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heliocentrics - 13 degrees of reality - now again - vinyl

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Genre: Funk / Soul

1. Feedback (Intro)
2. Ethnicity
3. Public Safety
4. Mysterious Ways
5. Dreams
6. Collateral Damage
7. Outtake (Interlude)
8. Freeness Part 2
9. Wrecking Ball (Prelude)
10. Wrecking Ball
11. Mind Readers
12. Descarga Electronica
13. A Musical Conspiracy (Interlude)
14. Eastern Begena
15. Hall Of Mirrors (Interlude)
16. Mr. Owusu, I Presume?
17. The Abstract & The Absolute (Interlude)
18. Black Sky
19. Prepare For Lift-Off (Interlude)
20. Path Of The Black Sun
21. Calabash
22. Vibrations Of Fallen Angels (Outro)

After their massive 'Out there', the Heliocentrics drop their follow up album - check!!

With 13 Degrees of Reality, the Heliocentrics have returned to develop their epic vision of psychedelic funk, while exploring the possibilities created by their myriad influences – Latin, African, and more. Thus, the electro-Latin fusion of “Descarga Electronica” sits next to weeping strings piled atop “Collateral Damage’s” chunky rhythms, which nearly misses the undulating swing of “Wrecking Ball,” a dirge as irresistibly funky as it is devastating.

No surprise, then, that the Heliocentrics have earned lifetime fans in the likes of questing spirits like Madlib (with whom Catto has collaborated on numerous Yesterdays New Quintet projects), DJ Shadow (both as a touring ensemble and in the studio), Quantic and Ethiopian jazz giant Mulatu Astatke, with whom the Heliocentrics recorded and released Inspiration Information 3, the fourth classic Mulatu album – released nearly forty years after his other
three. Out There may have been one hell of an opening volley, but having spent some years in the wild running among mavericks like Astatke and Oriental Jazz pioneer Lloyd Miller, the Heliocentrics have realized that their strongest statements are made somewhere between the persistent fuzz of Owusu’s distorted guitar, Catto’s impossible syncopation and Ferguson’s looping bass lines. 13 Degrees of Reality is one of the most distinctive musical statements you’ll hear all year.