Phonocratic Records

In our efforts to bring Lost Shadow’s music to your favourite digital music store, we can now report that Lost Shadow albums have been successfully added to iTunes, Amazon, 7digital, CDON and Emusic. On iTunes, three albums are now available, with Juniper and Cinnamon being the most recent addition. The other stores currently list Intuition and Decision and Truth and Consequences, with the third one being on its way (it should arrive during next week). We’re still waiting for Lost Shadow’s music to arrive to Spotify, which should happen in the near future.

We are very happy to announce that we have completed deals to distribute Lost Shadow music on iTunes and that two albums has already gone live on the iTunes Store. These albums can be found here:
Intuition and Decision
Truths and Consequences

Juniper and Cinnamon is expected to show up on iTunes next week. We are also on our way to distribute music on Spotify, AmazonMP3, 7digital and CDON.

We are very happy about these deals, but because of our new agreements, some things has changed in our own store. From now on, digital albums will be sold through iTunes (and the above mentioned online music stores). Physical albums will still be available from our own store exclusively. However, no albums will be sold during September, as a consequence of this restructuring process. When the new Lost Shadow album go on sale, the album store will reopen. We no longer sell physical singles, and plan to discontinue the single format completely in a not too distant future. Until then, digital singles will be sold through our own store, or through iTunes (we still need to work out this deal).

Stay tuned for updates on when Lost Shadow’s music arrive to Spotify!

I have spent most of the last two weeks in the studio, finishing the new album. Now, there is only a few things left to record, and the album has started going into the mixing stage. All in all, it seems that we can look forward to a September release date, with a new single being released slightly before that. While you’re waiting, take a listen to the recently released single “The Problem With Democracy”:

A new Lost Shadow single, called The Problem With Democracy has been released today. This breathtaking take on politics marks the first song taken form the forthcoming Lost Shadow album, due for release in Autumn this year. I am very happy with this song, and I think that it is a good first taste of what will come on the next album. Also included on the single is the b-side Toltorpsdalen, as well as remixes by House Mouse and the Trance Line Project.

The single is available for download from Bandcamp. As usual, the radio version of the song is, of course, free. As you might have noticed earlier, it will not be possible to order this single in physical format (due to low demand for previous physical single releases). However, if you would like to have it on CD, buy the digital release on Bandcamp (it’s only €1), download it in a high-quality format, burn it to CD and print the PDF-cover that comes with the full version of the single release.

And in case you wonder why it took so long time, as the single was scheduled to be released earlier this month, we chose to reject the first two versions of the mastering, to get a superb experience of this new Lost Shadow material. Enjoy!

Peter Gabriel’s cover of David Bowie’s song Heroes may feature one of the best string arrangements I have ever heard. A combination of all the things I like, raising string lines, low bass lines and a minimalistic pattern a la Steve Reich – perfect. You can listen to it at Peter Gabriel’s web site.

Also, in a brief note, the voting for the Laurie Anderson remix contest has ended. I ended up on a 123rd place, which probably is what to expect from such an alternative mix. Now all hope is for the jury to appreciate it. Their picks will be announced on the 17th of June.