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David J "Not Long For This World"
New David J Album
Order David J's Not Long For This World on Limited CD and Double-LP HERE!
David J releases his new album Not Long For This World
David J, the legendary bassist of Bauhaus and Love & Rockets, is offering up his first solo album in 8 years! Entitled Not Long For This World, David's new album is a rich and elaborate gothic cabaret. The album surrounds the theme of death, and is a beautiful and poetic journey that David has put together over many years. The songs contained were not originally intended to be an album until David pulled back and saw the singular thread throughout, which would lead to this macabre collection. After seeing the vision of what the album could be, David put together a group of spectacular musicians and friends, including Ysanne Spevack, Shok, Tony Green, Susan Costantini Green, Paul Wallfisch, Ego Plum, and more. This is one of David's finest works of his career, and Starry Records, in partnership with Saint Rose Records, could not be more pleased to present this to you.
The Starry/St. Rose partnership is offering a plethora of items to celebrate the release of David J's new album, including limited pressings of the album both on CD and double gatefold LP (which will feature a bonus track). We will also be offering a new shirt with original artwork not featured in the album. We are also offering an exclusive bundle with the shirt, the double-LP, and a limited postcard and poster. And there is also an SUPER LIMITED exclusive as well...
Starry Records and Saint Rose records will each be selling limited pieces of original art hand-made by David J to commemorate individual tracks of the album. Each label will only have 5 of these each, and it will be a surprise which one you get when you order. They are 9"x12" in size. You can view them HERE, and you can preorder them HERE!
...New transmissions from outerspace...
New Fancy Space People T-shirt designs!
Hot off the heels of their recent tour directly supporting the Smashing Pumpkins, we've got two new T-shirt designs from Fancy Space People! The first features the "Shrine" cover design to their debut EP. The second is a special collage designed by the lovely and talented lead singer of Fancy Space People, No-Ra. These shirts were printed specifically on softer Gildan brand shirts. You can pick up the two brand new Fancy Space People shirts HERE!
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Smashing Pumpkins Studio Update
Sept 14th/2011
I'm happy to report that the Oceania album is less than a week away from being fully completed. This has been a very long journey, arduous yet pleasant, and I'm very pleased with where we ended up on all fronts; musically, spiritually, personally. Making this record has been a real team effort, with not just the band putting in heavy contributions but also participation and advice from Kerry Brown, Kevin Dippold, Bjorn Thorsrud and many other people here that keep the old machines up and running. Some of these song ideas date back to those first demos from 2009 in California with Mark Tulin, but the bulk of this album was written in Sedona in the first few months of 2011. Sedona is a special place, particularly for self-reflection and healing, and is recommended for anyone who might be seeking a little bit more perspective on what matters most in life.
Rock and roll, despite my many protestations, is very important to me. Music has given me a wonderful opportunity in life, and I've tried to repay that debt in gratitude by working hard to honor what I see as a magical vocation. I'm blessed to be in this band right now with Nicole, Mike, and Jeff. When you hear the finished record you'll hear the love we put into this. Carrying on the legacy of The Smashing Pumpkins is not always an enviable task for all involved, but it is a grand, monstrous idea- a crazy 'why?' that I helped to foster and still battle with when I get lost. The current band members have helped me, through their patience and love of what The Smashing Pumpkins mean to them personally, and their friendship and loyalty to me, to find a deeper appreciation for what is still possibly under the old moniker. We are determined to have a future, or have nothing at all. As it should be.
Glad to see the launch of the Smashing Pumpkins Record Club (SPRC) finally come to fruition. It is a labor of love to try to organize all of these tapes, digging to find lost performances. There is mostly good news; for example we were finally able to locate the master mixes of Drown after months of seeking, being told repeatedly they could not be found. Thankfully, a person from the old label at EMI took it upon themselves to look one more time in their archives and found it, on a single DAT tape. 6 mixes of all, the 6th being an alternative ending to the song with a completely different guitar solo.
On the confusing side, it appears that the original tape that had a vocal demo version of both 'today' and 'tulips' might be lost forever. These versions are floating around, so it's frustrating to think either the tape is falsely labeled, lost, or misplaced. Thankfully we have other sources.
This is an exciting time for the world of SP: a new album, preparations for an American tour and a European tour, and the release this year of a newly mastered Gish and Siamese Dream from the original tapes with a disc of extras for each, as well as a dvd of live concert footage. I think over the next 3 years there will be approximately 17-20 albums worth of music released and re-issued, and that is if you don't count additional side releases we want to do of say a board tape of the band from 1992. Those types of items would be more limited edition offerings I'm guessing, which is why you want to be a member of the SPRC, because all members will be given an opportunity to say they want a limited edition piece before we decide the final number.
There is a lot more free music to come as well. We are happy to share stuff with you that provides little windows into the work process, so that like us you can catch those little moments of sunshine that added up to some pretty good music.
Lastly, I'm about 2/3rds of the way through my first draft of my spiritual memoir, 'God is Everywhere From Here to There'. I hope to finish the book by the spring of 2012, and it should come out by the end of next year. It is a lot more in depth than I would have originally guessed when I started, particularly about my musical life. Who knew their was so much drama to be rediscovered and uncovered?
Blessings, WPC
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