Orions Belte - Mint
Is it blues? Is it world music? Is it underground pop? You can choose whichever you want, it’s not important for Orions Belte to be pigeonholed.
They’re playing instrumental music inspired by Nigerian 70’s rock, postcards from the French Riviera, Formula One races at the Monza track in Italy, and when Joe Frazier beat Muhammad Ali in the ‘Fight of the Century’ in 1971. Eclectic and unique – are you able to “hear” how it sounds?
Øyvind Blomstrøm and Chris Holm mainly make a living out of being on the road with other bands, and they’re almost always traveling from town to town, country to country. When their roads crossed for the umpteenth time in 2016, their mutual dream of starting an instrumental project was finally underway. Holm’s companion from the Bergen scene, Kim Åge Furuhaug, wanted to join in on the fun, and then Orions Belte was born.
“Bouncing between psychedelia, R’n’B, Kosmiche and dub, this is a thoroughly enjoyable and buoyant album.”
Inspired by bands such as Colour Haze, Hawkwind, Elder, Motorpsycho and Acid Mothers Temple, Earthbound serves up plenty of surprising twists and turns, beautiful and mellow passages and masterful musicianship. Although never flashy, the whole album is a showcase of the three wildly talented musicians as they plow their way through enormous riffs and thunderous grooves.
Searching to perfect their hybrid of heavy rock and psychedelic jazz influences, the band isolated themselves in Halden's Athletic Sound studios, working day and night to accomplish what became Earthbound, a quantum leap for their sound in terms of sheer heaviness and psychedelic extravaganza compared to their previous albums.
INFO
Orions Belte - Mint
Art. no: JANSEN101
Release date: September 14th, 2018
Tracklist:
1. New Years Eve #2
2. Papillon
3. Delmonte
4. Joe Frazier
5. Moving Back Again
6. Le Mans
7. Picturephone Blues
8. Atlantic Surfing
9. Alnitak
SINGLES
Le Mans - released April 20th, 2018
Atlantic Surfing - released June 8th, 2018
Joe Frazier - released August 3rd, 2018
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