Portico Quartet
"Warm, chiming, ponderous and uncommonly beautiful"
Time Out
""Floating somewhere between jazz and modern classical music, this young group make a strikingly original sound." "
The Times
"“genuinely innovative…there isn’t a band that sounds remotely like them…” **** stars” "
Observer Music Monthly
Nick Mulvey, hang
Duncan Bellamy, drums
Jack Wyllie, soprano and tenor saxophone
Milo Fitzpatrick, double bass
Portico Quartet are four young musicians from East London who sound like nothing you’ve ever heard before. A group that’s both ground-breaking and wildly popular, they hit the headlines in 2008 when their debut album Knee Deep In The North Sea was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize. Critics began to think the unthinkable: could a young group fresh from busking across Europe take on the pop might of Radiohead and The Last Shadow Puppets – and win? To make matters worse, the group already had the sort of word-of-mouth cult following normally associated with the likes of Pete Doherty. What’s going on?
The answer is simple: music that is breathtakingly original yet chock-a-block with hummable tunes and killer hooks. There’s more – great grooves, atmospheric soundscapes and the silvery tones of something once described as “ two woks glued together” - the hang, both a rhythm and melody instrument that gives Portico Quartet their trademark hypnotic tone.
If you’re not already a fan: this band are quite unlike anything you’ve ever heard before. If you are, you’ll know to book early!
Tour Dates
Tuesday 16 Feb, Dublin
- The Coach House, Dublin Castle
- 8:00 PM, €15 / €10 / €40 (Family)
- 01 6719429
- www.musicnetwork.ie
Wednesday 17 Feb, Navan
- Solstice Arts Centre
- 8:00 PM, €15 / €12
- 046 9092300
- www.solsticeartscentre.com
Thursday 18 Feb, Dundalk
- Anaverna, Ravensdale
- 8:00 PM, €18 / €5
- 042 9371490
Friday 19 Feb, Wicklow
- Courthouse Arts Centre, Tinahely
- 8:30 PM, €16 / €15 / €14 (friends)
- 0402 38529
Saturday 20 Feb, Newbridge
- Riverbank Arts Centre
- 8:00 PM, €12 /€10
- 045 448327
- www.riverbank.ie
Sunday 21 Feb, An Daingean
- Lab na Mainistreach
- 8:00 PM, €15 / €10
- 087 8546572
Tuesday 23 Feb, Galway
- Bank of Ireland Theatre, NUIG
- 8:00 PM, €20 / €16 / €6(students)
- 091 705962
Wednesday 24 Feb, Ballina
- Ballina Arts Centre
- 8:00 PM, €12 / €10
- 096 73593
- www.ballinaartscentre.com
Thursday 25 Feb, Sligo
- The Factory Performance Space
- 8:00 PM, €15 / €12
- 071 9170431
