Heliocentrics - Out There [2LP]

Now-Again Records

£35.98

Format: 2 x LP
Catalogue No.: NA5031LP
Barcode: 0659457503116
Release Date: 24 Mar 2023
Genre: Hip Hop

The Heliocentrics' debut full-length is once again available as a double LP. Good luck trying to categorize this album. Led by the relentless drummer Malcolm Catto, the UK collective’s objective lays quite a ways beyond what ordinary listeners know or expect. In an alternative galaxy, where the orbits of Hip-Hop, Funk, Jazz, Psychedelic, Electronic, Avante-Garde and Ethnic music all revolve around “The One” - that’s where you might find The Heliocentrics. A listen to a song or two reveals no small influence from the funk universe of James Brown. But there’s also the disorienting asymmetry of Sun Ra;s music. The cinematic scope of Ennio Morricone. The sublime fusion of David Axelrod. But the Heliocentrics’ music isn’t retro. It’s brand new. And it’s timeless. They have well-placed fans in the likes of Madlib (Catto was featured on his Shades of Blue album and on various Yesterdays New Quintet releases) and DJ Shadow (the band backed him on the song “This Time Iím Gonna Do It My Way” from his The Outsider album), who will tell you that this band is really the next shit but that they have the consistency and musicianship that seems to have been lost somewhere in the analog to digital shuffle over the past thirty years.

A1 Intro A2 Distant Star A3 Flight 583 A4 Once Upon A Time A5 Beyond Repair A6 Sirius B A7 Untitled B1 They Are Among Us - Part 1 B2 The Zero Hour B3 Joyride B4 The American Empire C1 Before I Die C2 Intermission C3 Age Of The Sun C4 They Are Among Us - Part 2 C5 Winter Song C6 A World Of Masks D1 Sounds Of The East D2 Somewhere Out There D3 Second Chance (K2’s Prayer) D4 Return Journey D5 Sirius A D6 Falling To Earth D7 Outro