PIANO MAGIC NEW ALBUM, 'OVATIONS,' OUT NOW
Monday October 12th 2009 heralds the release of the official 10th album by Piano Magic. Recorded through May to August this year by Gareth Parton at his La Planque studio and The Fortress in London, 'Ovations' features guest appearances by Brendan Perry and Peter Ulrich of Dead Can Dance.
The full tracklisting is as follows :
1. THE NIGHTMARE GOES ON
2. MARCH OF THE ATHEISTS
3. ON EDGE
4. A FOND FAREWELL
5. THE BLUE HOUR
6. RECOVERY POSITION
7. LA COBARDÍA DE LOS TOREROS
8. YOU NEVER LOVED THIS CITY
9. THE FAINT HORIZON
10. EXIT
Perry sings on The Nightmare Goes On and You Never Loved This City, whilst Ulrich adds percussion and hammered dulcimer to March Of The Atheists, A Fond Farewell and La Cobardía de los Toreros.
A video, directed by Dominik Rippl, to accompany the track, On Edge, can be viewed here.
'Ovations' is released on the Darla record label in North America/Asia and on Make Mine Mine Music for the rest of the world.
Piano Magic recommends the following retailers :
Norman Records (UK-based mail order) : http://www.normanrecords.com/
Darla (US-based label/distributor/mail order ) : http://darla.com/
Rough Trade (UK record store/mail order) : http://www.roughtrade.com/
To support the album's release, Piano Magic will be playing live throughout the next few months. Already confirmed :
12/10/09 Rough Trade East, London (7pm)
3/11/09 The Tabernacle, London (with Psychic TV)
6/11/09 Calamita, Cavriago, Reggio Emilia, Italy
7/11/09 Bronson, Ravenna, Italy
8/11/09 Mono, Pescara, Italy
10/11/09 Cicolo degli Artisti, Rome
12/11/09 Hiroshima Mon Amour, Turin, Italy
14/11/09 Duel:Beat, Naples, Italy
'DARK HORSES' RELEASED FROM PIANO MAGIC STABLE
(THE REST IS LEFT TO THE POOR)
Piano Magic release a new 4-track EP on October 27th 2008. 'Dark Horses' was recorded, mixed and mastered at Sound Solution in Hackney, London. It will be released on the Make Mine Music label and be strictly limited to 1000 copies.
The tracklisting is :
1) Dark Horses
2) Stations
3) Vacancies
4) A Book I Should Not Read
Personnel for the tracks were Franck Alba, Angele David-Guillou, Glen Johnson, Cedric Pin, Alasdair Steer and Jerome Tcherneyan.
Earlier this month, a single 12" acetate copy of the EP was auctioned on eBay and was sold for a staggering £470 to a mystery French
collector. There are no plans to manufacture any other copies of the EP on vinyl or on CD after the first 1000 have sold.
The lyrics for the EP can be found on the lyrics page.
Piano Magic will be playing 3 special shows to promote 'Dark Horses' :
25 Oct - The Hope, Brighton (with July Skies, Avrocar, Junkboy)
8 Nov - AN Club, Athens
22 Nov - The Luminaire, London (with July Skies, Avrocar, Yellow6, Portal + Innerise DJS)
On the same day, Textile Ranch, the solo project of Glen Johnson, releases a collaboration with Victorian music machinist, Plinth. 'The Rest, I Leave To The Poor' comes as one single 44-minute track on CD album in very special recycled chipboard packaging with red metallic letterpress finish. The record is the result of Johnson and Plinth (Mike Tanner) swapping files by Her Majesty's Royal Mail and features generous contributions from Angele David-Guillou (Klima) and Autumn Grieve. Again, the CD will be limited to a mere 1000 copies, never to be repressed. We suggest you buy both records toute suite.
We recommend you order from Make Mine Music mail order outside of the US :
http://www.makeminemailorder.com/
But equal kudos to :
http://www.boomkat.com
http://www.normanrecords.com
http://www.roughtrade.com
And Darla in the States :
http://www.darla.com
More information can be found here :
http://www.myspace.com/lowbirthweight
http://www.makeminemusic.co.uk
http://www.myspace.com/makeminemusic
http://www.myspace.com/iamplinth
http://www.myspace.com/contactklima
http://www.myspace.com/autumngrieve
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