O.R.k - Screamnasium - Out Now

Screamnasium is out now on, CD, Black or Green vinyl and various digital formats: https://ork.lnk.to/screamnasium

O.R.k. will be touring next year, so please connect with us via our newsletter which can be accessed here:  https://linktr.ee/orkband

Early press reception has been great, a small selection of reviews below:

https://www.unitedrocknations.com/chronique-ork-screamnasium-4049 (France)

https://musikreviews.de/reviews/2022/ORk-/Screamnasium (Germany)

https://www.betreutesproggen.de/2022/10/ork-screamnasium/ (Germany)

https://www.myrevelations.de/2022/10/20/o-r-k-screamnasium/ (Germany)

https://www.impattosonoro.it/2022/10/21/recensioni/o-r-k-screamnasium/ (Italy)

https://metal.it/album.aspx/46236/27976/ork-screamnasium (Italy)

https://metal-digest.com/2022/10/22/o-r-k-screamnasium/

https://ramzine.co.uk/reviews/o-r-k-screamnasium/

https://www.loudersound.com/reviews/ork-pitch-gentle-dexterity-against-bludgeon-on-the-beautiful-screamnasium

https://www.angrymetalguy.com/o-r-k-screamnasium-review/

Yogev Gabay talks about Fractal Sextet

Enjoyable video from the fantastic drummer Yogav Gabay, deconstructing the rhythmic cycle underlying Fractal Sextet's "Mise En Abyme" and talking about his approach to the drums. CD's available here

O.R.k. - Don't Call Me A Joke (Official Video)

Taken from the forthcoming album "Screamnasium" : https://ork.lnk.to/screamnasium

Fractal Sextet (Teaser)

Available here on a special preorder lower price until September 16th: https://burningshed.com/fractal-sextet_fractal-sextet_cd

Brightest Blue - Tim Bowness

Massive thanks to Tim Bowness for donating these two brand new 2022 interpretations of his song "Brightest Blue" to the AE Appeal page. Recorded in the UK and US during the Summer of 2022, two new versions of the Tim Bowness song Brightest Blue - written about the 1990s Yugoslav conflict and originally on the 1994 Tim Bowness / Richard Barbieri album Flame - will be available from Bandcamp from September 1. Yours truly on bass for both versions, also featuring my EDK partners, American guitarist Jon Durant, Ukrainian Folk singer Inna Kovtun, drummer Andrew Booker and keyboardist Brian Hulse (both from the UK). ‘Electric' (a synth based version) has been mixed and mastered by Brian Hulse and ‘Sky’ (an Ambient Rock interpretation) has been mixed and mastered by Nosound’s Giancarlo Erra. Free to download but please donate if you can, as with all the music on the Bandcamp page, all funds go to Humanitarian Aid for Ukraine

O.R.k. - Screamnasium - Album Trailer

Following on from last month's single "As I Leave", I am happy to say that O.R.k. album four, "Screamnasium" will be out in October. Right now, “Screamnasium” feels to me like the album we’ve been trying to make since we first conceived the band, both sonically and in terms of the songwriting and subject matter. All four of us are playing to our natural strengths and we’ve managed to express both light and shade and all sorts of colours in between. It reflects our recent pasts, and directs some energy towards a more hopeful future. For me it’s been kind of a depurative, and I really hope that overall feeling comes across. Pre Order link for digital, vinyl and CD can be found here: https://ork.lnk.to/screamnasium

Fractal Sextet

The Fractal Sextet album is finally due out in September 2022. Featuring Stephan Thelen and Jon Durant on guitars, Keyboardist Fabio Anile, Andi Pupato on percussion, Yogev Gabay on drums and yours truly on bass. It's perhaps best described as a deep dive into extended odd time, modal improvisation, with five lengthy tracks across the album as a whole. Most of the music originates from existing compositions by Stephan and Fabio, but the music has definately evolved into something of it's own with contributions from everyone involved, creating a very distinct group identity and I think it's appropriate to use the word "synergy".

If you're curious to check out an early review, please click here CD Pre-Order link can be found here