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ANEMONE TUBE - The Three Worlds - Allegory of Vanity

Format: CD Label & Cat.Number: The Epicurean cure.17 / La Esencia LER018/2017 Release Year: 2017 Note: first part of a trilogy collecting rare cassette-only material from 1997-2013, summarising this under the existentialist worldview of the Theravada Buddhism of the 14th century, containing the three levels of existence of all beings; the 5 older tracks on this CD are "a perfect representation of Anemone Tube’s early old-school industrial / power-electronics phase, and yet proof that both the musical approach and the topical background were already fully developed at that stage." lim. 300, excellent artwork Price (incl. 19% VAT): €12.50 More Info Far reaching pleasures will be at hand – Anemone Tube reveals a series of three CDs entitled “The Three Worlds: Allegory of Vanity / Forget Heaven / Vanity of Allegory”, referencing a cosmological treatise on the universe from the Theravada Buddhism of the 14th century, the subject matter of which is the description of three levels of existence of all beings and mythical creatures. This extensive retrospective release contains selected tracks from various tapes released between 1997 and 1999 - mostly rare and unavailable today - as well as yet unreleased tracks recorded between 1997 and 2013, a.o. outtakes from the “Death Over China” recordings, handpicked and recontextualized by Anemone Tube, representing the project’s roughest and most atmospheric material up to date, ranging from depressive ritual experimental ambient over dark rhythmic industrial soundscapes to whirlwind noise. Sharply mastered by Hunter Barr for a powerful, contemporary sound, each CD comes in a 6-panel digifile featuring beautiful photography by Dario Lehner and is available as single CD as well as a limited edition 3 CD set in a lavish slipcase with poster, sticker and patch. “The Three Worlds” is a work about transience on many levels, perfectly elucidated in the Buddhist Sutra “Far Reaching Pleasures”, “The three worlds are transient like clouds in autumn / Birth and death of all beings unfold like a dance / Their lives rush away like a mountain stream / Vanish like lightning in the sky”, which serves as the contextual framework for the CD series and is translated in the most beautiful and poetic fashion with three painstakingly arranged photographic scenes based on vanitas symbolism of old masters’ paintings. The still life composition of the “Allegory of Vanity” cover references an abundance of those symbols: jewellery, a pocket watch, a catholic hymnal, skull and bones, withered flowers, a tipped over jug of wine, an extinguished candle, etc. Two collaboration tracks with Yggdrasil from 1997, two from the “Allegories for the Future” cassette and an unreleased track from 1998 are a perfect representation of Anemone Tube’s early old-school industrial / power-electronics phase, and yet proof that both the musical approach and the topical background were already fully developed at that stage. Music composed, mixed & edited by Anemone Tube, except 1 + 2 composed, recorded and edited by Yggdrasil and Anemone Tube February – April 1997, previously released on Wald split and collaboration cassette (Darkness Productions/ Transfixional Entertainment, 1997). 3 recorded December 1998, previously unreleased. 4 + 5 recorded 1998, previously released on Allegories For The Future cassette (Loud!, 1999). Concept, art and design by Anemone Tube 2015/17. Photography by Dario Lehner 2015, set design, photo editing by Anemone Tube 2015/17. Mastering by Hunter Barr 2017. Playtime: 40:20 min CD . 6-panel digifile printed on high quality natural paper. Limited edition of 300 copies. epicureanescapism.bandcamp.com/album/the-three-worlds-allegory-of-vanity