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UK Mall 1 - Knee Deep in the North Sea
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List Price: £13.99
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Manufacturer: Vortex
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 5028159027698
Label: Vortex
Manufacturer: Vortex
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Vortex
Release Date: 2007-11-05
Studio: Vortex
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Summary: Accessible jazz
Comment: Heard one of the tunes from this album on the radio (it probably got the airplay courtesy of the Mercury Music Prize nomination) and was immediately hooked.
The truth is, the word 'jazz' is normally enough to send a shiver of terror down my spine - but 'Knee Deep In The North Sea' is about as accessible an album as you will buy this year.
Indeed, the Portico Quartet appear to have more in common with the likes of Penguin Cafe Orchestra and Ellis Island Sound than the traditional self-indulgent trillings that most will associate with the genre.
This is a joyous, uplifting record that makes me want to skip about in smiley abandon, and there really aren't enough of those about. Great melodies, sunshine vibes and a 'hidden' track at the end that is one of the best on a pretty wonderful collection.
Well worthy of purchase and a genuine highlight of 2008.
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Summary: Great band.
Comment: Portico Quartet are a really great band playing music with real passion. I've also seen them live at a couple of gigs supporting Tom Baxter and they blew the audiences away. They really deserve the Mercury nomination!
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Summary: A great young band
Comment: I first heard this band busking on London's South Bank; then later at the Vortex in Dalston, the Carling Academy in Islington and also at the Sage in Gateshead; they are a fine young band with a distinctive sound; they currently play all their own compositions and this is a great debut album; when they add some standards to their repetoire they will be even better.
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Summary: Better than you think
Comment: I picked this up after reading about the group in Jazzwise and I'm glad I did. Then "Jazz line up's" reviewer canned them as a one trick pony - why? Because they introduce a relatively new instrument called a "Hang" (think cross between steel drums and vibes). So I listened again. The appreciation remained. Its a fresh take on the usual sax-piano-bass-drums quartet, not just because of the hang but because of the musicianship and originality too. Brit Jazz meets Scandinavia, perhaps, if that helps, but they won me over without comparisons.
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Accessible jazz
Comment: Heard one of the tunes from this album on the radio (it probably got the airplay courtesy of the Mercury Music Prize nomination) and was immediately hooked.
The truth is, the word 'jazz' is normally enough to send a shiver of terror down my spine - but 'Knee Deep In The North Sea' is about as accessible an album as you will buy this year.
Indeed, the Portico Quartet appear to have more in common with the likes of Penguin Cafe Orchestra and Ellis Island Sound than the traditional self-indulgent trillings that most will associate with the genre.
This is a joyous, uplifting record that makes me want to skip about in smiley abandon, and there really aren't enough of those about. Great melodies, sunshine vibes and a 'hidden' track at the end that is one of the best on a pretty wonderful collection.
Well worthy of purchase and a genuine highlight of 2008.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great band.
Comment: Portico Quartet are a really great band playing music with real passion. I've also seen them live at a couple of gigs supporting Tom Baxter and they blew the audiences away. They really deserve the Mercury nomination!
Customer Rating:
Summary: A great young band
Comment: I first heard this band busking on London's South Bank; then later at the Vortex in Dalston, the Carling Academy in Islington and also at the Sage in Gateshead; they are a fine young band with a distinctive sound; they currently play all their own compositions and this is a great debut album; when they add some standards to their repetoire they will be even better.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Better than you think
Comment: I picked this up after reading about the group in Jazzwise and I'm glad I did. Then "Jazz line up's" reviewer canned them as a one trick pony - why? Because they introduce a relatively new instrument called a "Hang" (think cross between steel drums and vibes). So I listened again. The appreciation remained. Its a fresh take on the usual sax-piano-bass-drums quartet, not just because of the hang but because of the musicianship and originality too. Brit Jazz meets Scandinavia, perhaps, if that helps, but they won me over without comparisons.
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