This is the general release version of Orgonon. One of my large suites of stuff which I’ve now reimagined as a double length album thingy.
Certainly it’s another fine example of how my mixing skills have evolved over time. Back during the original Orgonon sessions in 2017 I genuinely thought I was giving all consideration to the mix that it was possible to give. Well, nope as it happens. Gadgets just get smarter and their operator gets wiser with age too. I won’t go into any technicalities because one thing I’m sure of is it’ll bore the crap out of you and I’d rather not do that before my album gets a fair chance to :D
Suffice to say it's a bit like wading through a very muddy, algae infested pond and rediscovering there's nice clear water in there, somewhere. On the whole, Orgonon hangs together in a way which makes for a very nice and varied adventure in sound. It being now shorter than its initial release version doesn't seem to detract from it in any way.
There are several instances of singy bits, spoken word passages and sundry background voices in Orgonon. Part 1 features excerpts from something called “Listen, Little Man”, by this dude called Wilhelm Reich, after whose “Orgonon” the album is named. Wilhelm was not a very happy chappie apparently. He did a lot of decent research, wrote a ton of books about it, invented stuff which apparently worked, attracted the wrong attention from govt. jerks, subsequently got all his stuff banned & destroyed, got thrown in jail whereupon he became somewhat dead. Yeah… odd, that, don’t you think? There’s a lot of that going on which is rather unfortunate. It seems to concern this concept we call “Truth”, which I’m pretty certain none of us are entitled to possess in any serious capacity. I know I’m not and that’s why I don’t write peoples’ biographies very well. But you get the drift.
Here's my initial write-up from 2017...
Third 15 part instalment of my ongoing venture into vast sprawling soundscapes territory! Following "Harmonics in The Silence" and "Shadow at The Gate", Orgonon carries the series into new terrain. I'll try not to waffle on about it too much because I guarantee it'll mean jack to you guys! All I will say is that it reminded me in several places of my mindset during the Maelstrom/Terraformer period ie: -purpose- and concept. In this instance it turns out that many of the tracks concern Wilhelm Reich's work with Orgone energy, supressed tech and cool weird shite in general!
Hence what you have here is an enormous concept suite. I think it has perhaps less of the experimentalism of HiTS and SaTG and instead more of me just being me and enjoying it.
Now then - the opening part contains excerpts of a reading by D.T. Smith, of "Listen Little Man" by Wilhelm Reich. The full version of this reading can be found here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeIgAlIxI0I
in this suite there are also singy bits. Don't worry though they're all electronic! Firstly Track 2, which you can call "Our Little World" if you like. Lyrics are:
Born out of the order into chaos into light
One moment’s imperfection gave you motion gave you life
But everything within you is a wholeness, makes you bright
And we so need to see
For our little world
The universal frequencies the pulse of night and day
The force of interaction to achieve the highest state
To reach a new vibration where perfection resonates
The sound of thought is life
For our little world
We feel we touch we see we think of substance all around
Harmonics and vibrations hold a form within the sound
Within the limits of our sight we shape our lives around
From the outside looking in
For our little world
When Alpha meets Omega when the lock accepts the key
When the shape has lost its pattern and cast off its symmetry
A thought is held and slowly forms a singularity
As you fall into the void
For our little world
Part 6 has singy bits and to all intents and purposes is "Vierfarbig Bomber".
These are the words I want to say
In celebration of your indignation of your own believers
They love the pain you love to give
Their eyes transfixed upon their sacred golden son, but they see nothing
What lies ahead remains unseen
For when the shadow’s cast we see behind the mask, you are revealed.
We know your name, we won’t forget
Your inclination to destroy the good we do, well you can try
Your skies are grey your stars obey
The Sun revolves round you the planets worship you you are The One
All fantasy all make believe
Within the things you see there’s no reality, it’s an illusion
Aye well y'know... we do watch telly us musicians. And we can get maybe a tad political when we've not had our dinner.
Apart from that I guess there's not much I can say. Oh, the gear yes - right well as usual this was Prophet 12, Kronos, Virus T2, Korg Radias, JD800, V-Synth, Andromeda, Omnisphere and various other hardware synths and sample libraries. Recorded on ProTools 12.7.1 @ 24bit 44.1khz between April and June 2017 on my iMac the garage.
Assistant Sound Engineer : Trouble (the kitten).
Senior Area-Clearing Fart Engineer : Trouble (the kitten).
Initially released June 21, 2017
What you guys wrote about it on original release here on BC:
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Peter Hutchinson: With this latest release Andy has now given us over 650 minutes of new music in the last few months. Many artists struggle to maintain the quality of their output over 60 minutes every other year so for Andy to have the ability to increase the quality with every release is nothing short of miraclulous.
Vierfarbig Bomber is a highlight amongst highlights and as always Andy deserves a much wider audience to appreciate his undoubted talents.
MIRAI : Although I love this epic of an album, I’ve been playing the Trump (part 6) song over and over in a loop for quite some time now. It captures the moment, and energises me through the aggressive hustle and bustle of London Town. #Winning!
(I think lots of EDM and goth kids would love it too.)
Gaz : Totally agree with what Peter Hutchinson said.
These releases are superb, especially this one and I look forward to and will be buying every one of these releases in the future.
I've been lucky enough to have met and seen Andy play live several times and have been a fan of his music since about 1990.
Thanks Andy for this wonderful music and keep them coming. Favorite track: Orgonon (Parts 1-5 ).
www.littleuniversemusic.co.uk | Simply Better Music: "OMFG Part 3"....well,well, after the last 2 long form opus offerings from Andy I didn't think there'd be much left in the pot, but how wrong was I !! JM Jarre should be ashamed at releasing the paltry Oxygen 3 when you got the likes of Andy creating works like this with little recognition, let alone any meaningful publicity and financial backing to speak of. Beggars belief, it really does! Buy this album please and support his work. You won't regret it. 10/10
released September 4, 2022
BC version of general release UPC 5056494 921180. All files are native 24bit wavs except the 16bit whole files.