“…a mesmerizing twenty-five-minute blend of psych, space rock, and kosmische musik.” – The Sleeping Shaman
“Skin Walker” is the nearly twenty-six-minute-long single from prolific Scandinavian instrumental improvisational progressive/space-jazz group ØRESUND SPACE COLLECTIVE. Now streaming through an exclusive premiere hosted by The Sleeping Shaman, the song is the latest preview of the band’s impressive forty-fourth title, Orgone Unicorn, nearing release on Laser’s Edge.
Founded in 2006 by Scott Heller, aka Dr. Space, ØRESUND SPACE COLLECTIVE is based primarily out of København, Denmark, with roots across Scandinavia, Portugal, and more. A supergroup of sorts, the members of this expansive entity come from a wide array of Scandinavian rock groups. An exciting live act that always gets the crowd moving and dancing to the improvised progressive grooves, ØRESUND SPACE COLLECTIVE has played well-over one hundred concerts in ten countries.
In their eighteen years of existence thus far, ØRESUND SPACE COLLECTIVE has amassed thirty-two studio albums and twelve live albums, and more. Initially releasing their music through the Swedish label Transubstans, they’ve subsequently partnered with an array of labels, eventually forming their own Space Rock Productions label through which most of their albums over the past several years were released.
Following their illustrious Everyone Is Evil album, released in May of 2023, ØRESUND SPACE COLLECTIVE arrives with their monolithic forty-fourth title Orgone Unicorn, their first for The Laser’s Edge Group. Orgone Unicorn features many of the musicians who played on Everyone Is Evil, with Mattias Olsson, Jonathan Segel (ex-Camper Van Beethoven), Larry Lush, Martin Weaver, Luis Simões, Hasse Horrigmoe, and KG Westman, joining Scott Heller. The record courses with surreal space passages, with a dark, proggy mood. Along with the array of guitars, bass, synths, keys, mellotron, and more used throughout the record, the percussion showcases interplay between drums, gong, and drum machines.
Recorded at Éstudio Paraíso Nas Nuvens in Central Portugal, Orgone Unicorn was engineered by Larry Lush and Dr Space, mixed and mastered by Jonathan Segel and Dr Space, and completed with cover art by David Graham of Moonboy Art. The 2xLP version comprises five songs, while the 2xCD and digital versions feature two additional songs not on the vinyl – including extended versions of several of the songs – which culminate into an engulfing two hours and sixteen minutes of music.
“Skin Walker” is the opening song on Orgone Unicorn, Scott Heller revealing of the massive number, “This was the tenth jam of the studio session and is highly inspired by Tangle Edge, as they had been working on a new album. The space sounds make it uniquely ØRESUND SPACE COLLECTIVE though.”
The Sleeping Shaman writes, ““Get ready to embark on a journey through the cosmos with ØRESUND SPACE COLLECTIVE as the Scandinavian based psychedelic ensemble, led by none other than Scott Heller, aka Dr. Space, are preparing to release Orgone Unicorn, the new double album that features over two hours of mind-bending sonics… But before this masterpiece is launched into the stratosphere, we at The Shaman are beyond ecstatic to bring you the opening voyage into the stars that is ‘Skin Walker,’ a mesmerizing twenty-five-minute blend of psych, space rock, and kosmische musik.”
Immerse yourself in ØRESUND SPACE COLLECTIVE’s sprawling Skin Walker first at The Sleeping Shaman RIGHT HERE.
Orgone Unicorn will be released on 2xCD, 2xLP, and digitally on July 26th. Preorders are posted at the Laser’s Edge webshop HERE and Bandcamp where the title track is streaming HERE. If you missed it, watch the surreal video clip of the title track HERE.
ØRESUND SPACE COLLECTIVE on Orgone Unicorn:
Mattias Olsson – drums, congas, mellotron, Poly D
Jonathan Segel – guitar, slide guitar, violin, Fender Rhodes
Martin Weaver – Microfreek and Roland drum machines
Luis Simões – gong, guitar, noise box
Hasse Horrigmoe – bass
Larry Lush – Fender Rhodes, mellotron
KG Westman – sitar; mellotron, synths
Dr. Space – Hammond, Mellotron, Modular Synth, Octave Cat, ARP Odyssey, Poly D
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