Phonocratic Records

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!

Welcome to the new Phonocratic Records site. As you might have noticed, the old site at phonocratic.tk haven’t had any updates this year. That’s because I have silently been moving here to phonocratic.com. At the same time I have shifted the whole site into a wordpress-based publishing system, which means that in the future I can focus on delivering content, not on writing HTML. I think this will turn out to be handy.

I also announce that the Lost Shadow forum will be taken down later this year. It has not been much of a success, and is mostly unused nowadays. As it will be possible to comment on every articles here, the forum’s role seems to have disappeared. I encourage you to discuss the news items posted on phonocratic.com. This site will also have an RSS-feed, so you can keep yourself up to date with Lost Shadow using your favorite RSS-reader.

This new site will focus on Lost Shadow, but also contain material from Avoid, House Mouse, Johan Bengtsson and The Alvedons. Most of the information that was found on the old site has been transferred here, feel free to contact me if there is something you’re missing!

I have also decided to make most of my music available from last.fm. Unfortunately, I cannot upload covers of other artists’ songs, but still there is more than ten albums available that you can download for free. If you like them, please consider a donation or to join the friends of Lost Shadow (can be done in the store).

In a few days a new single will be out, called Pirate Bay, to celebrate this new site. I will soon submit it to last.fm, and will tell you here when it is released. Until then, keep it up, and enjoy the new site!