The High Castle Teleorkestra is hatching: Tim Smolens & Chris Bogen talk “The Egg That Never Opened”!

Tim Smolens & Chris Bogen, the driving duo behind the newly founded High Castle Teleorkestra, talk about the creation of “The Egg That Never Opened”, the first part of a planned trilogy based on Philip K. Dick’s novel “Radio Free Albemuth”, out July 17 on Art As Catharsis.

Chapters:

02:45 the spark that initiated the creation of High Castle Teleorkestra

07:30 dissecting the first chapter of Philip K. Dick’s Radio Free Albemuth

11:00 mashing up genres that don’t seem to fit together on paper

16:35 Estradasphere and HCT: integrating folk music from around the world into heavy music in an interesting way

19:30 playing Metal while not being a Metal band

23:30 live plans with High Castle Teleorkestra?

26:40 the all-star Teleorkestra line-up on The Egg that Never Opened

🎵 High Castle Teleorkestra is:

Tim Smolens (Estradasphere, I.S.S., Don Salsa, Secret Chiefs 3 etc.) (Colorado): bass, chief producer, keyboards, cello, vox

Chris Bogen (Doc Booger) (New Orleans): guitars, co-producer, analog synths, noise collages

Bär McKinnon (Umlaut, Mr. Bungle) (Australia): tenor sax, flute, keyboards, clarinet, vox

Dave Murray (Estradasphere, Traun) (California): drums, resident polyrhythmic metal specialist

Stian Carstensen (Farmers Market) (Norway) accordions, pedal steel guitar, our resident Bulgarian music specialist, virtuosic multi-instrumentalist

Timba Harris (Estradasphere, Secret Chiefs 3, Probosci) (France): violin, viola, string arrangements

💿 Discography:

The Egg That Never Opened - Radio Free Albemuth Part 1 (2022)

✔️ Follow High Castle Teleorkestra:

Website: https://highcastleteleorkestra.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HighCastleTeleorkestra

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/highcastleteleorkestra/

Youtube: https://bit.ly/HighCastleTeleorkestraYT

Bandcamp: https://highcastleteleorkestra.bandcamp.com/

Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3sPNyqZ

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