Portico Quartet is a British instrumental band based in London. Formed in 2005, they are known for their use of the Hang, a modern percussion instrument. Their debut album, Knee-Deep in the North Sea, was nominated for the 2008 Mercury Prize and was Time Out’s Jazz, Folk and World album of the year 2007. Of the original members, Nick Mulvey left in August 2014 for a solo career and the other three released an album in 2015 as Portico. The band subsequently
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Portico Quartet
Portico Quartet is a British instrumental band based in London. Formed in 2005, they are known for their use of the Hang, a modern percussion instrument. Their debut album, Knee-Deep in the North Sea, was nominated for the 2008 Mercury Prize and was Time Out’s Jazz, Folk and World album of the year 2007. Of the original members, Nick Mulvey left in August 2014 for a solo career and the other three released an album in 2015 as Portico. The band subsequently
This is an experiment I made where I intended for the synth at the start, which in the end cascades throughout the whole piece, to be very stuttery. I improvised with an instrument I had enjoyed playing around with and ended up with this.more
Black Sun is the first single of our upcoming EP "Kauyumari". A blend of different genres such classic rock, funk and alternative rock, it was inspired mainly by bands like Tame Impala, Pink Floyd and Porcupine Treemore