la
otracina is the cosmic sound of now!
a swirling myth of hard-psych witchery, progressive rock insanity, fuzzed-out
jazz-rock wizardry, and epic space-metal fantasy!
adam kriney – drums, vocals
philippe ortanez – electric guitar
evan sobel – fender bass vi
la otracina began in a murky brooklyn basement in 2003, inspired by a
love of all things heavy and psychedelic! founded by drummer adam kriney
and guitarist joshua anzano (now of titan/tee pee records), they forged
a musical universe of epic progressive rock and psychotic free-form
improvisations! along their 5 year trip, la otracina released handfuls
of limited edition recordings on kriney's own colour sounds recordings
label
building a solid fanbase in the underground psych/experimental scene and
in 2007 thier debut full length cd "tonal ellipse of the one"
was released
on the holy mountain record label.
as a live entity, they've played extensively in their hometown of brooklyn,
ny, toured the usa 4 times and have toured italy as well performing
alongside groups that span the worlds of psych/metal/prog/improv/noise
and beyond, including: boris, zoroaster, wooden shjips,
the warlocks, sunburned hand of the man, these are powers, mouthus, plastic
crimewave sound, axolotl, assemble head in sunburst sound,
cloudland canyon, upsilon acrux, charalambides, ghq, the phantom family
halo, warmer milks & more...
the current line-up consists of kriney on drums and vocals, multi-instrumentalist
and recording engineer evan sobel on fender bass vi, and philippe
ortanez on electric guitar.
they are a majestic contemporary vision of progressive-psychedelic hard-rock,
seamlessly combining the awesome grace of king crimson and the heavy stoned
bliss of black sabbath with the cosmic textures of hawkwind and the undeniable
might of early metallica...not to mention some lessons learned from terry
riley and albert ayler along the way.
they are the crystal wizards of the cosmic weird! they are la otracina!
“classic improvisational indulgence of the best kind crops upa knowing
tribute to the kind of free-form
exploratory space rock of three decades back that happily carries through
to a newer time.”
– ned raggett, all music guide
“...la otracina, on the other hand, have got the sounds, songs,
and the frothbugged-out heavy echo-guitar plays slowed-down keith emerson
riffs that
grow into melodic-prog drool crescendos, meanwhile, kriney bats it all
along with unflagging fiery-muso free-jazz drum accompaniment, and it
builds
and builds into a big oceanic bubblebath of prog excess” –
blastitude
“the very essence of la otracina: a rich blend of styles brought
together in perfect harmony to form something completely unique. with
tonal ellipse of
the one, la otracina have created perhaps the best and most-complete album
yet of any band in the current ny underground psych movement.” –
swan fungus blog
contact us at colour_sounds @ hotmail dot com <---no spam
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discography:
Released 11/03, edition of 50. Sold out.
“Trinomy” 3”
CD-R, Colour Sounds Recordings 005.
Released 07/04, edition of 19. Sold out.
“Spatial” CD-R,
Colour Sounds Recordings 007.
Released 09/04, edition of 30. Sold out.
“Aren’t It Spectral”
CD-R, Colour Sounds Recordings 010.
First released 05/05, 3 pressings, total edition of 100. Sold out.
V/A “Here We All Are
Sitting In A Rainbow” CD-R, Colour
Sounds Recordings 017.
Released 10/05, unknown amount pressed. Sold out.
Features 3 previously released LA OTRACINA tracks.
“Love Love Love”
2xCD-R, Colour Sounds Recordings 019.
First released 03/06, 5 pressings, total edition of 429.
LA OTRACINA/HAT CITY INTUITIVE/BIG
NURSE “The World Will End Yesterday” 3-way split CD-R, Colour
Sounds Recordings 028.
Released 08/06, edition of 107. Sold out.
Features 1 LA OTRACINA track.
“Dawn Haze/Early Daze”
2xCD-R, Colour Sounds Recordings 029.
First released 06/07, 3 pressings, total edition of 250.
Comp of out of print releases: “Fauna & Animated Floral Arrangements”,
“Trinomy”, “Spatial”, and “Aren’t
It Spectral”.
“Tonal Ellipse Of The
One” CD, Holy Mountain
181106
Released 06/07.
“Tonal Ellipse Of The
One” CD-R, Colour Sounds Recordings
030.
Released 06/07, promotional only release, edition of 50. Sold out.
A tour-only item, exact same music as the Holy Mountain version.
“The Silence Dimension”
CD-R, Colour Sounds Recordings 031.
First released 06/07, 3 pressings, total edition of 105. Sold out.
“The Avocado Sunbeam
Tapes” CD-R, Colour Sounds Recordings
032.
Released 11/07, edition of 100. Sold out.
“Dark Matter” CD-R,
Colour Sounds Recordings 033.
Released 01/08, edition of 100.
Comp of out of print releases: LA OTRACINA track from “The World
Will End Yesterday”, “The Silence Dimension”, and “The
Avocado Sunbeam Tapes”.
First 100 copies mislabeled as Colour Sounds Recordings 032.
LA OTRACINA/THE PHANTOM FAMILY
HALO 2008 US Tour split CD-R, Colour Sounds
Recordings 034.
Released 01/08, edition of 60.
Features 3 LA OTRACINA tracks.
“Cosmic Appreciation”
CD-R, Colour Sounds Recordings 035.
Released 01/08, promotional only release, edition of 34. Sold out.
A tour-only item, features 2 previously unreleased tracks and 9 others
previously released.
“Crystal Wizards From
The Cosmic Weird” CD-R, Ski-Fi
Industries Transmission #1.
Released 01/08, edition of 100.
V/A "Peace Frog Rides The Rocket" CD with Peace
Frog zine issue 2,
Released 03/08, limited edition.
Features 1 exclusive LA OTRACINA track.
"The
Risk Of Gravitation" CD-R, Colour Sounds
Recordings 036,
Released 06/08, limited edition of 200 copies.