the story so far... / the cosmic perspective
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The Psycho - Audible Warp Phenomenon known as the Invisible Opera Company of Tibet manifests itself in the form of Tantric Love Music, an evolutionary catalytic converter co-creating infusions of world groove, rooted deep in Heart Song; Mantric Funk; Shamanic Pop; Devotional Punk; Left - Field Acid Jazz; Eccentric English Folk and Skunk Rock.

We are a group of terrestrial humanoids from the south end of an island just off the corner of Europe. Toured with Daevid Allen of Gong and Russ Hibbs of the original Invisible Opera band; and have also done support slots for the Space Goats, Gong, Kangaroo Moon, Here & Now and Poisoned Electric Head as well as Headlining our own shows.

The Invisible Opera Company of Tibet recycles old fashion statements into deep lifestyle ecology, a combination of 70's kitsch and Millennium Madness. Presented with a skilful combination of haunting melodies, improbably touching lyrics; bassoon, bouzouki, bagpipes, tuba, vocals continental and breath taking use of close vocal harmonies.

Each member of the band is a singer / songwriter / composer in their own right. All these threads are combined to produce an amazing tapestry of musical styles and vocal weavings.

Plans for '99 include full length Studio Album - 'Open for Isness' currently being recorded and to be released later in the year -

The "Carols for Solstice" Tape which was recorded with Brian Gulland at Glastonbury Assembly Rooms last Solstice ('97) - and a pixie power package tour of europe with the Space Goats - details being confirmed - watch this space!

The Invisible Opera Company of Tibet first manifested as a musical outfit in 1986 in a banana shed somewhere in the Australian Rainforest under the leadership of Daevid Allen and Ruz Hibbs

This first band spent a traumatic six months in the studio recording the Invisible Opera Company of Tibet's first eponymous album and a single "Trial by Headline" before engaging on a tour dedicated to the Harmonic Convergence and Earthlink, which involved members of the nascent Kangaroo Moon.

Daevid split for the UK, forming the Invisible's "Goddess" manifestation. Ruz continued playing healing festivals with the Australian lineup. Meanwhile, Fabio Golfetti and Nelson Coelho formed "Opera Invisivel (Versao Tropicale)" independently in Brazil with releases including gems such as "Glissando Spirit" (LP & cassette).

The flowering of Invisible Opera Bands in the UK, Australia and Brazil has created the possibility of a new kind of musical collective - an international umbrella group consisting of several bands, with shared or compatible songs and music, developing and promoting themselves simultaneously in different world centres.

Following on from the Brazillians' lead, Brian Abbott, who had guested as an honorary goddess in the '88 lineup instigated an independent acid-punk manifestation of the Opera Company out of a bunch of people that had been involved in Daevid Allen's "Zero" Initiation workshops.

This band toured the UK supporting Daevid and Ruz's solo shows and opened up for Gong's 25th Birthday Party at the Forum in London. They released "Live/Studio '93"(Tape),"Live - Totally Bananas '94"(Tape), and "Jewel in the Lotus"(CD).

Brian split to join Global and produce a solo album with Jaki Juno. Tim & Jim reformed the Invisibles involving variously; Stevie P. (ex Heathens All, Yü, ...Eat This), Maya (Heathens All) , Maryjane, Nick Harrison (ex Fancabdu) , Brian Gulland (ex Gryphon), and Feliks Tabis: This has included an expansion of musical direction to include experimental forays into mellow funk and world folk grooves.

The musical and cultural millipede that is the Invisible Opera Company of Tibet, according to hippy mythology was originally born in a Parisian Café on Easter Sunday 1966, but that's only the beginning of the story...
...It is said that they had been residing in a distant Himalayan retreat awaiting the arrival of alien intelligence from distant stars and planets (well, any intelligence at all for that matter).

Apart from the music, the band has always been loved for what they symbolise in lifestyle, political attitude and philosophical beliefs, rather than the personality, image or expression of any particular member. The cult of the "Star" has evolved into a Tribal identity or group consciousness, where the power rests in the hands of the people who are drawn to the music and what it symbolises.

Unlike most Experts who tend to take themselves and their subject in an orderly and sober manner, we are attempting to restore an important metaphysical balance - the Absurd in all human endeavours. Parapsychology has shown that the dialogue between the Central Nervous System and the DNA moulds all realities. Culture is the conversation between that genetic material and its environment. Surprise, absurdity and humour are old shamanic tricks to shock us into resonance with our DNA coding i.e. forcing us to be truly ourselves.

We have used this concept to bind together a group of flexible personnel chosen for their ability to channel a quality of music beyond their own normal capabilities. Performances have become ritual ceremonies for integrating group awareness through a wide range of acoustic and metaphysical technologies.

Through our music, we aim to channel the music of the spheres from the heart of the stars. The balancing of holophonic fractal Sound and the harmonic of each cell. We are turning the prayer wheel in order to manifest real change in the now. seeking to uplift, encourage, connect, wildly celebrate, dance and as otherworldly orchestras mingle in the moshpit, lend our hearts to the trance and not by chance.

Invisible Opera Company High Command
Universal Centre

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