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thefugitivesaint · 2 years
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Tracking down information on this track is surprisingly difficult. The song is either from a French or German synthwave band from the 80s or early 90s. I’ve exhausted my patience hunting through that series of tubes known as the internet in pursuit of the elusive game of solid information regarding this band (or if, in fact, the name provided here is even accurate). My efforts have netted me nothing but expended energy. Alas.  Whoever made this sedately poppy, melancholically infused gem will most likely be lost to time (as all things eventually are).  Superfluous Addendum: The image used in the above video is from the cover of the Ceramic Hello 7″ ‘Climatic Nouveaux’ (1980). Here’s the B-side, Theatre Matrix. (And here’s their full length album ‘The Absence Of A Canary’ from 1981)
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vapormaeve · 1 year
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Source: Cover art of Lost Boy by The Midnight
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yoan-le-grall · 12 days
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brokehorrorfan · 23 days
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John Carpenter will release his fourth solo album, Lost Themes IV: Noir, on May 3 via Sacred Bones Records. The filmmaker/composer is, as always, accompanied by son Cody Carpenter on synthesizer and godson Daniel Davies on guitar.
The album is available to pre-order on vinyl in several colorways, each of which features a foil stamped jacket and comes with a 24x36 fold-out poster (pictured below):
Black ($20)
Red ($24)
Indie exclusive tan and black marble with bonus 7"
Sacred Bones exclusive red on clear splatter with bonus 7" ($30, limited to 1,000)
Rough Trade exclusive oxblood red and black splatter with bonus 7" ($33, limited to 300)
Shout Factory exclusive black and clear cloudy with bonus 7" ($32, limited to 500)
The album is also available on CD ($14) and cassette ($12). Watch the music video for a new song titled "My Name Is Death" below, where you can also read the press release.
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It’s been a decade since John Carpenter recorded the material that would become Lost Themes, his debut album of non-film music and the opening salvo in one of Hollywood’s great second acts. Those vibrant, synth-driven songs, made in collaboration with his son Cody Carpenter and godson Daniel Davies, kickstarted a musical renaissance for the pioneering composer and director. In the years since, Carpenter, Carpenter, and Davies have released close to a dozen musical projects, including a growing library of studio albums and the scores for David Gordon Green’s trilogy of Halloween reboots. With Lost Themes IV: Noir, they’ve struck gold again, this time mining the rich history of the film noir genre for inspiration. Since the first Lost Themes, John has referred to these compositions as “soundtracks for the movies in your mind.” On the fourth installment in the series, those movies are noirs. Like the film genre they were influenced by, what makes these songs “noirish” is sometimes slippery and hard to define, and not merely reducible to a collection of tropes. The scores for the great American noir pictures were largely orchestral, while the Carpenters and Davies work off a sturdy synth-and-guitar backbone. The noir quality, then, is something you understand instinctively when you hear it. “Some of the music is heavy guitar riffs, which is not in old noir films,” Davies notes. “But somehow, it’s connected in an emotional way.” The trio’s free-flowing chemistry means Lost Themes IV: Noir runs like a well-oiled machine—the 1951 Jaguar XK120 Roadster from Kiss Me Deadly, perhaps, or the 1958 Plymouth Fury from John’s own Christine. It’s a chemistry that’s helped power one of the most productive stretches of John’s creative life, and Noir proves that it’s nowhere near done yielding brilliant results. “This is who we are, I think,” John summarizes. “Daniel’s the adventurer. He pushes for new sounds, new directions. He tries things that I haven’t thought of. He’s a lot more daring than I am, and he enriches the whole thing. Cody’s the musician. He’s a savant at music. He understands music. We depend on him to rescue us.” And what about John’s contribution? With characteristic understatement, he concludes: “I’m the experience. I’ve done music for movies before.”
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omercifulheaves · 23 days
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John Carpenter - My Name Is Death New Lost Themes album!
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triforce-of-mischief · 6 months
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brother: so how long is this song anyway
me: oh it's been looped for like an hour
brother: ok i just didn't want to admit that i've been vibing
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thevoidbetween · 8 months
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I miss you. Maybe in Another World where we are healthier mentally.
- Where Next? -
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comapill · 8 months
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originallokifaded · 4 months
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Love or Lust….???🖤
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planet-side · 8 months
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dausonrahl · 6 months
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Your name don’t ring bells. Who you know?
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phoenixcinema · 2 years
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N E O N  at the Phoenix Cinema
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sydstyx · 2 years
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Salem
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yoan-le-grall · 5 months
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brokehorrorfan · 23 days
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In celebration of John Carpenter's Lost Themes IV: Noir, Fright-Rags has released a shirt and flexi disc bundle for the lead single, "My Name Is Death." Both feature artwork by Aaron Lea. Priced at $45, the set is limited to 500 and will ship the week of April 12.
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omercifulheaves · 1 year
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John Carpenter’s Lost Themes III - Carpathian Darkness
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