Tell us about your latest release.
Our latest studio album, Orgone Unicorn, came out in July on the US label, Lasers Edge. It was recorded in my studio in Portugal in Sept 2023. It features mostly really long and diverse tracks with sitar, violin, sometimes very proggy other times experimental. We even had a long jam track with drum machines that was pretty exciting. We also recently (Nov 2024) released a DVD of our performance from the Crescendo Festival in France in 2022. A fantastic pro shot DVD.
What was the recording process like? Was it in a studio or do you do it all yourselves?
Orgone and our album before, Everyone is Evil, were recorded in my own professional studio in Portugal. The process is we all set up in the live room of the studio, discuss an idea of style and choose a key to play in and off we go and we play. All these tracks were recorded totally live in the studio and only very minimal changes have been made afterwards. I set up all the mics and the recording template and for most of the songs on this album, Larry Lush helped me with the engineering. He also played on the record as well.
How do you guys write the songs?
We make totally improvised music so we do not write music, really. We choose a key, a direction, a rhythm and just see what happens. That is our approach.
What were your main influences while writing?
Our main influences are the people in the room as the musicians change in each jam and each day. Also, the studio sits in an amazing and inspiring location on the mountain side in Portugal with incredible views.. We always try to explore new ideas and directions like having some jams with drum machines.
What is your favourite song on the new release and why?
That is a tough question.. I really like the opening track Skin Walker and the CD2 bonus track, David Grahams Wormhole Ride. Skin Walker is a bit like the band Tangle Edge from Norway and features a very tight drums and bass that is a bit repetitive but gave a structure that allowed the rest of us to really go in different fun directions. David Grahams Wormhole ride was the very first jam of the studio session and just a nice spacey track.. It is only on the CD and not on the vinyl version of the record. It is a very good solid album release. I am proud of it.
How did you come up with the name of the release?
Sometimes, a strange name comes to you. I had been listening to Space Ritual by Hawkwind a lot and they have a song called Orgone Accumulator. I like the word Orgone and the meaning (Esoteric, unexplained energy) and Unicorn, something very different just came to me.
Have you got any gigs or a tour coming up where people can hear the songs live?
We have our 20th anniversary next year and will play 2 concerts in Copenhagen on April 11-12th to celebrate. Lots of old members will come and play to celebrate. It will be a very special evening for sure. In May we will play the Spaceboat in Hamburg for the 10th time, also a special occasion of sorts. In July 4-5th, we play two festivals in northern Germany. Sept, we have a small tour with dates in Denmark, Germany, Italy and Holland at the moment.. Going to be a great year but you will not hear any of the songs from Orgone as we play totally improvised music and every concert will be totally different.
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