Portico Quartet: Knee-Deep in the North Sea – review

(Real World)Portico Quartet, who created a popular signature sound by bathing minimalist music in the glow of the steelpan-like hang drum, are on tour opposite Penguin Cafe this month. They are seductively absorbing live, as some live tracks on this album demonstrate, and it's those that make this more than a makeover (via the input of celeb producer John Leckie) of their 2007 debut album of the same name. Portico fans will undoubtedly want this update for the subtle sonic tweaking, and the liv...

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