Trance Frogs

Continuing on the theme of electronica animals from the other day, I note that The Orb's "Hamlet of Kings (Alternate Version)" track -- off of the expanded version of Cydonia (not their best album, BTW) -- sets up its initial groove off of a series of bullfrog croaks.

It's a neat concept, and one that nicely sets off the mellow groove that follows, but the track as a whole just never takes off, quite possiblly because by the end of the song the poor frogs have been abandoned in favor of keyboard washes and old skool electronic noodling.

However, I eagerly await the next frog groove with high hopes that we can get some sort of sun-beaten lazy summer pond groove going!