An English experimental music ensemble led around Malcolm Catto, noted for jam-based, fragmentary compositions that blend jazz, psychedelia, funk, ethnic elements and instrumental hip-hop. Debut album released in 2007.

Reviews cite Malcolm Catto as the central figure. Recordings and jams at Quatermass Studios are mentioned in reviews. The group collaborated with producer Gaslamp Killer on material included in From the Deep. Barbora Patkova is featured on A World of Masks (vocal contributions).

DeBaser's reviews (all by reviewer ziltoid) consistently praise The Heliocentrics' mix of jazz, psychedelia, funk and ethnic influences. The coverage highlights their jam-based, fragmentary compositional style and key releases from 2007–2017. Malcolm Catto is presented as the central figure.

For:Fans of experimental jazz, psychedelic funk, krautrock and adventurous instrumental music.

 Imagine music created with the spirit of Miles Davis the experimenter, with Zappa-esque instinct and ethics, and infused with kraut cosmicity.

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 The Heliocentrics are a fluid that doesn't stagnate, music in which to drown, undoubtedly among my favorites of the last ten years.

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 No collaboration, no role as an enviable backing band, nothing less than the pure Heliocentrics spiced by the histrionic vocal dances of Slovak Barbora Patkova.

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