Isolated Continents: The Forgotten Music of Felix Ookean Vol. III is an instrumental concept album recreating the soundtrack to a 1977 documentary series produced by eccentric Australian nature documentary maker and composer, Felix Ookean. An eclectic trip through late-20th century Australiana and musical esoterica, the album covers a huge amount of stylistic ground, incorporating nods to early synthesiser pioneers, Balinese gamelan, world-music facsimiles, field recordings, and spoken word.
Isolated Continents is the sequel to Echoes of Australis: The Forgotten Music of Felix Ookean Vol. II (cambrianexplosion.bandcamp.com/album/echoes-of-australis)
Praise for Echoes of Australis: The Forgotten Music of Felix Ookean Vol. II (2021):
"This is some awesome stuff [...] The sort of nature soundtrack vibe you guys are creating is a really nice sound palette that allows for some softer textures to shine through." - Tim Smolens (Estradasphere, Secret Chiefs 3)
Praise for The Forgotten Music of Felix Ookean (2011):
“I find your album very interesting.” - Sven Libaek, legendary Australian soundtrack composer
“This is completely out of the box... so strange and quite beguiling.” - Peter Knight, Artistic Director - Australian Art Orchestra
released November 7, 2023
The Cambrian Explosion are:
John Cheong-Holdaway - bass, keyboards, guitars
Rohan Long - vocals, guitars, keyboards, saz, field recordings
Simon Long - keyboards, bass, oud
Jem Savage - drums, bass, guitars, keyboards
Field recording in A Magpie's Lark / Kicau Kucica courtesy of Marc Anderson (2019), Magpie Larks at Coorongooba campground, New South Wales, XC460807, xeno-canto.org.
Recorded and produced by the Cambrian Explosion.
Mixed and mastered by Jem Savage.
Collages by Caleb Colledge
Album cover design by Tim Ware
Band photo by Gavan Mitchell
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