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    O.R.k. Premier "Kneel To Nothing"

    O.R.k. Premier “Kneel To Nothing” The Debut Single & Video From New Album Ramagehead

    O.R.k., featuring Italy's celebrated vocalist, producer and award-winning film score composer Lorenzo Esposito Fornasari a.k.a LEF (lead vocals), King Crimson's Pat Mastelotto (drums), Porcupine Tree's Colin Edwin (bass), Marta Sui Tubi's Carmelo Pipitone (guitars) are ready to reveal the first single “Kneel To Nothing” from their forthcoming new album on Kscope - Ramagehead.

    WATCH “KNEEL TO NOTHING” HERE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMfs...ature=youtu.be

    The track “Kneel To Nothing” emphasises the band's bewilderment brought about by our modern world; a world of technological information overload, of uncertainty and post-truth messages. Songwriter Lef explains more “We're not preaching, we'd rather leave the lyrics open to different interpretations, but I guess this is one possible interpretation of the 'Kneel To Nothing' lyrics.

    “As musicians, we collaborate across the miles thanks to the internet, so it goes without saying we aren't against technology in general, but at the same time, it's unarguably clear that the same technology has successfully made its way inside our bodies (and lives) in a potentially dangerous way in the last 20 years.

    “How we react to impulses, live our relationships, and feel in general has become deeply influenced by new tech. We all seem to be trying to outdo each other, we can't get enough of this constant competition through social media, and it's making us more insular in real life. We also place an innate trust in the strength of our senses, but in a evolutionary perspective, we could end up diminishing of all our senses due to our evolving lifestyle. We’re becoming too lazy to read an article - let alone a book, too bored to listen to a song that is longer than 3 minutes, and we relentlessly skip from one impulse to another without really feeling anything. In a way we're therefore 'slaves'. It's not as spooky as the visionary movie directors from the past have pictured it, but it's happening in a subtler, yet still potentially hazardous way. We have somehow we've become both devoted and addicted to our smart phones”

    The forthcoming album Ramagehead was created from the band's collective vision, unique influences and a multi-layered reflection of their powerful and engaging live experience. The resulting epic contains all the ingredients of a fiery O.R.k. performance with dark and heavy riffing, mesmeric atmospheres. Recorded during 2018 at LefMusicStudio (Italy), The Wormhole (USA) and Nightspace (UK). The mixing for Ramagehead was handled by Adrian Benavides and three-time Grammy-winning engineer Marc Urselli (U2, Foo Fighters, Nick Cave), the mastering by Michael Fossenkemper, engineering by Benavides and Bill Munyon (King Crimson), cover art by Adam Jones (TOOL) and design by Denis Rodier (Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman). The recordings, and involvement of SOAD's Serj Tankian on a forthcoming single, solidifies the band's serious intent to use their musical chemistry in exploring the hard-edged possibilities within rock.

    Ramagehead tracklisting:
    Kneel to Nothing (instant download on digital pre-orders)
    Signals Erased
    Beyond Sight
    Black Blooms (feat. Serj Tankian)
    Time Corroded
    Down the Road
    Some Other Rainbow Part 1
    Strangled Words
    Some Other Rainbow

    Ramagehead will be released on 22nd February on CD / 180g Black vinyl LP / Digital and is available to PRE-ORDER HERE https://ork.lnk.to/RamageheadPR

    O.R.k. have an extensive live campaign planned in support of Ramagehead which will begin in February 2019 with a European and UK head line run as well as being special guests on the continuing “Dissolution Tour” from new label mates The Pineapple Thief.

    Colin Edwin comments “'Ramagehead' is our most intense, ambitious and accessible work to date and I am really looking forward to exploring the new material in a live environment and sharing our unique collective energy together. For me, O.R.k. is always a completely immersive and unforgettable experience in the live arena, so with new tracks to play and an opportunity to reach places and people we've yet to get to, this tour will be our best yet.”

    Tour Dates:
    ** show with The Pineapple Thief
    15.2 Ravenna (IT) - Bronson
    16.2 Lugagnano di Sona/Verona (IT) - Il Giardino
    17.2 Pisa (IT) - Lumiere
    21.2 Bari (IT) - Garage Sound
    22.2 Roma (IT) - Largo Venue**
    23.2 Milano (IT) - Santeria Social Club **
    24.2 Pratteln (CH) - Z7 **
    26.2 Stuttgart (DE) - LKA Longhorn **
    27.2 Frankfurt (DE) - Batschkapp **
    28.2 Strasburg (FR) - La Laiterie **
    1.3 Zoetermeer (NL) - Borderij **
    2.3 Hamburg (DE) - Grosse Freiheit 36 **
    3.3 Copenhagen (DK) - Store Vega **
    5.3 Stockholm (SE) - Nalen **
    6.3 Oslo (NO) - Rockefeller **
    8.3 Iserhagen/Hannover (DE) - Blues Garage
    10.3 Cologne (DE) - Yard Club
    12.3 Munich (DE) - Backstage
    13.3 Budapest (HU) - Durer
    14.3 Nove Mesto nad Vahom (SK) - Blue Note
    15.3 Berlin (DE) - Music & Frieden
    17.3 Paris (FR) - Petit Bain
    19.3 London (UK) - Borderline
    20.3 Newcastle (UK) - o2 Academy **
    21.3 Glasgow (UK) - St. Luke’s **
    22.3 Manchester (UK) - o2 The Ritz **
    23.3 Birmingham (UK) - o2 The Institute 2 **
    24.3 Bristol (UK) - SWX **

    O.R.k. are:
    Lorenzo Esposito Fornasari a.k.a LEF - lead vocals
    Pat Mastelotto - drums
    Colin Edwin - bass
    Carmelo Pipitone - guitars

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    Kscope: 1st floor, 52 Lisson Street, London, UK NW1 5DF

    North America Press inquiries: Glass Onyon PR, PH: 828-350-8158 (USA), glassonyonpr@gmail.com

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    Traversing The Dream 100423's Avatar
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    I enjoyed their first two albums and this song has me looking forward to their third as well.

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    Yep. Definitely on my radar.
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    Just listening to the new album and I think this is their most extravert and yet most accessible CD. I remember when I bought the first one (which was through an Italian crowdfunding-page) I thought LEF (Lorenzo Esposito Fornasari) sounded a bit like David Sylvian on steroide, now he comes nearer to the likes of Jeff Buckley and Matthew Bellamy. Great to see the line-up is still the same!

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    Anyone know why the band is called O.R.k.? Does that stand for something? Why is only the k lowercase? Does the band have any Zeuhl sound?

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    Quote Originally Posted by JKL2000 View Post
    Anyone know why the band is called O.R.k.? Does that stand for something? Why is only the k lowercase? Does the band have any Zeuhl sound?
    No idea. The cover of the first album shows a monster (in a man's suit), so maybe they are hinting at Tolkien's "orks".
    O.R.k. is however not related to any Zeuhl sound; the musicians produce a kind of alternative rock with elements of King Crimson, Muse, Altered State (the American band from the '90's).

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