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

Seven sons of the late Kelan Phil Cohran went from busking on the streets to working with some of the biggest names in modern music... Prince, Erykah Badu, Gorillaz, Snoop Dogg, Mos Def, Wu-Tang, Tony Allen & more. The power of their electrifying live show & the uniqueness of their music has propelled them to global notoriety & solidified their slot as PIONEERS of modern brass music

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Current Archie and Ferry: https://soundcloud.com/kenyoumusic

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