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Orchestra Arcana
The Hermetic Jukebox
Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock

Track Listings (15) - Disc #1
1. Christ Via Wires
2. Clock Conscious
3. I Wonder
4. Eastern Electric
5. Search and Listen
6. News from Nowhere
7. One Man's Fetish Is Another Man's Faith
8. Right, Then Left
9. Iconography
10. The God's Speak
11. Life Class
12. Altar Natives
13. Sex, Psyche Etcetera
14. Several Famous Orchestras
15. Who He Is
Track Listings (19) - Disc #2
1. Exactly the Way You Want It
2. Why Be Lonely
3. Everyday Is a Better Day
4. The Receiver and the Fountain Pen
5. Welcome Home Mr. Kane
6. This Is True
7. Greeting a New Day
8. The Breath in My Father's Saxophone
9. Our Lady of Apparitions
10. The Whole City Between Us
11. Deva Dance
12. Always Looking Forward to Tomorrow
13. World Thru' Fast Car Window
14. Profiles, Hearts, Stars
15. Daughter of Dream Come True
16. Alchemia
17. Um, Ah Good Evening
18. Kut Up in Cartoonsville
19. Short Wave

CD Details

All Artists: Orchestra Arcana
Title: The Hermetic Jukebox
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Fabled Quixote UK
Release Date: 2/25/2003
Album Type: Import
Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock
Styles: Progressive, Progressive Rock
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPC: 825947111028

Synopsis

Album Description

Bill Nelson first began using the Orchestra Arcana name around 1984 as a result of a clause in his then contract with CBS/Epic that forbade him to release his experimental material under his own name. The first series of recordings to be issued was the 12" E.P. Sex, Psyche, Etc. released in 1985 on his own Cocteau Records. This was followed by two full-length albums, Iconography in 1986 and Optimism in 1987. These recordings have been unavailable for several years and are gathered together here as a complete package for the first time. The lo-fi nature of his studio in those days is reflected in the recordings, using 'found' sounds, tape loops and voice 'samples' all without the aid of today's digital sampling but with a warmer more 'hands on' approach. These recordings serve as a reminder that expensive technology isn't always the key to creativity.

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CD Reviews

The glassine desert of many corrections...

Anthony D Ravenscroft | Santa Fe, NM United States | 08/26/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is stunningly mis-listed! First of all, the "artist" is Orchestra Arcana, as explained in the blurb (above). The name of the 2-CD set is "The Hermetic Jukebox."

Said set contains re-releases of two albums, "Iconography" & "Optimism," the latter having also been previously released as by "Bill Nelson's Orchestra Arcana."

There are extra tracks from the originals; though I've never touched another version of "Iconography," the "Optimism" disk has two additions. At a guess, then, four total, probably from the O-A "Sex, Psyche, Etc." EP.

The first disk is closer to pop music, with Nelson's usual high quality of voice, wit, sincerity, & deep artistry. The other disk is a little more electronic (see my review of that title elsewhere), & the only vocals seem to be samples from various sources -- from the days when "sampling" meant "recording it off the phograph, radio, or television, then physically chopping, splicing, & looping.""