Toronto's Orbital Ensemble launch "Orbital" debut @ 915 Dupont, Thursday

Check out the video and a performance of "Daydreams" off Orbital Ensemble's impressive "Orbital" debut out now.

Here's the scoop...

"Orbital" is the debut full-length album by multi-instrumentalist Felipe Sena, the composer behind Toronto's Orbital Ensemble (released June 30 via We Are Busy Bodies). 

Written and produced by Sena, the album features Lazar Miric on flute and saxophones, and renowned Brazilian percussionist M. Takara on two tracks. 

These early collaborators were the first extensions of the ensemble, as the album is prologue to the live experience, setting the stage for the larger Toronto-based live Orbital Ensemble — an eight-piece Toronto-based live band, which brings the album’s neotropical psychedelic sound to life with drums, Brazilian percussion, bass, guitar, sax/flute, acoustic guitar, keys, and vibraphone.

Released under We Are Busy Bodies worldwide and Balaclava Records in South America, "Orbital" blends vintage Brazilian influences with modern psychedelic and jazz elements, drawing inspiration from artists such as Clube da Esquina, Azymuth, Meta Metá, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Khruangbin, and Badbadnotgood. Watch the video for "Daydreams" followed by a live-in-the-studio performance below.  

Get a copy of the Orbital Ensemble's "Orbital" debut from Bandcamp right here. There's a listening party for  "Orbital" at 915 Dupont on Thursday (July 3) with a DJ set from We Are Busy Bodies main man Eric Warner at 7:30 pm, album playback at 8:15 pm, Cajú label DJ set at 9:15 pm, Local Dish label DJ set 10:15 pm.   

“There’s just something about psychedelic jazz from Canada. From Badge Époque Ensemble to Cosmic Range, and the majority of the Idée Fixe catalog, the country’s got a lock on the lysergic end of the jazz spectrum. Add a new name to the register with Orbital Ensemble.” – Raven Sings The Blues

“Sena knows how to smoothly mix Latin, African, the closely related Caribbean rhythms and spacy jazz rock into a sound that we will hopefully hear from many more times in the future. More than promising, this relaxed listening trip full of pleasant surprises” – Jazzism (NL)

“Toronto’s latest jazz masters…soaked in the sweet sounds of Brazilian jazz and soul, with occasional hints of psychedelia, too.” Far Out Magazine

Credits

Composed and Engineered by Felipe Sena

Drums, bass, guitars, keys, percussion by Felipe Sena

Flutes and saxophones by Lazar Miric

Additional Rhodes on Daydreams by Lazar Miric

Percussion and bells on Maré and Portal by M. Takara

Recorded at The Root Down, Toronto

Mixed by Roberto Kramer and Felipe Sena

Mastered by Noah Mintz at Lacquer Channel

Cover artwork by George Gilles

Design by Felipe Sena