Orgone returns to Domino Room

Published 1:27 am Sunday, June 7, 2015

Orgone

Most of L.A.-based Orgone are familiar faces by now in Bend. The group has brought its raucous and highly danceable blend of funk, soul, disco and hip-hop grooves to the area multiple times in the past few years, playing venues such as the Annex, Domino Room and Drake Park, to name a few.

When the eight-piece band returns to the Domino Room on Thursday, they’ll do so with a new face: vocalist Adryon De Leon, whose sultry prowess can be heard all over the band’s just-released album “Beyond the Sun” and slamming, ’70s-flavored single “Sweet Feet.”

But the instrumental groove — anchored by founding members Dan Hastie (keyboards) and Sergio Rios (guitar) — still rules the group. And no wonder: The band got its start in the late ’90s as an all-instrumental powerhouse, and has backed up the likes of Alicia Keys and Cee Lo Green.

With the addition of first vocalist Fanny Franklin, and later Niki J. Crawford, the band solidified its signature, soulful sound. In 2010, the band toured with Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings — a fitting lineup for a show if there ever was one.

Bend sextet Elektrapod — whose guitarist, Gabe Johnson, runs local booking agency In the Pocket Artists and is also promoter of this show — will fire up the crowd with its own hybrid of electronica, funk and jam-band grooves to open.

Orgone, with Elektrapod; 9 p.m. Thursday, doors open 8 p.m.; $12 plus fees in advance at www.bendticket.com, $15 at the door; Domino Room, 51 NW Greenwood Ave., Bend; www.p44p.biz.

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