The Chemical Brothers prepare special films for iTunes LP version of their new album
The Chemical Brothers are set to release their seventh studio album, called Further, on June 8, 2010 on Freestyle Dust/ Astralwerks. This album is said to be the band's first to be released with corresponding films made specifically to match each of the 8 audio tracks. The films will be included on an iTunes LP and special edition DVD.
It starts with what sounds like an alien Morse code transmission; Earth bound signals bouncing off the side of orbiting space debris. Snatches of voices found out in the ether cut through the machine fog, drifting across burbling analogue equipment lovingly kept working long after supposed sell-by date. By the time the click and thump of snare and bass drum arrive, the sounds are all-encompassing, swirling around you with dizzying, disorientating effect. Noises come untethered by constraints of volume, seemingly leaping from the speakers with a life of their own. For a band used to dealing in psychedelics, this time around The Chemical Brothers have really pushed the proverbial envelope.
Looking forward to it. Moreover, I think this is the only iTunes LP that I would buy so far.
