Spring releases for Rapoon.

[Robin Storey]

Hello to all,
there are some new rapoon releases coming up for sale very soon from the website .
First up is the new release on Lens Records "Dark Rivers"

  Dark Rivers is the sonic exploration and reflection of a particular stretch of landscape in the north of England. This is the home of Rapoon’s Robin Storey and it is an essential part of who he is.

"Dark Rivers is about a particular area in the North of England which stretches from the Solway Firth into the wastelands of the Northumbrian borders. This area is steeped in history and mystery. In particular, I have focused on the development of Britain's Cold War intercontinental ballistic missile weaponry in the late forties and fifties and which later became the center for Britain's space efforts. The idea that these top secret research bases were sited here is one of interest in itself. The area is historically renowned for its outlaws and geographical and political marginalism. Geographically, this is where the Roman Empire stopped and long before that this is an area that has the highest count of pre-historic rock glyphs anywhere in the world. Many of the place names reflect the ancient cultural beliefs and superstitions - Black Fell, Black Beck, etc. Even today the place is wild and remote and old superstitions live on. The conflict of the ancient superstitions and the cold war paranoia is essentially what this is about. The older superstitions swallowing whole the newer age which came and went on the same dark, brooding hills. I was lucky enough to be born and grow up here and the darkness of the place is embedded deeply inside me."

this album will be released on May 19th but I can take pre-orders for it now and they will be shipped on the week beginning 11th may.
Cost will be $15 including p&p  (you can order now through the rapoon website)

The Melancholic Songs Of The Desert is finally under production with Soeilmoon and should be available very soon .
The album will come in a lovely paper sleeve similar to Alien Glyph Morphology sleeve with drawings by the artist.

There are two more releases planned this year , both on Russsian labels .
The newly completed "Wasteland Raga" which includes two songs posted on the rapoon myspace site: myspace.com/rapoonband
"you stayed the same" and " it rained on the river".
The second album is called "The bush prophet" and was originally the other half of the Melancholic songs of the desert but I decided to split them.
More information on these and other releases soon.

I will also be getting some copies of the new Reformed Faction triple album release  . These will also be on pre-order ;

this is a beautiful release in ultra-special packaging and comes in two editions.
Soleilmoon are handling the first edition release(100 copies) but I can get copies of the second edition (300)which is just as beautiful but doesn't include the extra 3"CDR.
for information about these releases visit the Soleilmoon website at :
http://www.soleilmoon.com/store/specials.lasso

I will be charging the same price plus 3 dollars p&p so they will be $54.99
 I know it is a lot but wait until you see what a great object you get  .....

If you decide you want a copy please place an order through the site and I will ship them to you as soon as I get copies.
(I will only be ordering what I have sold through pre-order )

Well that's all for now.....thankyou to everyone for your continued support..
lots of love,
robin.