Marc Almond, Jeremy Reed, Othon - Against Nature (2015) {Marc Almond ANCD1}
Marc Almond, Jeremy Reed, Othon - Against Nature (2015) {Marc Almond ANCD1}
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Acoustic / Alternative / Chanson / Neo-Classical / Adult Alternative Pop
We’ve got a real treat here for Marc Almond fans – the last of his very limited edition Against Nature collaboration with Jeremy Reed and Othon.
Against Nature is said to be the seminally decadent novel of 19th Century fin de siècle Paris. It explores the central character of Des Esseintes who, as Jeremy Reed explains lived, “a life governed by deviated aesthetic obsessions and the desire to subvert…. nature through artificial pursuits. Endemically bored, wealthy, disillusioned, acutely refined, phobic and neurotic and singularly disgusted by humanity he withdraws from Paris as a middle-aged sensualist to live with servants as a recluse”.
Jeremy Reed, who has been variously described as “British poetry’s glam, spangly, shape-shifting answer to David Bowie’ by the Independent newspaper and as ‘The most beautiful, outrageously brilliant poetry in the world’ by the singer Björk, wrote the libretto. He talks of all three of the creatives in this project, Marc Almond, Othon and himself, as finding, as they engaged in the musical recreation of Des Esseintes’ extreme psychology, that they all“discovered characteristics in common with our subject and a deep sense of empathy with our romantically jaded anti-hero’s quest for the ultimate sensory experience, while acknowledging it’s futility’.
Marc Almond states, “Against Nature became one of my very favourite books. In fact characteristically like its protagonist Des Esseintes, I became obsessed with it. It influenced lyrics in my songs and it was my dream to, one day, do a musical piece based on it. Its themes of decadence, isolation, obsession, addiction, despair and its abandonment of morality relate directly to modern life and the search for some kind of spiritual fulfilment”.
The book ‘Against Nature’ itself profoundly influenced Oscar Wilde in his writing of ‘The Portrait Of Dorian Gray’.
"As an artist, I’m thrilled there’s a way for me to make you a part of my newest musical journey. The business of making music is reinventing itself and crowd-funding is as exciting for me as it is for you. I’m launching this Kickstarter Campaign for a couple of reasons – to generate funding for recording an extraordinary album and to connect directly with the people who love music enough to support its creation." – Marc Almond
Marc Almond, Jeremy Reed, Othon - Against Nature (2015) {Marc Almond ANCD1}
tracklist:
1. Ennui
2. Black Feast
3. Indigo And Orange
4. The Green Fairy
5. The Slice
6. Flowers And Cannibals
7. Golden Sun
8. Little Judas
9. My Obsessions
10. Foggy Harbour Days
11. Uranian Blues
12. Maladjusted
13. Me And My Coffin
14. Rubies Down The Drain
15. Liturgy
Marc Almond, Jeremy Reed, Othon - Against Nature (2015) {Marc Almond ANCD1}
Marc Almond, Jeremy Reed, Othon - Against Nature (2015) {Marc Almond ANCD1}
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