Name: Infinity of Now
Brand: The Heliocentrics

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MMS037CD

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Limited edition

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2020-02-28

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0989327003720

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2023-09-22

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The Heliocentrics

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Funk / Soul

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Madlib Invazion

Albums of the Year 2020

Madlib Invazion is an American independent hip-hop label launched in 2010 by Los Angeles-based producer and DJ Madlib. The label opened with the Madlib Medicine Show series of albums, which was completed in 2012 with a total of 13 CDs, six LPs, and six limited edition LPs released. Another ongoing album series on the label is called Rock Konducta, featuring hip-hop instrumentals produced by Madlib using samples from various rock genres. The imprint has also published records for the duo MadGibbs, including their critically acclaimed album Piñata in 2014.

The Heliocentrics is a loose collective of talented musicians, including Malcolm Catto on drums, Jake Ferguson on bass, and Jack Yglesias on organ and percussion. Inspired by Sun Ra, their music blends genres like Hip-Hop, Funk, Jazz, Psychedelic, Electronic, Avante-Garde and Ethnic music. With a fixed core and additional members such as Barbora Patkova on vocals, Raven Bush on violin and effects, Dan Smith on guitar and Moog, and Jason Yarde on saxophone; they create an alternative galaxy where all these musical styles revolve around "The One".

The UK’s cosmic, psychedelic-funk ensemble issue their first 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 Infinity of Now, 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.

Infinity of Now

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