EXPANDING FLOWER PLANET, THE (VINYL)

If you're unfamiliar with Angel Deradoorian's name, you're likely familiar with her voice. As the former bassist and vocalist for Dirty Projector, she's been a member of Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks and sang on Flying Lotus' "Siren Song."
Her first song collection, 2009's 'Mind Raft EP,' elicited praise from Pitchfork for being "passionate and lovingly crafted." But 'The Expanding Flower Planet,' her debut LP, reflects a remarkable creative journey.
If you listen close enough, you can detect faint hints of Alice Coltrane and Can, Terry Riley, and Dorothy Ashby. A new world springs from ancient traditions ? with East Indian, Middle Eastern, traditional Japanese musical inspiration aligned with Deradoorian's singular orbit.
Recorded in various locales over a period of several years, sessions began from scratch in Baltimore, 2011.