Wellingtons Orchestra Of Spheres is another kiwi band I came to after they already had a couple of albums in the wild. This was their debut release from 2011. A four piece with a big sound and exotic instrumentation, Orchestra Of Spheres inhabit quite a unique niche in New Zealand music and are one of the most creative bands going at present. This first album is great and steams along a a pretty fast tempo with its strong funky African rhythms, fueled buy electronics and things like, Gamlan, Theremin and Carillan, what ever the hell that is, judging from when I saw them live last year, it's some sort of Oud like guitar. Some nice experimental parts on this record and a bit of Sun Ra sounding weirdness just to enamor them to me even more. A real danceable album with heaps of interesting things happening throughout, a recent New Zealand Classic IMO. Rating 4.5/5.
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