Frore & Shane Morris – Ochre (Spotted Peccary, 2023)
Frore & Shane Morris present Ochre, a remarkable collaborative release on Spotted Peccary Music. The album draws its name from the reddish-brown petroglyphs found in ancient caves, contemplating the enduring legacy of artistic creations. In the spirit of these timeless works, which persist long after their creators have departed, Ochre poses a profound question: “What does it mean to create something that outlives you?”
The music in Ochre introduces the listener to a mix of sounds from the past and present, including analog and digital electronic instrumentation, along with acoustic instruments deeply rooted in tradition. Throughout Ochre, Frore & Shane Morris intricately refine the synergy between synthesizers and percussion elements, unveiling a spellbinding hybrid sound within the ethno-ambient electronic music genre. The duo skillfully combines the best of ambient electronic layers of eternity with transfixing electronic grooves and hypnotic, shamanic frame drums and other acoustic instruments such as African udu drums, magical gongs and flute.
Undisputedly, this superb music is worth seeking out.
Musicians: Frore (Paul Casper0 on analog, digital and modular synthesizers; and Shane Morris on frame drums, udu, gongs, shaker, and chromatic flute.
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