Sending out echoes of jazz, electronica, ambient music and minimalism, Mercury Prize nominated Portico Quartet have created their own singular, cinematic sound over the course of five lauded studio albums and one EP.

From the band’s 2007 breakthrough Knee-Deep in the North Sea, and the John Leckie produced Isla in 2010, to the self-titled recording Portico Quartet in 2012, the heralded Art In The Age Of Automation in 2017 and the critically acclaimed Memory Streams in 2019, each album has seen the band expand its palate or explore new trajectories. 

"Portico Quartet continue to plough their own furrow on their gorgeous new album Memory Streams" Bleep

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Regarded upon his 2006 arrival as a promising beatmaker looming in the shadows of J Dilla, Madlib, waterfalls and Dabrye, Steven Ellison -- known as Flying Lotus -- nullified all comparisons only two years later with Los Angeles. On that album, his first of five for the Warp label, Ellison distilled a uniquely crisp, spasmodic, and heady sound with elements of hip-hop, avant-garde jazz, IDM, and dubstep. While the abovementioned producers fueled Ellison, he had also been excited as a youngster by the '90s West Coast rap classics that combined programming and live instrumentation. His sound continued to develop as he put his own twist on the approach, recording with a crop of jazz musicians including the indispensable likes of bassist Thundercat and strings master Miguel Atwood-Ferguson. This process began with the turbulent 2010 set Cosmogramma and peaked in terms of acclaim in 2014 with You're Dead!, which crashed the Top 20 of the Billboard 200 and spawned the Kendrick Lamar collaboration "Never Catch Me," a Grammy nominee for Best Dance Recording. Ellison devoted a few years to various forms of film work and the operation of his revered Brainfeeder label, and returned in 2019 with Flamagra, his second consecutive album to top Billboard's Dance/Electronic chart.

then i was like what the hell am i supposed to do with all these records

To my fellow followers and passers by, thanks so much for giving my musical wafflings a listen. The ideas I record on to here are planned to be used in something bigger. I have recently begun a band/project called I, the Jury with a few other like minded individuals. We have a vision.....somewhat......of where we want to go. Once our ideas start forming shapes they will be recorded and uploaded onto the I, the Jury Soundcloud page so keep your eyes peeled. Feel free to comment on my stuff. If you don't like it, tell me why, if you like it.......cheers.

That's all for now.

Dave

Pete Daplyn - Vocals/Synth
Andy Christie - Guitar/Synth/Electronics
Dave Piotrowski - Guitar
Sam Drower - Bass
Cam Gibb - Drums

We aim to create intelligently crafted, lyrically and rhythmically intricate, yet unashamedly melodic music.

For Bookings email: frenic@thisonerecords.com

Sam Fergusson known to many as Frenic reflects his Hip-Hop influences and a love of old retro sounds creating deep emotional music."Essentially Im a hip-hop D.J but I don't just play Hip-Hop Records". By blending massive sounds and production to create fantastic music that bounces!

Provocatively Horrible Noisecore Band from Bristol, UK. Angular guitars, thunderous blastbeats and ferocious vocals pave the way for dirty rock and roll riffs, which mutate into melodic yet violent blackened hardcore throwdowns.

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