ACCIDENTAL ORCHESTRA

ALLEGRO ABSURDITO The first recording on Tone Casualties by international artists improvising on random instruments. If you like "Throbbing Gristle", Frank Zappa or King Krimson, this one will delight you.

Music reflecting a true vision of experimental form. The Accidental Orchestra was formed by a group of avant garde artists and free form thinkers. So radical was their first record, it was never released. Locked in Tone Casualties' vault for over a year, the Accidental Orchestra's first, masterful "miscreation" has been finally uncovered. A free form, musical experience,"Allegro Absurdito" is a vast, surrealistic trip across a wide expanse of musical styles.
It features over an hour of offbeat structures, improvised acid jazz and electronic whispers. This is a must for the listener with the discriminating ear.

The artists:

Don Barozzo: percussion, trumpet
Diana F. Bukowsky: percussion
Gabor Csupo: digital saxophone,computer programming, Tanzanian kalimpa, keyboards, samplers,percussion,wine glass and spoon
D.S.Eccles: keyboards, drums, computer programming, sound effects,guitar overdubs, voice
Laszlo Lakits: keyboards, samplers
Stocky: barking
Tamara Varga: digital drums, unexpected drum machines, keyboards

Reviews:

"Organized pieces, in a cut-up fashion. Two, three minute blistering of keyboard, saxophone and percussive crashes.......Very competent work!"
Music From The Empty Quarter (UK)

"The surprise of the week is a batch of Hungarian artists (ANDRAS WAHORN, ACCIDENTAL ORCHESTRA, B.P. SERVICE) from a Hollywood label (!) called Tone Casualties (1258 North Highland Ave.., Hollywood, CA 90038 213-463-0145). Fitting in with the above more in method than in mood, these artists are all pretty unusual, and unafraid of sounds way beyond the usual electronic palette."
CMJ MONTHLY

COLON Second release by "Accidental Orchestra", going into surreal ambiences of dark electronica.

A far darker record marks their return. Still relying on the premise of improvisation, their sophomore release,"Colon," blends rock, jazz and industrial overtones with dark experiments in electronic orchestral noise. Impossible to pigeonhole, the listener is plunged into a dark musical world where nothing is static- territory that is simultaneously hyperkinetic and ambient.

The artists:

Gabor Csupo: keyboards, percussion,digital saxophone,electric violin, harmonica, accordion, FX
D.S.Eccles: keyboards, percussion, bass guitar
Laszlo Lakits: keyboards, percussion
Laszlo Nosek: keyboards, percussion, electric violin
Tamara Varga: percussion, bass guitar, electric violin

Guest Artists:

Joseph Laux: percussion
Igor Kovalyjov: percussion
Andrei Svislovski: bass guitar
Ferenc "Umberto" Varsanyi: percussion

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Reviews:

To paraphrase a famous saying, if you don't like Accidental Orchestra's music, wait a minute. Of course, by that I mean this album evolves through many different sounds throughout its course, and part of it will probably appeal to just about anyone with a taste for the experimental side of things. Although the whole release has a theatrical soundtrack feel to it (with the theatrical side being a bit more prominent), the music ranges from experiments in sample manipulation to organic-sounding synth marimba/oboe duets, to bizarre industrial factory rhythms, to eerie moments of quiet contemplation. There is a lot of ground covered here. The mix of real and synthetic instruments is perfect throughout and the live drumming is constant reminder that this is the offspring of a performance group, not a sequencer demo track."
INDUSTRIAL NATION

"Dark, eerie, tribal percussions, snippets of modern-styled horn segments, deep rhythms, and less-than-light melodies of a subtle nature are each a part of this strange symphony. The occasional deep bass sounds are very nice; too bad that there was not a more extravagant utilization on this CD of such sounds. Occasionally the sounds desolve into new age melodies."
ANGRY THOREUAN

"This CD is refreshingly spontaneous and interactive, a heady combination of rock, jazz and industrial with heavy emphasis on percussion. The music here sounds like real-time interaction among the five members of the "orchestra," four of whom double on keyboards and percussion (treated and otherwise), with three also credited on electric violin. Band members seem to challenge each other; textures, timbres and rhythms change constantly, and there's seldom the feeling anyone is opting for easy solutions. Lyrical moments and wisps of melody emerge unexpectedly from the chaos, and then just as unexpectedly disappear. Gentle marimba patterns and synthesized choirs intertwine with ominous scrapings, clickings and guttural electronics; intricately-textured free-jazz drumming whirls and crashes over a primitive, pounding tribal pulse, Most timbres and colors are electronically altered beyond easy recognition, creating confusion as to the physical source of the sound. At over ten minutes, "Prominent Shortcomings" is the most ambitious (and disorienting) piece, but all 12 selections are challenging and distinct, revealing a keen and sophisticated musical intelligence."
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