orbit service is randall frazier, with help currently from dennis swanson (day dissolved dream), brian gerhard, greg nichols and chris schumak
Influences
pink floyd, syd barrett, legendary pink dots, the cure, current 93, the smiths, the church, sisters of mercy, smashing pumpkins, a cruel and harsh existence on a trash-covered planet.
Sounds Like
"This band is in a class of its own, where the more sociopathic side of Pink Floyd meets the twisted musical imagery of the Legendary Pink Dots and Edward Ka-Spel, as unlikely as it seems. Emotionally draining and highly recommended."
- Fracois Couture, All Music Guide
An altruistic dark side of the moon proposition, Eta Carinae is a star 120-150 times the size of our own sun that lies a mere 7000+ light years from this island Earth. Discovered by no less than Edmond Halley his bad self in the late 17th century, Eta Carinae has been observed to fluctuate between telescopic and naked eye proportions over the past 3 centuries. Eta Carinae is in the last throes of its long life, with only about another
100,000 or so years to go before a likely supernova. It seems fitting that one of the most majestic and awesome of the celestial bodies should be serenaded by someone. Orbit Service have certainly taken space, the atom mother, to heart in this progressive ode. And like the star in their eyes the album expands and contracts from white hot to blue cool. The resultant cosmic astro-dirge howls in a bubbly flurry of electro-buzz and slowly
pulsing drumbeats. Vocal whispers rise into muted wails, pushing against the very fabric of firmament itself before being drawn back into the gaseous miasma of the star-field. Violence and silence interlaced, as in the life of a sun. Or in the life of a son. The lyrics cast shadows on the stuff of terra firma and of the heart as well, making this just as much about inner space. Orbit Service's cris de coeur is a shaded psychedelic parallectrogram that almost answers the question: what if the star baby at the end of '2001: A Space Odyssey' was the product of Thom York and Roger Waters?. Orbit Service at your service. Wish you were here...
we recently did a cover of the Magnetic Fields song "My Only Friend" for our friends at Slightly Confusing To A Stranger. we're giving it away for free, so if you want it, click here
Indeed, Beta Lactam has released some stuff by decent bands...Green Milk from the Planet Orange, and Audiosapien stick out the most for me, I didn't quite enjoy Reynol's music, it sounded pretentious and borderline retarded, especially with that singer/drummer of theirs. I have yet to check out some more though...
Hello my dear friends! I am so happy to found you on myspace again and I am astonished that you remember me. I still love your album "Twlight" and it often lays in my player. Great music for every time, I love your songs a lot. All my best wishes to you Martina from Germany
thanx for that appreciative comment Randall very pleased to read you like my new song, just read you have assembled a new line up and are recording which is great news. Can't wait to be "in Orbit" again...
Hey my friends,did you guys checked my reply to my previous mail?,I sent you my address & all the info about this Magazine & my other Magazines,check your mail read & led me know what can I do to help Orbit Service ok.I'll expect those cd's soon,keep doing amazing music,cheers from Puerto Rico lml ;).
Howdy ya'll, just moved to Ft. Collins, we should do a show together at Hodi's. Check us out we saw you guys in Salt Lake and totally dig the label yer signed to. GMFTO Rule !!!
awesome man... yeah i guess it's getting more and more popular through the years.. well good luck with him, is it your first? mine is... anyways, eta carinae is so good man, got it a couple weeks ago and havent been able to stop listening to it... good luck with everything... johnny NJ
love the music - as always...looks like we'll be in Denver Oct 12 @ Lion's Lair (9:30p) & the 13th @ the Tarmints CD release (time TBD), if you're not otherwise occupied... /j (usx bass)
