
| Artist: |
Relaxo |
| Album: |
the Orangewood Sessions |
| Imprint: |
Feebs |
| Format: |
7" vinyl |
| RPM: |
45 |
| Catalog: |
DMSS-0701 |
| Price: |
$4.59 |
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2008... a hot & sweaty year for Phoenix,
Arizona. The Recession was near, and people all around had no desire to
do much of anything at all.
From this idle time saw the nexus of RELAXO, a reggae project that
brought together musicians Cypriano Rizla of the Great Stone
Soundsystem (Dr. Rock) & Ranking Freckleface from the Phoenix
Ital Plate Sound System.
Encompassing a wild array of Jamaican influences, RELAXO has created
styles ranging from early Lee "Scratch" Perry to ethereal versions and
dub cuts similar in vein to Augustus Pablo or Lloyd "Bullwackie"
Barnes.
Please have a listen to the audio clips and sift through the site for
digital downloads, vinyl purchases, and more. RELAXO!
The Orangewood Sessions is a brief introduction to Relaxo; four very
short instrumentals recorded over a very short period of time in a
small apartment next door to RELAXO's apartment manager. Most of the
tunes were recorded initially as drum and organ straight to a Marantz
digital stereo recorder. Later, after acquiring Pro Tools, overdubs of
additional organ, bass, percussion, melodica, guitar and helicopter
were performed. RELAXO often went bananas while tracking these tunes
for your listening pleasure. We hope you enjoy them too!
Personnel
Ranking Freckleface - drums, bass, melodica,
percussion, tambourine, recording and mixing at Orangewood, Phoenix, AZ
Cypriano Rizla - bass, organ, guitar, percussion, recording and mixing
at Orangewood, Phoenix, AZ
Kent Verderico - mastering engineer, Blue Ribbon Studios, El Monte, CA |