THE SOULWAX.INFO FORUM

05/20/2009

Here it is: the first EP by Die Verboten, a collaboration between Soulwax, Feargadelic and Riton. It's called 'Live In Eivissa'.

PRE ORDER HERE!

This first edition is limited to 300 copies, is pressed on 200 gram vinyl and the artwork is stunning! It's not cheap though: 30 GBP.

It will be released on June 29.

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Tracklisting:

A. Live In Eivissa
B. Exclusive etching

Product Details:
• 'Live In Eivissa' is the world-wide debut release by Die Verboten, an audio-visual side-project that can best be described as ‘space music’, bringing together the musical and visual talents of Soulwax, Riton and Fergadelic.
• Die Verboten is a project that uses the studio as a compositional machine & a sound laboratory; a project that integrates sound & image.
• This hand-numbered and stamped first edition includes an exclusive, 12" vinyl-only release of 'Live In Eivissa', an 18-minute epic recorded in Ibiza, on the A-side, and a unique laser-etched artwork on the B-side.
• Also included is a unique 'pop-up' pyramid artwork whose geometric configuration is designed to focus the deep cosmic powers of the vinyl housed inside.
• Created by artist Fergadelic, the folding pyramid features tapestry artwork and treated photographs taken at the Die Verboten recording sessions in Ibiza.
• Inner sleeve also features exclusive artwork, and a list of all the analogue synthesizers and studio kit used in the sessions.
• 'Live In Eivissa' pressed on super-heavyweight 200-gram 12" vinyl crafted on the legendary EMI 1400.
• Available to pre-order now, this edition is limited to only 300 copies worldwide!
• Estimated shipping date June 29, 2009.

Making of:

Recording: As the name suggests, 'Live In Eivissa' was recorded in live in Ibiza. "We had a mini-studio set up by the pool outside, with a mixing desk, synths, sequencers, guitars and drums," recalls Fergadelic of the Die Verboten recording sessions. "We work in a very angst-free way anyway and working in Ibiza we had the added dimension of recording outdoors, in the warm in a really beautiful environment with a whole bunch of people hanging out there. I'll never forget recording outside as the sun was setting. Most Balearic."

Musical influences: "Various continental European music, like kraut, new beat, cosmic, N.D.W, Vangelis (especially his 'Earth' album!), Balearic, French stuff (from Heldon to Plastic Bertrand), etc. We love Neu!, Can, Kraftwerk, Ashra, Harmonia, Peter Baumann, Michael Bundt, Lilienthal, Achim Reichel, Harald Grosskopf, Klaus, the Tangerines, Amon Duul II, Popul Vuh, Faust, La Dusseldorf, Phantomband and pretty much anything on the Sky, Brain and Innovative Communication labels."

Production: Hand-crafted by The Vinyl Factory, this limited edition has been produced to the very highest standards here in the UK. All our vinyl is pressed using the finest machinery in the world, the EMI 1400 press, with the most advanced mould ever made.

Press quotes:

"This supergroup's debut release is suitably cosmic in every way imaginable!"
FACT magazine

"We constantly try to experiment and make music in a very free way. The whole experience is an experiment, in fact."
Fergadelic

“The mere fact that it took two years for this piece of music to surface, shows the infinite love we have for the concept of ‘space’.”
Die Verboten