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Shabaka Hutchings/ Portico Quarter, Vortex, London
Vortex, LondonShabaka Hutchings, Soweto Kinch's sax and clarinet protege, was paired with the Portico Quartet, which links Philip Glass and Steve Reich to contemporary jazz and beyond, in the Vortex's...
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Portico Quartet St Barnabas, London
St Barnabas, LondonThe Portico Quartet play a mix of hook-based music out of the traditions of Philip Glass and Steve Reich and contemporary jazz, with engagingly chiming themes delivered by steel...
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Portico Quartet, St Barnabas, London
St Barnabas, LondonThe Portico Quartet play a mix of hook-based music out of the traditions of Philip Glass and Steve Reich and contemporary jazz, with engagingly chiming themes delivered by steel...
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Jude Rogers meets The Portico Quartet
The Portico Quartet used to play for small change in the depths of winter. Now they're up for the Mercury prize. They tell Jude Rogers why making it big won't keep them off the streetsThe Portico...
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John Fordham: Portico Quartet's Mercury nomination illustrates the jazz dilemma
Mercury-nominated Portico Quartet on the South Bank, where they used to busk. Photograph: Martin ArglesMany cheers to Portico Quartet for their nomination to the shortlist of this week's Mercury prize....
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Portico Quartet: Isla
(Real World)Having invented a unique and very catchy ensemble tone around minimalist loops-music and the melodiously tuned Hang Drum, 2008 Mercury-nominees Portico Quartet have had to juggle adherence...
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This week's music previews
Bowerbirds, On TourResidents of a trailer in the woods, Bowerbirds, a duo from Raleigh, North Carolina, are a group enjoying what you might call "The Bon Iver effect" – that's to say, the apparent...
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Portico Quartet | World music review
Koko, LondonKnown for playing intimate clubs and village halls, Portico Quartet have no trouble filling this famous rock dive. The venue is packed, and the set begins dramatically, with a repeated...
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Live music this week
MGMT, LondonWith MGMT, it's proved to be a case of "careful what you wish for". Their great Time To Pretend single was a fantasy about their – as yet hypothetical – lives as rock stars. And then look...
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Paul Morley Showing Off ... Ms Dynamite, M People and Portico Quartet
Paul Morley introduces the Mercury prize nominees and winners that make up his prizes and awards discussion panelAfter a couple of decades, there are a couple of hundred acts to choose from when it...
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Portico Quartet: Knee-Deep in the North Sea – review
(Real World)Portico Quartet, who created a popular signature sound by bathing minimalist music in the glow of the steelpan-like hang drum, are on tour opposite Penguin Cafe this month. They are...
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This week's new live music
British Sea Power, On tourA band somewhat out of time, British Sea Power. Thinkers and doers, the Brighton-based six-piece seem to hail from a time of bicycling, adventuring and youthful...
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Portico Quartet/Penguin Cafe – review
Bridgewater Hall, ManchesterThe stage hosts what look like three giant woks, which Portico's Nick Mulvey gives the occasional rub with a bit of blanket. He's not planning a stir-fry: these are the 2008...
View ArticlePortico Quartet: Line and Rubidium live session - video
London electronic outfit the Portico Quartet perform a combination of two of their pieces, Line and RubidiumBen KapeAndy Gallagher
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Mercury prize 2012: who will be on the shortlist?
The Mercury prize albums of the year will be announced later today. Is it time for Plan B? Did alt-j make your blood flow? Let us know who you'd really like to see make the shortlistIt says here: "The...
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Shabaka Hutchings/ Portico Quarter, Vortex, London
Vortex, LondonShabaka Hutchings, Soweto Kinch's sax and clarinet protege, was paired with the Portico Quartet, which links Philip Glass and Steve Reich to contemporary jazz and beyond, in the Vortex's...
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Portico Quartet St Barnabas, London
St Barnabas, LondonThe Portico Quartet play a mix of hook-based music out of the traditions of Philip Glass and Steve Reich and contemporary jazz, with engagingly chiming themes delivered by steel...
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Portico Quartet, St Barnabas, London
St Barnabas, LondonThe Portico Quartet play a mix of hook-based music out of the traditions of Philip Glass and Steve Reich and contemporary jazz, with engagingly chiming themes delivered by steel...
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Jude Rogers meets The Portico Quartet
The Portico Quartet used to play for small change in the depths of winter. Now they're up for the Mercury prize. They tell Jude Rogers why making it big won't keep them off the streetsThe Portico...
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John Fordham: Portico Quartet's Mercury nomination illustrates the jazz dilemma
Mercury-nominated Portico Quartet on the South Bank, where they used to busk. Photograph: Martin ArglesMany cheers to Portico Quartet for their nomination to the shortlist of this week's Mercury prize....
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