Songs
- 1 The Oort Cloud
- 2 Gamma Ray Bursts
- 3 The Gate At Quasar Z-131
- 4 Coma Cluster
- 5 Spooky Action At A Distance
- 6 Unstable Pulsar
- 7 Ether
- 8 Escape From Centaurus A
- 9 The Girl From Andromeda
- 10 Odin's Galaxy
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- artist:Outer Space
- region:Madrid
- release year:2016
- style(s):Afrobeat, Afro-Soul
- country:Spain
- formats:Audio File / Digital, CD (Compact Disc), LP / Vinyl
- record posted by:Tucxone Records
- label:Tucxone Records
- publisher:Tucxone Records
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Fearless and with no previous assumptions. That's how anyone should travel anywhere. That's how the astronauts from Outer Space explored the grooves of our galaxy. Their first long manned mission across the blackest skies of the suburbs of our solar system is titled “Chase Across Orion”
An operation coordinated from the sound laboratories of Tucxone Records, avant-garde of the investigation of black atmospheres. From Barcelona Outer Space were planning in the shadows their boarding to the musical scene. In Chase Across Orion, their first LP, the songs are referenced to spatial and science fiction landscapes. They admit that the advantage of making instrumental music is that it gives wings to the imagination to fly and draw scenarios filled with fantasy. The space is a never-ending source of inspiration.
The Members
Most of their members have a solid education in the dark caverns of Jazz. Joan Urpinell and Alex Molas (guitar and bass) have a great experience in Jazz and Soul-Funk combos. Ramón Aragall (drums) also has some serious knowledge of jazz languages but also extensive experience with Pop & Rock bands. Gorka Garay and Aram Montagut (tenor sax and trombone) have a great career in the wold of Jazz, having both of them played alongside artists known internationally. Jordi Casas (percussions) has a deep knowledge of the Afro and Jazz languages and is also captain of the ship alongside Marc Mena (trumpet)
Marc Mena
He is the leader of the band. Composer of the songs. The evil mind behind the riffs and devilish melodies. The chef that mixes with malignant efficiency influences from here and there. Inside his maniac brain is where the plan of casting music blackest than the heart of the night was planned. And to do it the way it was done in the 60's and 70's: Deep-Funk drums, incisive bass and guitar beats, escalating to the climax with very few elements, but a lot of energy. His interest is focused in the song concept, a structure that has a start and an end. His efforts were directed to dig deeper along that line, escaping from the concept of Jazz fusion in which the essence is very easily diluted into stylistic turnarounds and infinite improvisations.
Chase Across Orion
The title is very evocative and condensates the theme of the album: frenetic chases across galactic landscapes, besides being a reference or an eye-blink that the fans of Blade Runner will appreciate. In this record the process of composition has taken place always thinking on the first place in the atmosphere of the song, trying to recreate specific sensations. Starting from there, sometimes the song would develop from the bass line and then the horns or sometimes just the other way around, using profusely the resource of doubling the bass with the guitar so that the resulting line sounds more punchy (just like The Meters did or like, more recently, The Budos does). Regarding the composition of the horns they are built using the octavation unison resource mainly. Harmonizing only in very few moments, that way the melody has much more strength and power.