Art in the Age of Automation

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Art in the Age of Automation
Portico Quartet Art in the Age of Automation album cover.jpg
Studio album by
Released25 August 2017
RecordedDecember 2016 – January 2017
StudioFish Factory Studios, London
Genre Jazz, ambient, electronic
Length50:37
Label Gondwana
Producer Portico Quartet
Portico Quartet chronology
Living Fields
(2015)
Art in the Age of Automation
(2017)
Untitled (AITAOA #2)
(2018)
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Art in the Age of Automation is the fourth studio album by Portico Quartet. It was released on 25 August 2017.

Contents

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

Charts

Chart (2017)Peak
position
Scottish Albums (OCC) [10] 80

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