Posted August 15, 2023 by Floydian Slip
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Posted August 14, 2023 by Floydian Slip
Posted August 11, 2023 by Floydian Slip
On Sept. 29, Sony Music/Legacy Recordings will release “Metallic Spheres in Colour,” a reworking of the 2010 album “Metallic Spheres” by The Orb, featuring David Gilmour.
“The idea for ‘Metallic Spheres in Colour’ was that Alex Paterson (founder of The Orb) could have done more on the first version, and he didn’t really have the opportunity because we had a philosophy of making the music like the Blade Runner soundtrack meets ‘Wish You Were Here,'” according to Youth, producer of the album.
“So, I asked him why don’t we remix it and make it like an Orb classic? And in doing that, it’s almost like a completely different album.”
Gilmour’s partnership with The Orb came about when he met Youth in the studio when Gilmour was recording “Chicago/Change The World” by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, a benefit track for British hacker Gary McKinnon.
The album consist of two tracks:
It will be available on LP, CD and streaming.
Posted August 8, 2023 by Floydian Slip
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Posted August 7, 2023 by Floydian Slip
Posted August 1, 2023 by Floydian Slip
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Posted July 31, 2023 by Floydian Slip
Congratulations to our winners of “The Solo Works of Syd Barrett”:
Prizes courtesy of Third Man Records.
Posted July 31, 2023 by Floydian Slip
Posted July 28, 2023 by Floydian Slip
British artist and film maker Ian Emes, perhaps best known for his work with Pink Floyd, died last week at 73.
Emes created the animations that the band played during its performances of “Speak to Me,” “Time” and “On the Run” — all from “The Dark Side of the Moon” (1973). He also created a 55-minute film for the band’s “The Endless River” album in 2014; and a film to accompany “Nothing Part 14,” a 7-minute piece recorded by Floyd as part of the making of “Echoes” from “Meddle” (1971), and included in The Early Years: 1965–1972 (2016) boxset.
He also directed a film shown during Roger Waters‘s performance of “The Wall” in Berlin, Germany, in 1990.
Emes’s association with Floyd began in 1972 when keyboardist Rick Wright saw Emes’s animated short “French Windows” on the BBC’s “Old Grey Whistle Test” and contacted the artist. The piece was set to Floyd’s “One of These Days.”
“Pink Floyd called me!” Emes told The Birmingham Post in 2010. “They were my gods and they wanted to see me. I thought I had done something wrong initially. I thought they wanted to tell me off.”
On the contrary, the band commissioned Emes to create the “Dark Side” animations.
Emes also created a film for Linda McCartney‘s “The Oriental Nightfish,” recorded by Wings; a video for Duran Duran‘s 1982 track “The Chauffeur”; and did work for Mike Oldfield.
Posted July 26, 2023 by Floydian Slip
Roger Waters will premiere his new take on Pink Floyd‘s “The Dark Side of the Moon” (1973) at a concert Oct. 8 at London’s Palladium.
The show will come two days after his album, “The Dark Side of the Moon Redux,” will be released.
Joining Waters for the show will be Gus Seyffert, bass; Joey Waronker, drums; and Jonathan Wilson, guitar. All participated in the recording of the album, along with Seyffert’s partner, Bedouine, who provided vocals.
Also scheduled to appear at the Palladium gig are Johnny Shepherd, organ; Via Mardot, theremin; Gabe Noel, strings; Jon Carin, keyboard; Robert Walter, piano; and Azniv Korkejian, vocals.
Tickets are available at livenation.co.uk.
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