| hello everyone,
we've been home from our US tour for a couple weeks and we're finally
starting to collect ourselves and feeling rested - just in time to go
out and do it all over again, though this time on foreign soil. the
US tour was a blast as expected, thanks in no small part to the
wonderful traveling party, which included but was not limited to:
jesu, torche, zozobra, intronaut, and oxbow. these bands and the
folks that comprise them played a huge part in making this tour the
smashing success that it was, so we'd like to send our gratitude to
all of them as well as everyone else that contributed to the tour in
any way, shape, or form. most importantly however, we'd like to thank
all of you who came out to one or more of the shows - without out you
there would have been, well, nothing.....
...and now we look to the future. seems our european tour is just
about sewn up, with just a few more minor details to confirm. it
looks like we're hitting most of the usual spots, along with a couple
new ones, and a host of festivals as well. needless to say we're
quite excited about all of this since it's been some time since our
last trip in that direction, and we're hoping it will exceed our
expectations as it has just about every time in the past. we've
rounded up some fellow travelers to haul along with us, and at the
moment we can tell you that there are confirmed bills which will
include: oxbow, the oxbow acoustic duo (aka oxbow presents love's
holiday), boris, and ktl. there are a few other surprises in store as
far as the tour line up goes, but we'll hold off on that info until
everything is firmed up.
in release related news, we have a few things to mention, some
pertaining directly to isis, others only in a peripheral sense - i.e.
side projects, new collaborations, etc. first off, it looks like the
"oceanic" 2xlp re-release from level plane is only a short time away
from release now. there were some hold ups due to faulty test
pressings, but it looks like things are finally getting worked out so
this set can once again see the light of day. the repressing of the
"celestial" 2xlp on escape artists has all but sold out, with the few
remaining copies now on their way to our webstore for imminent
posting. the ever gracious conspiracy records will also be releasing
"celestial" on vinyl in the next couple months, hopefully in time to
coincide with the european tour. the cd version of "live IV" has been
wiped out after this last US tour, but the vinyl version of that
release is finally underway courtesy of robotic empire - no exact
release date has been set for that just yet. still/potentially in the
works are the following: complete studio recordings vinyl box set, a
DVD of the ATP performance of "oceanic" in it's entirety, live V cd/
lp, and a collaboration of some sort with tim hecker... stay tuned
for more details on that stuff. in related projects news isis
guitarist mike gallagher has just released a new album on neurot
recordings, an album by mgr vs sirdss called "impromptu"; isis
guitarist/vocalist aaron turner has a new collaboration with craig
dongoski entitled "drawing voices" just released on hydra head; isis
keyboardist/guitarist bryant meyer is currently on the road with red
sparowes, and we've all got our hands in a couple other pots at the
moment as well - more details as things solidify....
i'm sure there's a lot more we're forgetting at the moment, but
hopefully this is enough to tide you over for a while....
thank you and....... GOODNIGHT!
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