"Orgasm is the only album by the experimental band Cromagnon, recorded and released in 1969.
It was recorded at A-1 Sound Studio in the Upper West Side of New York City, and heavily utilized Phil Spector's 'wall of sound' technique (of which producer Brian Elliot was a fan). During production, band members brought in random people from the street to contribute to the session.
Member Sal Salgado recalled: 'The original concept of the album was to progress from different decades of music. Like, in '59 Elvis was shaking his pelvis and driving people - well, women - crazy. And adults as well, making them very upset. And then ten years later Hendrix was pouring lighter fluid on his guitar and getting a lot of great distortion out of his Marshall amps. And The Who was breaking up equipment. And then we were trying to carry it on to the next decade. We were going to say, maybe in 1979 there’ll be a group of people on stage that’ll be blowing through reeds of grass while someone is reciting some poetry, and another person is squirting water at a microphone on stage with a hose...'
Critics have noted how Orgasm anticipated the rise of noise rock, industrial, and no wave."
