The Amorphous Androgynous & Peter Hammill "We Persuade Ourselves We Are Immortal"

Country: UK
Genre(s): Progressive Rock, Psychedelic, Space Rock
Label: fsoldigital
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: November 20, 2020 
Tracklist

1. We Persuade Ourselves We Are Immortal (12:22) 

2. Hymortality (3:53) 

3. Immortality Break (3:10) 

4. Physically I'm Here, Mentally Far, Far Away (4:18) 

5. Psych Recap (5:17) 

6. Synthony (11:22) 

Total Time 40:22

Line-up
The Amorphous Androgynous aka Garry Cobain & Brian Dougans (Future Sound of London)

   With
Peter Hammill (Van Der Graaf Generator) - vocals

Paul Weller - piano and guitar

Ray Fenwick (Spencer Davis Group / Ian Gillan Band) - lead guitar

Brian Hopper (Caravan / Soft Machine) - sax

and many others 

Chesterfield Philharmonic Choir 

orchestral string section

Description/Reviews:

Opening with the 13 minute epic space prog rock of title track ‘We Persuade Ourselves We Are Immortal’ (written with Peter Hammill and Paul Weller) the themes of mortality and immortality are then musically and conceptually catapulted to the far flung corners of the AA sonic multiverse over 40+ minutes utilizing choir, moog, a live orchestral string section, piano, harp and a plethora of vintage synth all fed against a backdrop of classic rock and psych samplerdelia courtesy of the Amorphous Androgynous.

Space Odyssey like dystopian choirs and moog of ‘Hymortality’ crash full force into the Led Zep Bonham- like drums of ‘the Immortality Break’ before cascading down into the harp daydream reverie and minimoog space landings, choir and french romantic strings of ‘Physically I’m Here, Mentally Far, Far Away’

‘Psych Recap’ is all backwards voices and guitars / samplerdelia over pounding Tomorrow Never Knows era Beatles bass and drums with dislocated PETER HAMMILL psychedelic tripped out vocals while ‘Synthony On A Theme of Mortality’ builds from an almost Vangelis Bladerunner-esque vintage synthony of some of the themes of the original track (utilising the classic 70s Yamaha CS80 synth beloved of Vangelis))  before triumphantly soaring to lift-off atop a Pink Floyd-like female wailing aria (KENDRA FROST – vocals) against classic vintage guitar rock bringing the whole album to a triumphant ending.

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The Amorphous Androgynous "The Cartel" Vol. 1 and 2

Country: UK
Sub Genre: Psychedelic, Soundtrack
Label: Fsol Digital
Release date:  November 18, 2013
Tracklist: 
Volum 1
01 – The Wasp (4:23)
02 – The Bug (3:08)
03 – Banksters (3:47)
04 – Regrets And Last Respects (4:25)
05 – The Chase (3:08)
06 – Hide And Speak (3:01)
07 – Loaded Silence (Part 1) (0:24)
08 – The Plaza Heist (2:58)
09 – Eyes And Ears To The Ground (2:17)
10 – The First Billion Is The Hardest (2:54)
11 – Where Does The Evil Go When Evil Men Die (2:52)
12 – Radio Breakdown (3:24)
13 – Taken Delivery (1:04)
14 – The Harry Limescale Theme (0:27)
15 – Down The Memory Hole (5:16)
16 – The Rat (1:17)
17 – Never Trust A Grass (3:37)

Volum 2
01 – Watching The Watcher (1:27)
02 – The Watcher (3:55)
03 – An Ocean Of Regret (4:06)
04 – Hombre Malo (3:04)
05 – The Visitor (2:37)
06 – Loaded Silence (2:02)
07 – Skanksters (2:26)
08 – 20 Years Behind Bars (2:47)
09 – The Killin’ Spree (Theme From Harry Limescale) (1:38)
10 – 1,000,000 Stashed (3:28)
11 – Dead Vapours (0:34)
12 – Tap-Up (2:16)
13 – Billion Breaks (2:56)
14 – The Decision (0:51)
15 – Tunnel Sequence (3:06)
16 – Dead Man’s Shadow (1:41)
17 – The Costa Rican Cartel (0:56)
18 – Cook The Books (3:15)
19 – Gunrunners (1:48)
20 – Some Time Later (3:32)

Line-up: 
Garry Cobain
Brian Dougans
   With
Raven Bush (Syd Arthur) - Violin
Peter Judge - Trumpet
Virgil Howe - Drums
Anthony Argiros - Guitar
Nat Steele - Vibraphone
John Dalton - Harp
Rainy Moor - Hammond
John Dalton - Saxophone and Flute
Kez Gunes - Bass

Description/Reviews: 

The Amorphous Androgynous is the psychedelic rock-tronic supergroup created and produced by The Future Sound Of London. Now they have started a parallel series called Monstrous Bubble Soundtracks which aims to explore groovy sub genres of the MPB concept, but rather than DJ/compile, they write and produce all the material themselves in a classic soundtrack vein. The first one is ''The Cartel'' a study of psychsploitation (where psychedelia meets blaxploitation) and traces the lineage from Lalo Schifrin, Quincy Jones, Curtis Mayfield, John Barry, Ennio Morricone through to Oceans 12. 

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