- Digital
Whatitdo Archive Group
Sun Harp
Record Kicks
- Cat No: RKDIGI120
- Release: 2023-06-07
US cinematic outfit Whatitdo Archive Group unleashes "Sun Harp", the new single from their latest album Palace Of A Thousand Sounds.
Record Kicks presents " Sun Harp ", a new single taken from US cinematic outfit Whatitdo Archive Group's latest album Palace Of A Thousand Sounds. The single will be available on all digital platforms on June 7th. Band's founder and producer Alexander Korostinsky said: "On the quest to write music for this record, lots of listening was required. Beyond listening to the standard classics of Les Baxter and Martin Denny, Italian library music was also deeply digested as well, and this song was born from that perspective. This could be one of my favorite songs on the album simply because of the patience it demonstrates throughout the three minutes before exploding into a beautiful David Axelrod-ian outro. Another easter egg moment is when the violins quote one of my favorite Bollywood movie themes for about 8 bars ".
The new album Palace Of A Thousand Sounds finds Whatitdo Archive Group entrenched deeper in the worlds of mid-century exotica and library music—from the Tropicalia-steeped Amazon to the minor key tonalities of the far-out Near East.
Steeped in obscurity, a cult following of crate-diggers and musical oddity collectors has been brewing over the mysterious releases of the Whatitdo Archive Group. Surfacing in 2009 from the high deserts of Reno, NV USA, this three-piece recording collective (Alexander Korostinsky, Mark Sexton and Aaron Chiazza) focuses solely on curating, performing and preserving esoteric soundtrack, library and deep-groove collections. As an onlooker, it's hard to tell whether the music they are procuring is actually archival, music of their own creation, or both. Their debut LP The Black Stone Affair, the formerly lost soundtrack music of a once-shelved Italian cinematic masterpiece, was released in 2021 and received praise from the likes of Wall Street Journal, Mojo Magazine, Uncut, Shindig and Blues & Soul Magazine, BBC 6 (UK), FIP (FR), KCRW (US), JazzFM (UK) and more. Two years later, the Whatitdo Archive Group is back. Get ready for an exotic adventure with their sophomore full-length effort: Palace Of A Thousand Sounds.
Record Kicks presents " Sun Harp ", a new single taken from US cinematic outfit Whatitdo Archive Group's latest album Palace Of A Thousand Sounds. The single will be available on all digital platforms on June 7th. Band's founder and producer Alexander Korostinsky said: "On the quest to write music for this record, lots of listening was required. Beyond listening to the standard classics of Les Baxter and Martin Denny, Italian library music was also deeply digested as well, and this song was born from that perspective. This could be one of my favorite songs on the album simply because of the patience it demonstrates throughout the three minutes before exploding into a beautiful David Axelrod-ian outro. Another easter egg moment is when the violins quote one of my favorite Bollywood movie themes for about 8 bars ".
The new album Palace Of A Thousand Sounds finds Whatitdo Archive Group entrenched deeper in the worlds of mid-century exotica and library music—from the Tropicalia-steeped Amazon to the minor key tonalities of the far-out Near East.
Steeped in obscurity, a cult following of crate-diggers and musical oddity collectors has been brewing over the mysterious releases of the Whatitdo Archive Group. Surfacing in 2009 from the high deserts of Reno, NV USA, this three-piece recording collective (Alexander Korostinsky, Mark Sexton and Aaron Chiazza) focuses solely on curating, performing and preserving esoteric soundtrack, library and deep-groove collections. As an onlooker, it's hard to tell whether the music they are procuring is actually archival, music of their own creation, or both. Their debut LP The Black Stone Affair, the formerly lost soundtrack music of a once-shelved Italian cinematic masterpiece, was released in 2021 and received praise from the likes of Wall Street Journal, Mojo Magazine, Uncut, Shindig and Blues & Soul Magazine, BBC 6 (UK), FIP (FR), KCRW (US), JazzFM (UK) and more. Two years later, the Whatitdo Archive Group is back. Get ready for an exotic adventure with their sophomore full-length effort: Palace Of A Thousand Sounds.
