Since things are quiet here at Organical HQ, I thought I would share what all the band members have been up to over the past year.   The biggest reason that Organical has been in the shop this year is a couple of reasons…first, everyone has been really busy with other projects and the second, the last record, “We’ve Lost Contact with Monster Island” (available from our online store, click the link, hint, hint,) was such a all-consuming process that I think we all needed a recharge.   A couple of attempts early on to work through some new material didn’t really come together so rather then try to force it, we let it lie.   

The guys have been busy however, let me give you a quick run-through:

John has been playing pretty steadily with Mamabolo who have been generating a lot of positive buzz and they also recorded their debut album at Bad Vision studios, with Organical’s own Ed at the console.

John has also been part of a resurgence of his old band, Rusty, who played a reunion show this past summer.  They still have a lot of fans and maybe some more shows and music is forthcoming.

Darren has been focused on building guitars rather then playing them this past year.   His boutique guitar company, Decibel Guitars had a breakthrough year, and after building a guitar for Periphery guitarist —-, he has a whole bunch of orders in the pipe, including one for former Anthrax guitarist Dan Spitz.    it could be awhile before I get mine…

Ed, as previously mentioned worked on Mamabolo’s record and is currently upgrading Bad Vision with a lovely old Soundcraft board.   He’s also been playing in retro-instrumental band S.A.M.

Steve(me) has also been playing in S.A.M. who will have a recording out this spring.  I’m also working on lots of new material, some of which is for an as yet untitled project, and some possibly for Organical.    I have some other stuff in progress but it’s too early to talk about but will share here when I can.

Even if Organical doesn’t have any news, I will try to share what everyone involved in the band is up to here.   

Many thanks to the awesome guys at “Obscure or Otherwise Music” for taking the time to really listen to and review our new CD.

Please check out the review, and look around their site at some of the other bands & music…

If you order the CD, you get the disc in a nifty package that we are very proud of and happy with, plus for the first time ever, all the lyrics are printed on the sleeve!

Over on the left we are streaming 3 songs from the record in full so you can have a listen.

This has been an epic journey for us to get this music done and in your hands so please drop us a line with any comments good or bad.

The website has just under gone a massive facelift.  There are still some bits and pieces which are being put together and tidied up but the bulk of it is up and running.   Let us know what you think and if anything does not work for you or the way you expect.

Quick post to let you know that I have updated our widget with 3 songs from the brand new record. You can also see a tiny picture of the new cover.

Notice – The “Buy” link on the widget doesn’t work yet, as the music is not yet up on iTunes or any of the other online music sites. It should be up by about mid-July. Of course we will let you know. You can also pre-order copies of the CD’s by sending an email to info@organical.net. We will have our online order system up shortly.

We’ve Lost Contact with Monster Island

Here is the official track list:

1.  Targets
2.  Atari, USA
3.  Rendering
4.  Hibakusha
5.  Soviet Video Kings
6.  Here Comes the Radiation
7.  GIANT Monster
8.  Danger:
9.  Diabolik
10. The Beach
11. 48°52.6’S 123°23.6’W
12. Bugs in the Mainframe
13. Pixel Dust
14. Purple Alert
15. Urawaza

If you come back in a day or two I will probably have gotten a copy of the master so I can post a song up on the site so you can hear the result of all our hard work.   We are all immensely proud of what we have accomplished.  Darren has put together some kick-ass graphics for the CD and we will shortly update the website with our new visual ID as well.

Stay tuned, hopefully the fun is just beginning!

I can tell you that we are tentatively planning for a mid-June release and will have an official announcement about this as well as other exciting stuff.

Watch this space for more very soon.

The Management.