An indie-band playing post-jazz": that’s the way portico quartet describes themselves, a group of four young musicians from london. The strange beauty of their music lies primarily in the hang, a melodic percussion instrument, recently created and inspired in the gong, gamelan, drums and bell, among others. Their debut album, knee-deep in the north sea, was considered in 2007 album of the year in jazz, folk and world music by time out magazine. And their 2011 new album isla released by the renowned publishing house of peter gabriel, realworld.