Vibration Animal Sex Brain Music

by Orchestra of Spheres

Overview

There are so many elements at work in Orchestra of Spheres' brand of "future funk" music that it would seem an ambiguous wash if it weren't so carefully calculated and specifically articulated. On their sophomore full-length, OOS' vibe is more rhythmically complex than on 2011's Nonagonic Now, and their studio approach is slicker, to boot. As a result, some of the former recording's shambolic spontaneity has been covered over by an increasing studio savvy -- not always a bad thing. Opener "Aby" uses rolling tom-tom breaks shouted through a megaphone, female vocals, layered percussion, and noise to create a chant-like calling-of-the-tribes vibe, but it's too clipped to induce it. In the next cut, "Electric Company," the trance-inducing groove is both a process and a goal. A skillful yet seemingly ragged blanket of squiggly synths inside a field of criss-crossing African, South American, and funk rhythms, chanted vocals, wah-wah guitar, and splattery percussion goes straight to the belly bone. ~ Thom Jurek

Product Details

Release Date:	12/10/2013
Label:	Fire Records
UPC:	0809236129918

Tracks

1. Aby
2. Electric Company
3. Numbers
4. Moro Con
5. 2,000,000 Years
6. Kairo
7. Journey
8. Jungle Pads
9. Mind Over Might
10. Smash Hit #1
11. Bogan in the Forest

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Orchestra of Spheres   Primary Artist
E = MC303   Carillon
Baba Rossa   Guitar,Vocals
Jemi Hemi Mandala   Drums,Vocoder,Percussion
Mos Iocos   Vocals,Gamelan,Keyboards,Percussion,Synthesizer
EtonalE   Vocals,Percussion

Technical Credits

Mike Gibson   Mastering
Delaney Davidson   Photography
Orchestra of Spheres   Composer
Baba Rossa   Group Member
Jemi Hemi Mandala   Group Member
Mos Iocos   Group Member
EtonalE   Group Member
Matt Bordin   Mixing
Kerry Ann Lee   Design,Artwork