Orgone - Chimera - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

2018 . Orgone takes on 13 funk and soul classics! Otis Redding, Funkadelic, The Meters, Aretha Franklin, Betty Wright, and Booker T are just a few of the artists Orgone cover on this mixtape collection with some help from friends as well! Expertly recorded and performed, you could make an argument for some of these being better than the originals, but we'll suffice it to say that it's a simply killer set from beginning to end! Orgone is from Los Angeles, California. The group's sound draws from 1960s and 1970s-era funk and soul. While several members of the band played together from the early 1990s, Orgone did not coalesce into a regular band until around 1999. After a 2001 debut , the band added vocalist Fanny Franklin and she has remained as a full-time member, although much of their music is instrumental. Album Tracks 1. The Black Five 2. Cynthy-Ruth 3. Look-A Py Py 4. Think 5. Nobody's Fault But Mine 6. The Breakdown 7. All This Love That I'm Giving 8. Melting Pot 9. It's Serious 10. Neither One of Us 11. It Ain't No Use 12. Let Me Be Your Lovemaker 13. Cosmic Slop

Delerium's Rhys Fulber and Bill Leeb lighten up their sound on Chimera, as the darker fixations of early records like Morpheus retreat yet further into the background. After Sarah McLachlan's lovely turn on the single InchSilence,Inch and the massive success of 1997's Karma, the duo have dutifully embraced their winning combination of ethereal female vocalists and ambient dance-pop. On Chimera, the formula yields a few worthy singles, such as the limber and catchy InchLoveInch and InchRun For ItInch (featuring Sixpence None The Richer's Leigh Nash). And while the record too often settles for disposable, bland pop (InchTouchedInch and InchMagic,Inch for instance), it also delivers potent hooks and moments of inspiration that will keep the band's fan base happy. Album Tracks 1. Love (Feat. Zoë Johnston) 2. After All (Feat. Jaël of Lunik) 3. Just a Dream (Feat. Margaret Far) 4. Run for It (Feat. Leigh Nash) 5. Truly (Feat. Nerina Pallot) 6. Serenity 7. Touched (Feat. Rachel Fuller) 8. Forever After (Feat. Sultana) 9. Fallen (Feat. Rani) 10. Orbit of Me (Feat. Leigh Nash) 11. Magic (Feat. Julee Cruise) 12. Eternal Odyssey 13. Returning (Feat. Kristy Thirsk) 14. After All (Andrew Sega Remix) (Bonus Track)

The artists in Chimera - violinist Iva Bittová, bassist-composer Michael Bisio, flutist Steve Gorn, and singer-guitarist-composer Timothy Hill are all master musicians, innovators, and improvisors. They have deeply immersed themselves in multiple traditions and genres streams of avant-garde jazz, Indian raga, Moravian folk music, overtone singing, as well as early and modern European classical and American folk music. Individually they have performed with a stunning array of influential creative artists, such as Fred Frith, Bang-on-a-Can All-Stars, ETHEL, Paul Winter, Jack DeJohnette, Paul Simon, David Hykes, Pauline Oliveros, Bill Frisell, Matthew Shipp, Tani Tabbal and Joe McPhee, to name a few. All this they leave at the door as they enter the shared space to meet in the moment, sharing a deep respect of each other's experience and perspective, anticipating fresh expressions of deep feeling, awestruck beauty and sheer delight. Together they explore new territory to create music that defies description. Album Tracks 1. Facing Toward 1 2. Facing Toward 2 3. Remembrance of Things Passing 1 4. Remembrance of Things Passing 2 5. Remembrance of Things Passing 3 6. Composed of Nows 1 7. Composed of Nows 2 8. Composed of Nows