Birds Of Paradise - out now

The new Auntie Flo album, inspired by Goa, is here. Join us for the Bandcamp listening party Tues 28th 7pm. Some early reviews.

Birds Of Paradise by Auntie Flo is officially out! I’m sold out of the vinyl on Bandcamp but getting some more copies asap, so please order and I’ll post as soon as I can. Alternatively, it should be stocked in all good record stores so you can support that way. It’s been really satisfying to see so many orders in advance, and from all over the world - Australia, Canada, France etc despite ludicrously high postage costs.

Bandcamp Listening Party - 28.10 7pm GMT

Hope you can join us for the Bandcamp Listening Party - Tuesday 28th 7pm GMT. SIGN UP HERE - it’s basically a temporary web chat room where we collectively listen through to the album online and I answer any questions and give some insights into how each track was made. I’ve done one before and they are quite fun - an echo back to the glory days of web 1.0 :)

Streaming Links

For streamers - here is the Spotify link:For

For other streaming/download options CLICK HERE

All paid supporters of A State Of Flo will receive a free download. Super supporters will be sent a copy of the vinyl record as well as other records from the back cat, and everything coming up on the label…

Here’s Mount Koya, looking and sounding divine on Brian Eno’s turntable!

Reviews

Review’s are coming in on DJ Mag and Electronic Sound and here’s one that just landed on Test Pressing:

Albums with a high concept or very specific set of ground rules can feel constricted and while there always has to be respect for those projects, and their adherence to those parameters, those restrictions can lead to a loss of something else. Not so on Birds Of Paradise. The intersection of those natural, organic sounds has rarely sounded so good. Joyful, without being mawkish or contrived and definitely not euphoric in a negative sense. Each track ebbs and flows in a unique way, tying together the organic sounds of forests and mangroves with driving drums and flowing rhythms.

‘Paradise 23’ snakes along with an uplifting keyboard vamp and mid-tempo beat to move things into gear. ‘Ceibo’ is a little darker, there’s an extended backing drone that builds tension while the melody plays on top. ‘Joy Mantra’ is just that, a nimble marimba interspersed with clashing hi-hats and a proper bounce. ‘Earth NRG’ probably captures best the spirit of Birds Of Paradise, even listening hard, it becomes difficult to separate the organic and man made noises as they become one. As well as India, the Japanese environment has provided textures ripe for being interwoven to the fabric of the music being made, and tracks like ‘Mount Koya’ capture that sound clash brilliantly. Each track on Birds of Paradise has something different to say but they all translate the language of nature to the dancefloor.

“A genuinely terrific album from Brian - brilliant stuff as ever. Love the fluidity and hardware-driven immediacy” Matt Anniss

“The Album is a marvel, from start to finish. Percussion Heaven. Auntie Flo has created something very special. Refining a new tropical Balearic Sound, lush hypnotic and awesome” Kate Hutchison

“this is soooo Good... I love what Auntie Flo does but this fusion of old percussion and future sounds is sublime... Mount Koya is CRAZILY good and the whole album is amazing...” Ross Allen

Making Of BTS

Thanks to everyone supporting :)