{"product_id":"craig-leon-anthology-of-interplanetary-folk-music-vol-2","title":"Craig Leon - Anthology of Interplanetary Folk Music Vol. 2: The Canon","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCAT: RVNGNL55\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRelease Date:\u003cbr\u003eMay 10, 2019 (digital)\u003cbr\u003eMay 10, 2019 (physical)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCraig Leon\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e revisits the extraterrestrial origins of civilization in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eAnthology of Interplanetary Folk Music Vol. 2: The Canon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e, a continuing chronicle of his early 80s albums \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eNommos\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eVisiting\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e. Exploring the cosmic lore of Leon’s earlier work, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe Canon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e expands upon the conceptual cycle based on the alien and mathematical relationships that backbone the creation of art, architecture, science, and music.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eIn 1981, producer and composer Craig Leon, known in the downtown New York zeitgeist for his production on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Ramones\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eSuicide’s \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003edebut albums, released \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eNommos\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e, a minimal, primitive electronic exploration based on a speculative, wildly imaginative anthropology. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eAfter viewing an exhibition of Dogon art at the Brooklyn Museum in 1973, Leon remained fascinated by the Mali tribe’s creation myth that the Earth was visited in ancient times by the Nommos, a semi-amphibious alien race who travelled from the white dwarf Sirius B to impart their wisdom to mankind. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eNommos, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ecuriously released on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Fahey’s\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e Takoma Records, manifested Leon’s obsession and investigation: an abstract, ascendent collection of music that could have soundtracked the interstellar visitors’ journey to Earth. Shimmering, mechanical, and anchored by an entrancing pulse of the Dogon’s ceremonial music, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eNommos\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e and its sequel, the privately pressed 1982 album \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eVisiting\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e, careened into obscurity. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eIn the intervening years, while Leon pursued his career as a successful producer, cult interest in the albums grew, culminating in the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eAnthology of Interplanetary Folk Music Vol. 1\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e., the 2014 archival collection which presented \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eNommos\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eVisiting\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e as they were intended to be heard, two sides of the same coin. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe Canon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e picks up where \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eNommos\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eVisiting\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e left off, tracing the path of ancient wisdom imparted by the Dogon’s alien visitors spreading from Mali into Egypt and across the water to Greece as imagined in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam Stirling’s\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e \"The Canon,\" an anonymous exposition of cosmic law published in a nearly invisible print edition in 1897.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThough the music - propulsive and spacious - is clearly of a part with \u003ci\u003eNommos\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eVisiting\u003c\/i\u003e, the alien sounds of the Nommos become more familiar to western ears and musical vocabulary as the album narrative thrusts forward. \u003ci\u003eThe Canon\u003c\/i\u003e implies - through ecstatic, contemporary sound and synthesis - that the origins of Western thought, and civilization itself, lie in the great beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eNearly four decades since their first collaboration on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eNommos \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eand\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e Visiting\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e, Leon is once again joined by his partner \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eCassell Webb\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e on vocals and album production. Leon composed, and both he and Cassell performed, and produced all of the music of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe Canon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e, consciously engaging many of the same synthesizers and programs of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eAnthology of Interplanetary Folk Music Vol. 1\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eVol. 2\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe duo are touring \u003ci\u003eThe Canon\u003c\/i\u003e with an expanded ensemble throughout 2019 and 2020. Though Leon has performed \u003ci\u003eNommos\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eVisiting\u003c\/i\u003e with orchestral accompaniment over the years, this will be the first time the live cast will also include instrumentalists steeped in the Dogon and Mediterranean musical traditions that infuse both volumes of \u003ci\u003eAnthology of Interplanetary Folk Music.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eCraig Leon’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eAnthology of Interplanetary Folk Music Vol. 2: The Canon \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ewill be available May 10, 2019 on LP, CD, and digital formats.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rPqnHRFdQ5U\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e \u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YhT2oS3JPKQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e","brand":"RVNGNL55","offers":[{"title":"DIGITAL - $10","offer_id":19314911051845,"sku":"RVNGNL55DIGI","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"LP - $24","offer_id":19235510812741,"sku":"RVNGNL55LP","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"LP Bundle + MP3 - $35","offer_id":19578163855429,"sku":"RVNGNL55BUNDLE-LP","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD - $15","offer_id":19235510845509,"sku":"RVNGNL55CD","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0026\/6993\/6709\/products\/RVNGNL55-Digital-Cover-1500px.png?v=1599774132","url":"https:\/\/igetrvng.com\/products\/craig-leon-anthology-of-interplanetary-folk-music-vol-2","provider":"RVNG Intl.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}