Hidden Orchestra
Hidden Orchestra is an "imagined orchestra" created by composer/producer/multi-instrumentalist Joe Acheson, its sole constant member. Recordings feature a wide variety of guest musicians from different musical backgrounds; they're recorded separately and combined by Acheson in his studio to create the illusion of an orchestra. His dark, orchestral textures are layered with field recordings, basses, and layers upon layers of drums and percussion. Originally formed in Edinburgh in 2009 and currently based in Brighton, Acheson also serves as musical director and assembles musicians to perform live. Among regular concert members are pianist and violinist Poppy Ackroyd and drummers Tim Lane and Jamie Graham. Their debut album, Night Walks, was greeted with unanimous critical acclaim as writers fell over themselves trying to describe the project's exotic sound. It prompted Hidden Orchestra to follow up almost immediately with the 10" EP Flight and a tour. 2012's sophomore full-length Archipelago flirted with everything from modal jazz and Sufi music to bird songs, surf and wind sounds, Magma-esque prog rock, and electronic abstraction -- much of it danceable. Response to the recording and the live show was impressive, and two volumes of Archipelago Remixes were issued in 2013 and 2014. Reorchestrations was a covers album that included two pieces by Ackroyd and one by guest clarinetist Tomas Dvorak (aka Floex). Though Acheson was essentially remixing these tracks, he left them all melodically intact. He added rhythms, his upright bass, and layers of textured pitches derived from the electronics of the originals, thus expanding them. 2016's Wingbeats was, in essence, a seven-part suite built on field-recorded bird songs altered to include a wide swath of electronic sounds and sometimes unidentifiable instrumentation. Dawn Chorus, issued the following year, offered long pieces and even darker backdrops amid its weave of timbres, textures, musical colors, and ambient spaces. It is widely considered HO's ultimate recording to date. It spawned the Dawn Chorus Remix Collection in 2018 and featured contributions from Nostalgia 77, Max Cooper, Floex, and Matthew Herbert, among others.
© Thom Jurek /TiVo
Artistas semelhantes
-
To Dream is to Forget
Dance - Lançado por Lone Figures em 22/09/2023
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Dawn Chorus
Trip Hop - Lançado por Tru Thoughts em 16/06/2017
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Archipelago (Source Materials)
Electronic - Lançado por Tru Thoughts em 21/10/2022
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Wingbeats
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por Tru Thoughts em 21/10/2016
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Night Walks
Trip Hop - Lançado por Tru Thoughts em 20/09/2010
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Live at Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por Tru Thoughts em 03/05/2019
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Creaks: Bonus, Live & Remixes
Electronic - Lançado por Minority Records s.r.o. em 11/11/2022
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Archipelago
Dance - Lançado por Tru Thoughts em 01/01/2012
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
We Come From The Sun
Cerys Matthews, Hidden Orchestra
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por Decca (UMO) (Classics) em 15/01/2021
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Three Islands
Electronic - Lançado por Minority Records s.r.o. em 14/10/2022
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
-
Creaks (Original Game Soundtrack)
Film Soundtracks - Lançado por Minority Records s.r.o. em 23/07/2020
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
East London Street (Edit)
Jazz - Lançado por Tru Thoughts em 22/09/2017
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Dawn Chorus (Remixes)
Jazz - Lançado por Tru Thoughts em 26/01/2018
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Skylarks
Dance - Lançado por Lone Figures em 28/07/2023
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Little Buddy Move
Dance - Lançado por Lone Figures em 30/06/2023
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
-
Archipelago Remixes, Pt. 2
Dance - Lançado por Tru Thoughts em 12/05/2014
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Vorka / Spoken
Dance - Lançado por Tru Thoughts em 10/09/2012
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Flight EP
Dance - Lançado por Tru Thoughts em 07/11/2011
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Wingbeats (Max Cooper Remix)
Trip Hop - Lançado por Tru Thoughts em 11/11/2016
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo