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Left Orbit Temple: Prolusion
James Teitelbaum heads the fifteen musicians behind the sounds of Left Orbit Temple whose Prolusion interlaces sounds from diverse sources; members and behind-the-scenes technicians from bands such as My LIfe With the Thrill Kill Kult, Pigface, Smashing Pumpkins, Dead Can Dance, and many others combine forces in this 52.5-minute theatrical/tribal/avant-garde/world/pop ensemble.
In addition, multimedia tracks explore visual artistry and dance troupes, as well as further delivering Prolusion lyrics and info.
Mutated chants and thundering drums are overtaken by sparky organ blurts and classy piano licks as well as strident vocals (reminding me here of the tall, bald lawyer from Australia's Midnight Oil...) in Itch backed by synth drifts, ethnic instrumentation and odd electronic adornments. Pseudo-Middle-Eastern riffs serpentine in and out of grumbling intonations. In Eview (6:38), a quiet intro with watery textures boiling beneath leads to a sultry womanly chorus and rising/falling piano-and-string drifts which shift like a rippling heat haze, pounded upon periodically by thudding drumskins. Like wandering from the desert into a dream-like tiki lounge, Doctor Vestio dreamily drifts on elastic guitar strings, pattering ethnobeats and multi-sexed vocal streams (with somehow 70s-ish leanings).
Whispery spoken word and ambient zones are met with the soulfully soaring female vocal phrases which arise from Mesmerized along with neoprimitive percussion, xylos and tribal chants. Dark and powerful Mirbat (3:45) emits hypnotically surging electronics, steady rhythms, layered wails and edgy atmospheres. Serene acoustic guitar opens vocal-free Honu, to slip between a moodily obscure twilight and straightforward string-and-piano instrumentation with a sweet theremin-like lead.
Radio voices and mutedly clanging coppertones back Happy's hushed-or-blaring male lyrics as the track vacillates between subdued-then-agitated modes, with drums and xylos raging in the latter. If this were simply a pop album, Beautiful World would be the big hit single... radio-ready diva vocals present innately catchy melodies and euphoric messages which ride on the cresting synth-and-rhythm waves. Gothic overtones and old-time radio-voices emerge from Darker's energetic surf-guitar-laced drum-and chorus.
Spaciousness abounds between the reverberating bells which open Ronco Ronco; you-are-there found-sounds seeps into the growing, thrumming resonance of this most-ambient piece.
The multimedia portion of this disc gathers 9 or 10)### artists, collagists, tattooists, filmakers, writers presenting a brief bio and several of their genereally quite intriguing works.
While the contemporary-vocal-thing trips me up a bit (though there's nothing wrong with the ways in which they're presented... just not my bag), Left Orbit Temple's tracks impressively weave together assorted styles into unique soundvisions. Expertly produced Prolusion melds disparate styles into an 8.3 tapestry of all-over-the-world colors.
Check the Tydirium website for the whole story...
In addition, multimedia tracks explore visual artistry and dance troupes, as well as further delivering Prolusion lyrics and info.
Mutated chants and thundering drums are overtaken by sparky organ blurts and classy piano licks as well as strident vocals (reminding me here of the tall, bald lawyer from Australia's Midnight Oil...) in Itch backed by synth drifts, ethnic instrumentation and odd electronic adornments. Pseudo-Middle-Eastern riffs serpentine in and out of grumbling intonations. In Eview (6:38), a quiet intro with watery textures boiling beneath leads to a sultry womanly chorus and rising/falling piano-and-string drifts which shift like a rippling heat haze, pounded upon periodically by thudding drumskins. Like wandering from the desert into a dream-like tiki lounge, Doctor Vestio dreamily drifts on elastic guitar strings, pattering ethnobeats and multi-sexed vocal streams (with somehow 70s-ish leanings).
Whispery spoken word and ambient zones are met with the soulfully soaring female vocal phrases which arise from Mesmerized along with neoprimitive percussion, xylos and tribal chants. Dark and powerful Mirbat (3:45) emits hypnotically surging electronics, steady rhythms, layered wails and edgy atmospheres. Serene acoustic guitar opens vocal-free Honu, to slip between a moodily obscure twilight and straightforward string-and-piano instrumentation with a sweet theremin-like lead.
Radio voices and mutedly clanging coppertones back Happy's hushed-or-blaring male lyrics as the track vacillates between subdued-then-agitated modes, with drums and xylos raging in the latter. If this were simply a pop album, Beautiful World would be the big hit single... radio-ready diva vocals present innately catchy melodies and euphoric messages which ride on the cresting synth-and-rhythm waves. Gothic overtones and old-time radio-voices emerge from Darker's energetic surf-guitar-laced drum-and chorus.
Spaciousness abounds between the reverberating bells which open Ronco Ronco; you-are-there found-sounds seeps into the growing, thrumming resonance of this most-ambient piece.
The multimedia portion of this disc gathers 9 or 10)### artists, collagists, tattooists, filmakers, writers presenting a brief bio and several of their genereally quite intriguing works.
While the contemporary-vocal-thing trips me up a bit (though there's nothing wrong with the ways in which they're presented... just not my bag), Left Orbit Temple's tracks impressively weave together assorted styles into unique soundvisions. Expertly produced Prolusion melds disparate styles into an 8.3 tapestry of all-over-the-world colors.
Check the Tydirium website for the whole story...