	buy track
2.	Index 03:58	buy track
3.	Unrest 05:13	buy track
4.	In Where We Meet 01:16	buy track
5.	View from a Satellite 05:20	buy track
6.	Celestial Wife 03:58	buy track
7.	Reflected in Neon 02:22	buy track
8.	Dust 04:46	buy track
9.	Berlin 02:02	buy track

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Portico Quartet has always been an impossible band to pin down. Sending out echoes of jazz, electronica, ambient music and minimalism, the group have created their own singular sound.And while their new music mixes dense layers and textures with electronic and acoustic instruments the sound remains uniquely, recognisably their own.

In 2017 they released their fourth studio album in a decade, Art in the Age of Automation, on Gondwana Records. Released to a chorus of acclaim, the album marked a triumphant return for the Quartet after a brief hiatus as the three-piece, Portico, and marked a welcome return to the stage for the foursome with sold-out shows across Europe including the Roundhouse, London earlier this year.

Untitled (AITAOA #2) was largely recorded at the same sessions as Art in the Age of Automation at Fish Factory Studios in London and Portico Quartet's own studio in East London. Like it's predecessor, the album was mixed at Voxton in Berlin. It is intended as a companion piece to last year's AITAOA. But works equally as well as a stand-alone album and explores similar areas of enigmatic, widescreen minimalism alongside the more hard-hitting sounds that have become a notable part of their live shows. There is no lessening of quality here, album opener, Double Space, Index, View From A Satellite and Berlin were all originally slated for AITAOA, before being held back as the band's vision of that album came into sharper focus. The insistent groove of Unrest and cinematic beauty of Celestial Wife were enhanced with further recording sessions till the band felt they were complete. The artwork is by Duncan Bellamy for Veil Projects.

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released April 27, 2018

2018, Gondwana Records

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Portico Quartet have defied categorisation over the course of six studio albums.

Their new electronic driven album Monument shows the band at their most direct, with a streamlined, rhythmic sound.

Full of precisely sculpted ideas combining human touch with electronic efficiency, ‘Monument’ displays the acclaimed widescreen minimalists at their best. ... more

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