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Artist:	VIBRACATHEDRAL ORCHESTRA
Title:	Tuning to the Rooster
Label:	IMPORTANT RECORDS
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	IMPREC 061CD

So far the first and only record ever made by The Vibracathedral Orchestra using a 24-track mixing board. Typically the group records on 2 tracks despite the fact that their eccentric and complexly arranged sound practically requires 24 tracks. "This is music as a shamanic aid, made as much for the players themselves as for the listeners. But as I'm writing from the listening perspective, I have to inform y'all that this is music to get you there. Every track sounds as though it has always just 'been there,' it's just you ain't quite tuned into its peculiar frequency until now. The 12-and-a-half minute 'Wearing Clothes of Ash' is like a piano-led 'Paradieswarts Duul-period drone-a-thon with John Cale and Terry Riley guesting on viola and keys. Following this, the sublime 'Baptism Bar Blues' is proof positive that they can rock the riot house with pure adrenaline rush when the decision is made. Indeed, this track is magnificent and should be available to the masses free or in pill form." -- Julian Cope.

Artist:	VIBRACATHEDRAL ORCHESTRA
Title:	Versatile Arab Chord Chart
Label:	VHF
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.50
Catalog #:	VHF 048CD

"Versatile Arab Chord Chart is the second full-length outing by the quintet of Neil Campbell, Michael Flower, Julian Bradley, Bridget Hayden, and Adam Davenport. They cut the drones in their life with extremely effective bursts of near rock, in a style reminiscent of the pre-Nico Velvet Underground (circa 1966 or so). The band's combination of clattering percussion, droning strings, and considerable sense of where to put the 'groove' on tracks like 'Catching Lovers With Blank Arms' makes them unique among their peers."

Artist:	VIBRACATHEDRAL ORCHESTRA
Title:	Dabbling With Gravity And Who You Are
Label:	VHF
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	VHF 066CD

"The latest and current pinnacle from the quintet of Neil Campbell, Bridgit Riley, Julian Bradley, Michael Flower, and Adam Davenport was assembled from recordings of their weekly sessions in Flower's kitchen. The tracks here represent the joyous, celebratory side of VCO -- all forward motion, massed strings, percussion, horns, and little instruments rocketing forward in a swirl of sound. Compared to the more austere sounds of recent CDs like Lino Hi and Versatile Arab Chord Chart, the tracks here take off from the spot where the loose hippie-chant-and-drum action of collectives like Amon Düül intersects with the polyglot instrumental approach of mid-'60s Sun Ra."

Artist:	VIBRACATHEDRAL ORCHESTRA
Title:	The Queen of Guess
Label:	VHF
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	VHF 077CD

"While certainly VCO's most upbeat and percussive music, the nine tracks on this immense, visceral slab of rackety action run through a wide range of styles. 'Ramshackle Sunrise' has a gamelan-like, five-note melody overlaid with a hovering drone. 'The Silent Socket' rocks with 'Sister Ray'-style guitar careening along side actual drums. The two 20-minute epics that bookend the record are a study in contrasts: 'Your Head Shone Like A Stone' has a heavy, excited buzz, while the closing 'Goodnight Stars Goodnight Air' is a gentler acoustic epilogue, gliding into the rosy future."

Artist:	VIBRACATHEDRAL ORCHESTRA
Title:	Wisdom Thunderbolt
Label:	VHF
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	VHF 102CD

"Wisdom Thunderbolt marks the triumphant return of Vibracathedral Orchestra after more than three years in the wilderness of intermittent performance, tangential projects, and unfindable limited editions. The seven tracks on Wisdom are the VCO's most rocking dispatch ever, neatly combining the Ra-like collage of tracks like Wisdom Thunderbolt with the insistent pulsing jams of 'A Natural Fact' and 'Order of the Broad Eraser.' 'Ochre Dust' and 'Rainbow Whirlwind' are more in the old-school VCO thick-blanket of sound, with tuned-percussion melody peeking out from the fog. After a surprise opening, 'Sway-Sage' heaves with raucous drumming (courtesy of Magik Marker Pete Nolan) under the swells of sound. Hard to imagine, but this is the first widely available music (except for the Tuning to the Rooster comp) from the VCO since 2003's acclaimed The Queen of Guess."

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