Selected tracks from the 2014-2019 sessions, tastefully edited down into more munchable bites, each one having its own distinctive flavour
Available to stream, with ‘sleeve notes’ and links to download the albums for free
My personal favourite collections are Cubest 014 taken from a single session, Cubest 019, Cubest 026, Cubest 029 and Cubest 030. Cubest 020, Cubest 022, Cubest 025, Cubest 027 and Cubest 028 stand up pretty well on their own too
The first cube orchestra selection; a cross-section of sounds interspersed with interruptions and feedback
Featuring: Rub Shoulders > Duh-Nung Na Nuh-Nung > Ripple > Parp Parp > Flitter > Ka Ring > Rhythmic Descendent > Gargle > Funky Jogger > Surge > Gritty Muesli > Mario
The second cube orchestra selection; a more complete album, with many vocal contributions
Featuring: Y Tu Y Yo > Valet Parking > Bu-Da Bu-Da Bu-Da Bu-Da > Reality And Pornography > Reverberation > Sincerity Skank > Future Flux > Long Time > It’s The Sex Olympics
The third cube orchestra selection; more strong vocal contributions alongside our standard inventive playing
Featuring: Plate It Up And Serve With Relish > Lucky Boy, Lucky Man > Further In The Future > Da-Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da > Hey Hey You’re Alright > Slow Motion Devotion > Trouble With The Clangers > Queremos Paz > Tortilla Slice > We Will All Go Together When We Go
The fourth cube orchestra selection; a little more experimental in places
Featuring: False Start > We Synthesise > Palestinian Minion > Lost At Sea > Funeral For Freddie > Ragga Swagger > Warp Zero > Radio Newsnight > Gala
The fifth cube orchestra selection; just six tracks, allowing fine wine room to breathe
Featuring: Gleaming Dream > Cuneiform Supplication > Cough Up > Faux Jangles > Mantra L > Wild Song
The epic uncut album, with just two unedited tracks; story-telling put to music
Featuring: Don’t Say I Never Warned You (Remote Assistance) > Future History Lesson
A good mix of beats and bursts with an epic track for the prog lovers out there
Featuring: Open Up > Spinning Plates > Clanger > No Signal > Outburst > Permonitions > Fairground Ride
The Cube Orchestra pop album
Featuring: When’s The Last Post? > Another Bad Day > Yip Yap Happy Clappy > Bad Throat > Desperado > Accord > Why? Why? > Just… > In The Mood To Play > Took A Long Time (To See What The Truth Is)
Back to extended pieces, but covering a wide gamut of musical genres in just four tracks
Featuring: Over Sand, Sea And Sky > Stomach Pump > Smokey Joe’s > It Came From The Dark Star
A cohesive album from a single session, with lots of singing and inventive playing
Featuring: Bring Me My Zimmer > Spring Is Here > Stride With A Purpose > Spook Geek Journey Time > Shuffle The Deck > Ketamine Walk > The Art Of Pushing The Buttons > Crash Course For The Rovers
With influences as varied as Gong, Hendrix, Dave Brubeck and ourselves, of course
Featuring: Take The Register > Caught Myself Out > Glad It Wasn’t Me > We Had A Tuneful Conversation > Lost A Day Today > Nuclear Family Waltz
Plenty of harmonious instruments featured here, but the synth is king
Featuring: Where’s My Chewing Gum? > Open The Gates > Oscillateur Harmonique > Gently Does It > Looked Around And Drank It All In > Platypussy > Synth Say The word > Timpani Alley
An excursion into the realm of musical pieces and proficiency, with the odd bum note here and there
Featuring: Twisted Mister > Heavy Breather > I Wanna Love Someone Like You > Magneto Melodrama In F Minor > Secret Silver Service > Sub-Atomic Particles > A Ship In Every Port > Go Ahead, Make A Mark > Never Trust A Man with A Beard
A bumper edition of tunes taken from a single session. When you hear it you’ll know why they were all kept together
Featuring: Ill-Prepared For The Wonder > Custard-Filled Wellies > We’re Falling > Drum And Bass Time > My Truth, Your Truth > Red Light On > This Feeling’s A Keeper > Madness Befits Me > To Be Half Of Something > Every Day > Crazy One
Almost a full album, with tunes that your memory may find familiar, but never like this
Featuring: How Low Can You Go? > Engage Coffee Machine > Best Stick To The Path > Navajo > Stand Off > Showing My Appreciation > The Free Market Of The Beast (Part Two) > The Great Controversy Is Over
Presenting six tracks through the edit, censored, manipulated, cut and pasted …
Featuring: Brain Melt > Mikolaiv > Pass The Mustard > These Strange Feelings > Freaks > Prelude To A Quaalude
Blending familiar formats into elastic, madcap merriment, whilst exploring funky adventures in sonic improvisation …
Featuring: Run Away From The Circus > Don’t Turn Your Back On Me > One Step At A Time > New Beginnings > Floating Through Custard > Questions In My Mind > To The Bottom Of The Ocean
Cubest 018 presents two sides of the same coin with differing outcomes as a double mini-album …
Featuring: In The Olden Days… > Long Phase > Slight Sense Of Urgency > Have A Bash > Funky Odour > Jack Input > Drop Me A Line > This Ancient World > Victory > Baby, Baby, Baby > Wah The Funk? > All Good Things Must Come To An End > This Is Not A Library
The long-awaited return of the format, with an excellent choice of tunes, even if I say so myself …
Featuring: Where The Wild Things Are > Contagion In The Plagal Of The Fourth Tone > Everything We Do Is Noted > Tu Ne Sais Pas > Getting Hungry Again
Adventures into pop, jazz, ballads, salsa, synth pop, rock … Jump in and vive la difference …
Featuring: Give It To Me When I’m Ready > Close To The Edge > Happy Now > Won’t You Go? > Skating On Thin Ice > Hit Me > If I Was To Run Would You Follow Me? > God Is A Soundman
Short comedic pieces, extended dreamscapes and an inability to find the end … An accurate snapshot of a day in the life of our orchestra …
Featuring: Me Duele Mucho > Kon-Tiki > Meanwhile… > The Best Things Come To Those Too Late > Toreador March
Changing the focus onto featured instruments and arrangements through the use of space … When structure becomes elastic or provides a springboard …
Featuring: The Recombobulation Area > Challenge The Leadership > Incredible Inedibles > Mr Bayes’s Troops > Spine Tattoos > Serious Mass
Sometimes hacking at a piece of music doesn’t do it any justice, better to leave it as is and enjoy the entire journey through our musical minds …
Featuring: Bedlam B&B > Your Sensual Face > Feat Of Recall
Picking out a variety pack of tunes with unexpected turns, some great musicianship and a momentus closing track …
Featuring: Wind The Clock Back Up > ¡Anda Ya! > Interference Fit > It Was A Bad Day For Rusky Boz > Ordering Takeaway
One session, almost in its entirety, with little editing, pleasingly rounded, with some great vocals from Priscilla Andersohn …
Featuring: Planet Gong > A Fair Few > Wonderous Sky > Fantabulosa > Even Then > You Belong To Me > An Unkind Vision > Makes No Difference > Found The Spring In My Step
A good mix of spacey and more ‘traditional’ approaches, personalised by vocals from those who often steer clear of the mic …
Featuring: Kerbal Space Program Delta V Map > Vladivostok Velveteen > In The City > We Dare To Dream > Valida Vorsorge > Some Days > Surfing The Gravitational Waves > Départ Dans L’Affection Et Le Bruit Neufs > Made In Bristol
More treats from our recent sessions, this time with a decidedly humorous tip …
Featuring: Security Blanket > Wabi-Sabi > Ben > Morning Jog > Black Hole > Muster The Forces > Keep It Real > Congratulations
From Punk to Gospel, Hip Hop to Thrash, Kitsch to Quirky, we try our best to cover all the bases …
Featuring: Someone Shot The Speaker > The Gift Of The Gab > An Ting > Masque Masque > Phantom Thread > Against The Odds > If You See The Light Just Turn Away > Take Me To The Angels
Totally hacked tracks and pristine presentations together with a mix of in-betweeners, it’s got everything …
Featuring: Waldeinsamkeit > Skullduggery LARP > Nonconformisticity > By My Mother > Gwendolen > I Hear What You Say > Time Wasted Is Not Wasted Time
Saving the best for last? This could be the ultimate collection of madcap, joyous, brooding and other such superlatives as tunes …
Featuring: Babel Fish Earmuffs > Such A Pretty Life > Cosmic Wave > Dead On My Feet > Icebreaker > Sad Soul > Carve Your Own Path