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Wednesday July 28 ~ From Projekt's Sam Rosenthal
Soriah with Ashkelon Sain live in NYC + Brooklyn
Thursday July 29 @ The Silent Barn in Brooklyn, NY
915 Wyckoff Ave; Ridgewood, NY 11385. Neighborhood: Bushwick. with Rat Bastard Orchestra, Osborne+Beatty, Prehistoric Blackout. Facebook Event Page
Friday July 30 @ 119 Gallery in Lowell, MA
119 Chelmsford St. with Ajda the Turkish Queen Facebook Event Page
Saturday July 31 @ Lindsay Chapel, First Congregational Church in Cambridge, MA
11 Garden Street; enter from Mason Street/ with Wisteriax Facebook Event Page
Sunday August 1 @ The Bowery Poetry Club in NYC
308 Bowery, New York, NY 10012-2802 with Vangeline Theater
Thursday July 29 ~ Rochester, NY @ The Club at Water Street (with Ego Likeness)
Friday July 30 ~ Philadelphia, PA @ Projektfest
Tuesday August 3 ~ Pittsburgh, PA @ Garfield Artworks (with Unter Null)
Shea and I have been busy getting ready for Projektfest; it is exciting that we are just a few days away! I have been in touch with lots of you on the Facebook Event Page and look forward to talking in person. We have great side show performers to entertain you, along with Projekt's Voltaire, Black Tape For A Blue Girl, Unto Ashes, The Twilight Garden and Nicki Jaine. Saturday, Platform One play a free instore at Digital Ferret, and that night is Dracula's Ball. What a great weekend! There are still some tickets available at Digital Ferret or at the Trocadero night of show. Doors at 7:00. See you! Sam
Projektfest'10 • Philadelphia @ The Trocadero
Friday July 30 • $10! All Ages. Just 3 days away!
Line-up: Voltaire, Black Tape For A Blue Girl, Unto Ashes,
The Twilight Garden & Nicki Jaine.
Side show performers, DJs, vendors + more!
Spread the word. Share our Event Page on Facebook:
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Lovesliescrushing
girl. echo. suns. veils.
Many of you missed out on a chance to purchase the wood box edition of girl. echo. suns. veils. But fret not! Scott Cortez has returned to Brooklyn to create 200 pieces of the ultra-limited "burlap" edition of the standard edition.
Here's what you get: the girl. echo. suns. veils. CD in a kraft-paper digipak signed and hand-numbered by Scott (see below). An 8-page booklet printed on really nice 80# Cougar matte stock is included in the digipak pocket. All of this is in a clear bag inside a burlap bag that Scott spray-painted in our warehouse during a heatwave (in your choice of paint colors: burgundy or metallic silver). Each bag is different; no two are alike! Also in the bag are multicolored origami birds, feathers, and a download code for the companion album AVIATRIX, a reprocessed version of Avianium (the bonus album in the wood box edition.)
Online Sale Price : $19.98
Only available from Projekt.
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- Quelling Place 8:14 | MP3
- The View from Here 10:31 | MP3
- Sentient Breath 15:47 | MP3
- Morning of Ages 13:02 | MP3
- Return of the Majestic 16:03 | MP3
- Longing to Be... 10:10 | MP3
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Weep's Worn Thin is now for sale at iTunes & Projekt. Guitar-fueled post-punk (with a hint of 80's New Ordery pop) available from Projekt for $13.98 - we will have it in your hands by the July 13th Street Date.
Listen to some of of Weep's fantastic songs
Snow Scenerey MP3 | When I'm Wrong MP3
and to mix it up, a cover of Rihanna's Shut Up And Drive MP3
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Thursday July 1 ~ From Projekt's Sam Rosenthal
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Thursday, June 3 2010 ~ From Projekt's Sam Rosenthal
It's been four months since Projekt released a CD; I was busy switching to our new U.S. retail distributor, NAIL. Now we're back with a diverse selection of releases; two in June, three in July, two in August.
Amazing music from old favorites and newcomers.
Check out our June 8th releases; now available digitally and in select retail stores (and Amazon.com) on Tuesday. They are new artists to the Projekt roster, but you know them from their past work with the label. Erik Wollo collaborated with Steve Roach on 2009's Stream of Thought; Makaras Pen is the new band from Doug White, formerly of Tearwave.
Thank you for supporting independent music and thank you for buying.
Your purchases keep the music flowing. We appreciate it.
Sam
Erik Wøllo GatewayBlue Universe --> 
Erik Wøllo Gateway chosen Echoes' June CD of the Month
Gateway will be featured throughout the month of June on Echoes.
Here is an excerpt from John Diliberto's review:
Erik Wollo manages to synthesize influences from Tangerine Dream and Pink Floyd to Steve Reich and modern electronica. But as one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary instrumental music, he’s truly morphed these sounds into a image evoking modality that is wholly his own. Step through Erik Wollo’s Gateway and you’ll see his world revealed.
Echoes is a daily two-hour music soundscape, distributed by Public Radio International and broadcast on 130 radio stations from Maine to California. With host John Diliberto, a writer for Billboard, Pulse and other magazines, Echoes brings together a wide array of styles, from acoustic to electronic, jazz to space music, the avant-garde to rock. Echoes is a sound that is cross-cultural and trans-millennial, merging cultures and forms, technology and tradition, the ancient past and the possible future.
Makaras Pen (Debut)New Beginnings -->
A review from Rock-n-Roll Experience:
Concrete Blonde meets The Cure...Makaras Pen is just that & then some, the bands soft spoken female vocalist delivers a solid performance of softly sung vocals on each track while the band plays alternative rock that's layered very well with guitars, drums, bass & other instruments which make it all sound full & rich. "Currents" is a great opener...it sets the pace for a record that's about self discovery, bad relationships & growth. I think I'd describe this record as Courtney Love on prozac...what I mean is that the tunes are solid, soft, very female, yet NOT aggressive, NOT harsh, NOT ugly, NOT anything like Courtney Love, yet there's that balance where IF Ms. Love could balance her life out, be calm, this might be what her music could sound like...I also am reminded of a mellower version of The Cranberries when I listen to this cd. Overall, cool, melancholy music...I'll just say though, if you're depressed, you might not want to listen to this disc..it's dark overall!
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Limited Edition CD Digibook
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SoulWhirlingSomewhere's beautiful 1998's 2-CD release Hope Was is back in print in Projekt's new "Path Away From Plastic" series. It is a hand-numbered 2-CD set in a limited edition 6-panel eco-wallet -- just $13.98. |
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Lovesliescrushing 's concept behind CRWTH (Chorus Redux) was to abstract even further upon an abstraction. CRWTH (Chorus Redux) is a completely re-edited take on the material, not merely a remix album, but an alternate version of Chorus. $13.98.
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Makaras Pen are the new band from Tearwave founder Doug White. Their debut CD was reviewed in the Big Takeover: "Shoegaze has always had a reputation for gloom, but Makaras Pen sounds more like the soundtrack to your next erotic evening." Read the full review. $13.98. |
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Projektfest'10 will be held July 30 & 31 in Philadelphia in conjunction with Dracula's Ball. Black Tape For A Blue Girl, Lovesliescrushing, Unto Ashes, Weep, Makras Pen, The Twilight Garden and others. Meet the bands and your friends. Can't wait to see you there. Projektfest website or Facebook Event Page. |
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Tuesday April 20 2010 ~ From Projekt's Sam Rosenthal
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Now in Stock!
Rajna: Offering
order for $19.98
With the new opus, Offering, French Heavenly Voices act Rajna presents their 9th album and their first release for Equilibrium Music. Rajna continue their musical and cultural quest, crossing the Mediterranean and taking us over the Aegean islands, the Cyclades, Crete and Greece, towards Turkey, where Orient and Occident blend as one.
On Pre-order, arriving any day....
Arcana: The First Era
1996-2004 4-CD Limited Edition Box Set
pre-order for $44.98
This 4-CD box set includes the first four Arcana albums, each including bonus tracks taken from various compilations and mini albums covering the early days of this unique act. The first three albums have also been carefully remastered, Dark Age of Reason by Arcana's own Peter Bjärgö, Cantar De Procella and ...The Last Embrace by Cyclic Law label-chief by Frederic Arbour.
Various Artists: Under the Weight of Light
order for $2.98
Style: Dark-Wave, cabaret, ballad. Black Tape For A Blue Girl opening and ending this sampler is without a shadow of a doubt the right band at the right time. This now legendary formation set up by Sam Rosenthal (who's also the boss of Projekt) starts with the interesting "Sailor Boy". It reminds me a bit to Nick Cave singing on a cabaret-song. It also gives an indication about the style and bands here selected. We're visiting the wide fields and musical purposes of the great Projekt label. As most noticeable and memorable bands we get the guitar-wave style of Weep delivering the carrying "Ever Shy"-song. The wave style of "Makaras Pen" is also a great moment here. The Twilight Garden is also worthy of examination. The song "Dead Adults" is a mix of new-wave and electronic bleeps. Katzenjammer Kabarett and their "Romance"-song doesn't sound that 'romance'-like at all. It's a great piece of post-punk with a vocalist reminding me of Siouxsie Sioux. Last, but not least I've to mention the absolute high light featured here. This is a remix of the "Tonacayotica"-song from Soriah. This song sounds a bit like ritual-wave music with a spooky male vocalist on top. This is excellent! "Under The Weight Of Light" is an entertaining sampler confirming the great taste of Sam Rosenthal! (ED:7/8)ED.
Iolation Tank / Dracula's Ball
You could win one of these cool auctions:
Johnny Depp - new Gibson electric guitar autographed by Johnny Depp
Neil Gaiman / Tori Amos / Dave McKean - autographed CD
Skinny Puppy - outgoing voicemail message recorded by Skinny Puppy
Lacuna Coil - the band record a personalized Happy Birthday card for you
Upcoming Projekt Releases:
~~~ June 8 ~~~
Erik Wollo Gateway | Makaras Pen (Debut)
~~~ July 13 ~~~
Steve Roach Sigh of Ages | Mark Seelig Disciple | Weep Worn Thin
What's happening in China?
(larger image) 1626 Magazine in China is running a two page Projekt feature in Issue #130, April 26. 1626 is a bi-weekly youth culture/fashion/lifestyle magazine, they tell me it is the best seller within this same genre of magazines in China.The writer is featuring the early 2000s sound of the label.... I am doing a full interview for China's Xmusic Magazine talking about running the label as well as the current bands. Black Tape For A Blue Girl's "Sailor Boy" is on the CD that comes with the May 2010 issue of Xmusic.
We want to play a show in China! Help us out fans!!! : )
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Friday April 16 2010 ~ From Projekt's Sam Rosenthal |
I have decided I want to take a green path away from plastic packaging for Projekt CDs. It might be a long route, but it is the way to go. I encourage all Projekt artists to look at non-jewel box options for their releases, even though it actually costs me MORE to print a digi, hub-pack or eco-wallet. Cool paper packaging and doing something positive for the earth is a WIN for everyone. Read the full statement
Sam's memories of Peter Steele
The first time I recall hearing Peter Steele's name was from Mike VanPortfleet of Lycia. Peter said complimentary things about Lycia in a few interviews.
MKUltra Issue #1 (1995)
Q: I think the production on Bloody Kisses is phenomenal!
Peter Steele: You should be familiar with Lycia. It's dark, ambient Goth music. The last album is called A Day in the Stark Corner. I would like our next album to sound something like this. It is the most depressing thing I've ever heard in my life. If I put it on in the morning when I get up... I'm useless for the rest of the day. It makes me feel like killing myself. It's like, why even bother getting dressed when I can just slit my wrists. Such simple hypnotic beats. Everything is drowned in reverb, yet the emotion comes through so loud and clear. It's just devastatingly beautiful, as beautiful as it is devastating. That's how I want to come through.
It is a pity that Peter is dead, but I think he has gone off to a better place. What I witnessed was a very sad story about a caring and talented guy whose demons got the best of him. Life turns out that way, sometimes.
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