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SAMAD 013CD
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"The Opiates opens like a journey: on 'The Siren Songs,' an anxious orchestra buoys the captivating baritone of singer Thomas Feiner. This sets the tone for an album that's stunning in its beauty reminiscent of Sylvian, The Tindersticks and Nick Cave -- and that once lay on the brink of disaster. While the album began as a group effort, the band dissolved in the two years it took to complete -- leaving Feiner to finish the project alone. Born in Gothenburg, Sweden, Feiner was the frontman of Anywhen throughout the '90s, working with a core group of Mikael Andersson Tigerström on bass, Kalle Thorslund on drums, and Jan Sandahl on guitar. They released their debut LP, As We Know It, in 1993, and followed it with an eponymous album in 1996, produced by drummer and percussionist Michael Blair (Tom Waits, Elvis Costello). Originally recorded in 2001, The Opiates was to be the band's third full-length album, and its last. On the Scott Walker-like ballad 'Dinah and the Beautiful Blue,' Feiner tests his lowest register over the brooding strings of the Warsaw Radio Symphony Orchestra. Atmospheric ballads blend seamlessly with more traditional rock songs such as 'Mesmerene,' and the album's romantic impulses temper its intricate arrangements -- like the swirling woodwinds and delusional guitar of 'Postcard,' or the gentle woodwinds on 'Toy,' which echo Mark Hollis' self-titled album. This updated, re-packaged and newly mastered edition of The Opiates includes two of Feiner's more recent songs: 'Yonderhead,' and 'For Now,' which was also featured in the German film Love in Thoughts. For many this will be the first they have heard of Feiner, and it comes several years after Sylvian first heard the album, which he regards as a lost classic since it never came out in many territories. 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, color-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."
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"Former Japan band member and regular David Sylvian collaborator Steve Jansen releases his astonishing solo album on Samadhisound this Autumn. On Slope, tension underlies the crisp rhythms and intricate programming, while a collection of distinctive vocalists draw out the sentiment and expression 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 Sweet Billy Pilgrim, Thomas Feiner, Anja Garbarek, Nina Kinert, David Sylvian, Theo Travis and Joan Wasser (Joan As Policewoman). Presented as ever in a beautiful digipak featuring exquisite artwork from Australian artist Dan McPharlin and designed by Chris Bigg."
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"This mini-album is the follow-up release to the highly acclaimed debut album from Nine Horses Snow Borne Sorrow. Nine Horses is a collaborative project that brings together David Sylvian, his brother Steve Jansen (ex-Japan), and the well-respected Burnt Friedman. They have created a suite of remarkably poignant songs that are part social commentary and part self-analysis. Sylvian and his collaborators have never sounded better nor the material more immediate. Money For All is a mini-album that includes two brand new tracks ('Money For All' and 'Get The Hell Out'), one track previously available in Japan featuring Stina Nordenstam and reinterpretations of previous Nine Horses tracks remixed by Burnt Friedman."
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SAMAD 005CD
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"David Sylvian personally commissioned remixes of material from his critically acclaimed album Blemish, which was released in 2003. This album of remixes entitled The Good Son Vs. The Only Daughter includes innovative contributions from Burnt Friedman, Yoshihiro Hanno, Ryoji Ikeda, Akira Rabelais, Readymade FC, and more. One of the top 2 'Albums of the Year' for The Wire magazine in 2003, Blemish was heralded by many as an extraordinary work that cemented Sylvian's reputation of always challenging himself as well as his audience. The remixers involved in this project include some of the most creative and globally respected individuals at the forefront of musical experimentation and sound manipulation. Presented in a digipak, with artwork by Atsushi Fukui and design by Chris Bigg this release continues Samadhisound's commitment to creating beautifully packaged, stunning music."
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SAMAD 003CD
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"Spellewauerynsherde: Spell. Wavering. Shard. Spell as in speaking, incantation, a digitally constructed matrix of words and voices, summoning up a strange, distant past. Wavering: the shivering of those voices as they dissolve and recombine in Rabelais... rich filtering systems, turning into pulsating, frequency rich drones. Shard: fragments, of voices, of ideas, of memories, of the past, brought back to life again. Spellewauerynsherde is built up from found sounds, field recordings of traditional Icelandic a cappella lament songs recorded in the late 1960s or early 1970s on Ampex tapes and then forgotten about. After discovering the neglected tapes, cleaning them up and digitizing them for a library, Rabelais became fascinated with the heartbreaking sadness of the voices and began to think of them as source material for a series of compositions."
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