Odyssey

ODYSSEY started life as The Lopez Singers, a female vocal group from Connecticut, in 1968. The original line up was the three Lopez sisters Carmen, Lillian and Louise, however Carmen left soon after and was replaced by Filipino singer and bassist Tony Reynolds. It was this line-up which went on to have worldwide success with the hit single ‘Native New Yorker’ in 1977, taken from their debut self-titled LP “Odyssey,” which was the first of their albums to be re-issued by BBR. In 1978 Reynolds was replaced by Billy McEachern who gave the group a settled line up which was a springboard for their continued success on both sides of the Atlantic.

Odyssey started out as a New York based band, they later gained a lot of success in the UK gaining 5 top ten hits between 1977 and 1982 as well as three top 40 albums. HANG TOGETHER was released in 1980 and reached #38 in the UK, leading the way for further success with later albums. DON’T TELL ME TELL HER was their first single release and reached #44 stateside.

201: A Pink Floyd Odyssey (2003)

2xDVD5 | 2:17:08 | MPEG2 | NTSC | 720x480 | 16:9 | 29.97fps | Dolby Digital 5.1 | 3.6+2.2GB
Language: English

It is commonly said that Pink Floyd was at one point approached by Stanley Kubrick to perform music for the film "2001 A Space Odyssey". However they turned it down due to other commitments (and Roger Waters said it was his "greatest regret").
This DVD fulfills Roger's dream by synchronizing the whole Stanley Kubrick's movie with several songs from various albums of the Pink Floyd

This November brings many good news and begins with a powerful release by Martins Garden. Odyssey - A Space Symphony - is out now on Merkaba Music! Fan of Japanese movies like Ghost in the Shell, Akira, Totoro and Chihiro, Martins Garden was inspired by the overdramatic kind of Asian film music and created a soundtrack for his own fantasy sci-fi anime movies. The innovative vision is to mix cinematic anime scores with modern psychedelic dub music. For that he studied anime intros, Japanese composers like Kenji Kawai or music from the fantastic Studio Ghibli. But also psychedelic rock and funk music from the 70s and 80s to get that retro future sound. The result is a symphonic and epic sounds but instead of using solo strings, Martins Garden orchestrates with analog sounding synthesizers from the 70s, 80s and 90s.