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Release Date: 2023Label: Cargo Records
** Release party at Iklectik, London. October 5th 2023 **ORKA release their much anticipated sixth studio album All At Once available on vinyl and digital via Kervið on 29th September
Francine Perry from London and Jens L. Thomsen from the Faroe Islands aka ORKA’s long awaited sixth studio All At Once is an immersive opus that embodies the duo’s distinctive blend of earthy tones and a bold, adventurous spirit. Over ten tracks we are taken to a uniquely ORKA realm bursting with neon-lit hues, pulsating club beats, and an abundance of sensory stimulation that embraces themes of duality, connection and their combined story as artists and performers.
Opening with lead single ‘Bird’, a track inspired by their industrial studio surroundings in South London and avian field recordings that never made the final cut, ORKA launch us into a ‘disjointed avant garde take on Gqom’ that blisters through bass and techno references. Complex and percussive, the duo enlisted long-time collaborators Will and Si from LV (Hyperdub, Keysound, Brownswood) to help finesse the final touches on ‘Bird’ and a handful of others across the album.
Ambient interlude ‘Millennium Green’ follows (the first... more
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released September 29, 2023
Written by Francine Perry and Jens L. Thomsen except Bird and N176 written by Will Horrocks, Francine Perry, Jens L. Thomsen and Simon Williams; Catford Snow written by Jens L. Thomsen.
Recorded and produced by Francine Perry and Jens L. Thomsen in London at Dartmouth Place, Church Vale, Ilderton Road, Studio Iona, Studio Mute; Stökumörk, Innan Glyvur; Rúm44, Tórshavn. Bird, Glory Dust and N176 were co-produced by Will Horrocks and Simon Williams at Transition Studios, London.
Additional synthesizers, samples and percussion on Bird, Glory Dust, Mother and N176 by Will Horrocks and Simon Williams were recorded at Transition Studios, London. Additional modular synthesizer, lampa, percussion, samples and vocals on Atlantic, Bird, Glory Dust, Gold, Mother, N176 and Ser by Ólavur Jákupsson, Francine Perry, Quinquis, Kári Sverrisson, Jens L. Thomsen and Yann Tiersen were recorded at Eskal, Lampaul.
Mixed by Jens L. Thomsen at Rúm44, Tórshavn.
Mastered by Matt Colton at Metropolis Studios, London.
Cover by Kirstin Helgadóttir.