September 21, 2024

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The official soundtrack of David Lynch’s ‘Blue Velvet Revisited’


In 1985, a young German filmmaker Peter Braatz was invited by David Lynch to Wilmington, North Carolina, to document the making of his new film. Over the following three months Braatz was given unrestricted access to set, cast, crew and director, collating hours of behind-the-scenes footage, in-depth interviews and over a thousand photographs.  Featuring exclusive, never before seen footage, the forthcoming feature-length ‘BLUE VELVET REVISTED’ finally offers the most intimate and revealing insight into one of the greatest films of the 1980s, and one of the world’s greatest directors ever. Film to be completed in October 2015.

The music…

The soundtrack for this new take on an old masterpiece is equally as significant. Uniting the talents of acclaimed UK electronic balladeers CULT WITH NO NAME with legendary post-punk chamber music pioneers TUXEDOMOON, the music for ‘Blue Velvet Revisited’ is every bit as noirishly evocative as the billing would suggest. Fusing elements of contemporary classical (‘Lumberton’) to jazz (‘So F*****g Suave’) to ambient electronica (‘Do It For Van Gogh’) to krautrock (‘Jeffrey Nothing’), but never fully surrendering to any, Tuxedomoon and Cult With No Name have produced a suite that is as unique as it is representative of both artists. In addition, the album sees a contribution from electronic music Godfather JOHN FOXX, the eerie ambience of ‘Lincoln Street’ providing a perfect axis around which Tuxedomoon and Cult With No Name can weave their magic.

With glorious artwork featuring previously unseen photographs of David Lynch, Dennis Hopper, Isabella Rossellini, Kyle Maclachlan  and Laura Dern, ‘Blue Velvet Revisited’ is a truly special release.

 

Tracking listing

1. The Slow Club
2. Lumberton
3. Do It For Van Gogh
4. So F****** Suave
5. Now It’s Dark
6. Dorothy
7. Lincoln Street – performed by John Foxx
8. A Candy Colored Clown
9. Frank (CD only)
10. Alligator Briefcase
11. Jeffrey Nothing
12. Until The Robins Come
13. Don
14. Sandy (digital bonus)

CD, vinyl LP and digital.
Crammed Discs MTM42.

 

Watch a teaser for ‘Blue Velvet Revisited’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pG75lzWQtV8

 

Source: Crammed Discs