Mixtape #131

Orions Belte are a real treat. Playful, breezy and driving in equal measures, their music is fun as hell and instantly stood out to us. Earlier this year, the Norwegian trio of Øyvind Blomstrøm, Chris Holm and Kim Åge Furuhaug released their second album, Villa Amorini, an impeccable eleven track LP that feels fresh and infectious, drawing influences from disparate genres, with groove elements lurking beneath it all. We're thrilled to unveil the superb mixtape they put together for us, mirroring their array of influences. Not bound to a specific genre, their mix is a gift that keeps on giving. Press play and enjoy!

  1. Jim Sullivan – U.F.O [Monnie / Light In The Attic]
  2. Nas – Moments [Mass Appeal]
  3. Knxwledge – Koldjawn
  4. Sven Wunder – Natura Morta [Piano Piano/  Mr Bongo]
  5. U. Srinivas – Malai Pozudinile [Globe Style]
  6. Ryuichi Sakamoto – riot in Lagos [Alfa Music, Inc]
  7. Sonny Sharrock – Blind Willie [Enemy Records]
  8. Miles Davis – Maiysha [Columbia / CBS]
  9. Flukten – Pave Toten Totten [Odin]
  10. Mamman Sani – Kobon Lerai [Sahel Sounds]
  11. Mike Cooper – White Shadows [Room40 / Sacred Summits]
  12. The Shadows – Wonderful Land [EMI]
  13. The Electric Prunes – General Confessional [Reprise Records]
  14. Alessandro Alessandroni – Rocking Moon [Stella Records]

Orions Belte unveil video for new single ‘Lotus’ off upcoming album Villa Amorini

Orions Belte, the outfit of Øyvind Blomstrøm, Chris Holm and Kim Åge Furuhaug, are gearing up to release their new album Villa Amorini. The Norwegian trio named the album after a Bergen restaurant which was a vibrant place for live music and long nights in the 90’s and belonged to Holm’s family. Serving as “a homage to an era of loud music, club nights, ugly shirts and long afterparties”, as the band puts, Villa Amorini, unlike their previous record, “might sound more like big city night life and chaotic afterparties.”

Villa Amorini will be released on April 9th through Jansen Records and Orions Belte have recently shared a slick, expansive and propulsive new single called ‘Lotus’. It comes with a fitting video filmed by Nikolai Grasaasen up on a mountain top in Fresvik called Mulakamben. Take a look.