Orgone (band)
American funk group
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Orgone is an American band from Los Angeles, California.
Orgone | |
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| Origin | Los Angeles, California |
| Genres | Funk, soul, Afrobeat |
| Years active | 1999–present |
| Label | Shanachie |
| Members | Sergio Rios (guitar) Adryon de León (vocals) Dan Hastie (keyboards) Sam Halterman (drums) Dale Jennings (bass) |
| Past members | Niki J Crawford (vocals) Stewart Killen (percussion) Devin Williams (trumpet) Ethan Phillips (bass) Fanny Franklin (vocals) Sean O'Shea (drums) Joel Bowers (saxophone) Tim Glum (bass) Darren Cardoza (trombone) |
| Website | orgonespace.com |
Several members of the band played together from the early 1990s, and Orgone became a regular band in 1999. Many of their early gigs were as a backing band for hip-hop musicians.[1] After a 2001 debut release, the band added vocalist Fanny Franklin to do a cover of "Funky Nassau" by the Beginning of the End; she remained as a full-time member, although much of their music is instrumental.[2] The group released its second album The Killion Floor in 2007,[3] which featured "Funky Nassau" as well as covers of "Do Your Thing" by Isaac Hayes and "I Get Lifted" by Harry Wayne Casey of K.C. and the Sunshine Band.[4][5] In 2010 the band opened for Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings on tour.[6]
Discography
- Orgone (Self-released, 2001)
- The Killion Floor (Ubiquity Records, 2007)
- Bacano (Self-released, 2008)
- Cali Fever (Ubiquity Records, 2010)
- Killion Vaults (Ubiquity Records, 2010)
- Fuzzed Up (Self-released, 2012)
- New You (Self-released, 2013)
- Beyond The Sun (LP: Colemine Records; CD: Shanachie Records, 2015)
- Undercover Mixtape (LP/CD: Colemine Records, 2018)
- Reasons (3 Palm Records, 2019)
- Connection (3 Palm Records, 2020)
- Raw & Direct (3 Palm Records, 2020)
- Moonshadows (3 Palm Records, 2021)
- Lost Knights (3 Palm Records, 2022)
- Chimera (3 Palm Records, 2024)