Orions Belte - Villa Amorini
Orions Belte release their sophomore album, Villa Amorini.
Do you remember the time the doorman ran after some drunken kids around the lake outside the club? As he dives into the lake, he scrapes his stomach on a sharp object in the water, but catches up and returns with one youth under each arm.
At the same time the singer from the band playing inside, jumps from the loft hoping that the chandelier he grabs will hold him. It doesn’t. Endless afterparties and constantly trying to avoid visits from the police or the liquor control.
Still nothing?
“«Full of melodic instinct throughout, Villa Amorini provides a cool and trippy 40-minute ride along basslines that chills out without ever getting sleepy» ”
This was the 90’s club scene in Bergen, and Villa Amorini was the place where everything happened. Starting as an 80’s fine dining spot, it evolved into an extravagant club with tons of artists and DJ’s in screaming shirts and oversized sunglasses.
This sets the scene for Orions Belte’s second album. Still a mix of all the sounds they like, reminiscing eras they haven’t experienced, trying to navigate in their own musical atmosphere. Chaotic and calm at the same time.
Villa Amorini is recorded at Norsk Riksstudio by engineer Njål Paulsberg, making sure the sounds were on point while leaving the band alone to play together for hours upon hours, chiseling out the base for the album.
Where the debut was summery and a bit brighter, this album tends to lean a bit more towards the big city, night life and leftover food from the fridge. Mixed as always by the magnificent Matias Tellez.
INFO
Orions Belte - Villa Amorini
Art. no: JANSENS118
Release date: April 9th, 2021
Tracklist:
1. Bean
2. Speakeasy
3. Conversations
4. how long is... cold pizza good for
5. Drumstick
6. Dearest
7. Lotus
8. What's With You?
9. Mouth
10. We Should Stay Like This Forever
SINGLES
Bean - released April 3rd, 2020
We Should Stay Like This Forever - released August 7th, 2020
Conversations - released October 9th, 2020
Lotus - released January 29th, 2021
Dearest - released February 26th, 2021
Mouth - released March 19th, 2021
Buy Orions Belte’s debut album Mint
«It’s a records that will make you want to crack open a cold one …»
– Spectral Nights
Photo by Nikolai Grasaasen
