The Box
Label | Pancromatic – plp 2028Pancromatic – plp 2038 a/b+c/dPancromatic – plp 2038 e/f+g/hPancromatic – plp 2038 i/j+k/l |
Format | 2 x Vinyl, LP, clear and black mixed 2 x Vinyl, LP, transparent blue with some black mixed 2 x Vinyl, LP, black and solid orange mixed All Media, Compilation, Limited Edition |
Barcode | 2090504865494 |
Country | Norway |
Released | 2020 |
Genre | Electronic, Rock |
Style | Ambient, Experimental, Psychedelic Rock |
A 6 LP box by Sula Bassana, simply titled 'The Box'. It contains 3 double LPs with gatefold colour sleeves and with these titles: 'Endless Winter' (on clear and black mixed vinyl), this music was recorded in March 2006 and has previously only been released as a limited CD-r. 'Silent Music' (on transparent blue with some black mixed vinyl) is for sure the softest music recorded by Sula, recorded between 1999 and 2009 at different places and only previously available on a limited CD-r. The third double LP (on black and solid orange mixed vinyl) contains one LP with the split albums (with Vibravoid and 3 AM), both released on vinyl in a small print run and an album with unreleased and newly recorded tracks. The box is strictly limited to 500 copies.
Endless Winter | |||
A1 | Fields Of Snow | 14:25 | |
A2 | Biting Winds | 08:56 | |
B1 | Endless | 26:40 | |
C1 | Crystal Cold | 17:45 | |
C2 | The Frozen Lake | 05:56 | |
D1 | Early Sun | 09:10 | |
D2 | Shadows | 09:08 | |
Silent Music | |||
E1 | Dark Wood | 10:05 | |
E2 | Endless Moment | 09:28 | |
F1 | Sunrise | 06:28 | |
F2 | When Time Floats Backwards | 14:55 | |
G1 | Little Thought | 05:15 | |
G2 | Lost | 16:38 | |
H1 | A Sad Wind In The Streets | 08:56 | |
H2 | Silent Music | 09:38 | |
Splits And Unreleased | |||
I1 | The End Of The World | 08:34 | |
I2 | Blow That Trip | 06:08 | |
I3 | Nineteenninetynine | 05:00 | |
I4 | Low Future | 03:57 | |
J1 | Disappear | 10:36 | |
J2 | Grong | 05:06 | |
J3 | Smoof | 06:00 | |
K1 | Silver Smurfer | 03:55 | |
K2 | Spooky Neighbour | 03:56 | |
K3 | Echolot | 03:37 | |
K4 | Krankhop | 03:39 | |
K5 | Camembeat Electrash | 06:26 | |
L1 | Wonnepropper | 05:46 | |
L2 | Space Maze | 18:18 |
Guitar, Bass, Synthesizer, Piano, Flute, Singing Bowls, Cymbal, Mellotron, Stylophone – Sula Bassana (LP3, LP4)
Guitar, Effects, Other [Two Amps] – Sula Bassana (LP1, LP2)
Guitar, Fretless Bass, Drums, Synthesizer, Organ, Mellotron, Effects, Drum Machine [Minipops], Other [Toy Spiral], Effects [Space Echo] – Sula Bassana (J1 to J3)
Mastered By – Eroc (LP5, LP6)
Synthesizer, Drum Machine, Organ, Mellotron, Sequencer, Guitar, Bass, Drums – Sula Bassana (LP6)
Vocals – Jodi Barry (I1)
Vocals, Effects [Space Echo] – Komet Lulu (J1)
Voice, Guitar, Bass, Percussion, Synthesizer, Organ, Flute, Bells, Drum Machine, Tambura – Sula Bassana (I1 to I4)
Tracks E1, E2, F1, G1, H2 recorded between 1999 and 2009 at Amöbenklangraum Berlin and Emmerling.
Track G2 recorded 2006 at Lene's and Organmorgan's livingroom in Trondheim, Norway.
Tracks F2 and H1 recorded 2018 at Amöbenklangraum Schlierbach.
Tracks I1 to I4 recorded between 1998 and 2003 at Amöbenklangraum Berlin.
Tracks J1 to J3 recorded 2013 and 2014 at Amöbenklangraum Schlierbach.
LP 6 recorded between 2004 and 2018 at Amöbenklangraum Berlin, Mackenzell and Schlierbach.
Description on sulatron.com:
"This is a huge project for Sula Bassana and took a whole year to finish. Some kind of a retrospective, but with mostly never on CD and wax released stuff!
Started by the idea of doing a 6-LP Box by Pancromatic Records in Norway (which this product is about!), Sula produced the CD version for his own label Sulatron.
This box contains 2 LPs of the album „Endless Winter“ (originally released in 2006 in a small run of CD-Rs, later also available on Bandcamp). Sula did 3 new recordings who fit in perfectly, to make it a proper double album. Endless Winter is a Guitar only album, played over many guitareffects, 2 loopstations and 2 amps. No overdubs were done, it's all spontaneous improvisation.
Next 2 LPs are „Silent Music“, here Sula recorded 2 bonustracks with the same intention. This is a collection of very soft and/or quiet songs, played on a wide range of instruments: Guitar, Bass, Synthesizer, Piano, flute, soundbowls, cymbal etc. This album was also only out on a very small run of CD-Rs in 2009 and later also been uploaded to Bandcamp.
LP 5 contains Sula's sides of the 2 split LPs he made in the past: Retronique from the split with Vibravoid in 2003 (Nasoni-Records). And Disappear from the split LP with 3AM (Chino Burga from La Ira De Dios, Culto al Qondor etc.) from 2014. These are composed songs and show a different side of Sula, compared to the first 4 LPs of this box. You can compare it more to his album „Dreamer“ or similar stuff.
LP 6 contains previously unreleased tracks from the last 10 years or so. Mostly crazy and spaced out electronic stuff, with some dub and trance influences and one Guitar driven psychrock freakout.
The beautifully marbled 180 gram vinyl-LPs come in 3 gatefold covers in a strong box. Limited to 500 copies worldwide! No reprint!
LPs 5 & 6 are mastered by Eroc.
Coverartwork painted by Dr. Knoche, layout by Sula."
Matrix / Runout (Side A) – 27798 1A PLP2038
Matrix / Runout (Side B) – 27798 1B PLP2038
Matrix / Runout (Side C) – 27798 1C PLP2038
Matrix / Runout (Side D) – 27798 1D PLP2038
Matrix / Runout (Side E) – 27798 1E PLP2038
Matrix / Runout (Side F) – 27798 4F PLP2038
Matrix / Runout (Side G) – 27798 2G PLP2038
Matrix / Runout (Side H) – 27798 3H PLP2038
Matrix / Runout (Side I) – 27798 1I PLP2038
Matrix / Runout (Side J) – 27798 1J PLP2038
Matrix / Runout (Side K) – 27798 1K PLP2038
Matrix / Runout (Side L) – 27798 1L PLP2038