‘White Tiger’ by Lightning Orchestra

Exclusive premiere of ‘White Tiger’ by psychedelic jazz group Lightning Orchestra.

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Atlanta based Lightning Orchestra return with ‘White Tiger’, another genre-bending single along with a new video to accompany it made by fellow Atlanta resident and Heavenly Records artist Mattiel.

Led by maverick multi-instrumentalist/vocalist and composer, Travis Murphy, the heavyweight Atlantan twelve-piece meld Fela’s horn arrangements, Issac Hayes-like guitar licks and electric era Miles freedom across six irresistibly intergalactic masterpieces, drawing on influences as wide as Talking Heads, Hendrix, Dr John and a cosmic, contemporary allegiance to The Comet Is Coming, Khruangbin and Here Lies Man. Featuring the new single White Tiger plus For Those Who Are Yet to Be Born, their debut album Source and Delivercomes out on 10th July through Acid Jazz Records.

Comprising a loose network of up to thirty musicians across Atlanta’s dynamic and prominent improv scene, Lightning Orchestra originally formed as the brainchild of bassist/vocalist and multi-instrumentalist, Travis Murphy who moved to Atlanta in 2013 after a number of years travelling across the US. Murphy was introduced to the city’s music scene playing at local jam nights and free improv sessions, before he set out to recruit members for his own project. After a number of shows performing 60s/70s funk, soul and Afrobeat covers from artists like James Brown and Orchestre Poly-Rythmo, Murphy named the group Lightning Orchestra, reasoning “the sound was just so powerful that it needed a powerful name”. Murphy began introducing his own material in to live sets in 2016, beginning the process that culminated in the group’s very first release, Source and Deliver.

“The community has been very supportive and fertile for me personally and for the project and it’s vision. I’ve lived in a lot of different cities, and for me, Lightning Orchestra is only possible because of Atlanta’s diversity and inclusivity.” says Travis.

Having first featured on Acid Jazz’s 2019 AJX500 compilation, Lightning Orchestra join a formidable list of artists to have released on the iconic label including Leroy Hutson and The Brand New Heavies. An album two years in the making, Source and Deliver unites Murphy’s penchant for heavy, psychedelic riffs and powerhouse Afrobeat rhythms into six genre-bending long-form groovers guaranteed to have dancefloors “booty-shaking” worldwide. It is worth the wait.

Pre-order ‘Source And Deliver’, out on 10th July via Acid Jazz Records

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