»Terrain« is the name of the new album of the British band Portico Quartet, which was released these days on Gondwana Records. For us, Portico Quartet’s Jack Wyllie has put together 60 minutes of music in an exclusive DJ mix.

As a DJ and musician, Matthew Halsall became a label operator. Starting with a local focus on Manchester’s contemporary jazz scene, the trumpeter, composer and bandleader has since given his imprint Gondwana Records a fairly international focus. And stylistically, too, they are getting broader and broader. What the releases have in common, is »a sense of soul and character that, when you then face the artist in person, feels true and makes you feel a strong, deep connection between the person and the music«.