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Whatitdo Archive Group – Palace Of A Thousand Sounds (LP Yellow marble vinyl) [Record Kicks RKX088M]

By popular demand, Record Kicks presents a reissue of the highly acclaimed album ‘Palace Of A Thousand Sounds‘ by US cinematic outfit Whatitdo Archive Group on limited edition clear yellow marble vinyl. The album explores the worlds of Mid-Century Exotica and Library Music and was originally released in May 2023. Unanimously praised by critics and library music fans alike, the vinyl rapidly sold out but is now issued on clear yellow marble vinyl and limited to 300 copies worldwide. It’s an instant collector’s item!

Drawing from a century of pop and folk sounds from around the world the way only 21st-century crate-diggers can, the album is rooted in an undercurrent of heavy funk that is decidedly here and now. Whatitdo Archive Group showcase the breadth of their influences with disarming confidence, equally at home behind sweeping harp, loungey vibraphone or Turkish bağlama saz. A lush seventeen-piece orchestra commanded by award-winning composer Louis King completes the instrumental mélange, enticing listeners to imagine a borderless planet unified by melody and rhythm.

Once the needle drops, WAG carefully guides you from room to room, sound to sound within the walls of the album’s sonic palace. Listening becomes an aural journey providing glimpses into different worlds both real and imagined; you are everywhere and nowhere all at once—a guest in the grand halls and hanging gardens of time and sound.

Steeped in obscurity, a cult following of crate-diggers and musical oddity collectors has been brewing over the mysterious releases of the Whatitdo Archive Group. Surfacing in 2009 from the high deserts of Reno, NV USA, this three-piece recording collective (Alexander Korostinsky, Mark Sexton and Aaron Chiazza) focuses solely on curating, performing and preserving esoteric soundtrack, library and deep-groove collections.