Orgone CD

ORGONE by definition is a cosmic unit of energy, the creative force in nature. The band ORGONE is many souls with a cosmic connection, a natural creative force. The musicians of ORGONE have played together for the past 10 years; self schooled, shaping their musical voice as a solid unit of guys who hang, spin records, and jam out their shared inspirations. Orgone and it's members have recently played and toured for the Pharcyde, Little Brother, Pharoahe Monch, Black Sheep, Too Short, Nice & Smooth, Plantlife, Bun B, and the Breakestra. Whenever they've had the chance between gigs, they've gotten together to play the stuff they all hold close to their hearts and share a deep love for, putting their own gritty take on tunes by the likes of the JBs, the Meters, Grant Green, Booker T. & the MGs, Funkadelic, & Mandrill, just to name a few.With a rooted sense of funk, R&B, reggae, and rock, and an intimate understanding of each others playing, ORGONE can take a song or spontaneous jam and twist it into something new and exciting every time they play it. ORGONE slides through style and dynamic changes seamlessly and effortlessly, continuously injecting whatever they play with their own heavy brand of raw funk power. Their debut self titled cd "ORGONE" and live show is laced with the aspects of dj culture, afro beat, soul, jazz, and experimental funk wizardry. Down home, transcendental, tough, gritty funk... ORGONE is a road trip from New Orleans to Memphis: New York soul jazz to the new West Coast funky jam band scene. Wanna ride?Recent Hype:"Sounding much like a cross between The Dap-Kings and Breakestra, L.A.’s Orgone keeps the hotness of the recent retro-soul revival coming; lead singer Fanny Franklin fits in very nicely between Sharon Jones and Amy Winehouse. As befits the band’s name, Orgone’s sound is quite organic, rooted in soul, funk, boogaloo, and jazz, with a classic appeal that’s nevertheless contemporary...the entire album is one non-stop groove. If smooth, soulful funk with jazzy arrangements makes you sweat, you just found your new favorite band."- XLR8R"By the time the listener gets to the nasty, distorted, finger-popping, ass waggling "Crabby Ali" -- where the deep brewed, second-line New Orleans old-school funk goes head to head with the gloss of L.A.'s Tower of Power styled horn charts -- it feels like the party's just getting started."- All Music"Orgone recalls acts like Fela Kuti, Trouble Funk, and War, but with a heavy dose of disco, as on Killion's "Dialed Up," where the deep groove and diva vocals are so authentic, they could be samples."- The Onion / A.V. Club"Their music is terrifically unfussy, big slabs of grizzled R&B, greasy as fatback and thick as a very particular kind of smoke. At their best, they recall the majesty of Sly & the Family Stone; opening track "Who Knows Who" is all bleary horns and broken-heart vocals, "It's What You Do" is a tight, itchy jam. There's still a riot goin' on, and Orgone is at the front of the crowd."- eMusic"It’s easy to imagine The Killion Floor both igniting mass partying and stoking libidos for more intimate gatherings."- OC Weekly"Orgone has provided all the elemental power to drive the funk/soul revival to new levels with The Killion Floor...Orgone will invigorate your groove spirit and get booty out of its little box and out on the dancefloor."- KEXP, 90.3FM (SEATTLE)