Terrain Portico Quartet

“It’d be easy to breeze past this new Portico Quartet album. Its three tracks of viscous synth and string layers, coaxed along by delicate rides and wistful tuned percussion, are unobtrusive, graceful things, more babbling brook than cresting wave. But that’d be a mistake: pay attention, and you’ll find real beauty here. This kind of ambient-jazz-minimal crossover can so often land directly on the coffee table but to their credit, Portico Quartet manage to steer clear of such Fast Show ‘nice’-ness.” - Luke Cartledge, Loud & Quiet

“One can hear echoes of Steven Reich in Terrain as clearly as they can hear traces of the Penguin Cafe Orchestra and Midori Takada. No matter what angle you approach it, Terrain is a spellbinding amalgamation of colorful sounds.” - John Garratt, Pop Matters