The Heliocentrics "13 Degrees Of Reality"

Country: UK
Sub Genre: Psychedelic, Funk, Experimental
Label: Now-Again
Release date: April 30, 2013
Tracklist: 

1. Feedback (Intro)
2. Ethnicity
3. Public Safety
4. Mysterious Ways
5. Dreams
6. Collateral Damage
7. Outtake (Interlude)
8. Freeness Part 2
9. Wrecking Ball (Prelude)
10. Wrecking Ball
11. Mind Readers
12. Descarga Electronica
13. A Musical Conspiracy (Interlude)
14. Eastern Begena
15. Hall Of Mirrors (Interlude)
16. Mr. Owusu, I Presume?
17. The Abstract & The Absolute (Interlude)
18. Black Sky
19. Prepare For Lift-Off (Interlude)
20. Path Of The Black Sun
21. Calabash
22. Vibrations Of Fallen Angels (Outro)


Line-up: 

Malcolm Catto – Drums, Marimbula, Percussion, Additional Guitar and Piano
Jake Ferguson – Bass, Begena, Additional Guitar, Vibes and Piano
Jack Yglesias – Percussion, Kalimba, Flutes, Homemade Instruments and String Arrangements on “Collateral Damage”
Ade Owusu – Guitar, Thai Guitar, Effected Santur, Feedback and Koto
Ollie Parfitt – Piano, Keys and Electronic Effects
Tom Hodges – Electronica
Mike Burnham – Ring Mod Guitar on “Wrecking Ball”
Shabaka Hutchings – Bass Clarinet
Danny Keane – Cello
Raven – Violin

Description/Reviews: 

The Heliocentrics' debut album, "Out There" (2007) was a confounding piece of work. Drawing equally from the funk universe of James Brown, the disorienting asymmetry of Sun Ra, the cinematic scope of Ennio Morricone, the sublime fusion of David Axelrod, Pierre Henry's turned-on musique concrète, and Can s beat-heavy Krautrock, "Out There" pointed the way towards a brand new kind of psychedelia, one that could only come from a band of accomplished musicians who were also obsessive music fans. The Heliocentrics search for it in an alternate galaxy where the orbits of funk, jazz, psychedelic, electronic, avant-garde and "ethnic" music all revolve around "The One." Back at Now-Again with "13 Degrees of Reality", the Heliocentrics have returned to develop this epic vision of psychedelic funk, while exploring the possibilities created by their myriad influences Latin, African, and more. Thus, the electro-Latin fusion of "Descarga Electronica" sits next to weeping strings piled atop "Collateral Damage's" chunky rhythms, which passes undulating swing of "Wrecking Ball", a dirge as irresistibly funky as it is devastating. "Out There" may have been one hell of an opening volley, but having spent some years in the wild running among mavericks like Astatke and Oriental Jazz pioneer Lloyd Miller, the Heliocentrics have realized that their strongest statements are made somewhere between the persistent fuzz of Owusu's distorted guitar, Catt' s impossible syncopation and Ferguson's looping bass lines. (Amazon)

Media/Samples 
Wrecking Ball (mp3)

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