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
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 !
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?
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.
@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
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!
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!
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.
@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
Didn't want to offend you, it's just that I have been through that a lot lately. I mean aside from liking it or not, nobody can possibly deny that the style of the new album is completely different from the first. I loved that style, and now there is only one song that is similar. And what you just said is the same everyone keeps telling me when one of my bands/artists change their style: It's a progression. It may be but it's still moving away form what I loved to something I don't.
@ZomBloke I think the guy with the barbecue is playing one song, and the guy with the proper drums is playing a different song. It's called "Japanese vertical music stacking". They do it in Tokyo nightclubs to save space, but you'd know that if you were a proper drummer.
This studio has make fantastic job and you have upload the video with maximum quality 360? Only the microphones in this video has 20.000 euro.... Plz... upload again this song in HD. ps1 : (Sorry for my very bad english) ps2: Fantastic band!!!
Hehehehe. It is pretty obvious that the off-tempo is harmonious. I would recommend some listening to The Animal Collective to shake off tempo and melody preconceptions.
i assure you they are the real deal... i can certainly believe that they got three, what i find bizarre is that the average street busker can get two!!
@jazzpolice1 Haven't you heard of John Laughter's concept of the thousand-note scale (attach big smiley here!!), or whatsisname's scale based on a tritave rather than an octave (big smiley) or just (rather than equal temperament) intonation?? I can understand someone with perfect pitch maybe having a problem, but otherwise what is 'in tune' anyway? Pop music is autotuned/pitch-bent away from concert pitch which must really irk those with perfect pitch, poor buggers
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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 🙋🏾♂️
What a trance?!! And those few bass notes felt like a warm blanket.
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 have it playing every morning when I'm waking up. Special experience, indeed.
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 still one of the best pieces of Music I ever heard and that's why I need to come back here every so often...
I love how the bass player rarely plays in this song, he dances around and in between the rhythm, letting it breath.
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 !
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.
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!
You guys have come a long way. Much love and respect, Your music is absolutely beautiful
That drumming precision is unbelievable...
WOW, i consider them to be an answer to all of my jazz cravings
Really gives some philip glass-ish vibes 🎹🎷
Just gorgeous music. I wish this piece was at least twice as long.
merveilleux 🏹💛 merci infiniment pour ce voyage
gratitude. thank you for this wonderful travel 💛
impeccable taste in festivals and music i must say!
Briliant ambient work! More human than human...
So beautiful...My mind is so calm because of this...
Enamorarse no es un asunto exclusivo del corazón, es también un proceso intelectual, y esta música avala mi teoría.
reminds me of listening to the old jazz band oreg0n back in the 70s with ralph towner
wow..... genial! excelentes músicos y están muy lindos
you guys are too good! Please visit the SF bay area! (California)
love this music! very talented musicians
saw these guys at the big chill few years ago, and bumped into them whilst watching flying lotus - they are ace live
from the album "Isla" - fantastical, especially the Steel Drums !!!!
so beautiful i really love it
@bbyrd009b "helplessly groovy" = awesome way to describe it!
I just saw PQ performing live on Arte Tv. They are brilliant.
Love this soundscape !!
You can find a good quality version on Amazon. The album is called Isla.
wonderfully woven and structured :)))
The double-bass was amazing
J'adore , ils sont vraiment très fort
You amaze me.
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...
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 🙂
just amazingly beautiful
Hey hey hey , excellent !
@Hannes2k Hey! It is a curved soprano sax. The sopranino is even smaller!
Best European jazz since Eberhard Weber's 'Silent Feet'.
@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?
Hermoso y simple ♫
Excelente!
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.
This is amazing
γεμάτο χρώματα... τέλειο!
Tremendous! Thank you!
Absolutley beautiful
Em Braga, Portugal, 23.03.2010. Muito bom!!!!
i suggest that anyone who can't get this beat give it a few more listens or put it on as background music
@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
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!
Best Song of the 21st Century so far...
wesh t'as vu c'est trop cool !
Love it, thanking you.....
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!
really beautiful :)
Fantastico estado de suave y profundo trance
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.
@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
Incredible !
i like it ... very very very good ...
Didn't want to offend you, it's just that I have been through that a lot lately. I mean aside from liking it or not, nobody can possibly deny that the style of the new album is completely different from the first.
I loved that style, and now there is only one song that is similar. And what you just said is the same everyone keeps telling me when one of my bands/artists change their style: It's a progression. It may be but it's still moving away form what I loved to something I don't.
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 :)
@Septicaemia it has been done many times in a jazz context before.
i can see steve reich influence ;) nice one!
Let's not fight. To some people, jazz sounds wrong even when it's really, really good.
Amazing...
(trad = ammazza...)
so beautiful
Like everyone,they can do whatever they want.For those who want to make something ‘sloppy’,just do it…and let do.
four songs in one!
@Underhill182 you are right once again...however he cant keep his own time.,,,its all about time man...no harm feelings
@ZomBloke no its supposed to be like that, emulating the sloppiness of train on the line
im at a loss for words.
I'm guessing the three hang drums togeher make a chromatic scale possible...?
@ZomBloke I think the guy with the barbecue is playing one song, and the guy with the proper drums is playing a different song. It's called "Japanese vertical music stacking". They do it in Tokyo nightclubs to save space, but you'd know that if you were a proper drummer.
This studio has make fantastic job and you have upload the video with maximum quality 360?
Only the microphones in this video has 20.000 euro....
Plz... upload again this song in HD.
ps1 : (Sorry for my very bad english)
ps2: Fantastic band!!!
Hehehehe. It is pretty obvious that the off-tempo is harmonious. I would recommend some listening to The Animal Collective to shake off tempo and
melody preconceptions.
@sartre13 It`s called hang drum
Magical build Up ... more Bass - Ace xXx
i assure you they are the real deal... i can certainly believe that they got three, what i find bizarre is that the average street busker can get two!!
Great, great, great
Reminds me of Glassworks by Philip Glass
@jazzpolice1 with all do respect, what do you know?
Tzzzzz! quiero un pinchi contrabajo chingau!
Magnifique
Severa música
u get meee!
Oh duds 🔥 thks
@Underhill182 you are right..he does play intentionally another groove but he doesnt do it good .it takes some time to blend in...
@Septicaemia it's called polyrhythm
@jazzpolice1 Haven't you heard of John Laughter's concept of the thousand-note scale (attach big smiley here!!), or whatsisname's scale based on a tritave rather than an octave (big smiley) or just (rather than equal temperament) intonation?? I can understand someone with perfect pitch maybe having a problem, but otherwise what is 'in tune' anyway? Pop music is autotuned/pitch-bent away from concert pitch which must really irk those with perfect pitch, poor buggers
Extraordinario
I definitely like the style of the first album more. This isn't bad, but it's not Portico Quartet as I hoped it would continue.
Getting some Reich, some Penguin Cafe... lovely.
@zYkLoPMeDiA me2----i love(d) it
unbelievable
crazy :))) cool! :D
@ZomBloke
what a cheek..