Posted February 16, 2016 by Floydian Slip
The 2015 remix of Roger Waters’ “Amused to Death” won “Best Surround Sound Album” at last night’s Grammy Awards.
James Guthrie and Joel Plante took the honor for their work remixing the ’92 album.
Waters’ feature length movie of “Roger Waters The Wall” was nominated for “Best Music Film,” but lost to “Amy,” a film by Asif Kapadia about Amy Winehouse.
Posted January 9, 2016 by Floydian Slip
David Gilmour‘s “Rattle That Lock” was honored for best album artwork of 2016 by Art Vinyl.
The avian-themed design, art directed by Dave Stansbie from The Creative Corporation, was selected by popular vote from 50 entrants.
Drenge‘s “Undertow” came in second, and “Currents” by Tame Impala was third.
The 2016 winners will be shown at exhibitions in Ayrshire, Bologna, Budapest and Munich, and at two locations in London.
Art Vinyl sells framing systems to display album covers as wall art, and curates album art exhibitions.
Posted December 13, 2015 by Floydian Slip
“Taken by Storm: The Art of Storm Thorgerson and Hipgnosis,” a feature-length documentary about the legendary Pink Floyd sleeve designer, is now streaming online.
Director Roddy Bogawa has made the entire film available for viewing online, along with bonus material, for $10. Viewers can also stream two bonus material featurettes for $5.99 a piece.
Bogawa’s new project is “Barrett: Have You Got It Yet?,” documenting the life of Floyd co-founder Syd Barrett. It’s tentatively schedule for a mid-2016 release. Read more about that film.
Posted December 8, 2015 by Floydian Slip
“Roger Waters The Wall” and “Amused to Death” received Grammy nominations yesterday.
The film “Roger Waters The Wall” was nominated for Best Music Film. It was directed by Waters and Sean Evans.
Other nominees in the category are:
Waters’ “Amused to Death” was nominated for Best Surround Sound Album. The ’92 work was remixed in Surround Sound by James Guthrie and Joel Plante.
Other nominees in that category are:
The Grammy’s will be broadcast Feb. 16 8 ET on CBS-TV.
Posted November 30, 2015 by Floydian Slip
A handful of very early Pink Floyd recordings had their first official release Friday as “Pink Floyd 1965: Their First Recordings.” The limited edition vinyl set was sold during Record Store Day in the United Kingdom.
At least two of the recordings had been floating around as bootlegs since the ’60s — “Lucy Leave” and “I’m a King Bee” — but most fans were familiar with the others by title only.
The double-7-inch vinyl set contains a total of four Syd Barrett numbers, one by Roger Waters and a cover of a Slim Harpo song:
The lineup on the recordings consists of Roger Waters, bass and vocals; Nick Mason, drums; Rado Klose, guitar; Richard Wright, keyboards; and Syd Barrett, guitar and vocals.
The Waters composition, “Walk With Me Sydney,” features vocals by Juliette Gale, wife of keyboardist Rick Wright.
Though the limited edition of approximately 1,000 sets was distributed in the U.K. only, the band’s Facebook page says the band hopes to make the tracks available “in some physical form towards the end of next year (2016).”
Posted November 16, 2015 by Floydian Slip
Register to win a copy of the soundtrack to the film “Roger Waters The Wall.”
These double-CDs are courtesy of Legacy Recordings.
Deadline to enter: End of day Sunday, Nov. 22.
Posted November 14, 2015 by Floydian Slip
Roger Waters has told Digital Spy he’ll release a new studio album in 2016 and follow it with a tour.
He’s said he’s working on a “radio play” about a boy and his grandfather in Northern Ireland.
“I’m in the middle of making it now,” he says. “It addresses this basic question: Why are we killing the children?
“There’s two characters in it: a grandfather and a grandchild and they together try to find answers to this question, by wandering around.”
Some of the songs were written by Waters as many as 15 years ago.
As for the tour, Waters says he’s looking to perform a “full arena tour,” partly to generate revenue lost to piracy. “Particularly now that you can’t own a record — people just steal it the minute it’s out. They steal it and that’s the end of it,” he says.
“The only way to make a few quid would be to go out on the road and get bums on seat, because they can’t steal that!”
Posted October 21, 2015 by Floydian Slip
Roger Waters‘ camp has announced what they’re calling the “Super Deluxe Edition” of his upcoming concert film package. And at $500, it’s a whopper.
The film will come out Nov. 16 on DVD, Blu-ray and as a digital download; the soundtrack is set for release Nov. 20.
But the “Super Deluxe Edition” will take a bit longer. Considering its scope, it can be forgiven. The 25-pound, 9-disc package will arrive sometime in early 2016.
Here’s the scoop:
If you’d like to gift it for the holidays, they’ve got you covered: In November buyers will get a hard cover folio containing two art prints, presumably for the purpose of having something to stick under the tree to tease the real treat that’ll arrive after the New Year.
Posted October 11, 2015 by Floydian Slip
We’ve redesigned the official “Floydian Slip” sticker. And, like our previous sticker, we’re making it available free for the asking.
Get yours by mailing a SASE to:
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A SASE is a “self-addressed stamped envelope.” Put your own address on an empty #10 business-size envelope, affix First Class postage to it, and mail it to us using another envelope.
Fans outside the United States can get stickers by sending $1.50 (US) return postage via PayPal to ccb@floydianslip.com, and we’ll mail a handful of stickers your way.
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