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Tear Me Apart Demo

Chance

the full song was on his soundcloud, which he deleted unfortunately.

bestplace demo

Another new song. Was written whilst walking through Liverpool before a show to find a plug for an amp - had a vision of hell through the city centre. So much sadness and poverty and dereliction. Felt helpless and that I wanted to help but didn't know how - wrote this - with a copper moon over Lord Street. Then went and did the show. Thank you Gary Rendle Traynor for mastery of recording and piano. Hopefully we'll do a record soon when he's not as busy. Had to 'bleep' a word out for reasons I won't get into here. Happy Firday. 
Yours, James Jonathan

Penny Moon over Lord Street

The Colour of Entropy (In Three Stages) is a collaboration between Belgium's Sleeperhold Publications and multi-instrumentalist / composer Daniel O’Sullivan (DOS) with imagery by French artist Felicia Atkinson. The title of this upcoming release might not unreasonably suggest decay and decomposition. The first few bars of Entropy instantly dispel any such forebodings. You find yourself, instead, transported to some ineffably gorgeous but nevertheless very earthly paradise. Entropy is over fourteen-minutes long, staged in three parts and, as anyone who knows and loves Daniel O’Sullivan will tell you, he is nothing if not mercurial. 

Daniel O’Sullivan has achieved international acclaim writing, recording and performing with Grumbling Fur, Ulver, Sunn O))), Guapo, Miracle, Æthenor and the recent reincarnation of This Heat in the form of This Is Not This Heat. As for his solo work, DOS seems to mature with every recording he puts out. The Colour of Entropy (In Three Stages) features one lengthy suite broken down into three parts which meticulously melt into one other. Every section has its own character, taking us on a voyage of majestic beauty and uniquely ornamented melancholy. With an all-star cast of musicians DOS creates a auditive spectacle with an enduring lyrical poise and an elegant palette of sounds.

Felicia Atkinson’s colourful drawings adorn Entropy’s sleeve and one side of the wax. (All three tracks are featured on the record's A-side.) The experimental French musician, poet, and visual artist reacted in beautiful contrast to the musical output of DOS. Scrawls of colour, not quite figurative but highly suggestive messages of inner space. DOS’ music and Atkinson’s artworks, share a common ground. Views of the natural world through a lens that invokes almost alien qualities. Raising their little families while investigating a series of landscapes, both internal and external.

Daniel O Sullivan — The Colour Of Entropy (In Three Stages)
1. Blue Music: Angelic Architecture
2. Yellow Music: Chemical Wedding
3. Red Music: Fire In The Breath

Written recorded and mixed by DOS. Additional engineering by Frank Byng Martin McDougal & Bassel Abu Fakher.

DOS (Vocals Piano Guitars Bass), Peter Broderick (Violin and Vocals), Frank Byng (Drums and Percussion), Christos Fanaras (Synthesizers), Chloe Herington (Bassoon and Saxophone), Margaret Hermant (Harp), Astrud Steehouder (Vocals)

Mastering and lacquer cut by Matt Colton at Metropolis London, 2019

Artwork by Félicia Atkinson
Graphic design by Ward Heirwegh

Every SHP record has sound on the A-side and an etching on the B-side. 

Created within the framework of SHP#6: ring (common room) initially based on a steel ring around a hearth in the apartment of architect Aldo Van Eyck from the year 1948. Unoriginal in its geometry each occurrence is adapted in size and continuity to the specifics of the space and the program. While maintaining the same proportions as the ring around the hearth each ring takes on a new meaning and encourages new uses in the different settings.

About Sleeperhold Publications:
Sleeperhold is a Belgian-based publication platform. It’s aim: to produce ten outputs, spanning different realms of the arts, and then cease to exist. Its current project is a run of ten vinyl records—DOS’s 12-inch follow previous efforts from Tropic Of Cancer, Moon Duo, Disappears, Croatian Amor and Patricia. Before the vinyl series, Sleeperhold put out a photobook, a poster set, a deck of cards and short stories. They say: “There is no recurring theme, there is no recurring format, there is no recurring audience.”

The Colour Of Entropy (In Three Stages)

2019

SHP #5.7: Daniel O Sullivan -  The Colour Of Entropy (In Three Stages) - trimmed tracks

The Colour of Entropy (In Three Stages) is a collaboration between Belgium’s Sleeperhold Publications and multi-instrumentalist / composer Daniel O’Sullivan (DOS) with imagery by French artist Felicia Atkinson. 

PREORDER HERE:
https://sleeperholdpublications.com/releases/5-6-daniel-osullivan-the-colour-of-entropy-in-three-stages-felicia-atkinson/

The first track, “Blue Music: Angelic Architecture”, eases the listener into a warm and sumptuous world. Lush instrumentation accompanied by closely harmonised voices, speak of endless landscapes, alchemy and the secret inhabitants of our anatomy. Sonically, one is reminded of the pocket symphonies of Brian Wilson, although the innate Englishness of it all recalls the village-green playfulness of Penguin Cafe Orchestra or the filmography of Peter Greenaway.

www.sleeperholdpublications.com

SHP #5.7: Daniel O Sullivan - Blue Music: Angelic Architecture

Beat - Headie One x RV - Know Better (Official Instrumental) Prod By 808Melo
Artwork Atlas & Ghaltan

الكلمات

بنحسبش المخسر، تندم تترخصن
قطب بمستوصف لو بنحس تتفصحن يوم
راح تنطخ لما تصل الزون، لما أصف بطلع الرخص بزوء
خريت أختك وأخت الخوف بنحاسب صح بنحاسب اليوم
يا بتلعب دو يا بتلعب دو
يا بترقص مز يا بترقص ثور
خليك استنى جاييك الدور
تصريح مع كبيبة بلا هون
حتى طعم حتى دوق
كلو وهم كلو بوق مولوتوف
في اللي تحت تخت وفي اللي فوق
في اللي دخل سحب على موت
طفى القلب فش خوف
طفى طفى فش حب
طحن طحن و يا دوب
لولا الشلة لولا هدول


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مش منظر محضر إحزر بحضر محلى الفوز
كل لحظة بلحظة بتمشي فش بوز
سهم و وتر و قوس بتقلب دور أراجوز
بتسقط فصل او بتسقط دوز
الدنيا مواسم بس الدايم كتل و توست
تع دوام شغل بطعاجة موز
الحق عل بسأل أهبل بستنى زي ما بعمل
الحجة تعبت أنا أسف عكل لحظة رعب
مش قصدي يا امي طلعلي البع
ما ضعفت أو خفت بلعب خفة بغابة اسمنت
ان زاد الوجع بنزيد البنج
من برى حديد من جوا أسفنج
هي الكنج وردة بتطلع من أسفلت
 
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