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

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, 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

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, Giardia, Eclipse, U-Sound, Qbico, Textile and

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, have also put out a number of Vibracathedral records. They have twice been featured in session on Resonance FM, given an hour-long slot each time. Although very much a fixed unit, the line-up has been occasionally augmented by the likes of Matthew Bower, John Godbert,

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, John Clyde Evans (latterly known as Tirath Singh Nirmala), and Tom Greenwood (of Jackie-O Motherfucker). Julian Bradley left the group in 2004 with both Neil Campbell and Bridget Hayden following him in 2006. A new album, ''Wisdom Thunderbolt'', featuring

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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-inch (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-inch (2000),

* ''Lino Hi'' CD (2000), Giardia * ''Hollin'' CD-R (2000), self-released * ''Versatile Arab Chord Chart'' CD (2001),

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* ''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-inch (2001), Tonschact * ''Dabbling with Gravity and Who You Are'' (2002), VHF * ''Wearing Clothes of Ash / Baptism Bar Blues'' split with Jackie-O Motherfucker (2002), Textile * split with

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(2002), Misplaced Music * ''MMICD'' CD-R (2003), self-released * ''Girls with Rocks in Their Hands'' 7-inch (2003), Great Pop Supplement * ''Rain Gutter Teasing Rusty Cat Sneezing'' split 7-inch with Phonophani (2003), Safe as Milk * ''Hex Hostess'' CD-R (2003), self-released * ''Wings over America'' split with

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(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-inch (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-inch with The Telescopes (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-inch 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.

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(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