Art in the Age of Automation explained

Art in the Age of Automation
Type:	studio
Artist:	Portico Quartet
Cover:	Portico Quartet Art in the Age of Automation album cover.jpg
Released:	25 August 2017
Recorded:	December 2016 – January 2017
Studio:	Fish Factory Studios, London
Genre:	Jazz, ambient, electronic
Length:	50:37
Label:	Gondwana
Producer:	Portico Quartet
Prev Title:	Living Fields
Prev Year:	2015
Next Title:	Untitled (AITAOA #2)
Next Year:	2018

Art in the Age of Automation is the fourth studio album by Portico Quartet. It was released on 25 August 2017.

Track listing

All songs written by Duncan Bellamy and Jack Wyllie.

1. Endless – 4:27
2. Objects to Place in a Tomb – 5:27
3. Rushing – 6:19
4. Art in the Age of Automation – 4:55
5. S/20005S – 0:37
6. A Luminous Beam – 6:02
7. Beyond Dialogue – 6:42
8. RGB – 4:32
9. Current History – 6:07
10. Mercury Eyes – 1:36
11. Lines Glow – 3:49

Untitled (AITAOA #2)

On 9 March 2018, the band announced the release of a companion piece to Art in the Age of Automation, called "Untitled (AITAOA #2)" and featuring tracks recorded during the Art in the Age of Automation sessions. It is due to be released on 27 April.

1. Double Space - 2:53
2. Index - 3:58
3. Unrest - 5:13
4. In Where We Meet - 1:16
5. View from a Satellite - 5:20
6. Celestial Wife - 3:58
7. Reflected in Neon - 2:22
8. Dust - 4:46
9. Berlin - 2:02

Personnel

• All instruments played by Portico Quartet except strings on 1, 2, 4, 6 and 11, performed by Francesca Ter-Burg and Anisa Arslanagic and additional bass on 2 and 7 by Tom Herbert.^[1]
• Mixed by Portico Quartet and Greg Freeman, assisted by Beau Blaise
• Mixed at Vox-Ton Studios, Berlin and Mokik Studio, Berlin, February 2017
• Mastered by Norman Nitzsche, CALYX Mastering, Berlin, May 2017
• Artwork by Duncan Bellamy for veilprojects.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: Art in the Age of Automation, by Portico Quartet. Portico Quartet. 19 August 2017.