It’s been a long wait, and there’s still more waiting to do, but March 22nd (23rd in the US) is the date Serena-Maneesh’s new album, S-M 2: Abyss In B Minor, is released by 4AD.
The label today announced details of the much anticipated recording, revealing collaborations with producer Nick Terry (Primal Scream, Klaxons) and Can associate René Tinner. You can download an edit of album opener “Aisha Abyss” here — and a dark and eerie, almost industrial sounding teaser it is.
4AD elaborates:
S-M 2: Abyss In B Minor is the second album following the release of their self-titled LP in 2006 [...]. This new album is also their first release for 4AD, with them having recently been signed up to the label.
They started recording for the new album in 2008 when they went back underground to record in to a cave on the outskirts of Oslo; “Studio environments often get on my nerves,” Emile Nikolaisen (sic) explains, “and I love the underworld, you can silently head down there and do as you please, leave the world behind. So we found this huge cave with stone walls, it looked like a refugee hideout from World War II, with a huge, undiscovered treasure of sound.”
Once recorded, they then worked on it further with Nick Terry (who has worked with Klaxons and Primal Scream), and Can associate René Tinner, who set about mixing the results – spending an incredible eight days on each song. It was even mastered at Air Studios by Ray Staff, who did the same for, among many others, Led Zeppelin’s Physical Graffiti, but this is no distended double-album, the end result is a concise eight tracks spread over just 38 minutes and 45 seconds.
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3 Responses to “4AD reveals Serena Maneesh album details, with download”
eirik - December 18th, 2009 at 20:40
må fikse nedlastniningslinken!
Åse Bredeli Røyset - December 18th, 2009 at 20:53
Thanks, download link fixed!
Flying Saucier - December 19th, 2009 at 12:58
Ho ho ho, julen kommer tidlig i 2010. Dette blir helt sinnsykt!!!!!!!!!!!