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Post subject: [2008-07-08] Patti Smith & Kevin Shields "The Coral Sea" 2-CD set  Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 8:14 pm |
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http://www.nme.com/news/patti-smith/36212 Patti Smith to release album with My Bloody Valentine
Apr 25, 2008
Patti Smith is to release an album with My Bloody Valentine's Kevin Shields.
The star's spoken-word performances of 'The Coral Sea' in London, which took place in June 2005 and September 2006, will be released on CD on July 10.
The recordings feature guitar backing by Shields, reports Billboard.
The double-disc set will be made up of Smith's verbal tribute to the late photographer Robert Mapplethorpe. 'The Coral Sea' is also the title of a 1996 Smith book of prose and poetry.
Smith and Shields both participated in the preparation of 'The Coral Sea', but it is unknown if they plan to stage it again at some point.
 Legendary artist Patti Smith and My Bloody Valentine's Kevin Shields are set to release a double disc set of their live performance of [title]The Coral Sea[/title] on their own PASK imprint. The Coral Sea is Patti Smith's posthumous homage to her friend and photographer Robert Mapplethorpe and the title to her 1997 book. Kevin Shields accompanies her on guitars and effects and creates a haunting backdrop to the spoken prose. The love recordings were made June 22nd 2005 and September 12th 2006 respectively at sold out performances at the QEH in London. The set will run almost two hours with a different stylistic approach to each performance. The UK's Guardian upon reviewing the 2005 performance gave it 5 stars and called it magical. One critic said of the live performance: A kind of screaming requiem, The Coral Sea describes Mapplethorpe's terminal illness. Intense, layered electronics surged to a discordant climax as Patti Smith read her poem, the words sailing over the noise like an ocean liner, with the black and white video showing the ocean, the liner and the grey twilight of grief. The poem tells the story of M (Mapplethorpe) on a final voyage to see the stars of the Southern Cross before he dies. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0018OZGZG/?tag=imwan-20
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