| The Heliocentrics |
From The Deep (2016) |
The Heliocentrics — From The Deep (22 Feb, 2016) 
♦ο Eclectic U.K.~based ensemble blending influences such as hip~hop, jazz, soundtracks, Ethiopian funk, outré electronics, and more.
Location: London, UK
Genre: Jazz, Electronic, Pop Rock
Styles: Funk, Jazz~Funk, Modern Creative, Post~Bop
Album release: 22 Feb, 2016
Record Label: Soundway Records
Duration: 43:22
01. Intro
02. Discovery
03. Visions Of Himself
04. The Five Thing
05. Thunder & Lightning
06. Noises And Conversations
07. The Pit
08. Primitivos
09. Telekinesis
10. Night And Day
11. Something Bad A Coming
12. Looking Back
13. The Gas Bottle
14. Phenomenon Of Man
15. Outer Realms, Pt. 2
16. Hysteria
17. Into The Vortex
18. Mass Psychosis
19. Outro
Personnel:
♦ο Malcom Catto: drums
♦ο Jake Ferguson: bass
♦ο Jack Yglesias: percussion, flute
♦ο Oliver Parfitt: keyboards
♦ο Adrian Owusu: guitar
♦ο Tom Hodges: electronics
♦ο Just B (Barbora Patkova): vocals
♦ο and many more friends ...
Credits:
♦ο Eothen Alapatt Executive Producer
♦ο Mike Burnham Drums, Oud
♦ο Malcolm Catto Drums, Electronics, Engineer, Group Member, Keyboards, Mixing, Percussion, Producer
♦ο Dave Cooley Mastering
♦ο Jake Ferguson Bass, Electronics, Engineer, Group Member, Keyboards, Mixing, Producer, Vibraphone
♦ο The Heliocentrics Arranger
♦ο Tom Hodges Electronics
♦ο Corey Mwamba Vibraphone
♦ο Ade Owusu Group Member, Guitar
♦ο Ollie Parfitt Electronics, Keyboards, Piano
♦ο Errol F. Richardson Art Direction
♦ο Jack Yglesias Group Member, Percussion
AllMusic Review by Paul Simpson; Score: ****
≈≠↓ On their 2016 release From the Deep, eclectic British rare groove enthusiasts the Heliocentrics take a dip through their archives, unearthing a multitude of tracks cut at their former recording home base, Quatermass Studios. As with most of their recordings, however, these outer~dimensional transmissions could have been beamed from seemingly any time in the past, present, or future. The band’s heavy, spacy grooves resist easy categorization, laying down heavy, fluid drum patterns and filling them with cosmic synth squiggles, dubby echo, and the occasional squawking horns. Tracks like “Visions of Himself” echo the group’s collaboration with Ethiopian legend Mulatu Astatke, while several others reflect the influence of library music, taking suspenseful musical cues and subverting them in order to emphasize their mysterious, surreal qualities. While most of the album’s tracks are shorter pieces that feel like they could accompany brief movie or television scenes, there are a few more expansive journeys, such as the wild, vibraphone~heavy “The Pit,” which whips up a furious groove, nearly tipping into chaos with the addition of bleating saxophone and rippling analog synthesizers. “Telekinesis” seems like it could melt down at any moment, with loose synthesizer blips and thrashing harps dancing around the slippery, spiraling~downwards groove. “Night and Day” turns the spotlight on strings, while a layer of shimmering electronic delay dances around the standup bass and viola. It may be easy to detect some of the Heliocentrics’ influences (David Axelrod, Ennio Morricone, Sun Ra, etc.) but it’s still hard to pin down exactly what they do; their sound is so amorphous, immersive, and all~encompassing, and they seem to have an abundance of ideas, leading one to believe that they could’ve picked more than 19 cuts for this album. From the Deep is an exciting, adventurous psychedelic jazz~funk trip that keeps the listener constantly guessing. ≈≠↓ http://www.allmusic.com/
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| The Heliocentrics |
From The Deep (2016) |
Location: London, UK
Genre: Jazz, Electronic, Pop Rock
Styles: Funk, Jazz~Funk, Modern Creative, Post~Bop
Album release: 22 Feb, 2016
Record Label: Soundway Records
Duration: 43:22
01. Intro
02. Discovery
03. Visions Of Himself
04. The Five Thing
05. Thunder & Lightning
06. Noises And Conversations
07. The Pit
08. Primitivos
09. Telekinesis
10. Night And Day
11. Something Bad A Coming
12. Looking Back
13. The Gas Bottle
14. Phenomenon Of Man
15. Outer Realms, Pt. 2
16. Hysteria
17. Into The Vortex
18. Mass Psychosis
19. Outro
Personnel:
♦ο Malcom Catto: drums
♦ο Jake Ferguson: bass
♦ο Jack Yglesias: percussion, flute
♦ο Oliver Parfitt: keyboards
♦ο Adrian Owusu: guitar
♦ο Tom Hodges: electronics
♦ο Just B (Barbora Patkova): vocals
♦ο and many more friends ...
Credits:
♦ο Eothen Alapatt Executive Producer
♦ο Mike Burnham Drums, Oud
♦ο Malcolm Catto Drums, Electronics, Engineer, Group Member, Keyboards, Mixing, Percussion, Producer
♦ο Dave Cooley Mastering
♦ο Jake Ferguson Bass, Electronics, Engineer, Group Member, Keyboards, Mixing, Producer, Vibraphone
♦ο The Heliocentrics Arranger
♦ο Tom Hodges Electronics
♦ο Corey Mwamba Vibraphone
♦ο Ade Owusu Group Member, Guitar
♦ο Ollie Parfitt Electronics, Keyboards, Piano
♦ο Errol F. Richardson Art Direction
♦ο Jack Yglesias Group Member, Percussion
AllMusic Review by Paul Simpson; Score: ****
≈≠↓ On their 2016 release From the Deep, eclectic British rare groove enthusiasts the Heliocentrics take a dip through their archives, unearthing a multitude of tracks cut at their former recording home base, Quatermass Studios. As with most of their recordings, however, these outer~dimensional transmissions could have been beamed from seemingly any time in the past, present, or future. The band’s heavy, spacy grooves resist easy categorization, laying down heavy, fluid drum patterns and filling them with cosmic synth squiggles, dubby echo, and the occasional squawking horns. Tracks like “Visions of Himself” echo the group’s collaboration with Ethiopian legend Mulatu Astatke, while several others reflect the influence of library music, taking suspenseful musical cues and subverting them in order to emphasize their mysterious, surreal qualities. While most of the album’s tracks are shorter pieces that feel like they could accompany brief movie or television scenes, there are a few more expansive journeys, such as the wild, vibraphone~heavy “The Pit,” which whips up a furious groove, nearly tipping into chaos with the addition of bleating saxophone and rippling analog synthesizers. “Telekinesis” seems like it could melt down at any moment, with loose synthesizer blips and thrashing harps dancing around the slippery, spiraling~downwards groove. “Night and Day” turns the spotlight on strings, while a layer of shimmering electronic delay dances around the standup bass and viola. It may be easy to detect some of the Heliocentrics’ influences (David Axelrod, Ennio Morricone, Sun Ra, etc.) but it’s still hard to pin down exactly what they do; their sound is so amorphous, immersive, and all~encompassing, and they seem to have an abundance of ideas, leading one to believe that they could’ve picked more than 19 cuts for this album. From the Deep is an exciting, adventurous psychedelic jazz~funk trip that keeps the listener constantly guessing. ≈≠↓ http://www.allmusic.com/
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