This song is definitely one of the best things I ever heard in my entire life. And I have listened to a lot of overwhelming music... But this is very very very high. Pure energy... Takes you to places one rarely has the chance to go.
I'm so deeply happy to have discovered your work last month. I've bought four of your Masterpieces Album straight away. Love from Strasbourg, in France. Carole
Takes me back to the progressive jazz of Soft Machine and Bill Bruford's Earthworks, tracks like The Soft Weed Factor and Chloe and the Pirates on Soft Machine 6.
This is absolutely fantastic, gives me a lot of hope that there are fellow musicians pushing the boundaries of rhythm ! This kind of reminds me of Jan Garbarek's style, mixed with Steve Reich. My best wishes to you Portico Quartet Guys, you've got yourselves a new Ecuadorian fan !
Es una especie de orgasmo auditivo. Una de las mejores piezas del jazz de la nueva época. Muy agradecido de escuchar esta pieza en éstos tiempos. Saludos desde Tonalá, Chiapas, México
Saw them last year in London, reluctantly on a friends birthday after only seeing this video, which is top of the page when you search for them on youtube. This video was/still is very unimpressive. It (the gig) was one of the best of my life. It was the best of my life.
I have no idea how anybody gets hang drums. But everyone that has one is wicked good at them. Must be aliens giving the correct amount of hang drums to the chosen ones.
@jazzpolice1 One of the things I was interested in is that we are talking Western/European tuning here; some music, such as gamelan music is played in a pentatonic scale where each interval is spread roughly equal to one-fifth of an octave,quite alien to Western ears. I also wondered if someone has perfect pitch will any music other than that in perfect concert pitch sound 'wrong' to someone who claims to have perfect pitch?
what theyre doing right here technically is very though, they are having to play in confinment while synching with the other bandmates through the headphone, what a bunch of talented individuals!
@ZomBloke Well I think is actually a different colour... at the begining of drums, drums are not making time, hang drums are doing that.... drums are just some stuff being blowed through the room... like numbers or something.... Then it comes into time.... and becomes a segment.... That's what I had intepretaded
When I finished listening I thought "This sounded more like they played it for their own enjoyment than for the listeners". The second album can't even begin to compare to the first. It's completely different style, and I have been through that with several bands/artists and I'm sick of argueing with other fans telling me that the new style is just as good as the old. Turns out that with this new album I'm not a fan of PQ anymore, but a fan of their first album. As sad as it is.
Seems kind of contentious for some reason, this piece or this group. As far as I am concerned I love what I love regardless of whether it's perfectly in time/tune (imperfection is surely part of the human condition anyway, and to my mind perfection can be too clinical or sterile) or what random label it has foisted on it. Is this jazz? Does it matter? It's music is all. Personally, and this is the first I've heard of the Portico Quartet, I love it!
@jazzpolice1 I agree, it's a useful marketing tool, but can also be restrictive when it comes to people's idea that they 'don't like jazz', you can end up closing your ears to a lot of good music, plus there are always those who do not agree with the label that's hung on them (Mingus springs to mind, he made 'Mingus music') and fear being pigeonholed for the restrictions the industry might put on them
I know what you mean about this track, but it a) makes a lot more sense in the context of the album and b) gets better on further listening. Its not really representative of the rest of the album. When I saw them Nick said it basically came from an experiment whereby they attempted to play with 'just their hands' instead of their heads... Listen to the album in its entirety, I think if you liked Knee Deep you'll still very much enjoy Isla. In my opinion, it's not a step in the wrong direction.
This song is definitely one of the best things I ever heard in my entire life. And I have listened to a lot of overwhelming music... But this is very very very high. Pure energy... Takes you to places one rarely has the chance to go.
I love how the bass player rarely plays in this song, he dances around and in between the rhythm, letting it breath.
I'm so deeply happy to have discovered your work last month. I've bought four of your Masterpieces Album straight away. Love from Strasbourg, in France. Carole
What a trance?!! And those few bass notes felt like a warm blanket.
Really gives some philip glass-ish vibes 🎹🎷
That drumming precision is unbelievable...
Takes me back to the progressive jazz of Soft Machine and Bill Bruford's Earthworks, tracks like The Soft Weed Factor and Chloe and the Pirates on Soft Machine 6.
WOW, i consider them to be an answer to all of my jazz cravings
sorry to have missed this for so long.
very moving sounds. it gives me a place to be.
This song expands my heart! Thank You!
This is still one of the best pieces of Music I ever heard and that's why I need to come back here every so often...
This is absolutely fantastic, gives me a lot of hope that there are fellow musicians pushing the boundaries of rhythm ! This kind of reminds me of Jan Garbarek's style, mixed with Steve Reich. My best wishes to you Portico Quartet Guys, you've got yourselves a new Ecuadorian fan !
Love this soundscape !!
Just gorgeous music. I wish this piece was at least twice as long.
Es una especie de orgasmo auditivo.
Una de las mejores piezas del jazz de la nueva época.
Muy agradecido de escuchar esta pieza en éstos tiempos.
Saludos desde Tonalá, Chiapas, México
saludos desde Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas!
@@andresaguilar327 Saludos de Tonalá Chiapas 🙋🏾♂️
impeccable taste in festivals and music i must say!
So beautiful...My mind is so calm because of this...
love this music! very talented musicians
You guys have come a long way. Much love and respect, Your music is absolutely beautiful
Briliant ambient work! More human than human...
Saw them last year in London, reluctantly on a friends birthday after only seeing this video, which is top of the page when you search for them on youtube.
This video was/still is very unimpressive.
It (the gig) was one of the best of my life.
It was the best of my life.
so beautiful i really love it
Love it, thanking you.....
wow..... genial! excelentes músicos y están muy lindos
just amazingly beautiful
Tremendous! Thank you!
Absolutley beautiful
J'adore , ils sont vraiment très fort
You amaze me.
Hermoso y simple ♫
Excelente!
from the album "Isla" - fantastical, especially the Steel Drums !!!!
This is amazing
merveilleux 🏹💛 merci infiniment pour ce voyage
gratitude. thank you for this wonderful travel 💛
I just saw PQ performing live on Arte Tv. They are brilliant.
wonderfully woven and structured :)))
The double-bass was amazing
reminds me of listening to the old jazz band oreg0n back in the 70s with ralph towner
Hey hey hey , excellent !
simply amazing
Incredible !
saw these guys at the big chill few years ago, and bumped into them whilst watching flying lotus - they are ace live
so beautiful
Fantastico estado de suave y profundo trance
really beautiful :)
Enamorarse no es un asunto exclusivo del corazón, es también un proceso intelectual, y esta música avala mi teoría.
Every time I watch this video I feel like I'm on a tram in a strange city because of the partitions in the music studio 🙂
i like it ... very very very good ...
wesh t'as vu c'est trop cool !
γεμάτο χρώματα... τέλειο!
Magnifique
Great, great, great
you guys are too good! Please visit the SF bay area! (California)
Super!
Extraordinario
@Hannes2k Hey! It is a curved soprano sax. The sopranino is even smaller!
Em Braga, Portugal, 23.03.2010. Muito bom!!!!
Best European jazz since Eberhard Weber's 'Silent Feet'.
You can find a good quality version on Amazon. The album is called Isla.
love
i suggest that anyone who can't get this beat give it a few more listens or put it on as background music
@bbyrd009b "helplessly groovy" = awesome way to describe it!
u get meee!
Oh duds 🔥 thks
four songs in one!
unbelievable
I'm guessing the three hang drums togeher make a chromatic scale possible...?
crazy :))) cool! :D
cool!
im at a loss for words.
I have no idea how anybody gets hang drums. But everyone that has one is wicked good at them. Must be aliens giving the correct amount of hang drums to the chosen ones.
they're incredibly easy to play...
wow!
Severa música
Best Song of the 21st Century so far...
Well said
@Septicaemia it has been done many times in a jazz context before.
Magical build Up ... more Bass - Ace xXx
@zYkLoPMeDiA me2----i love(d) it
@jazzpolice1 One of the things I was interested in is that we are talking Western/European tuning here; some music, such as gamelan music is played in a pentatonic scale where each interval is spread roughly equal to one-fifth of an octave,quite alien to Western ears. I also wondered if someone has perfect pitch will any music other than that in perfect concert pitch sound 'wrong' to someone who claims to have perfect pitch?
i can see steve reich influence ;) nice one!
@sartre13 It`s called hang drum
Amazing...
(trad = ammazza...)
what theyre doing right here technically is very though, they are having to play in confinment while synching with the other bandmates through the headphone, what a bunch of talented individuals!
sublime
@ZomBloke Well I think is actually a different colour... at the begining of drums, drums are not making time, hang drums are doing that.... drums are just some stuff being blowed through the room... like numbers or something.... Then it comes into time.... and becomes a segment.... That's what I had intepretaded
@ZomBloke no its supposed to be like that, emulating the sloppiness of train on the line
Viajo.
@Underhill182 you are right once again...however he cant keep his own time.,,,its all about time man...no harm feelings
Reminds me of Glassworks by Philip Glass
magic
When I finished listening I thought "This sounded more like they played it for their own enjoyment than for the listeners".
The second album can't even begin to compare to the first. It's completely different style, and I have been through that with several bands/artists and I'm sick of argueing with other fans telling me that the new style is just as good as the old. Turns out that with this new album I'm not a fan of PQ anymore, but a fan of their first album. As sad as it is.
i want 2 keep my mind)
Hey Chester, YOU are more than right. People just do not get it. The are not able to cope with something that is not 4/4 and beats on 1 and 3 :)
Cholera fajnie grają
Seems kind of contentious for some reason, this piece or this group. As far as I am concerned I love what I love regardless of whether it's perfectly in time/tune (imperfection is surely part of the human condition anyway, and to my mind perfection can be too clinical or sterile) or what random label it has foisted on it. Is this jazz? Does it matter? It's music is all. Personally, and this is the first I've heard of the Portico Quartet, I love it!
@jazzpolice1 I agree, it's a useful marketing tool, but can also be restrictive when it comes to people's idea that they 'don't like jazz', you can end up closing your ears to a lot of good music, plus there are always those who do not agree with the label that's hung on them (Mingus springs to mind, he made 'Mingus music') and fear being pigeonholed for the restrictions the industry might put on them
nice
@Septicaemia it's called polyrhythm
I know what you mean about this track, but it a) makes a lot more sense in the context of the album and b) gets better on further listening. Its not really representative of the rest of the album. When I saw them Nick said it basically came from an experiment whereby they attempted to play with 'just their hands' instead of their heads... Listen to the album in its entirety, I think if you liked Knee Deep you'll still very much enjoy Isla. In my opinion, it's not a step in the wrong direction.
@ZomBloke
what a cheek..
Like everyone,they can do whatever they want.For those who want to make something ‘sloppy’,just do it…and let do.