Member Since: 05/07/2004
Band Website: http://www.tydirium.net
Band Members: Music by:James Teitelbaum (Evil Clowns, Pigface, Flat Earth Society) with A. Sam Pleur, and: Derek Geisser (Maintenance of Order, Die Schon), Erin Mosher, Charles Levi (My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult, Pigface), Ron Roesing (Smashing Pumpkins, Recliner, The Marked), Pete Farrugia (Danielle Dax, Fast Set), Alison Chesley (Verbow), Eric Pounder (Pounder, Lab Report, Spasm), Gabriel Nuzzoli, Thomas Neidhardt (Xymox, Dead Can Dance), Paul Alodi, Steve Dorocke, Gena Dry, and other guests musicians.Bonus multimedia content by:Duke Carter, Rene J. Cigler, Shane Swank, Anna Simone Levin, James Woodruff, E. Gabriel Edvy, Theresa Witek, Matt Busch, and Misha.Look for a new lineup of guest musicians and artists on each new Left Orbit Temple release.
Influences: From a recent interview:"...The music is described by James as "other world music", or world music from a planet other than our own.Of this extra-global hybrid, James says: "I was inspired by guys like Martin Denny, who (in the 1960s) took the mysterious music of far-off lands, and ran it through a blender full of rum and jazz. He emerged with a music that was mysterious and dreamlike. It felt like it came from somewhere exotic, but exactly where was ambiguous.Working with A. Sam Pleur, we achieve a similar concept, starting with Balinesian, Tibetan, and African sounds, but with darker contemporary idioms (drawing on our roots in the industrial, goth, and post punk scenes) replacing Denny's jazz/lounge stylings. There is also an unsettling element, letting dissonant harmonies and odd time signatures give the whole thing a feel alternating between dreams and nightmares".Dreams and nightmares from a primitive culture on another planet? That sums it up!The music is also (mostly) free of guitars and snare drums, as James feels that these two instruments are "the crutches of western music".This music dwells in a dark place, but the creators insist that the messages here are ultimately positive: "These are the last moments of darkness, just before the sun rises. The puzzling dreams that are half-remembered upon waking - the ones which haunt you all day. This is a message of hope in a darkened heart".
Sounds Like: Listeners have compared Left Orbit Temple to bands like Dead Can Dance and This Mortal Coil.We say:
This is industrial exotica, somewhere between Angeleo Badalamenti and Throbbing Gristle, by way of Indonesia and Arthur Lyman.It doesn't 'rock', and you can't dance to it, but you will find it extremely useful late at night.Of course, there is also the Pigface connection (several LOT members are also Pigface alumnus): Pigface fans might look to tracks like "Ten Ground and Down" as a common point of reference....and then there's that Devo cover song on the disc......and who EXACTLY is Doctor Vestio...?...and HOW many layers of Tibetan Singing Bowls make up the soundscape of the track "Rongo Rongo."..?
Record Label: Looking for a new label
Type of Label: Indie