Thursday, August 18, 2022

Daniel Crommie | Double CD "Perihelion Chronicle / Journey to the Aphelion"

 Released digitally (and CD at Bandcamp) on Tuesday, October 4th - this eclectic double-disc collection of new material recorded between November 2021 and June 2022 will be available as two individual download albums or as a single package containing two CDs from Bandcamp. Back in the peak vinyl LP days this would constitute a triple LP. This double CD includes over 124 minutes of new music ranging from psychedelic electro-jazz to ambient folk tunes, organic synthesis and noisy progressive rock with acid jazz overtones. Dave Thatcher contributed congas and bongos and Eldon Hardenbrook played fretless bass on one track. Lots of flutes (often processed via various vintage electronics), synthesizers (both analogue and digital), fourth-world percussion and rhythms, electric dulcimer and even a purring cat! The download albums each include one exclusive bonus track only available at Bandcamp. In addition to the double CD there is a NEW Daniel Crommie digital single "This Little Piggy" - also available as a bonus track on the download version of "Perihelion Chronicle" at Bandcamp - out September 6th at all the usual streaming services. Here's a link to download the album(s) at Amazon.

Read a review from Bob Mulvey at The Progressive Aspect here.

credits

CD1 Perihelion Chronicle

Perihelion intro

The Bird of Paranoid

Round and Around

East of Deimos

Undercat

Lapis Lazuli

Chalk Drawings

Xanthos Variations

Cave Entrance

This Little Piggy (single version) (Bandcamp download-only bonus track)

CD2 Journey to the Aphelion

Glass Diamond Metropolis

Trashland

La Paz

Seven of Eleven

Day 74

Requiem for Mariupol

Cities Within Hidden Cities

A Forgotten Future

Almost Never Until Tomorrow

Hearsay and Heresy (Bandcamp download-only bonus track)

Listen to "This Little Piggy" on Soundcloud.