# The Heliocentrics

The Heliocentrics are an English, London-based musical collective that combines funk, jazz, psych, and library influences. The group is based around drummer and producer Malcolm Catto, bassist Jake Ferguson, guitarist Adrian Owusu, and multi-instrumentalist Jack Yglesias.

## History

The Heliocentrics released their debut album Out There in 2007 on Now-Again Records. This was followed by collaborations with Ethiopian musician Mulatu Astatke on the album Inspiration Information (2009), which was awarded that year's Gilles Peterson Worldwide Winner Album of the Year award, Lloyd Miller & The Heliocentrics (OST) (2010), and Orlando Julius.
The Heliocentrics appeared on the track "Skullfuckery" on the UK release of the DJ Shadow album The Outsider, which was released in 2006.
In 2013, they released their second full album, 13 Degrees of Reality also on Stones Throw. The 2009 album with Astatke was included in a list of 'Five Essential Jazz Albums' chosen by pianist Jamie Cullum in 2013.
In 2017, they released A World of Masks with vocals by Barbora Patkova, as well as The Sunshine Makers OST, the score they wrote for the 2015 British documentary The Sunshine Makers, directed by Cosmo Feilding-Mellen. Both records were released on Soundway Records.
In 2020, they released Infinity of Now and Telemetric Sounds.
In 2023, they released Legna which is a full length collaboration with The Gaslamp Killer.

## Discography

Adapted from Discogs.

### Studio albums

| Title | Year | Details |
| Out There | 2007 | Released: 25 September 2007 Label: Now-Again Records Format: LP, CD, digital |
| Inspiration Information (with Mulatu Astatke) | 2009 | Released: 7 April 2009 Label: Strut Records Format: LP, CD, digital |
| (OST) (with Lloyd Miller) | 2010 | Released: 10 January 2010 Label: Strut Records Format: LP, CD, digital |
| 13 Degrees of Reality | 2013 | Released: 29 April 2013 Label: Now-Again Records Format: LP, CD, digital |
| Jaiyede Afro (with Orlando Julius) | 2014 | Released: 2014 Label: Strut Records Format: LP, CD, digital |
| The Last Transmission (with Melvin van Peebles) | 2014 | Released: October 2014 Label: Now-Again Records Format: LP, CD, digital |
| From the Deep | 2016 | Released: 26 February 2016 Label: Now-Again Records Format: LP, CD, digital |
| A World of Masks (with Barbora Patkova) | 2017 | Released: 26 May 2017 Label: Soundway Records Format: LP, CD, digital |
| The Sunshine Makers | 2017 | Released: 30 June 2017 Label: Soundway Records Format: LP, digital Soundtrack for the documentary of the same name |
| Infinity of Now | 2020 | Released: 14 February 2020 Label: Madlib Invazion Format: LP, CD, digital |
| Telemetric Sounds | 2020 | Released: 7 August 2020 Label: Madlib Invazion Format: LP, CD, digital |

### EPs

| Title | Year | Label |
| Quartermass Sessions | 2013 | Now-Again Records |
| Helio x GLK (with Gaslamp Killer) | 2013 | Now-Again Records |

### Singles

| Title | Year | Album | Notes |
| "Winter Song" / "Dance of the Dogon" | 2005 | Out There | |
| "Before I Die" | 2007 | Out There | |
| "Dance of the Dogons (Part Two)" / "Noise" | 2007 | Non-album single | Limited edition release with purchase of Out There |
| "Distant Star" (feat. Percee P and Doom) | 2008 | Out There | |
| "Sirius B" (feat. Vast Aire) | 2008 | Out There | |

### Compilations

| Year | Title | Label |
| Fallen Angels - The Singles Collection | 2009 | Now-Again Records |