Orkestra Digitalis by Future Pilot AKA

9 years in the making this album was not originally intended to be
released via the conventional format of an album release. Initially
the individual recordings were hidden in the elements by the artist
(shorelines/ hills/wind farms/ islands and lochs) as part of a
#soniktreasurehunt sound/research project across Scotland.

After all the hidden tracks were discovered by music fans via clues/co-ordinates shared on social media by the artist, Dade decided to 'curate' a one-off edition of these recordings in the format of a picnic hamper as a conclusion to the #soniktreasurehunt. This was discovered at a bus-stop near Faslane Nuclear base. After several years since the discovery of the 'one-off edition' Glass Modern are thrilled to bring together these tracks and finally present these in the classic format of 'the album'.

Future Pilot AKA music is highly collaborative and Dade’s previous recordings have featured contributions from a range of artists including Philip Glass, Damo Suzuki, MikeyDread, The Pastels, The Go-Betweens.

Featured on Orkestra Digitalis are contributions from Soft Machine legend Robert Wyatt (he posted Dade a cassette of his vocals lines), Ethiopian jazz master Mulatu Astatke (making his vocal debut on a tribute to Charles Mingus), Brian Eno collaborator Leo Abrahams, Canadian singer-songwriter Ron Sexsmith, Scottish artists Emma Pollock (Delgados), R M Hubbert, Craig Armstrong and Turner Prize Award Winning Artist Martin Boyce who meditates on a quote from an Orange Juice classic.

The first singles ‘Tutti Shruti’ (ft Robert Wyatt) and 'The Art Of Good Breathing' (ft EmmaPollock/Ron Sexsmith) have received support from radio DJ’s including Gideon Coe, Lauren Laverne, Steve Lamacq, Mary Anne Hobbs, Vic Galloway & Shaun Keavney.

Tracklist

1.	Morning Prayers (Ashes At My Guru's Feet)	1:28

2.	The Art of Good Breathing (feat. Emma Pollock/Ron Sexsmith)	5:05

3.	Tutti Shruti (featuring Robert Wyatt)	4:55

4.	hetookherhand / Intuition Told Me Pt.1	3:40

5.	Holy Water	1:01

6.	The Sound Of Jura	6:30

7.	Music Like A Vitamin	3:01

8.	Jai Gopala	3:32

9.	Tu Pyar Ka Sagar Hai	5:56

10.	The Slave's Lament	4:25

11.	Mingus Take Your Bow And Paint My Heartstrings With Sunshine	7:18

Credits

released September 13, 2019

Produced by Sushil K Dade at La Chunky Studios, Glasgow
with Colin McGeoch & Ronan Breslin.
Additional Recording at Gorbals Sound, Glasgow.
Engineer Cameron Malcolm

Sushil K Dade: Bass/Misc/Tapes/Electronics/Drum Kit/Esraj
Dr Raymond MacDonald: Saxophones
Douglas MacIntyre: Guitars |Colin McIlroy: Guitars
Dave McGowan: Guitars/Drums/Bass/Pedal Steel
Colin McGeoch: Electronics/Tapes
Stuart Brown: Drums/Percussion/Electronics
David McGuinness: Piano/Keys/Melodica/Electronics
Vinita Dade: Vocals | Radhika Dade: Vocals
Anurudh Dade: Vocals/Percussion
Iain MacInnes: Bagpipes/Lowland Pipes/Whistle
Emma Pollock: Vocals | Mairi Campbell: Vocals
Paul Mills: Vocals | Tom Gibbs: Keyboards/Clavinet
John Maxwell Hobbs: Guitar/SFX
Joyce Terrett: Sarangi | Hardeep Dheere: Tablas
Martin Boyce: Voice
Ronan Breslin: Trombone/Hammond/Piano
David MacKenzie: Percussion
Leo Abrahams: Guitars | R M Hubbert: Guitars
Mulatu Astake: Vocals | Craig Armstrong: Electronics
Ron Sexsmith: Backing Vocals | Robert Wyatt: Vocals
hetookherhand / Intuition Told Me Pt.1 features samples of Kronos Quartet
extrapolated within the piece hetookherhand (Recorded at Hamilton Mausoleum by Sushil K Dade)
Special thanks to the voices of Bearsden Primary School Choir on Mingus
Take Your Bow And Paint My Heartstrings With Sunshine

Photography/Artwork: Sushil K Dade/Future Pilot Art
(Cover shot a Hiroshima Memorial Peace Park. Japan)

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