Cat number DOCD036001
ISRC – GBW9W1100762
label – Disco-ordination
Album – The Bear And Other Stories
Release date -13 December 2019
Premiered on 5 December 2019 by Freq magasine
https://freq.org.uk/news/fantasy-orchestra-the-empty-boat/
Announcing the release of the Fantasy Orchestra first LP titled “The Bear and other stories” 28th feb 2020, the first single is The Empty Boat by Caetano Veloso.
Our version doesn’t differ much from the mind-blowing 1969 original which features an inspired arrangement by Rogério Duprat. We added choir and generally tried to make it more psychedelic. This song features orchestra leader and arranger Jesse D Vernon and partner Kate Stables on lead vocals.
“The arrangement of the latter was a fine use of the range of sounds available, wistful flute and haunting cello giving way to a rocking guitar solo – Jesse’s one indulgence of the evening (unless you count the whole exercise).”
Tony Benjamin Bristol 24/7 live review feb 2019
The video was made using pinhole photographs of members of The Fantasy Orchestra in Bristol and Paris. Many thanks to Anthony Lyons for helping with bristol photos and direction; to IanNichols for copious amounts of developing paper and to Kate for taking alot of the Paris pics.
The Fantasy Orchestra is an open-to-all community orchestra and choir based in Bristol and Paris since 2012. They began life as an Ennio Morricone covers band and have since developed full sets David Bowie, Leonard Cohen, Jimi Hendrix, and most recently, Radiohead.
The album was recorded in two days, one in Bristol, the other in Paris and features music by Sun Ra, Jimi Hendrix, Bristol artists Paul Bradley and Jamie Harrison; New York alt-noise group Buke and Gase and folk force of nature Richard Dawson.
Live shows can include more than 80 performers of which there’s ample evidence on youtube.
