Vibracathedral Orchestra is an England-based

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ensemble that has been active since 1998.

Biography

The group were formed in Leeds in 1998 when Mick Flower, Neil Campbell and Julian Bradley, who had released a number of homemade cassettes together, joined with Bridget Hayden and Adam Davenport. Most of the group's earliest recordings, most made by recording live to 2-track, were self-released though many underground labels, including VHF Records, Giardia, Eclipse, U-Sound, Qbico, Textile and Freedom From, have also put out a number of Vibracathedral records. They have twice been featured in session on

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, given an hour-long slot each time. Although very much a fixed unit, the line-up has been occasionally augmented by the likes of

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, John Godbert,

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, John Clyde Evans (latterly known as Tirath Singh Nirmala), and Tom Greenwood (of

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). Julian Bradley left the group in 2004 with both Neil Campbell and Bridget Hayden following him in 2006. A new album, ''Wisdom Thunderbolt'', featuring Chris Corsano and Matthew Bower as guests, was released on VHF in 2007. The group performed at the Colour Out of Space festival in Brighton in August 2008 with a line-up of Flower, Davenport and Bradley. According to John F Szwed's biography of Sun Ra, ''Space is the Place'', the original Vibra-Cathedral Orchestra was a 1930s jazz band from Ra's home town of Birmingham, Alabama, which was previously called the Sax-O-Society Orchestra.

Discography

* ''Mothing'' CD-R (1998), self-released * ''Copse'' CD-R (1998), self-released * ''Falling Free You and Me/Filling Sacks with Coloured Scraps'' 10" (1999), self-released * ''The Vibracathedral String Quartet'' CD-R (1999), self-released * ''Music for Red Breath'' CD-R (2000), self-released * ''Vibracathedral String Band / Vibracathedral Drum Troupe'' 7" (2000), Freedom From * ''Lino Hi'' CD (2000), Giardia * ''Hollin'' CD-R (2000), self-released * ''Versatile Arab Chord Chart'' CD (2001), VHF * ''Long Live the Weeds'' CD-R (2001), self-released * ''Their Spines Crumble for a Hug'' cassette (2001), self-released * ''My Gate's Open, Tremble by My Side'' (2001), Roaratorio * ''Hot Booty'' CD-R (2001), VHF * ''Live in Newcastle and Leeds 1999'' cassette (2001), Matching Head Tapes * ''The One You Call the Ghost Train'' 7" (2001), Tonschact * ''Dabbling with Gravity and Who You Are'' (2002), VHF * ''Wearing Clothes of Ash / Baptism Bar Blues'' split with

(2002), Textile *

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with Low (2002), Misplaced Music * ''MMICD'' CD-R (2003), self-released * ''Girls with Rocks in Their Hands'' 7" (2003), Great Pop Supplement * ''Rain Gutter Teasing Rusty Cat Sneezing'' split 7" with Phonophani (2003), Safe as Milk * ''Hex Hostess'' CD-R (2003), self-released * ''Wings over America'' split with Sunroof! (2003), VHF * ''The Queen of Guess'' (2003), VHF * ''U-Sound volume 13: Live in Manchester/Leeds'' CD-R (2003), U-Sound * ''Ragged and Right'' CD-R (2003), self-released * ''Royal Park / Brudenell'' 7" (2003), Gold Soundz * untitled double LP (2004), self-released * ''Live on WFMU'' (2004), Eclipse * ''Pontiac Lady'' triple CD-R (2004), VHF * ''Resonance Session'' CDR (self-released 2005) * ''Qbico U-Night'' 2LP, 2 sides by VCO (Qbico 2005) * ''Øyenstikker utbrudd'' CD-R (2005) self-released * ''Live at Audioscope '04'' split 10" with

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(2005), Fourier Transform * ''Smash! Smash! Smash!'' CD-R (2005), self-released * ''Tuning to the Rooster'' CD (2005), Important * ''Saved by the Bird'' CD-R (2005), self-released * ''VCO @ ATP 2004'' CD-R (2006), Spirit of Orr * ''The Sun Balance / The Open Knot'' (2007), Qbico * ''Wisdom Thunderbolt'' (2007), VHF * ''Get it?'' / ''Baptised By Intuition'', split 7" with Infinite Light (2009), Krayon Recordings * ''The Momentary Aviary'' LP (2009), Manhand * ''Joka Baya'' LP (2010), VHF * ''The Secret Base'' LP (2010), VHF * ''Smoke Song'' LP (2010), VHF * ''untitled'' split CD-R w. Death Shanties (2015), self-released

References

External links

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{{Authority control English experimental musical groups Musical groups established in 1998 Musical groups from Leeds Drone music groups