
Leyland Kirby - Sadly, The Future Is No Longer What It Was (2009)
When We Parted, My Heart Wanted To Die1-1. When We Parted, My Heart Wanted To Die (Friedrichshain Memory)
1-2. The Sound Of Music Vanishing
1-3. The Beauty Of The Impending Tragedy Of My Existence
1-4. And As I Sat Beside You I Felt The Great Sadness That Day
1-5. Tonight Is The Last Night Of The World
1-6. To The Place Between The Twilight And The Dawn
Sadly, The Future Is No Longer What It Was2-1. When Did Our Dreams And Futures Drift So Far Apart ?
2-2. Not Even Nostalgia Is As Good As It Used To Be
2-3. Sadly, The Future Is No Longer What It Was
2-4. Stay Light, There Is A Rainbow A Coming
2-5. And Nothing Comes Between The Sadness And The Scream
2-6. I've Hummed This Tune To All The Girls I've Known
2-7. Not As She Is Now But As She Appears In My Dreams
Memories Live Longer Than Dreams3-1. Memories Live Longer Than Dreams
3-2. Don't Sleep I Am Not What I Seem, I'm A Very Quiet Storm
3-3. A Longing To Be Absorbed For A While Into A Different And Beautiful World
3-4. Days In The Wilderness
3-5. Stralauer Peninsula
3-6. We All Won That Day, Sunshine
3-7. And At Dawn Armed With Glowing Patience, We Will Enter The Cities Of Glory (Stripped)
Album wydany jako 2xCD, 3xCD lub 6xLP.
Mam dwie ostatnie opcje, w styczniu kupiłem sobie wersję CD jako, że woski się wyprzedały szybko, lecz jakiś tydzień temu label wypuścił limitowaną edycję zbierającą wszytkie winylowe wersje do kupy i połączył je w mega 6xLP pack. Cudeńko.

Krążek sam w sobie jest genialny, nastrojowy, budujący napięcie z każdą sekundą, gatunkowo balansujący na granicy muzyki klasycznej i ambientu (ale to i tak w dużym skrócie). Najlepiej jak tutaj zacytuję samego autora:
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A three part odyssey, set on the dark streets of Friedrichschain, Berlin via Manchester, England.
Ideas captured whilst pacing the streets searching for answers. Looking forward to the past, the ground beneath my feet unstable at best. Those times when we feel invisible to all those around us as we continue to walk, searching for signals and connections, at a loss to our situation and looking for a new pathway forward.
As a document it's emotional and personal, heartbreaking and gentle, it's a six month fairy tale from the big city complete with heroes and villains, with winners and losers.
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