"The Mirror With No Reflection"

Date: Feb 24, 2009

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"The Mirror With No Reflection"

Orpheos is a musical alchemist. Taking the dark rock heart of the 80s Goth scene, mixing in the beats and synths of 90s trip-hop and electronica, and mixing it all together into a big dub-infused whole, his debut solo LP is a fresh and exciting journey in sound.

The "The Mirror With No Reflection" LP may well be Orpheos DeJournette's first solo offering, but this is no novice. As a founding member of Mephisto Odyssey, Orpheos helped introduce the still alien sounds of rave and electronica to an enraptured West Coast audience.

Stretching back to 1993, Mephisto Odyssey were true pioneers of a sound that would ultimately sweep the country and the world. Their other-worldly releases soon got them attention and they became the first electronic group to sign to Warner Bros Records.

They remixed Jane Addiction’s classic ‘So What’ and went on to work with Soul Coughing, Los Amigos Invisibles and The Bassbin Twins to name but three. Orpheos was at the forefront of this success, but he yearned to try his hand at his own personal musical vision.

Inspired as much by his roots in the Goth scene and the glamour of David Bowie as he was by electronica pioneers DJ Shadow and Massive Attack, Orpheos began working on his own tracks four years ago. This LP is just the first taste of the amazing fruits of this labor.

Writing, singing, arranging, playing and producing every note of the four tracks on show on “The Mirror With No Reflection” Orpheos ably demonstrates his unique gifts.

You can hear the Gothic influences in the haunting vocal stylings of “On The Run” and
“I Won’t Look Back”, while the funky breaks on “Kiss These Chains” would sound equally at home in a club as in the bedroom. There is a versatility here in just ten songs that some artists struggle to match throughout a whole career.

Yet, this is still a singular vision running through this record. It creates sonic landscapes as much alive as those of the great composers. As Orpheos himself acknowledges, he is almost a mere conduit for the music: “It’s as if the record made itself through me,” he says. “I really wish I had the ability to plan songs in advance but they seem to have a mind and spirit of their own.”

Modest as this may be, you will hear what he means on “The Mirror With No Reflection” LP. This is organic music that can only come from someone with a unique vision.

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