Theta One

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Cat No: DISCUS40CD

Release Date: 01 January 2014

Label: Discus Music

Packaging Type: Digipak

No of Units: 2

Barcode: 5051078927527

Genres: Rock Progressive Rock

Description
It is the job of the progressive artist to propose an alternative reality, and preferably one in which all notions of common sense have been completely eradicated. This collection is our proposal.

"If you're a fan of artists like Alice Coltrane, Magma, Phillip Glass, Terry Riley, Tangerine Dream and David Bedford, you must get this album. Orchestra of the Upper Atmosphere is a cosmic feast for the ears and mind, and will take you to places unknown, from the depths of the human soul to the farthest, darkest reaches of the universe. Highly recommended!" - Jeff Fitzgerald AURAL INNOVATIONS

"As soon as we heard this the massive and mesmeric sounds found here on the debut from the Orchestra Of The Upper Atmosphere, we knew it was Record Of The Week material! And while it's the record of our week (and many weeks to come, we imagine), it was three years in the making, a grandiose accomplishment involving the efforts of around 40 musicians and singers. The British new music ensemble responsible for this sprawling double cd has an appropriately evocative name, they are in the business of generating clouds of sound from on high, and they are indeed a sort of Orchestra, certainly a lot of musicians on a lot of instruments making a BIG sound, the actual core group of the OUA itself comprising only five folks, but they're augmented by a string quartet (the La Garotte String Quartet), a woodwinds ensemble (The Divine Winds), and a 25 person avant-garde choral group (Juxtavoices). Together, the OUA and friends create a hybrid akin to 20th century classical chamber music meets propulsive krautrock meets '70s cosmic jazz. But it's probably most heavily influenced by the work of modern minimalist master Terry Riley in particular - imagine portions of the Riley/Cale album Church Of Anthrax heavied up by a psychedelic stage band, with tons of synth and electronics amidst the strings and horns and percussive skitter." - J Allan Horrocks, Aquarius Records, San Francisco

Martin Archer - organ, electric piano, laptop, saxophones, bass clarinet

Chris Bywater - organ, synthesizers, laptop, acoustic and electronic percussion, electric violin

Steve Dinsdale - drums, percussion, synthesizer

Walt Shaw - percussion, electronics

Terry Todd - bass guitar
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