{"product_id":"the-orielles-disco-volador-lp","title":"The Orielles 'Disco Volador' LP (*SIGNED*)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"modal-body\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBlack Vinyl\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"modal-body\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"modal-body\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"st__content-block st__content-block--text\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"st__content-block st__content-block--text\"\u003e \n\u003cp\u003eDefiant in the face of existential dread, The Orielles were always going to approach their second album with nothing but stellar levels of intent. \u003cem\u003eDisco Volador\u003c\/em\u003e sees the 4-piece push their sonic horizon to its outer limits as astral travellers, hitching a ride on the melodic skyway to evade the space-time continuum through a sharp collection of progressive strato-pop symphonies.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003e“Its literal interpretation from Spanish means flying disc but everyone experiences things differently. Disco Volador could be a frisbee, a UFO, an alien nightclub or how you feel when you fly; what happens to your body physically or that euphoric buzz from a great party,” \u003c\/em\u003esuggests bassist and singer, Esme. “\u003cem\u003eBut it\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eis an album of escape; if I went to space, I might not come back.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVoyaging through cinematic samba, 70s disco, deep funk boogies, danceable grooves and even tripping on 90s acid house, \u003cem\u003eDisco Volador \u003c\/em\u003eis set to propel The Orielles spinning into a higher zero-gravity orbit. Written and recorded in just 12 months, it captures the warp-speed momentum of their post-\u003cem\u003eSilver Dollar Moment \u003c\/em\u003edebut album success; an unforgettable summer touring, playing festivals like Green Man and bluedot, and deepening their bond whilst witnessing the sets of their heroes Stereolab, Mogwai, and Four Tet. \u003cem\u003eDisco Volador’s\u003c\/em\u003e library catalogue vibes stem from a band lapping up and widening their pool of musical discovery whether nodding to Italian film score maestros \u003cem\u003eSandro\u003c\/em\u003e Brugnolini and Piero Umiliani, or the Middle Eastern tones of Khruangbin and Altin Gün. \u003cem\u003e“All the influences we had when writing this record were present when we recorded it, so we completely understood what we wanted this album to feel like and could bring that to fruition,” \u003c\/em\u003etells drummer, Sid. “\u003cem\u003eThis is the sound of where we are at, right now.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReturning to Stockport’s Eve studios where the band cooked together, went swimming, took walks, and relaxed in the soundwaves of an occasional gong bath, Henry, Sid and Esme called a family reunion under the watchful whisker-twitching of studio cat, Adam (“\u003cem\u003eHe was probably a producer in a past life,” \u003c\/em\u003ethey say\u003cem\u003e). \u003c\/em\u003eWith keysman Alex now adding texture through his classically trained know-how, they re-joined engineer Joel, and producer Marta Salogni (Liars, Björk, The Moonlandingz) whose vast expertise of drones, delays and mad effects were so intrinsic to their \u003cem\u003eDisco Volador \u003c\/em\u003evision – sketched out by the band in Sharpie doodles on the studio wall. “\u003cem\u003eMarta is so positive, she has a great way of getting the best out of us,” \u003c\/em\u003eguitarist\u003cem\u003e, \u003c\/em\u003eHenry tells. “\u003cem\u003eMarta is the 5\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e Orielle,” \u003c\/em\u003eaffirms Sid.\u003cem\u003e “\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eBecause we’d worked together before, we were even tighter; it’s a shared mind-set.”\u003c\/em\u003e For Marta, the feeling is mutual; \u003cem\u003e“It’s sonic tidying really, the band just do their thing and I work with that.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBuilt from instrumentals around the concept of \u003cem\u003e“boogie to space, space to boogie\u003c\/em\u003e,” \u003cem\u003eDisco Volador\u003c\/em\u003e’s energy comes from the melodic fission of tension and release. Recurring motifs explore space, not only of earth’s celestial atmosphere, but also what happens within the gaps and how sound manipulation has the power to carry, or displace, its listener. “\u003cem\u003eWe like throwing in wide curveballs by taking the music somewhere different then figuring our way back… like jumping off,” \u003c\/em\u003esays Henry. \u003cem\u003e“Jez from ACR taught us about pauses and that’s massive on this record; space can be the most beautiful part of a song.”\u003c\/em\u003e In fact, by unleashing the tension with their own smattering of esoteric noise through delay pedal fuckery, the layered poetics on ‘Whilst The Flowers Look’ and ‘Memoirs of Miso’s saxophone stylistics (loaned by Glasgow band Lylo’s Iain McCall), filling voids is exactly what gives the album its magic. “\u003cem\u003eThose unplanned moments are great,” \u003c\/em\u003eSid says, “\u003cem\u003emistakes can become something special. For these next shows we’ll have to change our tech spec up so much!”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt times haunting and unsettling, \u003cem\u003eDisco Volador’s \u003c\/em\u003efilm-like structure flows from fact to fiction. Its tales are culled from waking life as easily as they become a soundtrack for lucid dream sequences. Watching Foley-inspired 70s thriller \u003cem\u003eBerberian Sound Studio\u003c\/em\u003e whilst recording may account for the album’s dynamic sound effects – created with Eve’s array of instruments plus Henry’s flexatone - a Secret Santa gift from Esme. Lynchian outros capture the album’s thematic dread as they spiral into infinity and pave the way for potential loops, imitating the fades between the songs of the band’s summer DJ sets. Brian Eno-inspired dreams about a rocket-fuelled mission may or may not have inspired ‘Rapid’ or ‘Come Down On Jupiter’ after ideas sunk deeper into their subconscious. \u003cem\u003e“I’d been reading about phenomenology and Czechoslovakian writer Milan Kundera’s ideas about existence; the weight of your own body, what you feel and how that interacts with your surroundings,”\u003c\/em\u003e hints Esme, at possible inspiration behind the lyrics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhilst the future of the world and its current cosmic wasteland might be up in the air, The Orielles’ new album has its feet beating out a much-needed four to the dancefloor. Welcome to \u003cem\u003eDisco Volador\u003c\/em\u003e; time really does fly when you’re having this much fun.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"modal-body\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition: New\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLabel: Heavenly Recordings\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"PIAS \/ Cinram","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":30900424343691,"sku":"HVNLP176","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0932\/6872\/products\/ScreenShot2021-02-19at13.39.53.png?v=1613742039","url":"https:\/\/beartreerecords.com\/products\/the-orielles-disco-volador-lp","provider":"Bear Tree Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}