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Private Parts & Pieces IX - XI repressing
(News date: 2-12-24)
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Private Parts & Pieces IX - XI - a four disc deluxe set which gathered together three albums in the Private Parts & Pieces
series (Dragonfly Dreams, Soirée
and City of Dreams) - was released in 2018 as part of the Esoteric
Recordings re-issue series of Ant's back catalogue. The set
also included Private Parts & Extra Pieces III, an 18-track
55 minute CD which featured a carefully curated collection of
previously unreleased material designed to complement the music on
the three albums. An illustrated booklet with
detailed notes and essay chronicling the
recording of each of the albums was also included.
The tracks on the extra CD include an
acoustic instrumental version of Roads In Between, some
previously unheard tracks recorded in collaboration with Quique
Berro Garcia and two Movements of the extended piece Piano Drama.
Private Parts & Pieces IX
- XI has been out of print
for some time and now a new pressing of the set is being made available.
Due for release on 7th February 2025, it is available to pre-order from
Cherry Red.
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Ten Years with Esoteric & Cherry Red
(News date: 18-11-24)
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It is now the tenth anniversary of the release of the five CD
boxed set Harvest of the Heart and in turn this also marks ten years
to date of Ant's association
with Cherry Red Records through the Esoteric Recordings label.
Our photo here shows the various titles from Ant's back catalogue
along with the two new albums (Strings of Light and Private Parts &
Pieces XII: The Golden Hour) that have been released to date.
We'd like to thank everyone at Esoteric and
Cherry Red for all their work over the last decade in making Ant's
catalogue available in a re-mastered and expanded form. Thanks are also due to everyone who has
bought any (or indeed all) of the releases - your support in doing
this is sincerely appreciated.
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New album release: Private Parts & Pieces XII:
The Golden Hour (News date: 22-3-24, updated 28-10-24)
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Esoteric Antenna are pleased to announce the
release of Ant's new album Private Parts & Pieces XII: The Golden Hour.
The
Golden Hour is the first new volume in the long-running Private
Parts & Pieces series since City of Dreams in 2012 and
Ant's first new solo album release in five years. The album
features some beautiful and evocative pieces including the four-part
'Wychmore Hill Suite' and a vocal version of 'Roads In Between'.
It also includes guest appearances on two tracks by guitarist Quique
Berro Garcia, who has contributed to previous volumes in the Private
Parts & Pieces series including Antiques, Slow Waves
Soft Stars and Dragonfly Dreams.
Ant describes The Golden Hour as "a very
traditional Private Parts & Pieces album of old, a collection of pieces of
disparate background hopefully constituting a cohesive whole".
The track listing for the album can be seen
here.
The Golden Hour is out now and is available to order from
Cherry Red and
Amazon.
The album is also available on
Bandcamp.
"The latest instalment of this
occasional series is arguably the best yet" (Prog)
"Pure musical magic" (Progressive
Rock Central)
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That's My Vinyl Answer interview
(News date: 18-7-24, updated 29-7-24)
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Ant recently did an interview for That's My Vinyl Answer, a
podcast made by Make A Difference With Records which is a charity based in
Godalming in Surrey that raises funds for the mental
welfare charity Catalyst through the sale of second hand vinyl and CDs.
In
an interesting and wide-ranging chat, Ant talks about the new album The
Golden Hour as well as a number of other topics including the origins of
the original Genesis 12-string sound, early musical influences and he also
gives his personal choices of pieces of music to include in the show's
"virtual vinyl vault".
The interview is in two parts and can be seen on YouTube (Part
One and
Part
Two) as well being heard in audio form as a podcast on Spotify (Part
One and
Part Two) and other platforms.
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Strings of Light 2 CD
Jewel Case Edition
(News date: 2-2-24, updated 23-4-24)
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October 2019
saw the release of Strings of Light, Ant's first solo album
release in seven years which featured twenty four pieces of music
across two CDs. The tracks on the album saw Ant utilisting the
many beautiful and rare guitars in his collection to make
Strings of Light one of the finest instrumental guitar albums
in his long and acclaimed career as a musician and composer.
The original
release of the album was as a 2 CD & 1 DVD
digipak which has sold out and now a 2 CD
Jewel Case Edition of the album is being released to make Strings
of Light available once more. The audio content of this
new Edition is the same as the 2 CDs from the original release.
The 2 CD Jewel
Case Edition of Strings of Light is available to order now from
Cherry Red and
Amazon.
Update: A review of the 2 CD edition has been published in
Issue 149 of Prog and can be read
here.
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Slow Dance 2 CD
Jewel Case Edition
(News date: 28-10-23, updated 24-4-24)
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First released
in September 1990, Ant's two-part instrumental suite Slow Dance
has gone on to become one of his most highly regarded album
releases.
In June 2017
Esoteric Recordings released an Expanded and Re-mastered edition of the
album, which went out of print some time ago. Now a new 2 CD
Jewel Case Edition of the album is being released to make Slow
Dance available once more. The audio content of the Jewel
Case Edition is the same as the 2 CDs first released in the Expanded
Edition, with the first CD featuring the original stereo mix of the
album re-mastered for the first time since the original release by
co-producer Simon Heyworth. The second disc contains a
selection of 'Slow Dance Vignettes', which includes alternate mixes
and variations of themes from the album.
The 2 CD Jewel
Case Edition of Slow Dance is available to order now from
Cherry Red and
Amazon.
Update: Reviews of the 2 CD Edition have now been published on
Progradar and
The Second Disc.
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Gypsy Suite
Re-mastered & Expanded Edition (News date: 24-11-23,
updated 5-3-24)
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Esoteric
Recordings are pleased to announce the release of an expanded and
re-mastered edition of Gypsy Suite by Anthony Phillips and
Harry Williamson.
Ant and Harry first met in 1968 but it was not until the summer of
1971 that they had the opportunity to spend time together to write
new material based on their joint exploration of unusual guitar
tunings. The first three Movements of Gypsy Suite
were the result of these sessions, with a fourth Movement being
composed in late 1975 before the Suite was recorded in March 1978.
Gypsy Suite also includes the demo recordings of Movements
I and II of Ant and Harry's other major collaborative
work Tarka from 1975 and 1976 respectively. On this
new edition they are complemented by a previously
unreleased solo piano demo of Tarka Movement III: The Hunt
recorded during the 1976 sessions, which has been newly mixed from
the original multi-track masters.
Originally released in 1995 and unavailable for a number of
years, this new edition of Gypsy Suite has been re-mastered
for the first time since the original release and
features new liner notes by Jon Dann.
Gypsy Suite is
available to order now from
Cherry Red and
Amazon.
Update: A review of the re-mastered and
Expanded Edition of Gypsy Suite is included in
issue 147 of Prog and can be read
here.
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