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MEDIUM : ANNOUNCEMENT
As many of you will already be aware, Jansen, Barbieri and Karn are now concentrating on projects outside of Medium Productions. This
effectively means that, without the trio working as it's nucleus, the company is no longer sustainable. The result being that Medium Productions are handing over operations to The Burning Shed for processing and dispatching online orders from the Medium catalogue.
From the links set out below you can view the new activities of Jansen, Barbieri and Karn as well as visit The Burning Shed for catalogue
details.
Steve, Richard, Mick and Debi would like to thank you all for your excellent support over the years and we sincerely hope that you continue to enjoy and follow new developments as they emerge.
Links:
STEVE JANSEN
http://www.samadhisound.com
MICK KARN
http://www.mickkarn.net
RICHARD BARBIERI
http://www.richardbarbieri.net
Still in it's formative stage but should soon be expanded to include all news, free downloads, articles and touring information for Richard's solo projects.
http://www.porcupinetree.com
2005 is going to be a very busy time for the band with the release of a new album in March and extensive touring to follow.
http://www.thebays.com
Richard often plays live gigs with this band and will be guesting with them on a UK tour in May.
THE BURNING SHED
http://www.burningshed.com
RICHARD BARBIERI - solo debut in London
March 1st, 2005 - Bush Hall, Shepherds Bush, 310 Uxbridge Road, London W12.
Richard Barbieri (ex Japan, Porcupine Tree), Tim Bowness (No-Man), Anathema
(acoustic) and Markus Reuter (Centrozoon, Europa String Choir).
Richard Barbieri makes his debut solo performance in the UK in support of his new album 'Things Buried'.
Tim Bowness and band will be playing songs from Tim's recently released One Little Indian album, 'My Hotel Year'.
Anathema perform their epic and atmospheric songs in a unique acoustic setting.
Renowned touch guitarist Markus Reuter will be performing a short set of his ambitious, loop-based, compositions.
Doors open, 7.45pm, performances begin, 8pm. Tickets £9 online (exclusively from www.burningshed.com) and £10 on the door.
(www.bushhallmusic.co.uk)
Richard Barbieri solo album
Richard Barbieri's debut solo album "Things Buried" will be released this December.
It can be ordered online at either richardbarbieri.net or burningshed.com although it's not expected that copies will arrive until after Christmas due to last post restrictions from Royal Mail.
"Things Buried" is an instrumental work that highlights Richard's unique approach to mood and sound.
Also featured are Percy Jones ( Brian Eno, Brand X ) on fretless bass and Andy Gangadeen ( Massive Attack, The Bays ) on drums.
Richard will be supporting Blackfield on their European tour this December, playing tracks from the album. Copies will be available for purchase at the gigs.
The richardbarbieri.net site should be up and running by mid December with free downloads, updated discography and all recent news. Next year it will develop into a comprehensive site dedicated to Richard's work, past and present and will feature articles, interviews and synthesiser tutorials.
Richard Barbieri solo material debut - live
Richard Barbieri will be performing a set of material from his forthcoming solo album on Blackfield’s European Tour. Blackfield are Steven Wilson and Aviv Geffen.
29th November - Belgium, VERVIERS, Spirit of 66 (tel: +32 87 35.24.240)
30th November - Holland, RIJSSEN, Lucky (tel: 0900 - 300 1250)
1st December - Holland, ZOETERMEER, Boerderij (tel: 0900 - 300 1250)
3rd December - Germany, BERLIN, Columbia Club (tel: 01805 562030)
4th December - Germany, HAMBURG, Grunspan/Knust (tel: 01805 562030)
5th December - Germany, KOLN, Prime Club (tel: 01805 562030)
6th December - Germany, BOCHUM, Matrix (tel: 01805 562030)
7th December - Germany, ASCAHAFFENBURG, Colos-saal (tel: 01805 562030)
8th December - Germany, KARLSRUHE, Substage (tel: 01805 562030)
9th December - Switzerland, PRATTELN, Z7 (tel: 061-8214810)
10th December - Italy, MILAN, Transilvania (tel : +39.02.392261)
13th December - Poland, KRAKOW, Rotunda
14th December - Poland, BYDGOSZCZ, Kuznia
MEDIUM CD'S - DISCOUNTED PRICES!
All the Medium CDs are now available at the new low price of £7.99 (except Seed, Beginning To Melt and the Sampler which remain at their previous discounted price).
ORIGINAL MICK KARN SCULPTURE FOR SALE
DOES GREY MATTER : an original sculpture by Mick, dated and signed 1981. No other copies made. Mixed media. Slightly larger than life. Interested parties should email me (Debi) at info@mediumproductions.com and I can email you a photo of the sculpture.
MICK KARN SCULPTURES
You can now find details of Mick's sculptures, including photos, in the "Special" section of our website. There may be one or two problems at the moment enlarging the images to view, but hopefully these will be rectified soon.
If you are interested in ordering a sculpture and would like some further information, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Kate Bush
Mick appears on Kate Bush's next album, 4 years in the making. Mick plays bass on the track 'How To Be Invisible'. We have no release date at this stage.
Mick Karn Session
Mick features on the debut album by Japanese band Losalios, formed by Tatsuya Nakamura, the drummer from the hugely successful group Blankey Jet City whom Masami Tsuchiya produced several albums for.
Mick plays bass on 4 tracks, one of which was a jam session with Masami and Tatsuya and we are therefore not sure whether this will feature on the finished album.
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
Medium Productions will continue to release new titles periodically as well as any information on its artists’ work - past, present and future. It is still the only official site dedicated to Steve Jansen, Richard Barbieri and Mick Karn’s jointly owned label and has over the years produced some outstanding recordings otherwise unavailable elsewhere.
For the time being, J B & K will be working on projects that benefit from the involvement of other alternative outlets, a summary of which follows below.
It has always been Medium’s policy that it be used for experimentation outside of the mainstream music business and has every intention of continuing to be so. We will give any relevant information as and when it is received directly from the artists themselves but any collaborations outside of Medium will also have their own websites respectively.
We hope this clears up any nagging questions that some of you may have about our long silence, partly due to the reconstruction of the website itself, but mainly because of our commitment to only post real news as it’s happening and never speculation or trivia.
JANSEN
Upon expiration of David’s deal with Virgin it was always his intention to launch his own label, so naturally the decision of Jansen and Sylvian to collaborate meant that Steve would also be an integral part of this new label. The result is that Steve Jansen will be releasing material via Samadhi Sound and Medium will continue with it’s same capacity to sell past releases as well as introduce new titles periodically. www.davidsylvian.com
BARBIERI
Richard's commitments with Porcupine Tree have intensified over the last 2 years following the band's signing to Warner Brothers in the States. They will embark on their 5th tour in support of the new album when they play across Europe this November.
In between tours Richard has found time to produce the debut album for the
American group Adom and continues to play live with the H Band.
He is currently programming sounds for the Roland Corporation and Native
Instruments and , time permitting, plans to start work on a solo album
KARN
Mick has had a studio album ready for release since the beginning of the year. To allow Mick to play live, we have decided to release this album on another label who will provide the required financial tour support. More Better Different will be released towards the end of September. We will keep you informed as and when dates are confirmed, anticipated to take place at the beginning of next year.
STEVE TOURS WITH ALICE
Steve will be performing with Italian singer Alice (Carla Bissi) once again.
06/02 Chiasso Cinema Teatro
10/02 Torino Tendone Ponte Mosca
11/02 Vercelli Teatro Civico
23/02 Milano Teatro Nuovo
27/02 Cervignano del Friuli (UD) Teatro P.P. Pasolini
02/03 Forlì Teatro D. Fabbri
05/03 Graz (A) Stefaniensall
You can find more information about Alice on:
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Delphi/8090/ALICE/home.html
www.aliceweb.net
Richard Barbieri - No Ordinary Man
The new album by Cipher, 'No Ordinary Man' (HiArt5) features Richard on keys/electronics.
MORE BETTER DIFFERENT UPDATE
There are reviews in Q, Uncut and Bass Player.
MORE BETTER DIFFERENT REVIEWS
EXPOSE
It's quite a rare thing to be known as great bassist - I mean, who remembers the bassist? They stand in the shadows and look moody; it's just what bassists do. Mick Karn bucks this trend like a tacky fair-ground ride. Karn was the first member of Japan to have a solo record and more than 20 years later More Better Different is as exciting as Japan were in the late 70s. Broadly an avant-garde album, More Better Different really is a work of art. All the tracks have a central core of Karn's fretless bass around which is weaved a fantastic tapestry of sounds. To call this album ambient does it a huge disservice, but by its very nature More Better Different is sublime mood music. At times beautiful and strangely unnerving, Karn has created something truly special. - Ali Burge, Expose.
BASS PLAYER MAGAZINE
Karn has quietly remained one of the most distinctive bass voices since his unusual fretless submelodies provided a strange yet catchy foundation for ’80s art-rock quartet Japan. On his latest solo effort, a ghostly and playful soundscape provides the perfect backdrop for Karn’s idiosyncratic fretless approach, in which oddly accented notes add a disjointed, angular quality to his melodic swoops and smears.
UNCUT
Twenty years on from Japan, Karn is still the bass players' bass player, only a lot less dull than that might sound. His consistently groundbreaking, idiosyncratic technique has bubbled and brooded through a series of solo LPs and "no 1 in the Far East" collaborations. this self-made slab of serenity sees him melding guitars, clarinet, samples and spoken word in nine mood pieces which swing from winningly funky ("The Jump") to cinematic noodling ("The End Gag"). I can't imagine anyone into Eno, Sylvian, Talk Talk or, for that matter, the better Radiohead tracks finding it less than transporting and beautifully optimistic.
4/5
MICK KARN RADIO INTERVIEWS
Mick recorded an interview with Radio Gloucestershire on 23rd February. We are trying to find out when this will be aired.
On Thursday 4th March Mick did a live interview with Radio Cleveland and on Tuesday 16th March will be interviewed, again live, by Radio Humberside.
MORE BETTER DIFFERENT RELEASE DATE
The release date has been put back to Monday 15th March. This was requested by the distributors to allow more time to sell the album in.
Technial problems with the website meant we were not able to advise you of this earlier, for which we apologise.
JAPAN RE-ISSUE
Japan's Tin Drum came in at #9 in Rolling Stone's Best Reissues of 2003 by David Fricke.
More Better Different
Mick's solo album 'More Better Different' will be released on the Invisible Hands label on 16th February 2004. Credits and tracklisting below:
recorded, mixed and produced by mick karn during 2002
instruments: wal bass guitar, guitar, clarinet, bass clarinet, keyboards, samples, vocals
the jump
atyan b-boot
it's his birthday this year
never thought
the show
the end gag
wishy-washy wishing
pulsating puddles
great day in the morning
mastered at abbey road studios by sean magee
design: simon davies
photography : jeff cottenden
artist management: debi zornes
Richard plays with the H Band
Richard Barbieri will be playing with the H band in September. This has now
become an annual event and the band will again play a short series of shows across Europe.
A double live album from the bands 2001 tour is available via the stevehogarth.com website.
Line up for this tour looks like being - Steve Hogarth, Aziz Ibrahim, Dave Gregory, Richard Barbieri, Pete Trewavas, Arran Ahmun, Dalbhir Singh and Stephanie Sobey-Jones.
Tour dates are as follows:
19 September
De Kade (www.kade.nl)
Zaandam
Netherlands Online: www.ticketservice.nl
Phone: +31 (0)900 3001250
In Person: GWK, Major Post Offices
20 September
De Lantaarn in Hellendoorn
Tickets are available through:
Ticketservice (www.ticketservice.nl or +31 (0)900 3001250) GWK's and major
postoffices and via the venue check www.lantaarn.nl or phone +31 (0)548 654 375
or email: info@lantaarn.nl
21 September
Alter Wartesaal
Cologne
Germany Online: www.thewebgermany.de
Email: hubo@communicados.de
Phone: +49 (0) 211 1649707
22nd September
Thunder Road
Codevilla (PV)
Milan, Italy
Online: www.thunderoad.net
Phone: +39 0383 373064
24th September
Bikini Club
Barcelona, Spain
Online: www.ticktackticket.com
Phone: +34 902 888 902
In Person: Major Music Shops
26th September
Union Chapel
Islington, UK
Online: www.wayahead.com
Samadhi Sound label
Steve Jansen has joined David Sylvian in developing output for the Samadhi Sound label. The brother's working relationship has developed since touring together in 2001/2002 and an album is in the making. In the meantime, the first release by the label is 'Blemish' - a Sylvian solo recording available directly from www.davidsylvian.com. where more news and information on the Sylvian/Jansen partnership can also be found, as well as free music downloads.
Re-Mastered
EMI have digitally re-mastered and re-packaged their Japan catalogue (Gentlemen Take Polaroids, Tin Drum, Oil On Canvas and Rain Tree Crow) for release on 15th September 2003. Additional material will be included on some of the releases.
Each Path A Remix Update
The Mick Karn remix album 'Each Path A Remix' is available now from Medium.
Track listing is as follows :
the never forgotten night we met the puppeteer - remixed by - Splattercell (aka David Torn)
electric monkey - remixed by - Claudio Chianura
tfp - remixed by - Yoshihiro Hanno
hong kong mastock - remixed by - Paul Wong
knowledge suspended - remixed by - Claudio Chianura
re: nil - remixed by - Yoshihiro Hanno
angel’s in the asylum - remixed by - Richard Barbieri
puppeteer night - remixed by - David Torn
big left - remixed by - Ryuichi Sakamoto
Our New Address
Please note our new address :
Medium Productions
PO Box 43312
Highbury
London
N5 2XS
Welcome to our new website
Welcome to our new website! We hope you like the new design. You will find many new features and updates on our site, including a secure online store and our Fan Zone!
HAPPY NEW YEAR
Steve, Richard, Mick and myself would like to wish you all a very happy 2004.
Thank you for your continued support.
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