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01. Mocky - Overtures
02. Mocky - Bora!
03. Mocky - Stevie's Room
04. Mocky - Humans
05. Mocky - Ape-Ifanys
06. Mocky - Well Tempered Lament
07. Mocky - Wishful Thinking
08. Mocky - Désirée (Piano Version)
ARTIST
TITLE
Overtones For The Omniverse
FORMAT
LP

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HEAVY 011LP HEAVY 011LP
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RELEASE DATE
9/24/2021

Following up his score for the Japanese Netflix anime series Carole & Tuesday, Mocky returns to album mode with his new orchestral opus Overtones For The Omniverse. Just days before the first Covid lockdowns, Mocky brought a 16-person orchestra comprising of his usual who's who of underground talent into LA's Barefoot Studios (and into the same room where Stevie Wonder recorded Songs in the Key of Life) to record a pile of scores he had come up with during his previous year's sabbatical in Portugal. The result is a stunning orchestral album recorded in 36 hours in one or two takes straight off the written page. Shunning the "possible perfection" of today's recording techniques, Mocky looked back as a way to find an alternate future. The album runs the gamut from Steve Reich infused minimalism overlaid with Dorothy Ashby style harp runs ("Overtures") to atonal analog synth sounds over Martin Denny style percussion ("Bora!"). There's a classic Mocky crooning number that gives a Jim Henson-esque take on the state of "Humans" and the album as a whole captures Mocky's skill of bringing together the joyful energy of a unique cast of LA collaborators. Featuring: Randal Fisher - flute; Vicky Farewell - piano, vocals; Harry Foster - bass, vibraphone, tubular bells, vocals; Joey Dosik - organ and glockenspiel, vocals; Guilermo E. Brown aka Pw - percussion, vocals; Jhan Lee Aponte (TossTones) - percussion, vocals, timpani; Paul Cartwright - violin; Molly Rogers - viola; Gabe Noel - cello, contrabass; Liza Wallace - harp; Coco O. - vocals. Produced by Mocky, Justin Stanley and Renaud Letang. Mixed by Renaud Letang at Ferber Studios Paris. Mastered by Emilie Daelemans. Cover artwork by Rand Sevilla. Photo by Vice Cooler. Includes download code.