Orcas
by Orcas
- Type: Album
- Released: 13 April 2012
- Label: Morr Music
- Country: United States
- Length: 43:00
- Community rating: 3.54/5 from 5 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Formed as a collaborative endeavor between prominent minimalist composer Rafael Anton Irisarri and vocalist Thomas Meluch (Beno卯t Pioulard), this debut perfectly marries their distinct aesthetics. The recording seamlessly envelops Meluch's incredibly hazy, whispered vocal melodies within Irisarri's signature walls of vast, oceanic synthesizer drones and heavily processed acoustic guitar. The resulting album is a masterclass in profoundly melancholic, exquisitely textured ambient pop.
Genres
Descriptors: nature, forest, ambient, minimal, droning, atmospheric, guitars, dreamy, gentle
Tracklist
- Pallor Cedes (4:44)
- Arrow Drawn (5:15)
- Standard Error (5:21)
- Carrion (5:09)
- A Subtle Escape (4:10)
- Until Then (4:25)
- Certain Abstractions (3:55)
- I Saw My Echo (4:56)
- High Fences (5:02)
Credits
- Sean Curtis Patrick - artwork
- The Attempted Theft Of Millions - artwork
- Thomas Meluch - music by, lyrics by, written-by, composed by
- Kelly Wyse - piano
- Tiny Vipers - vocals [vocal samples]
- Simon Scott - effects [max/msp treatments], guitar [additional]
- Broadcast - written-by [original by], music by, lyrics by
- Scott Morgan - loops [drone loop]