{"product_id":"portico-quartet_isla_2015_pia","title":"Isla","description":"All in their twenties, Jack Wyllie (saxophones, electronics), Milo Fitzpatrick (double bass), Nick Mulvey (hang drum, percussion) and Duncan Bellamy (drums) describe themselves as an \"indie-rock\" band playing post-jazz. Loops, ethereal saxophone lines, that famous hang drum that seems to come from another world, the subtle clicks of the drums and the power of the stripped-down double bass – the unique combination of their instrumentation gives their music an inimitable sound. The four friends formed Portico Quartet after Duncan Bellamy bought a hang drum. Their intuitive music references jazz and African music, but it's the repetitive phrases of this retro-futuristic instrument, with its trance-like, floating quality, that propels them into worlds reminiscent of Philip Glass and Steve Reich, but also Radiohead or the \"Scandinavian touch\" of the e.s.t. trio. Portico Quartet creates a unique style: accessible, open atmospheric jazz that the band plays just as well in the streets as in unusual spaces, churches or galleries. In just a few years, after having played extensively in London's South Bank area, their hypnotic music earned them a Mercury Prize nomination and a recording at Abbey Road with the famous producer John Leckie, whose name is associated with The Stone Roses, XTC, Rodrigo \u0026 Gabriela, Radiohead, Papa Wemba, Muse and many others. Almost all of the tracks were recorded \"live\", and the album also features a string quartet, arranged by Milo Fitzpatrick.","brand":"Portico Quartet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55304681390424,"sku":null,"price":20150911.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0898\/4943\/0360\/files\/5037005000693.jpg?v=1772567731","url":"https:\/\/vinyles.com\/en\/products\/portico-quartet_isla_2015_pia","provider":"Vinyles.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}