Legendary Pink Dots & Matt Howarth
Portals In The Storm
"The Legendary Pink Dots have toured the world countless times and released dozens of albums after forming in London in
1980, while Matt Howarth has made his name with his comic books and graphic novels over a career stretching back to the
mid-1970s. Many of his works have a science fiction theme, but electronic and alternative music has always inspired him,
leading him to projects with The Residents, Hawkwind, Moby, Ash Ra Tempel, Klaus Schulze, Nash the Slash, Foetus, Yello,
Wire, Richard Pinhas, Ron Geesin, David Borden, and more. Soleilmoon presents this captivating cross-disciplinary
cooperative project by two of the label's favorite artists. Matt Howarth writes: 'I have spent much of my career
infusing my comics with eclectic music. I did music reviews as comic strips ('Sonic Curiosity'). I got several real
world musicians to guest star in many of my works (like Hawkwind, the Residents, Wire, Conrad Schnitzler, and others in
my 'Savage Henry' series). It made perfect sense that I would mutate such connections into actual collaborations with
musicians (like Klaus Schulze, Hugh Hopper, Arthur Brown, and more). My musical tastes are far from commercial drivel,
so it makes perfect sense that I would want to work with musicians whom I deeply respected (like the Legendary Pink
Dots). And each of these collaborations comes with a unique 'how we got there' tale. Many years ago, my friend Carl
Howard, who ran Audiofile Tapes, turned me onto The Pink Dots. And later, it was Carl who got me in contact with Edward
Ka-Spel. Edward and I discussed the possibility of working together, but life has a way of getting in the way, and it
would be several years before that ambition bore fruit. In fact, the COVID-19 lockdown was integral in that happening.
Trapped at home, Edward found the opportunity to put his creative juices to work on our project. We discussed some vague
story ideas, then I did the comic. That gave Edward something to directly inspire the music. His interpretation was
spot-on, flavoring a simple adventure story with deeply emotional content.' In addition to the Legendary Pink Dots'
music, the enhanced CD includes Matt's comic in PDF format, viewable on your television with a DVD player, or on any
computer with a built-in or connected external CD or DVD drive."
Price
Genre
Format
CD - 1 disk
Release
01-01-1970
Label
Item-nr
1316283
EAN
0753907789720
Availability
Not in stock
Tracks
Title
Artist
1
PORTALS IN THE STORM
2
DIGITAL STORY PDF (IN FOLDER ON DISC)