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Devin Townsend - Z2
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Devin will soon launch a three-month-long crowdfunding campaign on PledgeMusic for CASUALTIES OF COOL since the album will be released without record-label backing.
In a 2013 interview with BluntMag.com.au, Devin stated about CASUALTIES OF COOL: "If there's anybody who's new to what I do, who maybe heard 'Liberation' or some of the songs off 'Epicloud' and thought, 'This is really cool, I could get into this,' you're going to hate CASUALTIES. [laughs] I mean, really, it's as opposite of 'Epicloud' as 'Ghost' was to 'Deconstruction'. It's this weird, dark, not evil but verging on it, bluesy, Johnny Cash-y, strange, quiet folk record. But I love it, it's the one record that I've done over the past 10 or 15 years where I can truly say, 'This is where I am right now.'
"You know, the other things that I've done have been as well in their own right, 'Epicloud', 'Deconstruction' and 'Addicted!', but there was an agenda with those, I was trying to say something with them or I was trying to prove a point, make a statement about the past or whatever. CASUALTIES is something that I've done without any pressure, without anybody telling me what to do, without showing it to anyone, it's just what evolved when I wasn't thinking about it. As a result of that, I'm incredibly proud of it, but it remains to be seen whether or not other people will resonate with it. I think they will, man. I think it's fucking awesome, and I mean, I haven't smoked weed in a long time but I can't imagine that it wouldn't be awesome while you're smoking. [laughs]"
Asked where CASUALTIES OF COOL will fit into the Devin Townsend discography in terms of sound — among his more traditional-sounding albums, or a bit more removed like his ambient albums, Devin said: "Somewhere in the middle, you know, somewhere in the middle. It's like, if you took the weird elements of 'Ki' and the weird elements of 'Devlab' and added a vintage sort of vibe.
"My management had a suggestion, which I think is pretty cool, which was, 'You shouldn't call it DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT, you shouldn't even put your name on it, just call it CASUALTIES OF COOL and put it out as its own thing.' It's got a different singer, I sing on like half of it right, but it's got this lady [Vancouver artist Ché Aimee Dorval, who also appears on 'Ki'] who's just this brilliant singer, she's a young, despondent-sounding bluesy vocalist and it's creepy. I think that that might be a way for me to get away with it, putting it out without it being part of the DTP [DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT] or whatever.
"I don't know what to tell you, man. I just go where it feels the most honest to go, then I deal with people thinking it's weird afterwards. [laughs]"
Regarding whether there is a particular atmosphere he wants to create or a story he wants to convey with CASUALTIES OF COOL, Devin said: "Yeah there's a story, definitely. It's going to take a little longer than what we've got for me to explain it, but you'll hear it eventually. I want it to be something you listen to quietly, by yourself, in the middle of the night, with a big old full moon outside. It'll work perfectly."
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11 Fév 2014 7:04
noise
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21 Mar 2014 11:38
betrayer/renewal
Skeleton In The Forum
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Sinon à côté y a deux disques en vue
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Devin Townsend Project drummer Ryan Van Poederooyen has checked in with the following update:
"Ziltoid 2 is complete! The entire album was finished tracking yesterday. It was the most insane day I've ever had in the studio but also the most memorable and rewarding. Pretty damn tired but looking forward to recording the entire DTP side of the double album today and then flying home to Vancouver to get some much needed rest. One album down, one more to go! 'Make the impossible possible.'"
Following are the tentative tracklists for the forthcoming Z2 and DTP albums:
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16 Mai 2014 19:39
Sasayaki no karasu
Heavy Metal Lawyer
Inscription: 20 Jan 2005 17:27 Messages: 1357 Localisation: Hier Houilles, aujourd'hui qui sait ?
Sinon l'album est cool, mais il plaira sans doute plus aux fans de Ki (et pour cause, Ché Aimee Dorval assurait déjà les parties vocales féminines sur Ki) qu'à ceux pour qui le seul album valable du DTP est Deconstruction.
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17 Mai 2014 12:14
noise
Ce mec a floodé, je l'ai vu !
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08 Juin 2014 23:50
noise
Ce mec a floodé, je l'ai vu !
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Les 2 albums sortent le 27 Octobre. L'album de DTP s'appelle Sky Blue et la suite de Ziltoid, Dark Matters. Outre l'inamovible Anneke, il y aura entre autres invités Dominique Lenore Persi (Stolen Babies) et Chris Jericho (Fozzy).
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10 Aoû 2014 11:58
noise
Ce mec a floodé, je l'ai vu !
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Canadian multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter and producer Devin Townsend will release his long-awaited new double-album, "Z2", on October 28 in the U.S. and October 27 in Europe. The "Z2" project will also see him play a landmark show at London's legendary Royal Albert Hall on April 13, 2015.
Comments Devin: "So it's been years I've been trying to get the energies in line to do another 'Ziltoid' record, and it's finally happened! 'Z2' is my new record, and it's a multimedia event that has taken a ton of people a ton of effort to bring to you! It's a double album, (one side DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT, and one side 'Ziltoid') and the concept expands on 'Ziltoid' the alien, and his sci-fi adventures in a way that kind of throws back to '50s radio plays... but obviously with complicated, heavy music as its soundtrack.
"It has taken a great deal of energy to put this all together, and the music is just one of the aspects of it. It's a dream come true in a lot of ways, and I'm excited and honored to be able to finalize the project with a live version of the entire record at the famous Royal Albert Hall in London on April 13th of next year! (!!) Basically what we did with 'The Retinal Circus' a few years back will be taken to the next level with 'Z2' live.
"At the end of this process, we reached for the stars, and hopefully got to the moon, and after this album cycle, I will be taking some time to recharge my batteries and see what the next chapter holds.
"I hope you enjoy this record and all its offshoots, as one of my goals is to hopefully inspire folks to reach for unconventional ways to express themselves as well. We couldn't have done it without you!"
DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT will embark on a U.S. tour later this year, co-headlining with ANIMALS AS LEADERS and MONUMENTS supporting.
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03 Sep 2014 5:57
noise
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20 Sep 2014 13:30
Sasayaki no karasu
Heavy Metal Lawyer
Inscription: 20 Jan 2005 17:27 Messages: 1357 Localisation: Hier Houilles, aujourd'hui qui sait ?
[20-14:13:34] <Sasayaki_no_karasu> ça se commande où cette petite chose ? [20-14:18:37] <Sasayaki_no_karasu> ok, vu ^^ [20-14:20:23] <Sasayaki_no_karasu> ok, commandé
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20 Sep 2014 13:46
noise
Ce mec a floodé, je l'ai vu !
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29 Sep 2014 8:50
noise
Ce mec a floodé, je l'ai vu !
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CD1 - Sky Blue
01. Rejoice 02. Fallout 03. Midnight Sun 04. A New Reign 05. Universal Flame 06. Warrior 07. Sky Blue 08. Silent Militia 09. Rain City 10. Forever 11. Before We Die 12. The Ones We Love
CD2 - Dark Matters
01. Z2 02. From Sleep Awake 03. Ziltoidian Empire 04. War Princess 05. Deathray 06. March of the Poozers 07. Wandering Eye 08. Earth 09. Ziltoid Goes Home 10. Through the Wormhole 11. Dimension Z
CD3 - Dark Matters (without dialogue)
01. Z2 02. From Sleep Awake 03. Ziltoidian Empire 04. War Princess 05. Deathray 06. March of the Poozers 07. Wandering Eye 08. Earth 09. Ziltoid Goes Home 10. Dimension Z
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07 Oct 2014 6:12
noise
Ce mec a floodé, je l'ai vu !
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22 Oct 2014 13:34
Mastering
Creature de la Nuit
Inscription: 17 Mar 2004 19:04 Messages: 510 Localisation: Perpignan
Un poil déçu au premier abords (comme pour Epicloud) mais la seconde écoute semble plus prometteuse quand à la qualité de ce disque. L'ambiance générale du premier cd (Sky Blue) est assez bluffante. Je n'adhère pas à 100% mais comme à chaque fois, c'est tellement cohérent et bien fait qu'on ne peut que respecter.
On verra ce que donne Dark Matters ....
27 Oct 2014 22:28
noise
Ce mec a floodé, je l'ai vu !
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Dark Matters c'est un truc de malade mental, encore plus cinglé que le Ziltöid de 2007, j'ai adoré la version avec les passages parlés, ça apporte un plus réel je trouve, on verra la version purement musicale pour comparer mais j'ai peur que ça soit plus soft
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