SamadhiSound news
08.05.08: Thomas Feiner & Anywhen, "The Opiates – Revised"
We're excited to announce the latest addition to the SamadhiSound catalogue; 'The Opiates - Revised' by Thomas Feiner & Anywhen (sound-cd ss013).
For the few that got to hear the original release of 'The Opiates' it was an absorbing, captivating experience featuring the deep, rich vocals of Thomas Feiner – but it was a project that'd once threatened to go unfinished. Whilst the album began as a group effort, the band Anywhen dissolved in the two years it took to complete – leaving Feiner to finish the project alone.
This revised, re-packaged and remastered edition of 'The Opiates' will be the first time many will have heard of the album or the artist Thomas Feiner (although a track was included on David Sylvian's 'The World Is Everything' tour book sampler cd). The release comes several years after Sylvian was introduced to the work, which he regards as something of a lost classic having only been released in a few territories. The addition of two new Feiner tracks have further strengthened what was already a remarkably beautiful recording.
Sylvian recalls, "The dark, brooding, romantic nature of the material and, in particular, the emotional gravity of Thomas' voice, came as something of a surprise to me as it was quite out of keeping with my listening habits of the time but I couldn't help but be drawn into its widescreen, colour-drained, soundscapes."
Presented as ever in a beautiful digipak designed by Chris Bigg, featuring exquisite images of Jean Cocteau and Marcel Khill taken by Cecil Beaton.
For more information and to hear a stream of the album please visit: www.thomasfeiner.com
You can pre-order the album from today at the SamadhiSound store.
Available immediately is the lead track from the album, 'The Siren Songs', as an mp3 or FLAC: www.samadhisoundshop.com
18.02.08: www.thewire.co.uk
Steve Jansen's Slope is advertised in the March 2008 issue of The Wire. We have made the advert available online for you. Click here to view [.pdf, 2.3MB].
15.02.08: 'swimming in qualia - ascent' soundtrack now available
steve jansen's twenty four minute track 'ascent' written for the Shoko Ise installation 'swimming in qualia' is now available to purchase from our download store. offered in both mp3 and flac formats the download comes with cover artwork and credit sheet designed by chris bigg as well as specially designed wallpapers from Shoko Ise
13.02.08: Sold Out !
"The World Is Everything" tour book has now completely sold out.
01.02.08: "The World Is Everything" tour book
For those of you who weren't able to attend the recent David Sylvian tour we bring good news.
We have a very limited number of the beautifully produced "The World Is Everything" tour book currently being shipped to our warehouse and now available for pre-order in our online store.
The tour book is hard-backed with full colour quality printing and contains photographs taken by David, song lyrics, credits for the tour itself, and a sampler CD featuring a selection from the artists on Samadhisound. The sampler includes two tracks by David unavailable elsewhere entitled 'The World Is Everything' and 'Sleepwalkers'.
The tracklisting for the sampler is:
1. David Sylvian - The World Is Everything
2. Thomas Feiner And Anywhen - Siren Song
3. Harold Budd - Chrysalis Nu
4. Steve Jansen Feat Tim Elsenburg - Sleepyard
5. David Sylvian - Sleepwalkers
6. Nine Horses - Atom And Cell
7. Akira Rabelais - 1382 Wycliff Gen. Ii 7
8. Nine Horses - Get The Hell Out (Remix)
9. Masakatsu Takagi Feat David Sylvian - Exit / Delete
10. Harold Budd - Templar
11. David Toop - Heating And Cooling - Edit
As we've had many inquiries from people interested in purchasing a copy of the book since the tour ended we anticipate demand will be high and the edition is strictly limited and in short supply. The price will be $40.00 (plus postage and packing).
We won't have the book available for a few weeks yet but we'll be accepting pre-orders in our store from today. They will be shipped as soon as they arrive at our warehouse.
23.11.07: High quality FLAC downloads now available at samadhisoundshop.com
Starting with "Money For All", "Slope" and "Snow Borne Sorrow", we'll be making our downloads available in the superior FLAC format whilst continuing to offer them as mp3 files. To help you make an informed choice when making your purchase for more information on FLAC files click here.
22.10.07: 'slope' available as full album download
Steve Jansen's new album "Slope" is now available for download from the samadhisound download store. As usual a detailed credit sheet designed by chris bigg is also included. Click here for more info.
12.09.07: Presenting Steve Jansen's new album, "Slope"
Presenting Steve Jansen's new album, "Slope". Tension underlies the crisp rhythms and intricate programming, while a collection of distinctive vocalists draw out the sentiment in his songwriting. As Jansen explains, "with this album I approached composition attempting to avoid chord and song structures and the usual familiar building blocks. instead I wanted to piece together unrelated sounds, music samples, rhythms and 'events' in an attempt to deviate from my own trappings as a musician."
The album features guest contributions from Tim Elsenburg, Thomas Feiner, Anja Garbarek, Nina Kinert, David Sylvian, Theo Travis and Joan Wasser (Joan As Policewoman). Presented as ever in a beautiful digipak with design by Chris Bigg.
Released 22nd October, pre-orders being taken now.
Click here for the Slope microsite
Click here for mp3 samples
Click here to purchase Slope
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