November 10, 2014
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DEEP ELM RECORDS TO RELEASE "CHRONICLE" BY LIGHTS & MOTION |
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Deep Elm Records is pleased to announce the forthcoming release of Chronicle, the third full-length album from cinematic post-rock luminary LIGHTS & MOTION. Chronicle is now available for pre-order on Deep Elm Digital (includes immediate download of Reborn) as well as iTunes. Fans can watch an album trailer here and stream an entire album preview plus the song Reborn here. This album, as well as Deep Elm's entire catalog of 200+ releases, is available on a Name Your Price basis here. Chronicle will be released worldwide on January 13, 2015 and will proudly celebrate Deep Elm's 20th anniversary as a 100% true and pure independent record label. The ability to strike emotion on a universal level, to touch the heart without words, to transport you to otherworldly realms in which anything and everything is possible...this is the power of LIGHTS & MOTION. The level of emotional intricacy achieved by the band's braintrust, Christoffer Franzen, is nothing short of remarkable. And this is not only music you can feel, it's music you can see. Music is truly a work of art when an artist connects with the listener in a way that transcends the music itself. From the flawless guitar structures to the beautiful piano melodies, the ebb and flow of Chronicle is brilliantly orchestrated. Accessible, deep and totally captivating, the album picks your spirits up where all else has failed. It inspires feelings of awe and wonder. It calls to the depths of the soul where reverie awaits. It breathes new life into all who listen. And it further expands the band's sonic palette into bold waters with the dark Reborn and to new celestial heights with The Spectacular Quiet. A polished and perfected homage to everything that came before it, Chronicle is a stunning, glorious and triumphant album from start to finish.
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"The ambition for my third album was to write something that was truly cinematic. Given my lifelong passion for everything cinema, it felt natural to take another step towards that widescreen, big canvas sound, while still maintaing the various elements and components of Lights & Motion's trademark sound. The process hasn't changed at all for the albums I create. Everything is played for real. It's all created from scratch. It's still all written by me, every note in there. I named the album Chronicle as sort of a play-by-play narrative or score of certain events in my life. A diary, if you will, captured through sound. During those periods when I'm composing day and night, the music tends to color my memory of a particular passage of time. After a while it gets hard to distinguish one without the other. On this album, I felt it would be fitting to frame the music in such a way that you get a glimpse of me from the outside as well. This same theme runs through the sequence and titles. One of the main reasons why I like to write songs is that they become bottled emotions. They are mirrors to memories. The biggest thrill of all is when a complete stranger tells me that they've played my music during a significant moment in their life. To be a part of those moments, those chronicles of another's life, in even the smallest way...that is an incredible honor" says Franzen. Last year was an absolute whirlwind for Lights & Motion's multi-instrumentalist, composer and musical savant Christoffer Franzen. Having released what both press and fans have called "two of the greatest post-rock albums ever released", being named "Best New Artist of the Year" in a poll of 11,000+ respondents and being featured in Hollywood film trailers, television spots and global promo campaigns, you'd be shocked at just how humble this young gun of 26 years remains. He is without doubt, one of the biggest musical discoveries of the decade irregardless of genre. Chronicle anchors Lights & Motion as a post-rock point of reference, ensures the album's resting place among the highest echelon of post-rock releases and further justifies Franzen's spot on the short list of great cinematic songwriters.
Lights & Motion is Christoffer Franzen. He plays all instruments on the album. Chronicle was also produced, recorded and mixed by Franzen at UpSweden Studio in Gothenburg. Mastered by Dave Cooley at Elysian Masters in Los Angeles (M83, Serge Gainsbourg, Polyphonic Spree). Cover artwork by Will Sutton adapted from his short film Under The Same Sky. Photos and album trailer video by cinematographer Fredrik Sellergren. A music video for The Spectacular Quiet is currently in production via the UK-based We The Conspirators collective and slated for a mid-December 2014 release. Chronicle follows Reanimation (January 2013) and Save Your Heart (November 2013) also released on Deep Elm Records. Videos for The March and Home are currently available online. Other Lights & Motion releases include the 20 track Unreleased (Music for TV & Film) and the 5 track Holiday Visions, both of which are available exclusively on deepelmdigital.com. Lights & Motion has 750,000+ followers on SoundCloud alone with nearly 1.5 Million plays. Franzen resides in Gothenburg, Sweden. The music of Lights & Motion has been featured in several movie trailers with a combined 40+ million views including Transcendence (Johhny Depp), Lone Survivor (Mark Whalberg) and Homefront (Jason Statham), television spots including The Oscars, A to Z, and The Voice, promotional campaigns for Visa, NBC, NBC Sports, Google, MTV, RipCurl, Toyota, Vans, Square, Hilton, Budweiser, Aston Martin, Red Bull, Tesla, Princess Cruises, Canon, Four Seasons and many more. Contact licensing@deeplem.com for more information.
Album Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYrCi5hfIYU
Pre-Order - Deep Elm Digital: http://deepelmdigital.com/album/chronicle Release Date: January 13, 2015
Album Art: http://www.deepelm.com/media/art_560.jpg (credit: Will Sutton) For Fans of: Sigur Ros, M83, Explosions In The Sky, Hans Zimmer, Brian Tyler, U137, Moonlit Sailor Genre: Cinematic Post-Rock |
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Indie folk-rock trio Accents is back with Small Tales, an aptly titled mini-album featuring Down Down Down and the follow-up to their March 2014 full-length Tall Tales. Whether it's a couple figuring out how to get past their own personal insecurities on Down Down Down, a middle-aged man longing for his youth but realizing he has to let go on Settle Down Instead or choosing to ignore the existential questions about what may or may not be after this life on For Now, the message is simple: time flies, take nothing for granted. Leave your worries in the ground and you can join them when you're good and ready. Accents came out of nowhere in 2012 with an astonishingly mature debut. Small Tales is no less of an achievement, cementing Accent's position in the overall indie rock lineup and solidifying "indie folk" as both a mindset and a sound. This record will hit you hard. (DER-561)
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Now with over 200 releases in its catalog, fiercely independent Deep Elm Records continues to build a better label - one that operates for glory, not gold. Deep Elm is about bands and fans coming together as one and experiencing music's awesome ability to inspire, comfort and console. Founded on respect for music, the creative process and the development of new artists, Deep Elm strives to further its reputation as one of the world's most reliable sources of quality independent recordings. A small but dedicated team provide all label services on an in-house basis including worldwide promotion, marketing, licensing, publicity, design and all internet-related operations including our hi-res digital download store (deepelmdigital.com). Deep Elm is now offering the download of every album in our catalog on a Name Your Price basis (pre-orders and gifts are $1 minimum). Your support of our artists is a key element in the creation of the music that moves you, so if you have the means please show them love by Naming Your Price. If not, in exchange for each download we kindly request that you post, share, tag and tweet to tell your friends about the album as our bands depend on your word of mouth. We're not just making music together, we're making history. Deep Elm is responsible for seminal releases by Lights & Motion, The Lions Rampant, U137, Carly Comando, The Appleseed Cast, Accents, Dorena, Moonlit Sailor, Latterman, Our Lost Infantry, Last Lungs, This Drama as well as our 12 volume compilation series "The Emo Diaries" featuring Jimmy Eat World. You may be surprised to learn that Deep Elm's entire artist roster has been built solely by bands submitting their music to the label. We don't require multi-album agreements. Our bands call Deep Elm home because they want to, not because they have to. This is the way to build a record label. We release albums that move our hearts and for no other reason. Fairness to the artist and undying integrity in all that we do have been guiding principles at Deep Elm since day one.
 Deep Elm is recognized as one of the industry's premiere indie music licensing resources and has provided pre-cleared, cutting edge music to tastemakers worldwide from our catalog of 2,000+ original songs and instrumentals. Our music has appeared in feature films, indie films, movie trailers, TV commercials, TV shows, movie soundtracks, video games, trade shows and online promotional campaigns. Our clients include Google, The Oscars, Apple Computers, Warner Bros, Universal, Red Bull, Monster, Microsoft, Four Seasons, Billabong, Phillips 66, Chevrolet, Cartier, The NFL, Nissan, Microsoft, Shimano, Philips 66, Vodafone, Kenneth Cole, Rip Curl, NBC, AMC, Petcurean, MTV, Mastercraft, HBO, Vans, Sony Pictures, Fox, Fuel TV, CBS, The CW and many more. In 2015, Deep Elm celebrates our 20 year anniversary as an independently owned and operated record label. Deep Elm is part of a threatened breed of "true independents" that exist for the love of music. Most so-called "indie" labels are, in fact, funded and distributed by major record labels and their affiliates. Not Deep Elm. On a completely self-sufficient basis and without any outside support, Deep Elm competes in an industry dominated by corporate giants. We are proud to be 100% independent. So if you like what you hear, spread the word. And we'll make sure these bands are there when you need them.
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