The Heliocentrics

Telemetric Sounds The Heliocentrics

The UK's cosmic, psychedelic-funk ensemble issue their second album

on maverick producer Madlib's label, Madlib Invazion.

The Heliocentrics' albums are all confounding pieces of work. Drawing equally from

the funk universe of James Brown, the disorienting asymmetry of Sun Ra, the

cinematic scope of Ennio Morricone, the sublime fusion of David Axelrod, Pierre

Henry's turned-on musique concrète, and Can's beat-heavy Krautrock, they have -

regardless of the label on which they've released their music - pointed the way

towards a brand new kind of psychedelia, one that could only come from a band of

accomplished musicians who were also obsessive music fans. Drummer Malcolm

Catto and bassist Jake Ferguson are the Heliocentrics' masterminds and producers,

and they are obsessive weirdos in today's musical climate, searching, progressive

humans who are often out-of-time with current trends.

They have been playing together for nearly two decades and their collective drive is

to find an individual voice. The Heliocentrics search for it in an alternate galaxy where

the orbits of funk, jazz, psychedelic, electronic, avant-garde and "ethnic" music all

revolve around "The One." With Madilb's label Madlib Invazion for Telemetric Sounds,

the Heliocentrics have returned to develop their epic vision of psychedelic funk,

while exploring the possibilities created by their myriad influences - Latin, African,

and more.