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July 3rd 2026
Standard Vinyl
Ondanaconda does not compose with the jaw harp, but through it. For their self-titled debut album, the quartet turns this lamellophone, often perceived as archaic, into the record's sole sound source. Each piece emerges from specific combinations of instruments, exploring timbral affinities and rhythmic or harmonic potentials, while leaving room for drift and improvisation. Laurent Bruttin, Antoine Läng, John Menoud, and Daniel Zea weave a dense, shifting mass where individual voices dissolve into an organic, almost hallucinatory polyphony.
The self-titled debut album by Ondanaconda is a radical electroacoustic experiment that pushes the boundaries of the jaw harp (lamellophone). Released through the Geneva-based avant-garde label Les Disques Bongo Joe, the four-piece ensemble treats the mouth-operated instrument as an amplified, prepared synthesizer to create organic bass lines, percussive grids, and drone textures.
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