Merge, by Orchid-Star

Merge

by Orchid-Star

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Full Digital Discography

6

releases

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Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Faster Reimagined, Passion (2020 reissue), Merge, Faster, Birth (+ reBirth - remixes by Youth, Tripswitch, Kuba, Subsonar and Pete Ardron), and Birth. , and , .

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1.	Bolt 06:44	buy track
2.	Living in a Feeling 05:28	buy track
3.	Cocobean 06:36	buy track
4.	Telema 05:57	buy track
5.	Africa Moon 06:33	buy track
6.	Heya 05:50	buy track
7.	Trio 07:17	buy track
8.	Be in my Heart 05:07	buy track
9.	Hunt the Thorny Devil 07:55	buy track
10.	Ocefa 04:18	buy track
11.	Ayatiskatoan 08:27	buy track

credits

released July 15, 2018

Pete Ardron - keyboards, programming (all)
Pierre Luigi - guitar (1-8,9-11), bass (4), jaw harp (9)
Myo - vocals (all)
Samantha Ray - vocals (2,3,5,7,9,11)
SandRa - vocals (7)
Karl W alinets - Trombone and sax (1,2,6,9,10), bass (6,8), mandolin (11)
Damien Thill - percussion (1,6,7,9,10) - bongos, pandeiro, riq, darbouka, djembe, udu,
frame drums, tambour, plastic balls and clacky things
Sean Spindrift - percussion (2,4,5,8,11) - bongos, darbouka, djembe
Sandro Papava - trumpet (1,2,6,9,10)
Margy Newens - violin (2-4,9,11)
Harmony Yemanya - violin (6,8)

Written by :
1. Ardron, Luigi, Tocko-Salvetti, Thill
2. Luigi, Ardron, Tocko-Salvetti, Drennan, W alinets
3. Luigi, Ardron, Drennan
4. Luigi, Tocko-Salvetti, Ardron
5. Walinets, Luigi, Ardron, Tocko-Salvetti, Drennan
6. Tocko-Salvetti
7. SandRa, Ardron, Drennan, Tocko-Salvetti, Luigi, Thill
8. Luigi, Ardron, W alinets
9. Ardron, Luigi, Tocko-Salvetti, Drennan, Thill
10. Tocko-Salvetti
11. Ardron, Luigi, Drennan, Tocko-Salvetti, Spindrift

Samantha's vocals recorded by her, Perth Australia
Harmony's violin recorded by her, Bangor, Wales
Karl's mandolin recorded by him, Uckfield, England
Birdsong on Telema recorded by Geoff Sample (wildsong.co.uk)
Everything else recorded at Pink Hampster, London
Engineered, produced and mastered by Pete Ardron

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about

Orchid-Star London, UK

Orchid-Star was put together in 2005 by Pete Ardron, initially as a live vehicle for music written for his chill-out DJ sets.
Gigging with anything from the core 3-piece of Pete, Myo (vocals) and Pierre Luigi (guitar and bass) to 10 on stage, it has been a varied journey, as the solo project gradually grew into a true collective endeavour. ... more