Erkadur
Do you like progressive metal? Do you like BASS? If so, buy this now!
The soundscape this band creates in each track is mesmerizing and takes to you to many different places (all with 2 basses and 1 drummer no less).
This is their best album to date in terms of the sounds/genres it blends, overall complexity, and production. Well done and I highly recommend! This will keep me very aurally satisfied until their next release. <3
Favorite track: Base Camp.
The world’s most prominent bass driven instrumental rock act, Australia’s The Omnific, return with their sophomore opus, The Law Of Augmenting Returns, an audacious and magnificent triumph - to be released on June 7, 2024 via Wild Thing Records. The Law Of Augmenting Returns explores the notion that the more effort you invest in your artistry, the greater the rewards you reap. While staying true to The Omnific's core, this powerful trinity of bass and drums has fulfilled this prophecy, pushing their creative boundaries to unprecedented heights. A tremendous body of work transpired, traversing the intense, the emotionally charged, and the humorous, appealing to a wide range of musical palates. The production team of critically acclaimed debut record Escapades (2021) reassembled for the release, including Adam Bentley (mixing, Arch Echo), Ermin Hamidovic (mastering, Periphery), and Josh Saunders (artwork); with the majority of programming handled by the band’s own Matt Fack. The album encompasses an array of instrumentation never used before on a The Omnific record, such as Bass VI, Fretless Warwick played with an EBow, live brass including Trumpet and Trombone, and Vocals on opener The Omnific ≈ Bass; a barbershop quartet foreword by genre legend Tim Waurick, and excerpts from Luke Taylor of Heartline. The title track embraces bass solos from British YouTube sensation Charles Berthoud, and exhilarating Australian newcomer Kai den Hertog, while the intricate keyboards of Rohan Sharma (I Built The Sky) appear fluently throughout the album. However, despite all of this, in true steadfast fashion, The Omnific’s realm is yet to feature a guitar, and long may the lords of bass reign.
credits
released June 7, 2024
Bass: Matt Fack
Bass: Toby Peterson-stewart
Drums: Jerome Lematua
All Songs Written By The Omnific
Track 1: The Omnific ≈ Bass Ft. Tim Waurick & Luke Taylor Of Heartline
Track 2: The Law Of Augmenting Returns Ft. Charles Berthoud & Kai Den Hertog
Track 8: Double Malt Ditty Ft. Rohan Sharma
Bass Engineered By Toby Peterson-Stewart
Kai den Hertog Solo Engineered by Josh Richens
Drums Engineered By Declan White
Mixed By Adam Bentley
Mastered By Ermin Hamidovic
Cello & Double Bass By Joshua Verco
Trombone By Pranav Roy
Trumpet By Tobias Bottrall
Bass Vi By Josh Saunders
Drums Recorded At Pony Music
Programming By Matt Fack
Additional Programming By Rohan Sharma
Additional Programming By Josh Saunders
Photography By Ekaterina Gorbacheva
Artwork, Cd & Vinyl Layout By Josh Saunders
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As a 50 plus year old guitarist, Plini has introduced me to a whole beautiful new world of incredible beauty, innovation and sheer musical brilliance. Not only is the art of electric guitar not dead, it is thriving and evolving in ways that I could never have envisioned. And Plini has gotten me excited about instrumental music as I have not been in quite some time. Much love, appreciation, and admiration to you, Plini! Thank you for sharing your brilliance with all of us. ericpolito