M’lumbo
Celestial Mechanics
Release Date: October 9, 2020
Robert Jordan Ray Flatow-[All Tracks] Electronic Keyboards, Key Bass, Suitcase Symphonetta, Ectoplasmic Radio, Percussion, Voice
Lord Cecil Young-[All Tracks] Trumpet, Percussion
Jane Ira Bloom-[All Tracks] Soprano Saxophone, Electronics
Vincent Veloso-[ All tracks except Disc One Tracks 1,3&4 and Disc Two Tracks 4,7&9] Alto Saxophone, Flute, Piano, Electronic Keyboard
Paul-Alexandre Meurens-[All Tracks except Disc One Track 4 and Disc Two Tracks 2,4,6&9] Tenor Saxophone, Flute, Bass Clarinet, Oscillator, Electric Guitar, Ectoplasmic Radio also Horn Arrangement on Disc one Track10
Brian O'Neill-[All Tracks except Disc One Track 3 and Disc Two Track 7] Electric Guitar, Ectoplasmic Radio, Guitar Synth, Percussion
Jaz Sawyer- [All Tracks except Disc One Track 1 and Disc Two Tracks 1&7] Drums
Dehran Duckworth-[All Tracks except Disc One Tracks 1,2,5&9 and Disc Two Tracks 1,3&7] Congas, Percussion
Maureen 'Mo' O'Connor- [On All Tracks except Disc One Tracks 3,4,6,&10 and Disc Two Tracks 2,4,6,&8] Congas, Percussion
Page Hamilton-[On Disc One Tracks 3,8&11 and Disc Two Track 11] Electric Guitar
Andrew Hadro- [On Disc One Tracks 2,5&9 and Disc Two Tracks3&10]-Baritone Saxophone
Emanuel Ruffler- [On Disc One Tracks 2,5&9 and Disc Two Tracks3&10]-Ectoplasmic Radio, Electronic Keyboard
James McClean-[On Disc One Tracks 1&3]-Electronic Keyboard, Ectoplasmic Radio
Eduardo Guedes-[On Disc one Tracks 3&6]-Percussion
Engineering - B.T. O'Neill, D.Duckworth, R.J.R. Flatow, B. Komitor, J. McLean, P.A. Meurens
Producer :R.J.R. Flatow
Associate Producer: B.T.O'Neill
Executive Producer: J.Sawyer
Art Direction: Jed Duvall
All Songs performed and arranged by Robert Jordan Ray Flatow, Paul-Alexandre Meurens and Page Hamilton
Robert Jordan Ray Flatow - Keyboards, Suitcase Symphonetta, Ectoplasmic Radio, Bass, Electronic and Acoustic Percussion, Producer, Assistant Engineer, Voice and Harmonica
Paul-Alexandre Meurens - Tenor Saxophone, Electronic and Acoustic Percussion, Cytoplasmic Cheese Synthesizer, Assistant Producer, Engineer, Flute, Bass Clarinet, Bass, voice and Shoes
Page Hamilton - Electric Guitars, Consulting Producer
Cecil Young - Trumpet on tracks 3, 7, 9, 11 & 13
Dalia Maltese - Narration and Yael Dray- Vocalese on track 6
Vincent Veloso - Alto, Baritone or Soprano Saxophone on tracks 3, 9, & 13
Jarek Szczyglak - Rhythm Guitar on track 5
Baul Shafi Mondol - Vocals on track 10
Maureen O'Connor - Congas, Acoustic Percussion on track 9
James McLean - Spirit Radio, Electronic Percussion on track 9
Artwork by Jed Duvall
Recorded in The Vortex Observatory Room, N.Y.C.
Special thanks to Brian O'Neill and David Whitehead
We would like to dedicate this album to the memory of Ron Boggs, beloved M'lumbo co-founder.
Fairytale Aliens
Release Date: March 20, 2020
M'lumbo was founded in the mid-80's by Robert "M'botto" Ray and "Zombie" Ron Boggs as an escape from commercial music. They were then in, amongst other things, a "rock" band managed by Mick Jagger's manager which included Page Hamilton. To their surprise, early handmade cassettes began selling briskly at local record stores leading to radioplay on over 100 U.S. stations and many rave reviews.
They have since been featured on over 300 public, college and progressive radio stations worldwide, including syndicated shows featuring their music. They and their multimedia crew have done commercials, films and work for MTV, MTV 2, Chrysler, Mini Cooper, and Hyundai; and have drawn countless enraptured reviews, received an ocean of comparisons to Miles Davis, Sun Ra and The Orb, and praise from such disparate avatars as Simpsons' creator Matt Groening, Brian Eno, Carly Simon, DJs Olive and Spooky, Neil Young and Tom Waits, and have influenced several bands along the way (e.g. Sex Mob, Either/Orchestra).
M’lumbo has given countless enthralling performances over the years at both the original and second Knitting Factory (and even the third), as well as at numerous other NYC venues such as Joe's Pub, S.O.B.'s, and St. Anne's Cathedral, with opening acts such as Neotropic, Sean Lennon, Badawi, Mantronix, virtual reality inventor Jaron Lanier, Jojo Meyer's Nerve, dj Muttamasik and Duncan Sheik, with constant recommendations of their shows by Time Out New York, The New Yorker and the Village Voice, and feature articles in The New York Daily News, New York Newsday and New York Press.
Over the years in its different incarnations the band has released albums on labels such as Warner Brothers, Staalplaat and World Domination. Group members have worked as sidemen, directors, editors and sound designers to a host of world-class artists and clients ranging from MTV to Chrysler, ESPN to Abbey Lincoln, Mazda to Luther Vandross, Methodman to Pacha Massive, Gil Evans to P Diddy, Pharrell to Pearl Jam.
For the past few years, they have been combining forces with guitarist and now member Page Hamilton, the “six-string virtuoso” (Time Out New York) who founded and leads the wildly influential and Grammy- nominated band Helmet; with Grammy Award winner Jane Ira Bloom, the possessor of “one of the most gorgeous tones and hauntingly lyrical conceptions of any soprano saxophonist” (Pulse); and with the eclectic and virtuosic Gary Lucas, “one of the best and most original guitarists in America” (Rolling Stone). Some of the fruits of these collaborations can be heard on their recent releases Celestial Ghetto, Tuning In To Tomorrow and Popular Science, on the last of which they returned after long hiatus to wild reinterpretations of famous pop culture “standards”.