Knee-Deep in the North Sea

by Portico Quartet

Knee-Deep in the North Sea cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 5 November 2007
  • Label: Babel
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:07:21
  • Community rating: 3.91/5 from 6 ratings

Artists on this release: Oliver Weindling, Jack Wyllie, idiophone, Sonny, Milo Fitzpatrick, Will Gresford

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Earning a Mercury Prize nomination, the London quartet's debut album introduced their highly distinctive, contemporary approach to acoustic jazz. The recording is anchored by the prominent use of the Hang鈥攁 melodic steel pan instrument鈥攚hich gives their post-minimalist compositions an incredibly organic, resonant warmth.

Genres

Descriptors: instrumental, aquatic, minimalistic

Tracklist

  1. News from Verona (4:21)
  2. Zavodovski Island (4:25)
  3. Knee-Deep in the North Sea (4:47)
  4. Too Many Cooks (5:33)
  5. Steps in the Wrong Direction (6:13)
  6. Monsoon: Top to Bottom (4:12)
  7. The Kon Tiki Expedition (4:30)
  8. Citt脿gazze (4:46)
  9. Pompidou (3:13)
  10. Prickly Pear (5:41)
  11. All the Pieces Matter - BBC Madia Vale Session (5:18)
  12. Knee-Deep in the North Sea - Live in Copenhagen (6:09)
  13. Steps in the Wrong Direction - Live in Copenhagen (8:06)

Credits

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