KnifeLadder, Arnica/Wolfsblood, and Changes news

I'll start with good news, touch on some not so great news, and then end with some more good news.

A short interview with John Murphy edited with some nice footage of KnifeLadder life at Madrid le Blanc has been posted at Heathen Harvest. I've not been as active on Heathen Harvest as I would like to be, as far as submissions are concerned which is mainly due to my increasing amount of "real world" responsibilities, however they have been very gracious with me in this situation and are still happy to feature my work, as sparse as it may be. Next edition they will post additional footage, most of which has been available on Vimeo for a while now, but it will no doubt reach a larger audience.

And now the not so great news. I had hoped to have both the Arnica/Wolfsblood 10", and the Changes DVD released by Yule. However this is looking more like a dream right now, so I've pushed back the release date to next month. The vinyl press I'm working with has been great, but the holiday seasons have set back production. The Changes DVD is simply a lack of available funding.

With that said, I'll end on something a little lighter.



Spire: The Twilight Language is only a few days away. The forth annual Cascadian winter solstice gathering is something that legends and oral traditions are made of. I am honored to be invited to chronicle the event and suggest that if you can, you attend this meeting of souls.

September, 2009: Pesanta will be holding a harvest music gathering in the Sierra Nevada Foothills near Nevada City. This will be a retreat from modernity, featuring some fantastic artists within the ritual ambient, metal, and folk movements. I'll not be announcing these artists publicly for a few more months, but it will without question be a special event.

3 Changes online

Changes - The Saddest Thing from Adam Torruella on Vimeo.

I know I know, it would seem that I am all talk in regards to releases.... But they are coming! Yule-time!
The above video as well as the video for the debut of "When the Sun Kings Reign Again" and the classic "Fire of Life" have been uploaded to my Vimeo page. These are taken from the forthcoming double-DVD release of the Changes show at Germ Books in Philadelphia this last midsummer. The DVDs shall consist of both sets from their show (expect to see some very special guests!!) as well as intimate interview footage with both Robert and Nicholas.

Also, I've upgraded to Vimeo Plus, so you can watch more videos in HD. Just go to my Vimeo page!

Pesanta and video news

So my editing computer has been in out of service for two weeks now which is driving me absolutely mad seeing as I have so much work to get done.

Some news on forthcoming projects for Pesanta -
Pesanta will be releasing a split 10" vinyl for Arnica and Wolfsblood.
On a related note to this, if you click Arnica's link to their myspace page you can hear a track I recorded for them in Madrid.
Also, I've been in talks with the folks from the ritual black metal band Fauna [1|2] on the production of a full length DVD for them. This is a very exciting prospect for me as I believe they are truly a rare gem in the community. If you are familiar with their music or are lucky enough to own a copy of Rain or The Hunt I am sure that you can understand my excitement.

I would also like to thank Jane at Tesco USA again for her nice mention of me on the front page of the site.

Bain Wolfkind cover art

New Bain Wolfkind album coming soon. 

Featuring that photo by, you guessed it, me. 

Changes!

This may be the most excited I've been in a long while. I'll be filming Changes on June 21st in Philadelphia at David E. Williams' Germ Books.

Hurray!

I'm very grateful to Nicholas, Robert and David for providing me this opportunity. I cannot express how wonderful this really is.

Also a huge thank you to Scott Broderick  for making me aware of this show. It's going to be great!

Pesanta

With the coming of Madrid le Blanc on the horizon, I've news of a new division of The ƒ Consortium - Pesanta.
I will be releasing all media under the label of Pesanta, including DVDs, CDs, and vinyl records. There are a few tentative releases of really great live recordings, all of which will be limited to under 300. The Bain Wolfkind DVD, as well as the Madrid Le Blanc DVD/CD with both be available in larger circulation, as well as a small and extravagant limited run.
Website should be online, with news of these possible releases by the end of the month.

ROME documentary

I'm nearly done with editing the first part of the ROME documentary which as is right now about 30 minutes long. Jerome and I in currently discussing the form and future that this piece shall take, more news as it comes. I'm also nearly done with editing a live video of Reversion which will find it's way to the internet very soon.

Updates

As mentioned on Bain Wolfkind's myspace blog(here) I shall be editing additional footage onto the upcoming dvd release, featuring live footage and intimate (.... maybe not the best word to use) interview footage and a photo slideshow. There were brief talks with Albin Julius of releasing it through HauRuck!, however the dvd needs to find itself in finished form before anything further can be worked out.

I hope to have news of a release date within the next two months.


Other news - Due to a very frustrating manufacture error, 3 out of 5 sets of my new years eve footage from Leipzig were rendered basically unusable. In conclusion - DO NOT BUY ZOOM AUDIO RECORDERS.

Madrid in may I hope. Die Weisse Rose, Andrew King, Foresta Di Ferro, KnifeLadder, Allerseelen, Svarrogh and other awesome acts (understatement). I'm really hoping everything works out for that, for it's going to be a satanically weekend!

If Madrid doesn't work out - or even if it does and I can get my planning spot on - I'll be headed to Seattle for a Waldteufel and A Minority of One show at the Northwest Folklife Festival.

Leipzig, unofficial update, and a pointless note

There is a good chance that I will be flying to Leipzig to film this show.
As of now it is unofficial, but I should know one way or another by the end of the week.

Camerata Mediolanense, Die Weisse Rose, ROME, Nebelung if you're interested in hearing them.

An unofficial update:
I've spoken briefly with Albin Julius about releasing the Bain Wolfkind DVD on HauRuck!, obviously this prospect is quite exciting to me - however any release is still very tentative and subject to whenever I actually finish the final product which I assure you I've been working pretty hard on.

An unrelated note:
Apparently I must be dumb, but whilst playing scrabble last night I found out that the word 'fjord' can also be spelled fiord. I don't know how I feel about that, sort of a cop out if you ask be, where's the scrabble dictionary. Not to mention that fiord managed to score the player 30 points, knocking my team into third place. Not that I'm a sore loser or anything.

In Gowan Ring/Birch Book & Waldteufel

So the video footage has not yet been edited, but I've downloaded the images and am listening to the audio recordings right now and they are golden.

Once I get home I will finish editing everything, but here is a small sample of what is to come as far as the live shows.


B'ee of In Gowan Ring and Birch Book


Markus of Waldteufel



Markus of Waldteufel

As I said, more coming soon.

Fresh and new

Here's to another new version of the site. There might be a few kinks as I've not really had the time to stress test it, so if you run across anything buggy please email me and let me know.
I've also added a lot of images to the site, most of which have remained unpublished on the web until now.
If you're wondering why I decided on the pop-up galleries, or are bothered by my choice - I'll ask you to deal with it as pop-ups are only way I could create a clean, simple design in a time constraint of 12 hours.

Enjoy,
Adam T