Portico Quartet - Knee-Deep In The North Sea

Portico Quartet are a 4-piece modern jazz group from London. Their sound is made distinctive by the use of the hang, a 21st Century percussion instrument used on all their tracks. The group is composed of Jack Wyllie (soprano and alto saxophone), Duncan Bellamy (hang and percussion), Milo Fitzpatrick (double bass), and Nick Mulvey (hang and percussion).



Knee-deep In The North Sea



The band's debut album 'Knee-deep in the North Sea' was nominated for the 2008 Mercury Music Prize. The week after the awards show it debuted on the UK Top 200 Albums Chart at #186. It was Time Out's best jazz album of 2007.



Track listing



1. "News From Verona" – 4:24

2. "(Something's Going Down on) Zavodovski Island" – 4:22

3. "Knee-Deep In The North Sea" – 4:52

4. "Too Many Cooks" – 5:32

5. "Steps In The Wrong Direction" – 6:09

6. "Monsoon: Top To Bottom" – 4:14

7. "The Kon Tiki Expedition" – 4:29

8. "Cittàgazze" – 4:47

9. "Pompidou" – 3:08



(Hidden Track: "Prickly Pear" - 5:47)