Epic. A word normally associated with film but applicable here to this release. Only instead of a Peter Jackson visual kaleidoscope this is more akin to an Andy Warhol five hour avant-garde production. A double CD release that leaves the listener with more questions than answers. And none the wiser despite repeated plays. The debate to its musical merits will continue for a long time. But will anyone really care in the end? The answer is that you all should. For this labour of love… years in the making… is one of the most challenging and perplexing releases of this, or even for that matter, any past and future releases.
What Martin Bladh (IRM) and Magnus Lindh, with contributions from Carl Abrahamsson, Anne-Marie Thim (Arcana) and others, has achieved with "Journal Noir / Lithium Path" is the ritual tearing up of the rule book. In comes a visionary alternative music updated for the ‘here and now’...
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Journal Noir
1-1 Posthumous 15:16
1-2 Silverhall 6:41
1-3 Borderline 4:20
1-4 A Childish Confession 6:56
1-5 Blut Und Weintrauben 8:28
1-6 Journal: Noir 4:50
1-7 Doll At Play 1:17
1-8 Spiral Nerve 3:44
1-9 Choose Art, Not Life 7:33
Lithium Path
2-1 Into Bliss 9:33
2-2 Elvira 6:07
2-3 The Vivian Girls 4:12
2-4 Nostalgia 3:43
2-5 The Room 3:05
2-6 Lithium Path Pt. 1 8:53
2-7 Down The Third Conjunction 2:35
2-8 Lithium Path Pt. 2 7:57
Credits▼
Performer Magnus Lindh, Martin Bladh
Producer Devo Andersson (tracks: 1-1 to 2-1, 2-4 to 2-8), Bonum Hedin (tracks: 1-6, 1-9, 2-1, 2-3, 2-6, 2-8), Skin Area (tracks: 1-1 to 1-7, 1-9 to 2-2, 2-4 to 2-8)
Notes▼
Limited edition of 1000 copies in glossy cardboard foldout sleeve.
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