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ARTIST
TITLE
Portals In The Storm
FORMAT
CD
LABEL
CATALOG #
SOL 197CD
SOL 197CD
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RELEASE DATE
9/5/2025
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"The Legendary Pink Dots have toured the world countless times and released dozens of albums after forming in London in 1980, while Matt Howarth has made his name with his comic books and graphic novels over a career stretching back to the mid-1970s. Many of his works have a science fiction theme, but electronic and alternative music has always inspired him, leading him to projects with The Residents, Hawkwind, Moby, Ash Ra Tempel, Klaus Schulze, Nash the Slash, Foetus, Yello, Wire, Richard Pinhas, Ron Geesin, David Borden, and more. Soleilmoon presents this captivating cross-disciplinary cooperative project by two of the label's favorite artists. Matt Howarth writes: 'I have spent much of my career infusing my comics with eclectic music. I did music reviews as comic strips ('Sonic Curiosity'). I got several real world musicians to guest star in many of my works (like Hawkwind, the Residents, Wire, Conrad Schnitzler, and others in my 'Savage Henry' series). It made perfect sense that I would mutate such connections into actual collaborations with musicians (like Klaus Schulze, Hugh Hopper, Arthur Brown, and more). My musical tastes are far from commercial drivel, so it makes perfect sense that I would want to work with musicians whom I deeply respected (like the Legendary Pink Dots). And each of these collaborations comes with a unique 'how we got there' tale. Many years ago, my friend Carl Howard, who ran Audiofile Tapes, turned me onto The Pink Dots. And later, it was Carl who got me in contact with Edward Ka-Spel. Edward and I discussed the possibility of working together, but life has a way of getting in the way, and it would be several years before that ambition bore fruit. In fact, the COVID-19 lockdown was integral in that happening. Trapped at home, Edward found the opportunity to put his creative juices to work on our project. We discussed some vague story ideas, then I did the comic. That gave Edward something to directly inspire the music. His interpretation was spot-on, flavoring a simple adventure story with deeply emotional content.' In addition to the Legendary Pink Dots' music, the enhanced CD includes Matt's comic in PDF format, viewable on your television with a DVD player, or on any computer with a built-in or connected external CD or DVD drive."
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