Current listening: this very cool mix by Secret13 and Ilias on the Secret Communications show on Cashmere Radio that also includes “Abstract” off C.M.S.O.
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Avant Music News and Independent Music Podcast
Thank you to Mike for this amazing review of C.M.S.O. on Avant Music News. My favorite part:
The coupling of these topics with abstract modern classical and electronics is unique as far as I can tell. And this degree of quirky novelty is certainly in line with Kelly’s previous release. After a few listens, I am not sure what I learned but I do feel a little smarter.
And thank you as well to the legends at Independent Music Podcast for including “Abstract” on this week’s episode, which as always has resulted an influx of new additions to my Bandcamp wishlist.
Lone Frequencies and Dark Train
Thanks to my friends across the pond for more C.M.S.O. plays this week! Lone Frequencies on Mad Wasp Radio featured “Abstract,” along with some hilarious toe-themed banter.
And the ever-fabulous Kate Boswell will be playing “Ethical Approval” on Warminster Community Radio’s Dark Train tonight 10pm BST / 4pm CST, along with a guest mix by Fragile X.
Brainvoyager’s Electronic Fusion and The Moderns
Lots of chances to listen to some C.M.S.O. this weekend. Brainvoyager’s Electronic Fusion features three tracks, playing on Modul303, Radio Dark Tunnel, Sci Fi Radio USA, and Electronic Music Radio Chile:
And Kevin Press of The Moderns included “Ethical Approval” in this week’s episode on Radio Regent, now available on Mixcloud:
Album release, Autumn Roses, and Truants Radio
Orca, Attack!’s C.M.S.O. is now out on Strategic Tape Reserve. There are only 3 cassettes left, and the digital album is also available on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon, and wherever else you like to listen.
Autumn Roses spotlights the song “Conclusion” on their blog today, writing, “today their Orca, Attack! project released the surreal and psychedelic “listening guide” C.M.S.O. (Learning by Listening Vol. 1). You can take an apricot-colored, helix-shaped trip with its “Conclusion” above.”
And Aidan Hanratty of Bandcloud hosted a Truants show on Refuge Worldwide that included “Limtations.”
Many thanks to all for the shares, comments, spotlights, and radio play!
Further. Review of C.M.S.O.
Excellent review of C.M.S.O. is up on Further. Here’s an excerpt:
…these pieces acknowledge the influence of Raymond Scott, beloved inventor of electronic instruments, unlikely jazz band leader and a composer whose distinctive approach leant itself to use in madcap cartoons – in short, the kind of avant garde personality we’re sorely missing in these uptight 2020s. You hear the overhang of Scott’s approach in a sort of playful bounce in these pieces, each of which find itself on an odd frontier between wide-eyed synth experiments and science documentary soundtrack. Both Kelly and Rodriguez contribute vocals, either as spoken-word, instructive lecture-esque monologues, or as angelic harmonies sweeping high above the accompanying electronic backdrops, or as processed, gradually slowed-down, indecipherable non sequiturs.
Read the full review over on the blog, and thank you to Mat for the kind words! C.M.S.O. releases on Friday and there are 4 cassettes left from Strategic Tape Reserve!
CMSO on Ambient Atomic Orbitals
Thank you Ambient Atomic Orbitals for remixing/mashing/weaving a handful of tracks from the upcoming EP C.M.S.O. on their newest episode (there’s some bonus Farewell, Doomed Planet! on there too). It’s a great sneak peek of the album and also a totally different way of listening to it, check it out!
CMSO Introduction on Dark Train
Thanks to the straight up legend herself Kate Bosworth for including “Introduction” from C.M.S.O. on this week’s episode of Dark Train on Warminster Community Radio, now up on Mixcloud: (and tracklist on Twitter)
CMSO on Urban Mutant and Guest Mix on I Heart Noise
Thanks to Dʝ βLєєҜ for including “Abstract” from Orca, Attack!‘s forthcoming album C.M.S.O. on yesterday’s episode of Urban Mutant, first broadcast on Hollow Earth Radio and now on Mixcloud:
Orca, Attack! also put together a guest for I Heart Noise in honor of the release. The mix includes a smorgasbord of spoken word, synthesized voices, music made for commercial purposes, music made for educational/instructional purposes, videogame music, and some other stuff that we just thought was cool, with artists ranging from Frank Ocean to Gwendolyn Brooks to Stone Temple Pilots to Throbbing Gristle to Susan Stone…Check it out in Mixcloud and see the full tracklist over on the I Heart Noise website.
CMSO on Avant Music News
Many thanks to Avant Music News for including Orca, Attack!’s upcoming release, C.M.S.O., in their picks of the week alongside Caustic Reverie, Damon Locks / Black Monument Ensemble, Vertical Squirrels, and Arvind Ganga & Riccardo Marogna. Pre-orders for cassette or digital download are available from Strategic Tape Reserve’s Bandcamp or more digital options here, and the album releases on April 16.
Elizabeth Joan Kelly 