Pitchfork is teaming up with month-to-month report subscription membership Vinyl Me, Please to launch a brand new sequence of particular version vinyl data. Co-curated and co-released data will probably be shared on a quarterly foundation, that includes a remastered reissue with reimagined cowl artwork. A particular editorial function can even be launched on Pitchfork’s web site, together with interviews with present artists surrounding the album’s affect on at present’s music and extra.
The first launch within the sequence is Slowdive’s seminal 1995 LP Pygmalion. It’s out there now for preorder here, with transport to start in early December. Each Pygmalion urgent is on a 180-gram white vinyl report, with the album’s authentic cowl artwork that includes imagery of Rainer Wehinger’s graphic notation for the 1958 György Ligeti work Artikulation.
“Music and storytelling are important parts of the cultural DNA of both Vinyl Me, Please and Pitchfork,” Cameron Schaefer, Head of Music & Brand at VMP, stated in a press release. “So, it’s both a natural fit and very exciting to partner in a way that allows us to operate creatively in both areas. Getting to curate, reimagine, press to vinyl, and write about our favorite albums is a ton of fun and feels like the best way to pay homage to the artists we love and hopefully give fans a new experience around timeless albums in the process.”
See the place Pygmalion positioned on Pitchfork’s “The 50 Best Shoegaze Albums of All Time.”
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