Their Biggest Cambridge show to date!
Former Mercury Award Nominees and the toast of the critics return for a show in the main auditorium in The Junction, Cambridge.
The Press:
“Isla feeds on Steve Reich mathematics, Radiohead dread, African desert grooves and ECM northern melancholy to travel into a new, chiming cavernous sound-world that is both exotic and hypnotic.” MOJO ****

“A melodic accessibility and cinematic scope as liable to woo fans of Radiohead as patrons of Ronnie Scott’s.” Q ****

“genuinely innovative.. there isn’t a band that sounds remotely like them.” Observer Music Monthly ****

“Achingly cool… a haunting sound that echoes in your head long after they have stopped playing.” The Sun

“A Joy to listen to, full of depth and detail.” “hauntingly mesmeric soundscapes…” Word Magazine****
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Electronica meets 21st century-jazz in Portico Quartet’s melodic, rhythmic music that mixes the inspiration of Philip Glass and Steve Reich with a very contemporary kind of jazz improv that draws on dub-step, electronica, rock, ambient and dance music.

It’s the blend of ethereal and fiery saxophones, electronics, otherworldly Hang, pulsing drums and earthy bass that gives their music it’s unique sound. Their hook-laden, darkly atmospheric post-jazz has pushed them to the forefront of the contemporary music scene and their inimitable sound that has been compared to Radiohead, E.S.T and The Cinematic Orchestra amongst others.
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Date: Wed 16 Nov
Venue: J1
Time: 8pm (Doors 7pm)
Price: £15 adv
Box office: 01223 511511