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Hidden Orchestra: Archipelago
Archipelago will be available to stream on demand from Monday, October 8 through October 15, 2012.
By Eric J. Lawrence • • 1 min read-- By Eric J. Lawrence, KCRW Music Librarian and DJ
Edinburgh-based Hidden Orchestra truly live up to their deceptively simple name. They certainly betray orchestral tendencies, with a core of four musicians augmented by an army of guest artists playing instruments ranging from cello and clarinet to electro-harps and the Finnish zither-like instrument known as a kantele. They have been touring with an orchestra-like ten-piece line-up for shows from Africa to Scandinavia. And their wide-screen downtempo sound recalls another electro-jazz orchestral collective, the Cinematic Orchestra. Not to mention the fact that their latest album, Archipelago, begins with an “Overture”!
Archipelago will be available to stream on demand from Monday, October 8 through October 15, 2012.