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Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words Newsletter
November 2008
=== Content ===
1. New Releases
2. Rituals
3. Forthcoming releases
======
== 1. New releases ==
Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words - Lost In Reflections
7" + LP on Fang Bomb/iDEAL Recordings/Release The Bats/
When Skies Are Grey
Release date: November 23rd 2008
Limited edition of 500 copies, 70/180 gram
black vinyl in heavy weight card stock cover.
Pre-orders are accepted right now. 150 SEK/15 Euro/20 USD + postage
Sound examples are available at virb.com/dread
About Lost In Reflections:
As Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words, Gothenburg based composer and sound artist Thomas Ekelund has delved into a time-
consuming investigation of the complex, multi-
faceted world of solitude and introspective darkness. His pallet is strictly greyscale, but the tones he uses are deeper, more honest and more heartfelt than anything else out there.
»Lost in Reflections« is Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words’ fourth main album and his
definitive
masterpiece so far. Here, hurt is transformed into absolute beauty. And here, dampened drones make
pop art.
This, in the words of Thomas Ekelund himself, is how the album came about:
Eighteen months ago I was diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder, a both vile and many-
faced
disease that inevitably drapes every aspect of life in shadows that range from shades of gray to coal
black. It causes a polarity of mind, everything is either or, never in between. It makes you feel isolated
and alone even in the most crowded rooms. Slowly this imagined isolation becomes a real isolation.
You do not allow anyone inside the carefully constructed walls, built stone by stone by a mind so
completely preoccupied with guilt and shame that you in fact become
inhuman. An empty shell containing oozing, black bile and nothing else. You become the disease.
I never look into mirrors unless it's absolutely necessary. Because I don't see the reflection of man,
I see a specter, a phantasm, a distorted human-
like figure to which I can't relate. I never look into
the eyes of anyone I talk to because I am terrified that they will see the same apparition. I try to
achieve invisibility, but in lack of that I hide my true appearance behind meticulously molded masks.
Eighteen months ago, »Lost in Reflections« was already half a year old. Still it deals with the above
mentioned disease and some of the aspects of it. Its strange how the mind can be so aware and
unaware at the same time.
Now it's two years later. And though I in some ways have a better grasp of my ailment I am nowhere
near being rid of it. Most of the time I feel suspended, as if I was waiting for some great revelation of
truth, a stroke of magic that will transform me into someone like you. The person you see in the mirror.
A human.
It has taken me two years to come to terms with this album. It's in many ways my most accessible
work to date, but in other ways my most difficult and demanding. I can't listen to it objectively. In
fact I have a hard time listening to it at all.
www.fangbomb.com | www.idealrecordings.com | www.releasethebats.com | www.whenskiesaregrey.se
* * *
Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words - Facelessness Erases Every Trace Of Humanity
MP3 on When Skies Are Grey
Available now via Klicktrack 35 SEK/3.50 Euro/4.40 USD
Originally release on cassette back in July, »Facelessness Erases Every Trace of Humanity« now
reappears in digital form (for those of you who don't own a tape deck) . The first track is an extended
version of »Facelessness Erases Every Trace of Humanity« from the Gothenburg 08 compilation,
while the second one is a brand new, lengthy drone piece entitled »You Mean Nothing Means Nothing
At All«. 38 minutes in all.
www.klicktrack.com/klicktrack/releases/dead-letters-spell-out-dead-words
* * *
Tobias Hellkvist & Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words - White/Grey/
Black
MP3 on It's A Trap
About White/Grey/Black:
The original concept for this netrelease was modest. Tobias Hellkvist and Dead Letters Spell Out Dead
Words are two sides of the same coin; both operate within the vast realm of drone, yet both are also
quite distinctive and totally within their own spheres of sound and emotion. I figured: why not get the
two together for a split net release, something to promote their new records -- for Tobias, that would
be "Sides" and for Dead Letters aka Thomas Ekelund, that would be the forthcoming
»Lost in reflections«. A song from each, perhaps even an original composition if they were feeling
generous, that would have been enough. Different, but complementary. Yin and yang, even. But no,
the concept immediately took on new life. The idea of previously released material was instantly nixed
and then the idea of a collaborative track came about - something to tie the two sides together. And
then, unbeknown to me, the collaboration became the project; a three-
part epic spanning twenty-five minutes.
The result of which I give to you today as a free download.
I am always proud of every netrelease as I take great pains to ensure the It's a Trap!
name is not lent out lightly, yet this breaks new ground as it is of my own initiation. I couldn't be
prouder. So please, if you like what you hear, spread the word and support the artists. Their names
and their work deserves to be known and appreciated.
http://www.itsatrap.com/label.php?show=iatmp3012
* * *
»She Was Smiling When She Said Goody-bye (Sketch)« on Vänskap #1 & #2
Fanzine & cassette
http://www.vnskp.tk
* * *
Dead Violets - YZMRHS
3" CDr
50 SEK/5 Euro/6 Dollars + Postage
The long running collaboration between Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words and Violet has
arisen from the ashes of dormancy. Dead Violets has received a new lease on its bleak outlook on
life with the appearance of its newest member, Bethany Moore, adding sultry vocals/
vocalizations
to the mix. »Banish« is the result of the dronecore power trio's first endeavor, and just an apperetif
of upcoming audio onslaught that Dead Violets will unleash. A shiny 3" cdr that guaranteed not to shine
any light.
www.deadviolets.org
* * *
Dead Violets - St. Vitus Dance
C60 on Fukk Tapes Lets Erase
Release date: November 23rd 2008
Pre orders are accepted right now: 50 SEK/5 Euro/6 USD + Postage
The long overdue debut album of Dead Violets, in the making for 3
years is finally here. 60 minutes of blackened drone core on pro-duped
chrome cassette. Limited edition of 110 copies.
www.deadviolets.org
* * *
== 2. Rituals ==
N/A
== 3. Forthcoming Releases ==
Teeth - »Black Hole Heart« C20 on Klorofyll Kassetter
Teeth - »So Sick of the Reflection in the Mirror« 2xC60 on iDEAL
»No Words« on Six iDEALIST For iDEAL Ten C60 on iDEAL
Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words Newsletter
November 2008
=== Content ===
1. New Releases
2. Rituals
3. Forthcoming releases
======
== 1. New releases ==
Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words - Lost In Reflections
7" + LP on Fang Bomb/iDEAL Recordings/Release The Bats/
When Skies Are Grey
Release date: November 23rd 2008
Limited edition of 500 copies, 70/180 gram
black vinyl in heavy weight card stock cover.
Pre-orders are accepted right now. 150 SEK/15 Euro/20 USD + postage
Sound examples are available at virb.com/dread
About Lost In Reflections:
As Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words, Gothenburg based composer and sound artist Thomas Ekelund has delved into a time-
consuming investigation of the complex, multi-
faceted world of solitude and introspective darkness. His pallet is strictly greyscale, but the tones he uses are deeper, more honest and more heartfelt than anything else out there.
»Lost in Reflections« is Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words’ fourth main album and his
definitive
masterpiece so far. Here, hurt is transformed into absolute beauty. And here, dampened drones make
pop art.
This, in the words of Thomas Ekelund himself, is how the album came about:
Eighteen months ago I was diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder, a both vile and many-
faced
disease that inevitably drapes every aspect of life in shadows that range from shades of gray to coal
black. It causes a polarity of mind, everything is either or, never in between. It makes you feel isolated
and alone even in the most crowded rooms. Slowly this imagined isolation becomes a real isolation.
You do not allow anyone inside the carefully constructed walls, built stone by stone by a mind so
completely preoccupied with guilt and shame that you in fact become
inhuman. An empty shell containing oozing, black bile and nothing else. You become the disease.
I never look into mirrors unless it's absolutely necessary. Because I don't see the reflection of man,
I see a specter, a phantasm, a distorted human-
like figure to which I can't relate. I never look into
the eyes of anyone I talk to because I am terrified that they will see the same apparition. I try to
achieve invisibility, but in lack of that I hide my true appearance behind meticulously molded masks.
Eighteen months ago, »Lost in Reflections« was already half a year old. Still it deals with the above
mentioned disease and some of the aspects of it. Its strange how the mind can be so aware and
unaware at the same time.
Now it's two years later. And though I in some ways have a better grasp of my ailment I am nowhere
near being rid of it. Most of the time I feel suspended, as if I was waiting for some great revelation of
truth, a stroke of magic that will transform me into someone like you. The person you see in the mirror.
A human.
It has taken me two years to come to terms with this album. It's in many ways my most accessible
work to date, but in other ways my most difficult and demanding. I can't listen to it objectively. In
fact I have a hard time listening to it at all.
www.fangbomb.com | www.idealrecordings.com | www.releasethebats.com | www.whenskiesaregrey.se
* * *
Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words - Facelessness Erases Every Trace Of Humanity
MP3 on When Skies Are Grey
Available now via Klicktrack 35 SEK/3.50 Euro/4.40 USD
Originally release on cassette back in July, »Facelessness Erases Every Trace of Humanity« now
reappears in digital form (for those of you who don't own a tape deck) . The first track is an extended
version of »Facelessness Erases Every Trace of Humanity« from the Gothenburg 08 compilation,
while the second one is a brand new, lengthy drone piece entitled »You Mean Nothing Means Nothing
At All«. 38 minutes in all.
www.klicktrack.com/klicktrack/releases/dead-letters-spell-out-dead-words
* * *
Tobias Hellkvist & Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words - White/Grey/
Black
MP3 on It's A Trap
About White/Grey/Black:
The original concept for this netrelease was modest. Tobias Hellkvist and Dead Letters Spell Out Dead
Words are two sides of the same coin; both operate within the vast realm of drone, yet both are also
quite distinctive and totally within their own spheres of sound and emotion. I figured: why not get the
two together for a split net release, something to promote their new records -- for Tobias, that would
be "Sides" and for Dead Letters aka Thomas Ekelund, that would be the forthcoming
»Lost in reflections«. A song from each, perhaps even an original composition if they were feeling
generous, that would have been enough. Different, but complementary. Yin and yang, even. But no,
the concept immediately took on new life. The idea of previously released material was instantly nixed
and then the idea of a collaborative track came about - something to tie the two sides together. And
then, unbeknown to me, the collaboration became the project; a three-
part epic spanning twenty-five minutes.
The result of which I give to you today as a free download.
I am always proud of every netrelease as I take great pains to ensure the It's a Trap!
name is not lent out lightly, yet this breaks new ground as it is of my own initiation. I couldn't be
prouder. So please, if you like what you hear, spread the word and support the artists. Their names
and their work deserves to be known and appreciated.
http://www.itsatrap.com/label.php?show=iatmp3012
* * *
»She Was Smiling When She Said Goody-bye (Sketch)« on Vänskap #1 & #2
Fanzine & cassette
http://www.vnskp.tk
* * *
Dead Violets - YZMRHS
3" CDr
50 SEK/5 Euro/6 Dollars + Postage
The long running collaboration between Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words and Violet has
arisen from the ashes of dormancy. Dead Violets has received a new lease on its bleak outlook on
life with the appearance of its newest member, Bethany Moore, adding sultry vocals/
vocalizations
to the mix. »Banish« is the result of the dronecore power trio's first endeavor, and just an apperetif
of upcoming audio onslaught that Dead Violets will unleash. A shiny 3" cdr that guaranteed not to shine
any light.
www.deadviolets.org
* * *
Dead Violets - St. Vitus Dance
C60 on Fukk Tapes Lets Erase
Release date: November 23rd 2008
Pre orders are accepted right now: 50 SEK/5 Euro/6 USD + Postage
The long overdue debut album of Dead Violets, in the making for 3
years is finally here. 60 minutes of blackened drone core on pro-duped
chrome cassette. Limited edition of 110 copies.
www.deadviolets.org
* * *
== 2. Rituals ==
N/A
== 3. Forthcoming Releases ==
Teeth - »Black Hole Heart« C20 on Klorofyll Kassetter
Teeth - »So Sick of the Reflection in the Mirror« 2xC60 on iDEAL
»No Words« on Six iDEALIST For iDEAL Ten C60 on iDEAL
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