WHAT'S
NEW WITH OCM? (09/18/05)
The new ocm cd ''sunshine flower'' will be out soon, a mix of sunshine jangle pop, space rock and synthpop explorations of sound and texture.
Kevin Coral [of The Witch Hazel Sound] will be working his mellotronic magic and using his orchestral pop expertise on some songs we're working on together, hopefully they will see the light of day very soon as well.
(08/21/03)
twilight furniture/north of january will release the cynthetic ceiling cd
called ''synthetic sailing'' on september 10 2003. cynthetic ceiling is all
synthesizers and vocals, no guitars, hence the name [also suggested to be used
by lawrence on the inner sleeve of the go kart mozart cd!] is cynthetic ceiling
really just ocm in disguise? sure is, but a few friends pop in here and there.
also twilight furniture/north of january will release the new orange cake mix
cd ''sunshine flower'' in early 2004.probably like january or february or...maybe
a little later. or earlier. still gotta figure out the cover art and all that.
20 songs = 45 minutes of early primal scream/the springfields/ byrds inspired 12
string electric jangle pop songs/ cluster and heldon inspired space rock/cinematic
instrumentals/loungecore/ quiet cerebral love songs with a dash of drum and bass
thrown in the mix/etcetcetc. probably the most versatile and most varied release
coming from the orange cake mix song factory.
we here at twilight furniture [me and ritsuko and yuki, koosas and mikan our
three cats] are looking for short instrumental songs 2 or 3 or no longer than 5
minutes long[just in case we get too many long songs...].
anyway...send to either the north of january address or me:
JIMMY RAO
77 GOODWIN STREET
BRISTOL, CT 06010
Also look for in the future 2004 on twilight furniture/north of january:
an all instrumental comp. ''my illusion your confusion'' [veryveryveryvery
slowly coming together...flowchart/junkrags/zenith 33...thats all so far!!! so
hurry up and send your songs in.]
''the boats are floating back behind the weeds'' by zenith 33 [yet another
disguise of ocm...all instrumental...all spacerock/spacepop and music for imaginary
films...no vocals...just guitars,groovebox,korg and such. the first truly ALL
INSTRUMENTAL jimmy rao endeavor ever to hit the face of our fragile yet warm and
cozy planet earth...yeah.]
''let's get high all over again'' by junkrags [friends of jimmy doin a twisted
take of hip hop, no rappin, just instrumental w/ voice samples...think lemon jelly
meet spacemen or sonic on a lazy crazy sunset ride to the far side of the universe]
(05/02)
UPCOMING RELEASE : ''INFINITE BEAUTY'' CD ON CHOCOLAT ART RETURNS [JAPAN]. THE SONGS ARE BEAUTIFUL AND INFINITE. A MIXTURE OF MOSTLY ACOUSTIC TEXTURES AND GUITARPOP MIXED W/ SPACEPOP MIXED W/ INSTRUMENTAL CINEMATIC PASSAGES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. IT WILL BE DISTRIBUTED IN THE USA TOO.
ALSO, PUTTING THE FINISHING TOUCHES ON ANOTHER TWILIGHT FURNITURE/NORTH OF JANUARY RELEASE ''I'M GOING TO WATCH THE BLUEBIRDS FLY OVER MY SHOULDER'', AN EXCELLENT COMP. FILLED W/ TRANQUIL JANGLE AND ACOUSTIC MOODS BY : THE TWIN ATLAS/THE YOUTH SOUVENEIR/THE KNIT SEPERATES/THE REDS, PINKS AND PURPLES/THE HI FI ENVELOPE/ZELIUM QUANG/ORANGE CAKE MIX. AVAILABLE SOON, 16 SONGS OF PURE BEAUTY AND WONDER PERFECT FOR SUMMER ADRIFT IN A PASTORAL MEADOW SCENIC PANORAMA OR DRIFTING ON THE OCEAN ON A SHIP MADE OF CLOUDS. YES, IT'S THAT GOOD!