When automation distances us from our work, when it gets between us and the world, it erases the artistry from our lives – Nicholas Carr, “The Glass Cage” (2015) Originally formed in London in 2005 as an acoustic jazz quartet, Portico Quartet have since ventured into electronica and ambient music and released four original albums […]
Jazz
Mathias Eick: Midwest
Mathias Eick is a Norwegian trumpet player who quotes Kenny Wheeler, Chet Baker as well as fellow Norwegians Arve Henriksen or Nils Petter Molvaer as major influences. Having previously performed with Jaga Jazzist (Ninja Tune) and recorded with pianist Iro Haarla, guitarist Jacob Young and drummer Manu Katche (all for ECM Records), Mathias Eick is […]
Petros Klampanis: Chroma
Born on the Greek island of Zakynthos and now based in New-York city, Petros Klampanis is a double-bass player and composer whose music is both influenced by the Mediterranean and Balkan folk traditions of his native country and by the contemporary American jazz scene. Since relocating to New York in 2008, the musician has collaborated with American […]
Eyot: Innate
Formed in 2008 and based in Niš (Serbia), Eyot is a jazz band comprised of Dejan Ilijic (piano), Sladan Milenovic (guitar), Milos Vojvodic (drums) and Marko Stojiljkovic (bass). As a quartet, Eyot’s novel sound lies at the confluence of the acoustic jazz trio tradition and electric jazz-rock. Influenced of course by the many jazz fusion […]
Girma Bèyènè & Akalé Wubé: Mistakes on Purpose
Spearheading the prolific and unique surge of Ethiopian popular music in the 1960s and 1970s, Ethiopian singer, arranger and pianist Girma Bèyènè is a legendary figure who enjoyed a scintillating early career with various formations and musicians. The political unrest in his native country forced the musician to emigrate to Washington D.C. in the late […]
GoGo Penguin: Man Made Object
Based in Manchester and boasting a classic jazz trio line-up of piano (Chris Illingworth), bass (Nick Blacka) and drums (Rob Turner), GoGo Penguin never cease to blur the lines and push the genre into new territories. An electrifying formation on a live stage, it borrows from the “Wall of Sound” aesthetics of rock music. At the […]
