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Whatitdo Archive Group's 'Palace Of A Thousand Sounds' – Pop Matters' best library record of 2023 – gets a super limited edition reissue on clear yellow marble vinyl. 300 copies only, instant collector's item.
By popular demand, Record Kicks presents a reissue of the highly acclaimed album 'Palace Of A Thousand Sounds' by UScinematic outfit Whatitdo Archive Groupon limited edition clear yellow marble vinyl that drops on June 7th. The albumexplores the worlds of Mid-Century Exotica and Library Music and itwas originally released in May 2023. Unanimously praised by critics and library music fans alike, the vinyl rapidly went sold out and it is now once again available in a new clear yellow marble edition limited to only 300 copies worldwide. It's an instant collector's item!
From its conception in 2021, 'Palace Of A Thousand Sounds' has sought to carry on a legacy set in motion by the likes of Martin Denny, Les Baxter and Juan García Esquivel. Korostinsky, guitarist Mark Sexton, and drummer Aaron Chiazza recorded the album in marathon sessions from Korostinsky's Studio "A," in Reno, Nevada—a mysterious sonic laboratory where the year 1970 has yet to happen, and vintage analog equipment interfaces with modern musical perspectives and experimental recording techniques to produce era-defining sounds.
Drawing from a century of pop and folk sounds from around the world the way only 21st-century crate-diggers can, 'Palace' is rooted in an undercurrent of heavy funk that is decidedly here and now. Whatitdo Archive Group showcase the breadth of their influences with disarming confidence, equally at home behind sweeping harp, loungey vibraphone or Turkish bağlama saz. A lush seventeen-piece orchestra commanded by award-winning composer Louis King (Janelle Monáe, Monophonics) completes the instrumental mélange, enticing listeners to imagine a borderless planet unified by melody and rhythm.
Once the needle drops, W.A.G carefully guides you from room to room, sound to sound within the walls of the album's sonic palace. Listening becomes an aural journey providing glimpses into different worlds both real and imagined; you are everywhere and nowhere all at once—a guest in the grand halls and hanging gardens of time and sound.