The Sorcerers - In Search of the Lost City of the Monkey God [ATA Records]

Format: LP in printed sleeve.
CAT: AR167VL

The Sorcerers began work on the new album during the winter of 2018, and it was during the writing sessions for this album that the concept for the LP began to take shape. The album’s name was taken from the title of a National Geographic article read by bassist Neil Innes and was used as the starting point for the entire concept. The 60s and 70s library music scene has always been an intrinsic part of the ATA Records sound, so it made perfect sense to imagine the album as a soundtrack, given the cinematic quality of The Sorcerers’ music.

Each track was written with a particular scene in mind and then the music was sculpted in the studio to best reflect the essence of that scene. Drums, bass, and percussion provide the solid foundation upon which flutes, bass clarinets, xylophones, and vibraphones add the atmospheric and melodic counterpoint, skilfully interwoven to evoke images of the unrelenting environment of the dense jungle, unknown eyes watching the protagonists of the imagined film as they push towards their ultimate goal, their pursuit by unseen assailants, the arcane mysticism of yet-to-be-discovered charge cultists, and the ancient ruins of long-gone civilizations.