Orions Belte - Lucid Dreaming
Orions Belte has been a steady supplier of groovy, catchy and dreamy instrumental pop since their 2018 debut album Mint. Women is their third studio album, but that doesn’t tell the whole truth when you also count their two live albums with accompanying films, three EP’s and a huge project where each of the members released their own solo album under the Orions Belte moniker.
The three musicians rarely sit still, and the inspiration seems to be endless. This is probably also why their music is in such high demand.
As usual, all the songwriting and production is done by the band members themselves, and this time they have put a lot of effort into making everything bigger and more powerful than on the previous records. The string arrangements flow easily throughout the record. It almost feels like releasing a million balloons all at once while lying looking at the night sky and dreaming of road trips on bumpy country roads through the Amazon in Brazil.
Says guitarist Øyvind Blomstrøm about «Silhouettes»: This is the first single from the new album. It's a driving song with a darker atmosphere. Full of contrasts from the light verses to soaring riffs, floating instrumental parts and a cacaphony of strings signed by Norwegian violinist and composer Ola Kvernberg.
There is always a great span to the Norwegian trio's songs, and on Women we are served noisy guitar riffs on "Silhouettes", cinematic string arrangements on "I Will Always Miss You", irresistible and catchy summer vibes on "Jai Alai", while Louien (Live Solberg) contributes beautiful vocals on the almost mournful "When You're Gone, I'll Be Gone". Matias Tellez is – as expected of an Orions Belte release – involved in the mix, while Ola Kvernberg and Øyvind Torvund have written string arrangements.
INFO
Orions Belte - Lucid Dreaming
Art. no: JANSENS309
Release date: March 16th, 2023
Tracklist:
1. Lucid Dreaming
Credits:
Written by: Kim Åge Furuhaug, Øyvind Blomstrøm, Chris Holm
Kim Åge Furuhaug: Drums, percussion
Chris Holm: Bass, vocals, keyboards
Øyvind Blomstrøm: Guitar, pedal steel
Produced by Orions Belte
Mixed by Matias Tellez
Mastered by Christian Obermayer
Buy Orions Belte’s 3LP box set with all their solo albums
«It’s not quite rock, not quite pop, not quite funk, not quite jazz, but very much Orions Belte» – Spectrum Culture
Photo by Nikolai Grasaasen
