{"id":278642,"date":"2026-02-18T16:09:35","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T21:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/livemusicblog.com\/?p=278642"},"modified":"2026-02-18T16:34:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T21:34:08","slug":"the-olympians-10th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livemusicblog.com\/the-olympians-10th-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Melody in Marble: The Olympians\u2019 Debut Album Turns 10"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Like a bolt from the blue tossed by Zeus himself from Mount Olympus at us mortals below, quaking at his divine might, The Olympians\u2019 self-titled debut album dropped 10 years ago and blew the minds of any listeners who happened to find themselves algorithmically served a neo-soul-tinged funk instrumental album from <a href=\"https:\/\/daptonerecords.com\/\">Daptone Records<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With a <a href=\"https:\/\/livemusicblog.com\/the-olympians-in-search-of-a-revival-review\/\">new album<\/a> from the group released in February 2026, now is the perfect time to revisit this tremendous achievement from a collective led by keyboardist and vibraphonist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ravensingstheblues.com\/toby-pazner-of-the-olympians-on-sly-the-family-stone-a-whole-new-thing\/\">Toby Pazner<\/a> of Lee Fields &amp; The Expressions and El Michels Affair (both also Daptone artists) and rounded out by many more denizens of the Daptone family.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Sirens of Jupiter\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe hidef\" id=\"WYL_4c_i_JmttKg\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/livemusicblog.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F4c_i_JmttKg%2Fmaxresdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4c_i_JmttKg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT3M43S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2019-11-15T04:37:47Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_4c_i_JmttKg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/livemusicblog.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F4c_i_JmttKg%2Fmaxresdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Sirens of Jupiter<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/4c_i_JmttKg\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/livemusicblog.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F4c_i_JmttKg%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Sirens of Jupiter\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Provided to YouTube by Redeye Worldwide Sirens of Jupiter \u00b7 The Olympians The Olympians \u2117 2016 Daptone Records Released on: 2016-10-28 Main Artist: The Olympians Music Publisher: Daptone Records (BMI\/ASCAP) Composer: Nick Movshon Composer: Dave Guy Composer: Toby Pazner Composer: Leon Michels Composer: Michael Leonhart Composer: Homer Steinweiss Composer: Thomas Brenneck Composer: Neal Sugarman Auto-generated by YouTube.\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px auto;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/4c_i_JmttKg\" target=\"_blank\">Watch this video on YouTube<\/a>.<\/div><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-origins-of-the-olympians\">Origins of The Olympians<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>After playing the Acropolis in Athens and swimming in the Aegean Sea, Toby Pazner had a dream that refused to stay a dream. A toga-clad figure told him to head back across the sea and build a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/daptonerecords.com\/artists\/the-olympians\/\">Temple of Sound<\/a>,\u201d a place where the tales of ancient Greece could be retold through music. He tried to brush it off at first. Then it came back night after night, each time louder, until it stopped feeling like a weird story and started feeling like a directive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Back in New York City, Pazner committed fully. He started building that \u201cTemple of Sound\u201d from the ground up, chasing the best microphones, tape machines, and studio gear he could get his hands on. And because he was part of the Daptone family, he could do what most artists can\u2019t: call in favors from an elite circle of musicians and actually have them show up. Over years of work, the album took shape as a dense, widescreen blend of strings, harp, vibes, guitar, and layered keyboards, all stitched together with blazing horns, until <em>The Olympians<\/em> was finally fully realized in spring 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When it was done, Pazner brought the finished album to longtime friends and Daptone co-owners Gabriel Roth and Neal Sugarman, who immediately wanted to release it. The result is its own kind of time-travel: an \u201cancient Greece\u201d dreamscape painted in lush cinematic arrangements, but anchored by the tough, punchy rhythm language that\u2019s always been the label\u2019s calling card, from the luminous harps that open \u201cSirens of Jupiter\u201d to the forceful horn coda of \u201cSagittarius By Moonlight.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That sound wasn\u2019t an accident, and neither was the personnel. The record featured Aaron Johnson (Antibalas), trumpet standout Dave Guy (Tonight Show Band, The Dap-Kings), multi-instrumentalist Leon Michels (The Arcs, Lee Fields, El Michels Affair), bassist Nicholas Movshon (The Arcs, Lee Fields, El Michels Affair), drummer Homer Steinweiss (The Dap-Kings, The Arcs), arranger and trumpeter Michael Leonhart (<a href=\"https:\/\/livemusicblog.com\/tag\/steely-dan\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"3783\">Steely Dan<\/a> musical director), saxophonist Neal Sugarman (The Dap-Kings, Sugarman 3), Evan Pazner (Lee Fields), and, at the center of it all, Toby Pazner\u2019s own multi-instrumental and arranging wizardry steering the whole myth into focus.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"The Olympians &amp;quot;Diana by my Side&amp;quot;\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe hidef\" id=\"WYL_5YaxfLGoPuI\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/livemusicblog.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F5YaxfLGoPuI%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5YaxfLGoPuI\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT3M25S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2016-11-14T16:53:20Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_5YaxfLGoPuI\" data-src=\"https:\/\/livemusicblog.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F5YaxfLGoPuI%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">The Olympians &quot;Diana by my Side&quot;<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/5YaxfLGoPuI\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/livemusicblog.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F5YaxfLGoPuI%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"The Olympians &amp;quot;Diana by my Side&amp;quot;\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"The Olympians debut self-titled album is out now via Daptone Records. Order it now at the Daptone shop: shop.daptonerecords.com\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px auto;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/5YaxfLGoPuI\" target=\"_blank\">Watch this video on YouTube<\/a>.<\/div><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-song-highlights-a-kiss-from-aphrodite\">Song Highlights: A Kiss from Aphrodite<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Though no vocals are present on <em>The Olympians<\/em>, the melody lines (which almost always come courtesy of the horn section) are far stronger and more intriguing than what you might hear on the radio \u2013 across any genre. If that\u2019s not a ringing endorsement of predominantly instrumental genres, I don\u2019t know what is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cNeptune\u201d<\/strong> \u2013 A moody and mysterious melody is backed by a propulsive bassline with horns dominating proceedings. Very light guitar accents can be picked up through close listening, and the song would suffer greatly were these minor elements not present. A masterclass in arranging and mixing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cDiana By My Side\u201d<\/strong> \u2013 Vibraphone and piano doubled up, pizzicato strings, punchy horns and a sweet-as-honey melody line combine to provide one of the most romantic moments on the entire album that is extremely evocative of sunlit promenades in the shadow of the Mediterranean. A divine track that surprisingly uses the Roman name for the goddess of wilderness and the hunt, known in Greek mythology as Artemis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cSagittarius By Moonlight\u201d<\/strong> \u2013 A gorgeous melody \u2013 arguably the album\u2019s prettiest \u2013 closes out <em>The Olympians. <\/em>With a sparser arrangement \u2013 often with just staccato piano chords, light strings, a fluid, elegant bassline, tiny, flanged guitar motifs, and the horns in the lead \u2013 this is the perfect way to end an album stuffed with top-flight <a href=\"https:\/\/livemusicblog.com\/archives\/funk\/\" type=\"category\" id=\"13843\">funk<\/a>, as well as a fitting devotional for the Greek pantheon. This woozy-sounding track serves as a perfect contrast to the bracing and energetic album opener \u201cSirens of Jupiter.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Apollo&amp;#039;s Mood\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe hidef\" id=\"WYL_WQfx5jmzAyU\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/livemusicblog.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FWQfx5jmzAyU%2Fmaxresdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WQfx5jmzAyU\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT4M32S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2019-11-15T04:37:30Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_WQfx5jmzAyU\" data-src=\"https:\/\/livemusicblog.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FWQfx5jmzAyU%2Fmaxresdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Apollo&#039;s Mood<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/WQfx5jmzAyU\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/livemusicblog.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FWQfx5jmzAyU%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Apollo&amp;#039;s Mood\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Provided to YouTube by Redeye Worldwide Apollo&#039;s Mood \u00b7 The Olympians The Olympians \u2117 2016 Daptone Records Released on: 2016-10-28 Main Artist: The Olympians Music Publisher: Daptone Records (BMI\/ASCAP) Composer: Nick Movshon Composer: Dave Guy Composer: Toby Pazner Composer: Leon Michels Composer: Michael Leonhart Composer: Homer Steinweiss Composer: Thomas Brenneck Composer: Neal Sugarman Auto-generated by YouTube.\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px auto;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/WQfx5jmzAyU\" target=\"_blank\">Watch this video on YouTube<\/a>.<\/div><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cApollo\u2019s Mood\u201d<\/strong> \u2013 Oftentimes, \u201ctrack threes\u201d on albums represent the <em>modus operandi<\/em> of the album on which they are present. They are also often where the best song is placed (this is not a hard and fast rule, but you\u2019d be surprised how true it is across the spectrum of popular music history). This is certainly the case \u2013 on both counts \u2013 for <em>The Olympians<\/em>, as that album\u2019s third track is easily the best song on the album: the heavenly Hellenic ode \u201cApollo\u2019s Mood.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is one of the most straightforward songs on the entire album, and it also features, by far, the most hummable melody within. Bass guitar takes center stage and locks in with a warm, inviting drum sound that cavorts betwixt the playful, ever-ascending horn melody, all ending with a delightful, cascading vibrato flourish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While this song rewards close listening, it also would go down smoothly as background music for a beach day playlist, when the sun feels perfect on your skin and the beer tastes just a little bit better \u2013 all thanks to the dulcet (Dap)tones of The Olympians.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"The Olympians &amp;quot;Sagittarius By Moonlight&amp;quot;\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe hidef\" id=\"WYL_29YFe1jWFNs\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/livemusicblog.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F29YFe1jWFNs%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/29YFe1jWFNs\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT3M25S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2016-11-14T16:53:19Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_29YFe1jWFNs\" data-src=\"https:\/\/livemusicblog.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F29YFe1jWFNs%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">The Olympians &quot;Sagittarius By Moonlight&quot;<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/29YFe1jWFNs\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/livemusicblog.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F29YFe1jWFNs%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"The Olympians &amp;quot;Sagittarius By Moonlight&amp;quot;\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"The Olympians debut self-titled album is out now via Daptone Records. Order it now at the Daptone shop: shop.daptonerecords.com\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px auto;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/29YFe1jWFNs\" target=\"_blank\">Watch this video on YouTube<\/a>.<\/div><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-olympic-timing-fluke-or-signal\">Olympic Timing: Fluke or Signal?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The seed behind the idea that birthed The Olympians was planted during the 2012 London Olympics, and the group\u2019s first album also dropped in an Olympics year (2016). As you may know, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/milano-cortina-2026\">Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics<\/a> run February 6\u201322, 2026, and it, we get a new The Olympians album \u2013 their first in a decade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Does this mean that we\u2019ll get another The Olympians album in, say, six years for the next summer games? Or maybe another decennial release for the 2036 summer games? Perhaps we\u2019ll only have to wait four years for a new Winter Olympics release from the band.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Either way, fans of this horn-driven funk instrumental outfit will surely be paying attention to the Olympics, or at least the years in which the games occur, to see if The Olympians are going to deliver a new album of top-flight instrumental melodic funk. Let\u2019s hope so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><em><sup>Header Photo Courtesy <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Olympians.jpg\">Wikimedia Commons<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/publicdomain\/mark\/1.0\/deed.en\">Public Domain<\/a><\/sup><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: The Olympians\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/7ojJo7v7xOsKYWjLfpw4tJ?si=d6ooXXrBTu-pmqWrY6k4xA&amp;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":278643,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"single-two-column.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14719],"tags":[14725],"department":[13861],"class_list":["post-278642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-album-anniversaries","tag-the-olympians","department-opinions-editorial"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v26.8) - 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