*28 May 2009*
*‘Monohallucinatory Mountain’: the monophonic CD version of ‘Aleph at Hallucinatory Mountain’ now available*
[image 5 200x199]To celebrate C93's appearance at the Leipzig Wave-Gotik-Treffen festival, Coptic Cat have created a MONOPHONIC version of the album. The album comes in a jewel case, has a full-colour 20 page booklet with all the text and fantastic—and utterly different—photos of all the band.
All the tracks have been renamed for this album, and are printed, as is the text on the cover of the album, in a German Blackletter Gothic font.
To our ears the album sounds very different in mono; more savage, harder, more overwhelming.
Track titles: 1) Tyranny of Stars; 2) Small of Destroyer; 3) Oh Microwave, Oh Galaxy Kill; 4) Six or 3 Suns; 5) Rise of the Butterfly (We are not the Disco); 6) Murderer; 7) Queen Morning (Kissing Rain, Killing Stars).
1000 copies have been manufactured.
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*Tiny number of promotional CD copies of ‘Aleph at Hallucinatory Mountain’*
[image 6 200x180]As some of you may know, promotional copies of ‘Aleph at Hallucinatory Mountain’ were made about two months prior to the release of the album. We have the last 50 copies of these for sale.
The album comes with a dual-sided insert, has ‘PROMOTIONAL COPY’ (along with a Coptic alpha and omega) down the clear spine one can see from the front, and details of the website which has downloadable photos and texts about the band, as well as all the lyrics for the album.
At the beginning and end of the album is an announcement, by Alice and Henry Rousham respectively, saying "This is a promotional CD. Anyone illegally selling, copying, uploading or downloading this material is condemned to eternal hellfire. Happy listening. God is Love", and also a notice around the rim of the CD, and on the CD cover, about not burning/uploading/downloading the CD.
50 copies only.
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*Signed print of the cover of ‘Aleph at Hallucinatory Mountain’*
[image 1 200x200]A full colour print is to be made of the cover of ALEPH (but without the album's title present), with each print signed and numbered by David in pencil. The print is a Giclée print, printed on high quality 100% cotton rag 308 gsm Hahnemühle paper with light-fast inks. The colours are beautifully vivid and will not fade. The prints measure approximately 11.5 inches square (29 cm square), with the image approximately 10 inches square (25.5 cm square).
We are taking pre-orders now, and will be processing the order and sending out the print when we receive them on around 20 June.
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*20 copies of the 2LP test pressings*
We have just 20 copies of the test pressings of the 2LP of ALEPH AT HALLUCINATORY MOUNTAIN (Coptic Cat Nife 004V). The 2LP is released in about seven weeks’ time. The first three sides of the vinyl consist of the entirety of ALEPH.
On the fourth side is a 20-minute piece called ADAM AT DOCETIC MOUNTAIN; this is a previously unreleased version of the entire ALEPH text, with voice by David Tibet, electronics by Andrew Liles and drums/percussion by Alex Neilson.
[image 3 200x150] [image 4 200x150]Each set consists of the two records, each in a white factory sleeve which has the date of the manufacture of the test pressing, the catalogue number and the side: so, Record 1 has ‘May 5 2009/NIFE 004 A/B’ and Record 2 has ‘May 5 2009/NIFE 004 C/D’. As these were all sent from the USA, the corner of the sleeve of each record has been very slightly bent. Both of the 2 records in each set are numbered and signed by David Tibet.
[image 2 200x146]The set also comes with a print, signed and numbered by David, of one of the paintings of the Hallucinatory Mountain that is shown on the inner panel of the UK/EU digipak edition of ALEPH. This print is ONLY available with this test pressing edition.
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Thanks to you all, and see you in Leipzig!
Love David and all at Coptic Cat and Durtro