Description
Orbis is an instrumental album by Michael Roe & Mark Harmon of The Seventy Sevens fame, independently released on The 77s’ own label Fools of the World in 2002.
Orbis is the second release by the team of Michael Roe & Mark Harmon and is as its forerunner an instrumental project. Mike plays guitar and Mark contributes basses, keyboards, percussion and guitars. Anyone who has been to the band’s web site already knows the thematic story of Orbis yet that is only the beginning of the tale. The music on this disc owes as much to Wes Montgomery and George Benson as it does to Peter Green and Robert Fripp. There are moments of sheer subtle beauty here such as in the piece entitled «Spaceman 7» and then Mike turns around and blows the roof off of the joint with his playing in «Mars Bars». Mark’s contributions to this album cannot be underestimated, he lays the groundwork and foundation from which Mike’s stratospheric flights launch. Without a doubt this is one of the finest instrumental guitar albums that I have ever heard. Now all we have to do is get them out on the road with Phil Keaggy and Monk and I’ll be a happy camper. [Chris MacIntosh, The Phantom Tollbooth, 8/11/2002]
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CD tracklist:
01. Blast Off – 11:18
02. Spaceman 7 – 9:04
03. Mars Bars – 4:56
04. Funky Planet – 10:07
05. Space Cowgirl – 5:17
06. Bright Star – 11:12
07. Some Young Moon – 15:54
08. I Can See Studio 54 from Here – 6:34
Note: Available at Bandcamp: https://michaelroe.bandcamp.com/album/orbis-michael-roe-mark-harmon
CREDITS. Produced by Michael Roe and Mark Harmon. Recorded at Breadbox/Rocklin, CA by Mark Harmon. Mixed and Mastered at Audio Production Group, Orangevale, CA by Ralph Stover. “Spaceman 7,” “Some Young Moon” and “Spacegirl” mixed by Julian Kindred at Bulldog/Franklin, TN. Art Direction & Inspiration by Michael Roe and Mark Harmon. Illustration, Design and Layout by Brian Heydn.
Musicans: Michael Roe (Guitars), Mark Harmon (Basses, Keyboards, Percussion, Guitars).
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