Observatory Discography of CDs

Observatory albums A Transposition of Melancholy. They have no voice for their mouths are covered. They cannot move for their bodies are stiff. But their minds are free. Their eyes are no longer prisons. When the hour of the owl comes, they will enter the tree through a triangle. The triangle is a doorway. The tree is a cave. The cave echoes their every thought, breath and step. And while there is no light, they remain hidden but never ...

Observatory music CDs About Time of Rebirth (release date - 12 March 2004) "Tender and beautiful in its intimacy, it is all about softspoken loners and romantic gentle souls tweaking sensitivities and nursing wounds in dreamy cafes."- Chris Ho, The Straits Times "The Observatory invoke otherworldly beauty through a blend of electric gadgetry and classic instrumentation ! gradually laying bare their emotional core while taking your breath away."- Yeow Kai Chai, The Straits Times "This is a band that pays no attention to ...

Observatory discography Since The Observatory's debut 'Time of Rebirth', released in March 2004, a quiet, ruminating album of poignant songs underlined by delicate textures and subtle electronic elements, the band has continued to pursue its philosophy of perpetual change, reinforcing their belief that music should always be a transforming experience. Co-produced & mixed at Duper by Norwegian Jorgen Traeen of Jaga Jazzist fame, The Observatory released their much anticipated second album, 'Blank Walls' in September 2005. Deliberately loose and ...

Observatory songs The heart and soul of The Observatory is in its constant reinvention. With each release, the members have persisted in their experimental take on the pop songform. In 10 years, The Observatory has gone from folk electronica to prog to avant rock, approaching a more primal, new dark wave sound with their fifth album, CATACOMBS. Putting preoccupations about genre aside, The Observatory explores music that's texturally complex, viscerally emotional and splintering in its bleakness. A study in ...

Observatory CD discography A Far Cry From Here is this sextet's third album in four years, following on from 2004's Time of Rebirth (a unique blend of folk-rock, jazz and electronica) and Blank Walls (darker, edgier, more exploratory atmospheres) from 2005. For their latest work, The Observatory furthers the experimentation with sound, arrangement and song-form in Blank Walls, but this time making an ambitious quantum leap through textural re-imagining and metamorphosis. Assimilating rich and myriad influences - Soft Machine, This ...

Observatory albums A Transposition of Melancholy. They have no voice for their mouths are covered. They cannot move for their bodies are stiff. But their minds are free. Their eyes are no longer prisons. When the hour of the owl comes, they will enter the tree through a triangle. The triangle is a doorway. The tree is a cave. The cave echoes their every thought, breath and step. And while there is no light, they remain hidden but never ...

Observatory CD discography Like the concert from which it is largely drawn, held at the 40 Watt Club in Athens, GA, on September 12, 2006, Finest Worksongs: Athens Bands Play the Music of R.E.M. is a benefit with proceeds going to Community Connection of Northeast Georgia and Family Connection/Communities in Schools. With those charitable intentions, seven local acts performed R.E.M. songs. (An eighth, Liz Durrett, was scheduled, but bowed out due to illness. She was allowed to add ...